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Hey! I'm having my first baby and I'm very excited. I have a lot of support from my family and friends, but most importantly from my love Johnny! I look forward to sharing this experience with everyone!

Me and My Love!

8 Week u/s

13 Weeks!!

13 week u/s

Wednesday, 5 Dec

Wednesday, 5 Dec

Saturday, 8 Dec

Monday, 10 Dec

Friday, 14 Dec

Friday, 14 Dec

Wednesday, 19 Dec

Well week 18 and im experiencing some serious ligament pains...doc said to take tylenol...but i really dont want to take meds while pregnant...im jus paranoid...so im toughing it out...just stretching and tryin to find the best comfy position. The anticipation of finding out my baby's sex is killing me! I cant wait till next monday! But im extremely happy...i love this baby so much already...every movement i feel makes me smile...i just cant wait to see and hold my lil bundle!


18 weeks 5 days!

Tuesday, 25 Dec

We opened our envelope for Christmas this morning and received the best present...We are going to be the parents of a....... baby boy..Happiness is an understatement...this is our blessing!


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Wednesday, 2 Jan

Thursday, 3 Jan

Thursday, 3 Jan

Friday, 4 Jan

Awww I'm at work and I just received the sweetest text message ever. Johnny texts me "Love you babe, whisper it to the baby" This is why I have a smile everyday, no matter what he always changes my bad days to good or makes my good days great! I'm so grateful! Just had to share my happiness!

Can't wait for him to get here, this was his first official gift from his aunty!!

Monday, 7 Jan

Wednesday 9, Jan

My goodness what a day!! I must say it was my first time being upset with my lil one...maybe not so much upset but more frustrated. He had me on a rollercoaster today. Well I had a follow up u/s because in the last one the baby wasn't in the proper position for them to see the spine, which is a vital part of second level ultrasound. So I drank my 5 glasses as they told me too and sat for an hour. By the time I got to the u/s office, I was gonna pee on the floor. I almost looked like I was going into labour the way I acting. I couldn't walk around, I couldn't sit still. It was horrible and painful. I don't think anyone should have to hold their pee that long. Mind you I had gone before I got to the clinic and even some more when I got there. I wanted to make sure I still had enough in my bladder because at my last u/s I didn't drink it time and my bladder wasn't full which caused the tech some difficulty with measurements of my cervix and what not, so I also had to get the length of my cervix checked today. So the tech came and got me from the waiting room and let me go pee in one cup before I started, she said I don't need so much water because of how many weeks I'm at. Little did she know I had probably already peed like 3 more cups worth lol...I really couldn't hold it. So we started the scan and I saw my little pumpkin and he got so big since my last scan on Dec 24. However, my lil man was once again non-cooperative because he was in another awkward position. So she mad me go on my side and get up and lay down again still he didn't change position. Then she told me to go outside the room and walk around for a bit. So I did that with an added shake here and there of my belly to really get him to move. I'm walking around in those paper gowns they give that are open at the back with my Uggs on my feet and a mismatching panty and bra trying to hold it together so no one sees my cottage cheese butt! Well, after that I had to lie back down and still no more movement. She then told me to go get dressed and go get a bottle of orange juice and chocolate and candy (which I knew I should of walked with) so I went and got skittles and orange juice and gulped it down and walked around for 10 minutes. I went back in and guess what?!?!?!..HE DIDN'T MOVE!!!!!!!!!!! Soooo I had to go back to work as I was on my lunch break but she wanted me to come back later on around 4:30 to see if he moved. So to make a long story short when I went back later on today his spine was nice and clear and stretched out for the tech to see and put in her report. THANK THE LORD! I said a prayer on that table, and my mom said she was praying for me around that time. I got lots of pictures of him he looks so much bigger and fuller from the last times, I think he's gonna have some full lips and I guess my lil man was really trying to show me he is a boy cuz I have 3 clear pictures of hi lil thing sticking up in the air! LOL I'll post some of them later cuz I'm starved I have so much water in me I don't even want to look at it no more.

Pushing his lips out, fist up!!.

Legs wide open! Look in the center....He is definitely a big boy!!

Facing forward!

Friday, 11 Jan

So this week was a packed week of prenatal appointments. Tuesday started off with my first Midwife appointment. Basically just an introductory session, to inform me of the specifics in midwifery and what not, and I really know that this is the best choice for me. I will have two different midwifes that I will see over the next months, and one of the two will DEFINITELY deliver my baby! I like the thought of getting to know someone, and them taking the time out to get to know me and my wants and concerns during my pregnancy. And I definitely dig the fact that I know for sure one of the two will be the one to help me through labour and delivery. This is not to say that OB/GYN's don't do the same, but the one that I have definitely sucks, and I didn't bother to switch to another doctor because it bothers me that if my doctor isn't on call that I will have some random doctor coming in my room and delivering my baby. So yes my decision is final, me and Johnny butt heads when I first brought it up, but that was because I forgot to include him in my decision making. It's like sometimes I forgot we are in this together, because I'm the one carrying the child and going through all the huge changes. Regardless, after discussing my reasoning, he said whatever makes me comfortable and happy. I love him! So yes Wednesday was my u/s scan or in my case scans (see my above entry for details of that crazy day). My tech for my scan was AWESOME!! she was so nice, she acted just as excited to see little man as I was. She provided me with SOOO much pic....just a wonderful lady, she originally did my first 8 week scan and was great then too! Although, I must say that not all techs are like that because my first 2nd level scan was with a B$#@H!!! She was rough, and was saying things that started to make me worry, she had me thinking I had a IC and that the baby's spine was defected, needless to say that I still had to go back for another scan to double check things, which are a ok! Then Thursday was my regular OB/GYN (cause I haven't done the official switch yet) well yesterday's appointment wasn't that bad, but this is probably because I had a student doctor taking care of the majority of the appointment (might I add he was great!) So he took my blood pressure which is fine (110 over 60) he measuring my belly (or is it the uterus they measure?!?...i dunno) that was 25cm. And then he checked lil mans heart beat which was 145! so everything was great. I have gained 12lbs in total (I think more because I was seeing my family doctor before I could get an OB and I had gained about 3 or 4 pounds when I saw her but whatever. My doctor came in the room and the student doctor filled her in, and she told me that my I had nothing to be concerned about from my last u/s and that we would discuss my Wednesday u/s next time. Which I'm not too sure how that will work because I want to switch over to my midwife so I guess all my records will get transferred and if there are any concerns then it will be taken care of. So I asked my doctor (while she was closing up my folder ready to rush over to her next clients as usual) how much the baby weighed and his length from my last exam and you know what she said that doesn't really matter right now! WHAT?!?!? I didn't ask you if it mattered I asked what it was?!? I didn't even retort I just said ok and got my coat and bounce because she just lossed a patient with her non caring ass! I don't expect the doctor to be jumping for joy and sitting down for hours with me talking about my baby, I understand that there are lots of other patients to attend to but a little bit of concern as to how I am would be nice.

Oh ya. I guess after eating chips and sweets before bed last night (my new cravings) I had the weirdest dream that my boss and the tech at work were my doctors and they told me I had to deliver the baby now, because his sight was gonna get worse if he stayed in. They said they ran a flashlight across my belly and he never followed the light with his eyes, so it vision was going. I was about 6 ½ months in the dream and I told them that it was too early and did he not just weigh a little over a pound. I was crying and screaming and Johnny wasn't around, I kept calling and couldn't get in contact with him! It was a horrible dreams needless to say I may have to start having my chips and candies earlier!!!!

Friday, 11 Jan

Tuesday, 15 Jan

Well ladies it `s day one of Week 22 and my lil man is growin up!! lol...I have been feeling my pumpkin move since i was about 15 weeks, with the quickening and all that then it gradually turned into more than the flutters...and now it`s just full blown kicks, but last night I was massaging my tummy with some vitamin E and lil man must of liked the massaging because he started kicking so hard, and my belly was just jumping out wherever he kicked. I could see him move a little and my belly moved with him, he's so cute!! I've noticed recently that his kicks are more intense because sometimes it makes me jump a lil, cuz it's unexpected, but I haven't been really looking at my belly, so last night was just a nice experience to really see him go at it. He did it once before couple weeks back, but it hasn't happened since. It's so nice to see and know that there is progression and that he is doing ok in there! I can't wait to hold him and love him, but sometimes I think I'll miss having him inside, nice and safe and so close to me!

Friday 1, Feb

24wks 3dys- WOW!! (mind you this was at the end of the day after dinner and all that I don't feel or look so big in the morning (unless I'm in denial)

Ok ladies my little update for this week is a very frustrating one. Since us preggos are deemed Public Property for some odd reason, every and anybody is coming up to me and talking to me about being pregnant which is fine, and I enjoy speaking about baby boy, my little blessing. It used to be conversations that started like "Awwww, you look so nice pregnant"... Then it moves to "Do you know what you are having" and "what name?" which is fine, except not sure why complete strangers walk up and want to ask me what I'm naming my child. Then it moves off to..."When are you due?" "Well congrats and best of luck with your delivery" and yadda yadda.... See that conversation example is fine with me, I smile and carry on. However, I find that most conversations are taking a turn for the worse! I now get the "when are you due?" and when I say "May" I get told OMG!!! YOUR HUGE!....ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVE ONLY ONE IN THERE or even yesterday I got ONE OF THE GIRLS HERE AT WORK IS DUE NEXT WEEK AND IS THE SAME SIZE AS YOU or MAY?!?! THAT IS SO FAR!!!!!!!!!ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I know when I'm due, I'm the one pregnant, i think I would be the one that has more of a problem with having to wait then anyone else. I will also admit that I am pretty big (belly only as I haven't gained much in other parts, or no weight gain that has bothered me too much) but to be told that I look like I'm having twins is just out of control and doesn't need to be said to me. Keep those type of comments to yourself. My girlfriends poke fun at me and say I look big some of them being pregnant before compare and I'm showing way sooner and larger then they did at this stage, which is fine, they are my friends and it doesn't bug me and even some of you girls I talk to on here may have a comment of two and it doesn't bug me because we are a lil community of preggos just sharing our experiences and giving advice, and commenting and what not! Although, you are all strangers its different, I talk to some of you on the regular, so its more than just a complete stranger thing. These people walking up to me and saying these things is ludicrous! I decided the next time someone says "Awww when are you due?" my response will be "Due?...What are you talking about?...I'm not pregnant and then just see the dumb look on their face and walk away!

HMMMM! that felt good to get off my chest. Other then that me and baby boy are doing fine. Had a check up this week and he was giving the mid wife a hard time, kept moving around and wouldn't let her check his heart beat. Then he finally let her after kicking the Doppler thing off my belly numerous amount of times (he' so rude! but it's cute! and she also felt his position, he was head down at the time and legs to the right and bum to the left! Heart beat 141. I just hope he's not moving around all crazy for my 3D/4D u/s in 3 weeks!! I want him to move but still show his face so hopefully he is turned in a good position!

Wednesday, 6 Feb

Quick update...Just wanted to tell you all to not refer to me as mommychantz no more because apparently `BLEEDING GUMS MURPHY ` suits me better (for all you that watch or used to watch The Simpsons)I brush my teeth everyday (i say that as if it `s not expected) and i bleed every single bloody (literally) TIME! HOLY! This has been going on since since the start of the pregnancy. It had happened once in awhile prior to me being pregnant and I got it checked out by my dentist and he said all is fine, no gum disease or anything. I will admit i dont ` have the best teeth, but i do brush and try my best to take care of them. I haven `t been to the dentist since last May, and i know that we are supposed to see the dentist at least once during our 9 months, so i `ll be making an appointment to see them next week sometime. I read that gum bleeding during pregnancy is caused from hormonal changes (just like everythint else) and also from the amount of blood we are producing because of the baby! However, it says that alot of bleeding should be checked out just to see if something is wrong with my gums, because you can develop pregnancy gingivitis, which can turn into periodontitis, which is a worse form of gum decease that can get into the bone and spread to baby which can cause preterm labour! Moreover, I `M STRESSED! That and i think i `m experience BH contractions. Yesterday i had to get down on all fours for about 3 mintues and just breath, because i had a pain in my right side of my abdomen, closer to the bottom! It wasn `t HORRIBLE but it was uncomfortable and threw me off guard! And then it went away and i was fine! Oh pregnancy! It is honestly the most beautiful and life changing experience, but it is also followed with paranoia, and anxiety at times!

Tuesday, 19 Feb

Well ladies there is nothing much going on with me lately. I had my glucose test on Friday and I must say it wasn't that bad. I had the orange flavour and it tasted like orange soda (my fav!! ) I did however feel a lil dizzy and what not about 45min after drinking it but I also had nothing to eat that morning so that could have been the reason. So I'll just have to wait for the results on my next visit to my midwife. I had my 3D/4D!!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The DVD of him moving around is just overwhelming! I can't believe he's in there...this little person. He looks so cute, and thick. The technetium was like he is very full, his arms and thighs! OH BOY! He may be a big one guys!! I'm scared! oh well, he was stretching and turning and sticking his fingers out. I mean to see it in 2D is amazing but to see your baby 4D is crazy!! I wonder if I can upload the DVD or at least part of it (it's a half hour long so i don't want to bore anyone) I'll see but for now I will share my pictures of my lil man who I feel even closer too! HE LOOKS LIKE ME!!!! Me and Johnny love this little man so much!!!

Tuesday, 26 Feb

Ok, so for the past couple days I'm feeling huge and very unattractive! I mean I'm all belly, but still I notice every change. Lets start at the head...took a pic with my friend this past weekend and noticed for the first time that I have the pregnant face, that lil puffy look that some say is "cute", but i find absolutely weird, my lips and nose look larger! Then down to my breasts. They are huge and my areola has expanded and i find it mighty gross, ontop of that it's gotten darker and more lil bumps have formed on it. I notice that my breast colour is changing a bit too, and it has me mortified! Now to my lil papa's home, ok so no strectch marks on my belly, got my linea nigra that has grown almost up to under my breasts, darker at the bottom then at the top, but now oh now, that's not the only line, I somehow have a horizontal line about a inch or two above my navel, it doesn't go all the way across but it's there and it's WEIRD! The thing is before i was pregnant I didn't have the flattest stomach, and certain places would crease when i would sit (although that happens with the skinniest of girls) but ya i used to crease there, and in my first trimester when i started to gain wait in my tummy (that lil pudge we thought was so huge then) i used to crease even more while sitting down at work. Well it seems that the crease changed pigment and is now a full LINE! so now a cross on my belly!! But oh no it doesn't end there...around my navel is darker, it just looks bad and i hate it. And i notice i get really itchy some days more than the next and i see lil bumps come some days and they go away the next. I wonder if it's a slight case of PUPPP?!?! I'll have to check with my midwife, because i also get it on my arms somedays, but they alway dissappear. Ok so now lets go to the hips, i mean whatever they have widen, it's not bothering me much, but i hae noticed lil stretch mark on both sides it's more of those ones that pop out the skin and are a lil darker. It's not horrible, but i notice. Then down to my buttocks, which is cottage cheese country! GROSS! then the rest of my legs are ok until you get down to the swollen ankles and feet! Which is new as of last week, my mom decided to point it out to me. It looks more swollen at the end of the day or on a trip to the mall or whatever. Now i dont' want anyone to judge and say, "She shoudl be glad she is pregnant" or "Your having a baby what do you expect" (which Johnny and my mother, and friends have pointed out already) I understand all of that, and i thank God everyday for giving me a beautiful baby boy that is growing healthy inside me, but it still doesn't take away the fact that I'm a young concscience woman who has all these changes going on at ONCE. It is alot going on. Oh did i forget to tell you all that i was sitting at the computer at home last night, bra off (because i find them so uncomfortable) sitting in a shirt and i felt wet by my left breast. Well i looked down and to my suprise i had a small wet circle on my shirt where my nipple is. Well well well, looks like i've started to leak as well! lol...i just had to laugh and rub my belly and tell my lil one that i will remind him everyday when he's a teenager what i went through with him. I only have yet to see how my labour is so I can add that into it as well, when he's acting a bad ass! lol....Girls i love pregnancy! I love feeling my papa move, i love my round belly. I'm loving every momment of it, but i have to tell you i'm scared about what i will look like in my last weeks if i feel like this now, and God know i need to bounce back to my old self! Just had to get that off my chest! Blessing and belly rubs to all!

Thought I would add a funny pic. 27 wks. This is me laying down on my side watching tv, and utilizing my belly to the fullest. Look at those smarties so secure and in place. I just kept reaching one one and popping it in my mouth! LOL

Thursday, 6 Mar

Had my check up with my midwife yesterday and everything went great! I passed my glucose test!! PHEW! But girls here is the thing....okay so the last time I was weighed was January 10 and I was 137, that was with my OB, but I have switched over to a midwife since and I didn't weight myself my last appointment which was January 30. Because I had basically had a check up already (with my OB) we just went over other things. I don't weight myself at home or anything, but yesterday at my appointment I stepped on that bad boy scale and I'm 156!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTH!! lol...I guess I laugh because I don't know where the weight is, I'm not big in my legs, have a big tummy and some boobs, my thighs may have gotten a tad bigger but nothing noticeable. I could never imagine myself weighing 156Ibs! HOLY COW!! literally! My pre-preggo weight was give or take 125-127Ibs which would have me at about a 30Ibs gain (once again give or take!) and then a 20 Ibs gain since my last check up. Oh well it's all apart of the process. I just thought it was funny. My midwife says she is not concerned in my gain because #1 the scale used last time was not the same scale used this time, and #2 it is during a time when the baby went through a grown spurt. She said just to keep up my yoga and do some walking for the sake of keeping active and helping out with my labour in the end. My uterus is measuring at 32cm, so I've grown 6 cm since Jan 30. And baby boy is a healthy size she said. She said that he is measuring at an average size...so :-P to all the people telling me I'm having a 9/10lbs baby, like it's funny! He is head down which he has been for the past 2 months and I don't think he will be moving. His heart beat was in between 145-156, he was doing some moving around in there so it goes faster when the move, which she said is normal. Got a good amount of fluid in there and my blood pressure was normal. So All is well. I'm at the every 2 week appointment mark which is reassuring to know that time is flying by. Next appointment we are gonna start discussing my birthing plan. I love my appointments they are so in depth and she takes the time to listen to all and everything I have to say, or questions I have to ask. Well that's my update for the week nothing else going on. Looking forward to my showers, oh it's now 3 showers! My mom is throwing one March 30, my step mom is throwing one April 12, and my best friends are throwing one April 19. I just have to say I'm blessed! I don't know if I'll have enough on my registration list. I'll have to revise and start adding some more things! But as I always say, I can't wait to meet my son. Me and Johnny are gonna love him to BITS!

Tuesday, 11 Mar

Monday, 17 Mar

So yesterday I was thrown a small surprise shower! And I was so caught off guard, really in shock! It was some close family friends and a couple of my own friends, and it was the most thoughtful thing ever. My friend helped organize and they all thought that since I'm having 3 other showers that I know about a surprise shower would be a nice thing. It was simple and great! We played a few games and ate and talked and laughed. Instead of gifts off my registry I was given all monetary gifts. WOW LADIES!! was I blessed with lots of money. My baby boy is surrounded by lots of love and support, it's crazy. Me and Johnny are pretty lucky! Yesterday' shower just made me look forward to all my other ones. Being the centre of attention isn't all that bad sometimes..lol! I feel like a celeb, everyone taking pictures with me and rubbing the belly! (see it doesn't bug me when it's people I know..just those damn strangers that irritate me!) But seriously I appreciate the people in my life and how supportive and loved they make me feel, especially during a time when your emotions are on a rollercoaster ride! Well I'm just bursting with excitement until March 30 when my mom is throwing her shindig the way her and my g-ma are treating it, it's like I'm getting married! Its funny! Other than that, my weekend went well, my best friend came down from the A and we went out for her bday, and Saturday night her mom threw a huge birthday party for her 50thand for my friend, it was like a club in their house, music and good times. It was nice, considering I don't go out now, so it felt good to be relaxed around people I know and just having a great time. Although girls, some days you really realize how pregnant you are... I couldn't dance for more than 10 mins at time...feet swelling,back achingm, bottom of my belly feelin heavy. The party went on until 5am, however, I was laying fast asleep with throw blanket and a pillow on the upstairs couch! lol...you would think I had too much to drink and passed out (the closest I got to some bubbly was a can of gingerale), nope it's just me being pregnant. It really made me think that life will never be the same. It will never be just me. It wont be just me and Johnny going out to eat or going out to a club and all of that, it will be the three of us always from now on and it kind of shook me up a bit, I'm happy, but it's one of those reality checks that my life is really Really about to change! Well tomorrow is 31 weeks..time is starting to pick up and our baby boy will soon be here to receive lots of hugs and kisses!

Wednesday, 19 Mar

Quick update...went to my check up on Monday and all is well. I gained 3 1/2lbs since my last visit making me a whopping 159 1/2lbs. My blood pressure was in the low norms...she said not to worry it `s normal for some around this time of pregnancy. Baby heart rate was 135 which freaked me out and nearly brought me to tears...because it `s always been 140 and up...but she said that usually he `s up and around when i come in for my appointments..this time he was fast asleep he didn `t move until the end of the appointment. She did tell me that his head is really low, which is fine and it could come up higher and go back down, there is lots of time...he `s been head down since for the past 2 months, so i highly doubt he `ll make a huge turn, but this is the problem he `s head down but facing upwards. He was like that at my last appointment too. She said it `s still early so she isn `t worried, but she `ll monitor it and if necessary i will have to start going on all fours 10mins each day to try to get him to turn. She said it will make labour alot harder and possibly longer if he has to come out face up, and also make it more painful and alot more pressure will be on my back from him coming out that way. It `s interesting to see how every little thing makes a difference, how the baby is supposed to come out a certain way in order for things to run smoothly...our bodies are really unique in design. Anyways....i `ve already started going on all fours...lil man better get with the program. LOL. So all is well overall, just about 8 more weeks to go and i `m excited!!

Tuesday 1, April

Hey ladies! 33WEEKS!!!

So I had my 2^nd baby shower this past Sunday and it went great! My mom did an amazing job with getting everything together, decorations, food (with the help of others) and games and more. I have to buy her a present! She has been such great support and a backbone in this time of my life. Baby boy got some clothes and I got a few of my items on my registry, not as much as I had hoped but I remain grateful nonetheless. Got some gift certificates and MOOLA!..lol...so I mean I'll just have to be doing some of my own shopping for the things on my registry if I don't get from my next showers! I'm getting more and more excited for baby boy to come. Looking at some of his gifts was making me emotional, reading some of the cards, got me teary eyed, but I hid it well. It was really nice to see so many happy faces around me congratulating me and making me feel awesome! I look forward to giving birth to my baby boy, me and Johnny and everyone else are gonna love him to bits!! I'm thinking of trudging up to Buffalo at the end of this month(I know crazy right?) but my last shower is on April 26^th, so I have to wait to see what's left to get and then go shopping and of course Buffalo will have the things I need for much cheaper than Toronto. I mean we'll see how I feel by the end of the month...Nothing much more to update on. Little man is getting bigger it seems everyday, pushing around and playing and responding to my voice. I just want to hug him so bad. He loves kicking the top of my uterus, but I'm grateful I haven't felt the kicks in the ribs (I may be jinxing myself) I've been sleeping great at night besides having to turn on different sides (jinxing myself again) Well that's right now, who knows what next week and the weeks after can bring! I'm still working and my last day will be May 2, and I cant wait! I'm toughing it out for my last two pay cheques and then I just want to relax for the 2 or so weeks left till baby boy gets here. Here are some pics from the shower, more to come soon....now I patiently wait for my next shower on Apri 19^th...honestly I feel blessed!

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