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September 5, 2008

I had my appointment yesterday and NOTHING! I was not surprised because my due date should be September 18th but there was a little part of me that was hoping to see her. I only have 3 hours and 15 minutes until I get to see her so it could be worse. I just hope she is ready since my body is showing no signs of anything. I'll be 38 weeks so I know she should be okay. My mom is able to be here for the naming which makes me very happy but since it is so close, there is a lot of work to be done. I'm laughing at the comment "18 days will fly by" they have been long days and I have a feeling that these next 3 days are going to be long as well. I go in for blood and paperwork on Sunday, Jon said I have to do it before the kickoff of the Dallas Cowboys game, men!

August 26, 2008

Well I feel like I'm in the home stretch, just over 12 days I can't believe it. I found out my brother and SIL won't be moving like we thought. They are a bit bummed and we are too because my brother was very qualified for the job and I've never been to Atlanta before. I was looking forward to it. We all just knew he was going to get the job. Crazy! I had another appointment today with my chiropractor and everything looks good except my ribcage is going one way and pelvis going the other. My OB appointment went well too yesterday. The baby looks good but is measuring small. I can't wait to meet her and neither can her big sister.

August 20, 2008

I can't believe the baby will be here in 18 days. My mom told me she may not be here for her naming ceremony (this is a very important time where Jenna will get her Hebrew name) and I'm a little bummed about it. She is going back to Oklahoma after Yom Kippur. My brother and sil are moving right after that and she is taking care of my neice and right after that my parents are going to Europe. My dad is anti organized religion so he wasn't coming regardless. Oh well, the girls have many "bubbes" at shul so it will be fine. I have a feeling these next 18 days are going to absolutely fly by!

July 31, 2008

Well just over a month and a half before Jenna is here. The c-section is set for September 8th so she'll miss the first Cowboy's game of the regular season. I'm having BH and starting to get very uncomfortable. She still needs to wait and not come before September 8th because there is still so much to do with her big sister's 3rd birthday and first day of pre school.

July 17, 2008

Oh my gosh I'm so tired. Maddy didn't take a nap at all today, it has been a long day. I have a ton to do. We have guests coming tomorrow, next Sunday I'm hosting a baby celebration and needing to get ready for Maddy's birthday party which will be at the house on August 16th. I'm really stressed out because after Maddy's birthday I will need to start getting ready for Jenna and making sure Maddy has everything for her first day of school (MDO) on September 8th. Two days after her first day of school, we go to the hospital for Jenna's c-section. My OB does not think I will make it to the 10th since my due date is September 12th. I really think I will though, I have to. There is too much stuff that I have to get done before then. I guess the good thing about all of this is the last 8 weeks will go by very quickly.

July 8, 2008

Whew is it hot today. I began swelling a couple of weeks ago, not good. My blood pressure has been staying around 111/77 so that is a good thing. Jenna has dropped again, I'm curious to see if my pelvic floor muscles gave out again or if it just that time that she will drop. I have my 30 week appointment on Thursday which happens to be my 33rd or should I say 29 + 4 years birthday. My doctor is going to do another US to see if the baby is still measuring a week smaller. If so we are going to schedule the c-section on September 12th my due date instead of the Monday before. Thursday should be a good appointment. I'm excited to get everything scheduled and set. My doctor does think that if I schedule it on September 12th I'll probably go into labor before then. I wouldn't mind if she hung on and waited until September 12th. We will see. I'll add more after Thursday.

June 19, 2008

I had my 27 week appointment today and everything went well. My OB said that my blood sugar looked great. She is a little more libral than my brother in law who is also a doctor and she didn't think my levels were high at all. I didn't gain any weight today and so I still have only gained 15 pounds. Jenna is measuring what she should be so we are probably going to reschedule my c-section for my due date of September 12th. Based on my calculations, Jenna's due date should be September 18th. I'm really excited how this pregnancy is going. I think going to my chiropractor has been the biggest difference. I did find out I wasn't having BH but I actually tore my abdominal muscle away from my ribcage and wow does it hurt.

June 14, 2008

Things are going well. Finally we, thanks to my chiroprator, have everything under control. Placenta good, scar good, everything! My blood sugar levels are a little higher than they are supposed to be although all of the research I've done on it shows there is no concensus among anyone as to what blood glucose levels should be during pregnancy. I see a chiroprator who specializes in alternative medicine who has been treating me and I am going to have him regularly check my pancreas to make sure that everything is working properly and I don't have GD. He tested me before I was supposed to take my test and he said I am fine. My liver can't handle that drink, although my OB thinks I'm crazy because my enzymes looked good, and so I'm doing the finger stick. I am a huge advocate for alternative medicine especially since everyone is an individual and our bodies work differently. I'm not a number with him, it is nice. I started walking but I have to be very careful because I've been getting BH if I get overheated or push myself too much. I can't believe how fast things are going. Jenna is going to be here in 3 months. We have some pretty big goals financially to hit in the next three months so things are going to get exciting. I'm ready for her to be here.

May 5, 2008

March 28, 2008

I don't know if this is going to work since I am a Mac girl and I just got a pop up saying that my browser isn't supported for writing so we will see.

Today I'm 16 weeks pregnant and we are 90% that we are having a little girl. I had a threatened miscarriage last week and they did a sonogram to see if the baby was still alive and she was great and as the tech said, no turtle head but there seem to be three lines. Jenna Elyse will be her name and I'm having another sonogram in a month just to confirm. We have been telling our 2 1/2 year old Madelyn about baby Jenna so hopefully we won't have to say "oops" it is baby ____ we don't have a boy's name because my husband and I can't agree on one.

On Monday, I found out that my body doesn't react well to Gluten, Soy and Cow's Milk so I've had to completely change my diet and I'm loosing weight. I'm a little scared because my OB was pretty nervous that I am loosing weight. My mom and I just cleaned out the pantry and are going to be donating a lot of food to the food bank. I told her I guess this was good because it is forcing me to begin my Pesach cleaning even earlier than I was planning. It is hard going to a Gluten free diet, the Alternative Health doctor did say that I can have a small piece of Challah on Shabbat so it isn't Gluten free 100% just 98% of the time. I have craved things like Crazy Bread and Flour tortillas with this pregnancy and I feel like my body thinks I'm going on the Atkin's diet or something. G-d knows what he is doing but I am just like ahh! I don't know if anyone else has to be on a special diet during pregnancy. I ate whatever I wanted with Madelyn, I gained 50 pounds but enjoyed myself. It is really hard seeing pregnant ladies eating whatever.

April 2

I had the second half of my sequential screening yesterday and oy! I had to go to a Perinatal office because my OB doesn't do the testing. They were running behind and I think someone must have been sick because they were short staffed. I got to my appointment very early so in reality I only waited 25 minutes to have 1 vial of blood drawn, it just seemed like forever. The tech was in such a hurry she quickly asked my birthdate and while she was getting ready to do everything the doctor yelled at her to re enter someone's information. I don't know if that threw her off but she stabbed my arm got the blood and said you're done. I had a bruise at the injection site and my entire arm throbbed all day. I am so glad I don't have to go back there.

April 3

We have chosen Jenna's bedding but are waiting to make sure 100% that she is in fact Jenna Elyse. I have a sonogram on April 21st. We are 90% sure but I don't want to hassle with sending it back just in case. I'm anxious to get it and start setting up her room.

April 10, 2008

Last night I had some squeezing of my abdomen accompanied by chest pain and a choking sensation. I have to see my OB today to see what is going on. I have food allergies and I was hoping she would say that it was just a food allergy. She wants me to come in and see her this afternoon. Yesterday when I went to the store I was craving a 3 Muskateers Bar and didn't look at the ingredients. I looked at what they were this morning and I can't believe all of the soy that was in the candy bar. I am thinking that it was an allergic reaction because this morning I'm still suffering from shortness of breath. I don't know if I should go in but she wants to see me probably because of the squeezing sensation in my abdomen. I don't think it was a contraction but I'm not sure. Since having that threatened miscarriage I still get concerned at anything but trying to be calm about it. I'm curious to find out what she says. Hopefully I gained some weight so she won't be upset when I go in today. I had to completely change my diet after finding out I have food allergies and I lost some weight.

April 11, 2008

Well I am not sure what is going on. I had to see a doctor of internal medicine and got an ekg and had to wear a sexy halter monitor for 24 hours. I also had to have a lot of tests done and I get to see the cardiologist in two weeks. The baby is great, heartbeat 158bpm. I am really thinking the culprit is soy. I threw away more stuff that has soy in it. I was hoping to use it up in the next few days before Passover but I decided just to throw it away. We'll see what is going on with my heart in a few weeks. CRAZY!!

April 13, 2008

I was talking to one of my friends yesterday who is a nurse and she said that the heart stuff that I am experiencing is not that big of a concern. She said that everyone's heart will do that now and then sometimes we feel it and sometimes we don't. I'm having a lot of shortness of breath but I think it is due to the fact that my lungs are starting to squish due to the growing uterus. I wonder how they will feel when my uterus is really big.

April 14, 2008

Okay, I was talking to a friend of mine today about what was going on with my heart and all of that and she experiences the same thing. She said that it is hormones. Makes total sense! I'm going to talk to both of my doctors about it. Hopefully it can be regulated if it is hormones and if not, as long as the baby is healthy I can live with the craziness until September.

April 17, 2008

19 weeks! One week to go to the 1/2 way point and the point they say if you make it to after having a threatened miscarriage you have a 98% chance of carrying the baby to term. Wahoo! I am very excited. I'm suffering from really bad heartburn right now and can't go to sleep plus my husband is out of town and we are having storms so my two year old is sleeping with mommy tonight and she is a wiggle worm. She was VERY active in the womb and never stopped. A friend of mine has a bamboo clothing line and I went shopping tonight. Oh my gosh I didn't know fabric could be so soft and belly friendly. I go for my mid pregnancy u/s on Wednesday. We will confirm baby Jenna and I'm going to go ahead and schedule the date for my c-section since I'm not a VBAC candidate. Exciting times.

April 23, 2008

It's a GIRL!! I had the sonogram to confirm today and she is definately Jenna.

I don't know if that showed up or not so I'll post it on the pictures. I had my doctor spend a lot of time down there looking after hearing of queenbee's experience. I wanted to make sure. Nevermind for some reason I can't post the pictures. They are very blurry. I am going to have to have another sonogram in 3 weeks because my placenta is 1cm from my cervix and it should be a lot higher so we need to make sure it moves up.

Well went to alt doc today and he got on me a bit for not sticking to my diet. I know it is very important, it really is but there are things that I am craving so badly so I give in. I have to say the hardest thing is that this is the time that I don't have to worry too much about the pounds and so it is so hard to be on a special diet. I'm going to have to watch things when I have the baby to get back to where I was since I hear it is harder to get the weight off with the second one, especially being older. The baby is doing great, I feel her every day and can't wait until my daughter can put her hand on my belly and feel her little sister kick her. I'm very anxious to see if the placenta has moved at my next appointment in a week and a half.