It's a Girl!! YAY!!! Her name will be Alana Nicole.......

20 weeks today! 10/26/07~ half way there!~ Heart beat 140, weighs 10 ounces and measures 19+weeks...

I just wanted to tell a little about me...I've been married to my love and bestfriend for over 11 years..I have a daughter who is 10 and a son who is 7. This baby is very much wanted and loved already. We were very lucky and concieved on our first try. We can't wait to see her. I'm a stay at home mom and going to school to finish my degree in education. We have an adventure every weekend....it's either finding a new place to hike or going camping in our back yard...we have 10+ acres so it's easy to feel we are in the woods here. This pregnancy thus far has been great...I was a little sick in the beginning ( like my daughter ) but after about 3.5 months I started feeling like myself again...the only thing that has changed is my sleep habits...Once a night owl, I now pass out by 9 pm EVERY NIGHT!~ And I'm up between 4:30-6 AM depends....and I don't have to wake up until 7am...oh well....the only cravings I have is fruit...FRUIT....I ate 3 bags of oranges so far this week...I usually eat around 9 a day and apples....it was grapes but guess this month it's oranges...I rather eat something healthy then crave something bad....I did buy ice-cream for the first time last week...low-carb chocolate ice cream...it was a nice treat! I've gained about 14 pounds so far...which seems like a lot but with my other two preggos, I gained 100+....so I'm happy that I'm keeping this weight down...I remember gaining 14+ in a month...now I'm really being careful since I HAVE to have a c-section, I want to be in good shape...I walk and eat right....Well my next appt is the Monday before Thanksgiving...Thank heavens it's before! HA HA....I'll be 24 weeks....I'm going to throw myself a shower, probably the end of Jan, of course my sis-in-law is going to help....since she'll be here about March 7th.....Dr. will take her a week before she's due..hope I can get everything ready before then...time is just flying by! Until next week! God bless~

Well today Nov. 30, 2007 I am 25 weeks! It's going by so fast but yet slow...I'm just glad that the holidays are keeping my mind off of the time...I go next week for my glucose test and some blood work, not looking forward to that but it has to be done....Dec 20th I get yet another sonogram to check the growth and everything so I'm excited about that....She kicks all the time what I think is a very hard kick my husband says yeah I think I feel something yeah...just a little flutter...little? She kicked the hell out of me but I guess like he says, I'm sure you can feel it better in there than I can out here...makes since....just wish he could feel how strong she is....Until next time! God Bless everyone and thier little beans!

Well Today Friday December 7, 2007...I am 26 weeks pregnant...I've gained @ 25 pounds so far.... a little more than I want but a lot less than my last two....I do everything I can to keep myself healthy and that's all I can do...I can really feel her moving and kicking now..I can see her kick my stomach...today is my husband's birthday so I'm taking him out tonight....YAY....I am going Monday to take my glucose test....I'll update that when I know something....well until week 27....God Bless! I still can't believe only 13 more weeks until the c-section thus far....might be sooner who knows.......

Good Morning.....December 21, 2007...only 3 more days until Santa comes....Yesterday was a very trying day for me...I drove to the Quest to take my 3-hr glucose test that my dr's nurse said had to be done yesterday OR today, and today is way out of the question....so I drove 45 minutes to Quest after dropping my kids off at school only to see ( in shock ) my sister in law come running out...Dana, she said if your not here before 9am then you can't take the test...WHAT? I ran in and blurted out, I can't take my 3 hr test, nope she said....we close at 12-1pm for lunch, I said I have to have this done TODAY....she said well we open at 7am...7am? I live 45 minutes away, my kids go to school at 8:45 and I actually dropped them off 20 minutes early to get here at 9:25am...I started tearing up....well start the test and I'll sit outside on the step until you get through with your lunch, she said mam we can't do that....I said well what time do you reopen? she said 7 am....I said NO from lunch because I have a dr appt next door at 3 pm and I can't leave until I get this test done.......she looked up in shock! She said, your going to wait until after lunch? I said yes if I have to........she said, don't worry, I'll stay here with you when we close for lunch and get you done, I think she realized how important it was to me.......I thought wow, some people do have the Christmas spirit, even if you have to pry it out of them...lol!! But, after I left at 1:15, being poked twice in each arm ( ouchy ) I went to my mom's feeling sick, light headed, broke out in a sweat....My sugar dropped, I needed something to EAT! Mom hurried up and fixed me something, I ended up eating 2 hamburgers, pretzels, cookies ( homemade right out of the oven, thanks mom ) chocolate covered pretzels and apple and 2 rice krispie treats and 2 large glasses of milk...NOT proud of it.....but I was so hungry that I was shaking so bad that the ketchup on my hamburger was flying everywhere.....I then relaxed for about an hour and half and then had to leave to the dr's office...OH yeah, thanks to my dad he went and picked my kids up from school for me.......waited an hour....then had my sonogram...it's amazing, after 2 months you can barely make out what your seeing because she has grown so much from the 20th week....she's very healthy, I thank God for that! 2 pounds 10 ounces ( that's how big my nephew was when he was born at 32 weeks, my SIL grows babies very small ) But...her heartbeat was 152...it's stayed around 140 but now it's up to 152...still good beat....she was kicking ALL DAY yesterday, even kicked the dr when he listened to the heartbeat...she's sleeping today....I haven't felt her move yet, but she's probably so tired from such an ordeal yesterday....ok so sonogram went great..she's sunny side up ( head in the ribs ), dr said well it's ok she has time to turn...I swear I have to remind him EVERY month, I'm getting a c-section right? I mean it was HIS idea, it was HIM who said I can't have this baby naturally because I've had a previous c-section...sheesh!!..Anyways, then I had to wait for my dr's appt.....I peed and weighed, thanks to all that food right before I went it said I had put on 8 pounds....LORD! Why did I eat so much? I know I've been ontop of things and really I've only gained 3 + 2 pounds from my clothes...( I weigh EVERY morning and EVERY night with and without clothes ) so really I've only gained 24 pounds but according to my stupid dr's scales I've gained 29 pounds....5 pounds difference...I guess it's not too bad but I don't want to be yelled at....which he hasn't! He's been very good to me, I even got him a Christmas present, he was shocked.....but he just told me that dairy sticks to pregnant women and try to avoid it....so that's what I'm going to do.......but after him we left ( hubby and kids, which my son was horrible, morning appts from now on without the little monster ) OH yeah, after I sat down from weighing and peeing and blood pressure ( 120/70 it's been 100/50 - 115/55, I blame my son ... lol ) I sat down in the waiting area waited on being called back when the nurse asked to see me again....I joked and said, what? Did you spill my pee? I don't have any left, she giggled and said no...then I seen the shot...DAMN IT! I had my RH shot in the butt too....man was I poked yesterday.......but after the dr and the heafty bill.....we went to eat and came home 7pm........YAWN!!! So that was my day and today I'm 28 weeks and so excited to almost be in my 30th weeks.........that is the home stretch for me.....I need to mail out my baby shower invites on Jan 4th....need to get busy if I'm having on one the end of the month....I'm glad my SIL is going to help me.....oh I see my dr every 2-3 weeks he said...but he's so booked that my next appt isn't until Jan 14th...nearly 3+ weeks away....OH well.......I rather see him later than sooner....well enough talking, I need to get my youngins up and ready for school....God Bless and Merry Christmas!!!

December 28, 2007~ This year is almost over! I can't believe how fast Christmas came and went, but we had a great Christmas! Next year there will be a baby and that just blows my mind.... Today I am 29 weeks....I go in for my 3-D sonogram next Saturday and I can't wait...both sets of grandparents, my husband and two kids will be sitting comfortably watching...Well not much to say...I think we will be driving to SC this weekend to pick up some GOOD fireworks, but other than that that's all we have planned...OH yeah, I passed my 3 hr glucose test with flying colors! Thanks To God! OK off till next time!

Jan 5th 2008, 3 pounds 15 ounces 15.8 inches long, expected to be @ 9 pounds if I go to March 14th and @ 8.5 pounds if I have a c-section one week before...I'm shooting for 8 pounds 9 ounces...my first born was 8 -9 and 20 1/2 inches long born 2.5 weeks early, my second born was 8 -9 and 20 1/4 inches long born 2 days before he was due...so I'm shooting for another record of 8-9.......lol......God Bless!

Monday, 4 Feb

YAY!!!! 32 MORE DAYS!!!!!! Wow....xxoo

36 weeks pregnant...still hoping for a VBAC but if not I have 21 days until my csection....seems like time flew by and other times it seems sooo slow....I just pray everything goes well !

37 weeks pregnant today....and I have 14 days now until my csection....I can't believe I'm in the days now instead of weeks...although you could say I have 2 weeks...but I like saying 14 DAYS until I see my lil' girl.....I'm so excited...my older kids are absolutly thrilled! I'm hoping I go into labor before then though....I'm starting to feel very uncomfortable...I can't sleep and I pee every 5 minutes...my whoo ha ha is worn out from wiping so much...anyways...God bless, I just pray to God everything comes out fine! And she's healthy!