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pawsitvemama
Age: 26
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Partner: Boyfriend
Children: Yes, 1
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Due date: 11 0 ,0000
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Congratulations to all the mommies who are pregnant and for all of those who are trying. My page got wiped out so I am starting fresh. I found out I was pregnant unexpectedly. I was on the pill for 7 years and took it normally. I had missed my period the month before but really figured it was due to stress! I had just bought a new house (all on my own) and When i went to the doctors for my normal pap she told me I was preggo! I couldn't believe what I had just heard. Pregnant? Oh my. At first i am not going to lie. I cried and cried trying to figure out what I was going to do. I had a long talk with my boyfriend of 12 years (yes we started dating in 8th grade) and we both decided to keep and raise this baby. Now we are both extremley excited and nervous considering this is our first time.

My Boyfriend and me

15 WEEKS

Well went in for O/B appointment today and everything seems great. All my tests came back negative....and the baby is VERY healthy. I got to hear the heart beat for the very first time, and boy was that amazing to hear!! I have been having sharp pains in my belly button and today she felt the area and concluded I do have a hernia...I don;t know what it is but when she was oushing on my belly button (which is an outtie) I felt l;ike I was going to pass out, she said it will not harm or effect the baby at all so that's great! Oh and my due date is now 4/19/08....the baby is measuring large. I am so excited I also can find out the sex of the little one in 3 weeks! I can't wait... I am so anxious :)

17 Weeks

I am so mad that I can't figure out how to upload my ultra sound picture of the baby on here. Every picture I have on my PC will upload but the one picture I would like to show off.... Oh well. I am feeling a little dizzy at times. I get out of breath easily, but other than that doing well. My heartburn has subsided some so thank god for that!! My belly has finally popped and it seems high to me. It's really hard around my belly button area. I am huge! I have gained 11 pounds and I am always hungry. Latley I have had cravings for strawberry yogurt and cheese. Not together eww.... just two things I have been craving. I try and eat a lot of fruit (which I love) and have een eating cucumbers everyday :) In two weeks I go for a Fetal Survey. a 2 hour scan and hopefully I will be able to detect the sex of this baby.....I really hope so I just am too impatient to wonder and wait :)

It's a GIRL..........


19 Weeks

11/26/07 So I went for my 19 week AFP testing and and obviously found out we are having a healthy baby girl. We are so thrilled. She was very polite and crossed her legs the whole time, untill the very end! Thank goodness she showed herself. She is just darling!

Finally I figured out how to add the picture!Yay!

21 weeks

12/12/2007 Well it's 21 weeks for me...22 on saturday. Time is a flying by!!!! I am finally starting to feel my little princess stirring. It's an odd feeling-sometimes I feel almost like I might me sick, but then it's o.k. I am just happy to know she's doing well. I have gained 17 pounds! OMG sickening. I need to start getting rid of the horrible food and replae it with veggie's fruit's and whole grains. I have been letting my cravings over take me. Craving juice-apple-orange-pinapple-grapefruit....all of it I could drink it all day! Same with sweets especially chocolate, and around the holidays it's hard to deny! Little Miss Addalynn must like it too! ;) I have been tired and emotional-but for the most part I have felt good. I am starting to get nervous about daycare-gosh it's sooooooo expensive!

So here is the bedding I have chosen, I am painting my walls a buttery yellow. I just thought this was so bright and vibrant! I love the animals too!

25 Weeks

12/5/2007- Here I am 25 weeks pregnant. I feel like it's flying by. My appetite had increased sooooo much! I am always hungry. i wake up 3 or 4 times in the middle of the night starving and with full bladder. Not good. In this stage I feel good, but I am gaining so much weight. I just bought pregnancy pilates. I am going to start it this weekend and see how that works. I still have really bad heart burn, and my brain is in lala land, but other than that I feel good. Miss Addalynn is moving around quite a bit, she is kicking me aweful low, near my cervix.... and bladder...aaaahhh the bathroom :) I am longing for the moment I can hold this little girl in my arms and see who she looks like, the person she will become, it's wayyyy too exciting. Finaces are starting to scare me. I barley get by right now, and I budget my money...I don't know how I am going to do it once she gets here. Oh well, we'll figure it out! Daycare is soooo expensive, I just can't believe it.

She's Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birth details

Type of delivery: Vaginal (with pain relief)
Duration of labor: 5 hours
Weight @ birth: 5 pounds
Length @ birth: 18 inches

Adalynn`s birthstory

I woke up that morning soaked and thought I had peed the bed. I changed the sheets and layed back down for about 2 hours, finally at about 6:00 a.m. I woke up wet again! I was like...oh no I think my water broke. Not sure I took a shower and called my mom, seeking her advice...she told me to go to the hospital anyway and just make sure.i didn`t think it was possible because I was 2 months early....I woke my boyfriend up again (1st time because I changed the sheets) He told me to go back to bed, not believeing this was real. On our hour drive to the hospital i started feeling cramps...sooner found out they were contractions. I had nothing ready....no bag packed... nothing. i really thought it was a false alarm. We arrived at the hospital around 8:30, I told my boyfriend to go to work, because I wasn`t sure what was ahppening. My cramps were getting more painful and closer together. I walked into the main enterence alone asking where labor and delivery was. I got there and there was no room for me so they placed me in the admission room. After like an hour finally someone came and checked me out. I was 6cm dialted and contractions were 2min apart. They told me I was having this baby today! 3/3/08...Oh my I wasn`t even due until 4/19/08, I just prayed she would be o.k, she was only 33 weeks. Well shortly after I was checked the labor pains were getting worse, I called my boyfriend and told him to come to the hospital. i think he was in a state of shock. nothing ever works how you plan it. I decidfed I wanted an epidural, after that I couldn`t even feel my contractions. I would descrivbe contractions as really bad menstral cramps, but all over. Finally around 2:45 I was fully dialated. I felt a lot of pressure and told them I fell her down there low, can I push...can I push???? Waiting for the doctor I started pushing, It was amazing! 14 minutes later beautiful Adalynn arrived in this world really early and was 5 pounds... bigger than expected! But she still had some lung issues. After 2 weeks of being in the NICU I finally go to take my beautiful girl home. She is perfect. I was told preemies develop slower and her developmental age doesn`t start unitll her due date. I love her more than life itself!

6 month's -

Adalynn is doing great. She is at a very helathy weight and her height is beyond the average. It is so hard to believe this little girl was a preemie once on oxygen and a feeding tube in her nose, so little and hairy (because of the lanugo) (lol) She is a beautiful little spirit, already she has so much personality. She brightens up my world, my life! Addy is now sitting up on her own and rolling over! her teeth have not come through uyet but she is definatly teething. She Loves animals, i have found whenever my dogs walk near her she smiles in delight. Her smile is contagious. It is just a big toothless gummy grin! She says a lot with her eyes, right now she loves taking out her pacifier and figuring out how to plop it back in the "right" way! She like her jumper/excersaucer, but even more loves to be read to and tries to grab the pages of the book. I can tell she is going to be a very intuitive little girl. Everything interests her and she studies it with her baby blue's. I hope she is filled with happiness and comfort. She is starting to talk quite a bit...still no words, just a bunch of babbling! I love her so much and couldn't imagine my life without this little angel. Thanks Addy for being you!





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kbpc3949 - Wednesday, 13 August
Hey Paws, how's it going?


lucasandmomma - Friday, 8 August
It's a boy! I feel pretty good just getting a little tired. And scared....I don't deal with pain to well and I just don't know how I'm going to get through the whole labor and delivery thing :) I'm excited to meet my little guy but the whole parent thing is turning into reality so fast. I joined this group to help me get ready for whats to come. Any great advise?


lucasandmomma - Friday, 8 August
Your daughter is so cute!! Do they know why you went so early? How's she doing?


lucasandmomma - Friday, 8 August
nope he's a white boxer! Thanks!


joyfulmum - Thursday, 7 August
Thanks for the tips lol. So much for our April babies huh. Well Adalynn is beautiful and you would never know she was preemie. Morgan is already 15 pounds lol. She only goes in the exersaucer for like 5 mins. then starts crying, I pick her up and she is happy. Like you said they need to see us at all times lol.


kbpc3949 - Monday, 4 August
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=11592&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=7121

Paws, this is the camera I bought after I found out I was pg, I love it. Lots of functions....


karenc - Monday, 4 August
oh don't mention it! also, a photo editing program is always very useful -- helps enhance colors, get rid of red eye, and crop photos so that you get 'only' what you want. i have a more advanced tool at work (Adobe Fireworks), but at home I use Microsoft Picture Manager and Editor at home and it came with the computer. super useful!


karenc - Monday, 4 August
hi there! i saw your post about a digicam and trying to find one that's not TOO expensive. you can take beautiful photos with a good quality camera that costs under $300 -- the real key is knowing how to frame your shots and having good lighting. polaroid makes excellent cameras (http://www.polaroid.com/products/product_list.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028670&sc=Digital%20Cameras) as does canon (http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=113). i have a beautiful non-digi SLR camera that takes amazing photos, but i've been very pleased with many of the shots i've taken with my little polaroid (if i do say so myself, haha!). anyway, hope that helps


misskatie - Monday, 4 August
Oh, I forgot! The camera I have is a Casio Exilim. As far as point and shoots go, I would buy either a Casio or Canon - not a Nikon Coolpix. I had one and it had such a long delay I hated it.


misskatie - Monday, 4 August
HI! I have both a Nikon slr and a couple of point and shoots - the one I'm using now (point and shoot) cost $150 at Wal Mart and I love it! I don't think you need an slr to start off with. The most important thing to do when taking photos is simplifying the background (like girlwitstyle did) and exerimenting with angles! The difference in quality isn't that noticeable. When you need to upgrade to a nice slr, you will know! Just taking time experimenting with whatever camera you own now will produce better photos, without spending money. One of my favorite sites to read about photography is kenrockwell.com - I think you can learn a lot there.


kbpc3949 - Monday, 4 August
Take care!


kbpc3949 - Monday, 4 August
I just sent you a message on the 4 month page but obviously you wont' get it....pls check back with us on the four month page once in awhile....


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Photos
Calming down for the night (2008, 05, 02) Lounging with her ducks (2008, 05, 02) Sleeping on dad...soundly (2008, 05, 02)  (2008, 05, 12)  (2008, 05, 12) No I`m not a boy---I just like blue! (2008, 05, 30) First time in Excersaucer! (2008, 06, 26) Well Hello Mr. Bear (2008, 06, 28) Tired after tum-tum time (2008, 06, 28) I`m innocent I swear! (2008, 06, 28) Cute as a button! (2008, 06, 30) Loving her swing! (2008, 06, 30) Being a ham!! (2008, 06, 30) Sleeping with Blue dog (2008, 07, 24) MESSY GIRL! (2008, 07, 24) Big girl eating! (2008, 07, 25) Adalynn as a preemie....she was beautiful but 7 weeks early! (2008, 08, 18) Click here to see all pawsitvemama`s photos

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