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ragtopgirl
Age: 41
Country: US
Province/region: California
City: Anaheim
Partner: Husband
Children: Yes, 1
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Due date: 30 Jan ,2008
Occupation: Staying home to raise the little guy! Yeah!!!
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11-11-08

Well, Bobby is 9 months old now and as healthy as an ox! yawn... we are teathing right now so it's been a rough week for everyone at Camp K. :) :)

stats so far:

  • 21.5 lbs
  • 31.5 inches
  • 5 teeth
  • and he yells Da Da, No mama yet!

Cheers

3-29-08

Yesterday was our first Dr. appt ( 8 weeks) for shots. What fun! Bobby had to get 4 shots in the upper thigh and one oral vaccine, so no wonder he was not a happy camper last night. Today was much better. smiles are back. Of course he as a complete angel at the Doctors office. We told them he has horns, but no one believes us. hahahahahah

Here are his stats at 8 weeks:

  • 90th percentile -24 inches long
  • 75th percentile -12lbs and 12 oz!!!!! (he gained almost 6 pounds....!!)
  • 25th percentile - 39 centimers around the head.

3-26-08

Hello all, Well the adventure continues at our house. Baby "Bobby" decided that he wanted to be cranky this past week or so and I had to move to desperate measures to keep sanity, so I bought some "GRIPE WATER". What a difference in our little man! He is not nearly as gassy and seems to not mind if I put it in the supplement formula.

Cheers for some sleep! ....finally zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

3-17-08 Happy St. Pattys Day!!!!

Hello all, Heres where we are so far- Things have been going well. Apparently we have a no sleeping rule in our house now.... lol

Bobby is about 11 pounds so far. My Dr. appt. is Wed. so I hope all goes well. The baby discovered a new cry this week. Kind of whiney and then a screetch. The boy has some lungs! For only being 7 weeks old he has outgrown all newborn and 3 month old cloths ( super long legs) so we are in 3to 6 months clothes ALREADY!!!!!!

1/30/08!!!!!!!!!!!! The big day!!!!!!!!!!!

Bobby was born today (WED)after stating our ordeal at the hospital Tuesday at 12:00 noon he came to us at 4:48pm the next day!!!!!!! Induced us and I got stuck at an 8 so they decided to do an emergency C- Section. All is well. He is pretty for a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Bobby
  • 7lbs and 12oz
  • 20 inches long and huge feet and hands like daddy!!!!!
  • JAn 30th, 2008 at 4:48PM

My little angel> Bob is the humble daddy and I'm besides myself with awe. Glad it's finaly over! I'm moving over to the talking babies side, so I'll see all of ou aver there I hope!!!!!

Good luck to all my on line friends. I keep the same name of ragtopgirl so don't forget to keep me in the loop about your stories.

Love,

Joell and Bob and Bobby

1/27/07

Lots of stuff to catch up on- If I make it until Tuesday they will induce! I am borderline preeclampsia with high blood pressure for the first time in my life and the swelling is outrageous. I think I lost my mucus plug on Friday night and had lots of contractions. ( real ones) They are much different then the other that I had felt. Scared me....

I did spend last Friday and Sat at the Hospital for observation. Doing better now that I was in bed for a week...

Looking forward to meeting my son soon. He is moving around alot and resonded to Bob kissing my stomache last night while talking to the baby. Bob was asking him to give a kick or something and kept kissing my stamoach loudly and sure enough- the baby kept responing to him. we both cracked up!

Had my eye brows waxed yesterday, cant look like Chubaca from star wars for labor, you know! :0

1/15/08

Only 3 weeks to go. The in-laws were here this week and helped declutter the house,garage, babys room. Looks great! We had a fabulous baby shower last Sat. and received lots of goodies for the baby. There were about 27 people that were there and the room was decorated gorgeous. My mom and sister in law threw it and we had friends help out with decorations and fun stuff. I'm feeling like it won't be long now. The cloths are cute and I cannot believe how small the daipers are.....

The Feet look like Fred Flinstone feet and I am so tired most of the time that I wish I would have listened to everyone that told me that I was going to slow down, so get everyting done early. I thought NO WAY! that's not happening to me... hahaha - it happened. Bob is fine and getting anxious too. Everyday now is a waiting game... :)

1/2/08!!!! Happy New Year!!!!!!!

Well only 35 days to go! WOW can't belive that we are so close to the due date of Feb 7th. Going to do a baby pool soon. :) Cheers!

12/24/07

Merry Christmas everyone! 33 weeks!!!!! only about 6 to go......Just back from the final shopping experience this year and let me tell you, I am too popped to party! those shoppers are crazy! I have a night of wrapping ahead of me so I could really use some go go juice! I had a pepsi, but it did not do the trick! I'm still sick with a bad cold, so thats probably it.

The last week has been an adventure in baby land. BAby "K" is moving around alot and I've had some urine leakage when I cough and stuff. I think it may be due to being sick with coughing and stuff. Bob has been great, even when I had a moment last week and kick Tigger the cat OUT of the Bed and room for the evening. I am feeling really cramped these days in bed. ( I knew we should have bought the King size mattress) :) Have been feeling a little emotional lately and hearing stories of how things can still go bad at the end of a pregnancy have left me feeling very insecure. Started packing the bag for the hospital this week, but not done yet!

We put the crib together this week, so I guess it's official! We now have a BABY ROOM! ...........OMG this IS really happening...and I can't wait. Getting anxious about the labor, not looking forward to it, but I know it will be worth it

....smiles to all-Joell

12-18-07

Well it's 3:30 AM again and I'm up again. Can't sleep. This week was a busy one with Christmas shopping, wrapping and hosting a girlfriends annual gift exchange at my house. Decided to do frozen lasagna and have each gal bring something because I just wasn't up to "Cooking" this year.

The baby is moving around so much these days that sometimes it feels like it never stops. At the DR. Appt. last week this made my DR. happy. I'm so tired these days that I really want it to move along quickly. I have 6 weeks to go IF I go all the way. I think I'm going early though. Tomorrow we will be 33 weeks and have our last birthing class. I promised the instructor that I would have my labor bag ready so I guess that will give me something to do tomorrow before class. PS - the video's scared the crap out of me. I have a low tollerance for pain and those 2 girls just looked miserable so I cried, but tried to hide it in class.

My shower is not until Jan. 12th and now I'm nervous that we won't have enough time to get everything after the shower, but dont want to buy anything before the shower....Hopefully we will get some goodies. Tons of my husbands family/friends live on the east coast, so maybe the gift card thing will work for them. I sent out 60 invites including out of towners, but am only expecting about 30 people ( this include about 15 seniors form the place my mom lives at) so only about 15 close people to me and my husband will be there. Should be interesting. I let my sister in law and mother pick the theme for the shower. I figured since they were throwing it, they could have fun with a theme and surprise me. I'm not real particular about the shower so I gae them the blessing to go have fun and do what the heack they want. Now the baby room is another story...hahahaha :)

12-3--07

This little one is jumping around like crazy the past few days. It feels like an earthquake in there. Not sure what that rumbling means! :) anyways, hubby Bob painted the room yesterday a pretty blue and we finally registered. Baby k Shower is Jan 12. All is coming together nicely and I'm feeling better. I was sick Friday, sat, sun and felt bettter today. Had a stomach issue. Glad thats over! Bob took today off from work and we hung out doing nothing, just reconnecting because when Im sick and being a baby,I just kind of slept alone downstairs and was miserable, so I'm BACK now! He was very supportative when he told me he missed the real me. what a guy. Meanwhile the baby decided to learn how to do back flips or something while I was living in the bathroom for a couple of days.... That was an experience in it's self.

11-25-07

This is me at 29 weeks! Getting bigger everyday! Went for another U-Sound today to show my mom what it was like and got a black and white DVD for an extra $5.00! Very cool. Baby K has long legs and we saw a BIG FOOT too. Must be an NBA player in there since hubby is 6'5!

11-16-07

OK, so I'm huge! I'm dealing with this adjustment in size. Boobs are gigantic. Today was a fabulous day becasue we emptied my office into my husbands office ( we will share now) and the babys room is empty and ready for a make over. I won't go crazy, just some nice touches. We will paint Thanskgiving weekend (Bob will) a pale blue. Colors will be Mint green and yellow. I am getting excitied and look forward to the end. Still can't sleep a wink, so now I don't fight it.

11-8-07

27 weeks yesterday! Things are going good except for the bathroom breaks at night and the non sleeping. Baby k is moving around all of the time and I had my first rib kick karate chop last week. He wants out.... ahahahha!

10-15-07

I lost all info so I am starting over..... I'm 40, married and 23 weeks/5days today. Having a little man Feb. 7th, 2008! Happy to be married a year and even happier to be preggo. :) Good luck to all!





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karenc - Wednesday, 13 Feb
hey there - we have stairs too, lol, and i really have to restrict myself to climbing them once or twice a day. if i do more, i really feel it - not pain, just achiness and i know a nap will be coming almost immediately afterward, lol.i'm breastfeeding too and MAN it's an all consuming event, no? i found today, too, that i can't quite keep up with beckett and i have to give him a bit of formula at the end of each meal to keep him satisfied. not sure if i'll catch up or if we'll have to continue the combination, but we have a doc's appt this week to check his weight (my milk was QUITE slow in coming in), so i can just bring it up then.hope you guys are well and we can talk soon!


karenc - Sunday, 10 Feb
hey there! well, we had Beckett Robert after a very long labor that ended in c-section... ugh! sort of similar in some ways to what happened to you, but i didn't even get to an 8 -- i got stuck at 4-5. blah. i'll post a birth story this week. but everyone is fine and we came home today -- rob is so excited to sleep in his own bed, he can't wait to lie down, lol.
hope you and the little one are doing well -- some of the mommies recommended the TalkingBabies.com web site, so maybe i'll see you over there! talk to you soon. ;)



karenc - Tuesday, 5 Feb
so, I didn't get to call you today... and my water broke at 7:15 tonite, lol. so now we're hanging out waiting for the contractions to get more intense - the m/w told me to call back in an hour or even two and check in, esp if they start to get strong. b/c my water broke, they'll want me in there tonite anyway, maybe to induce if the labor doesn't progress. soooo ... it's happening, eek and wahoo!! lol, i'll update you soon, tho probably not until, you know, after!


karenc - Monday, 4 Feb
oh, wow, can't believe the dramatic turn - ugh! you must have been very anxious and i'm so glad you guys made it through and are home again. thank you so much for the advice and I will def try to call you.my m/w and I are talking about induction on 2/12 if i'm still pregnant, so I am eager to hear more about your experience.and congratulations on your gorgeous baby!!


mammabelly - Monday, 4 Feb
Congratulations on your new baby boy! Glad it is over for you and glad you both are doing well after that. Sending you prayers for a fast recovery.


margysd - Monday, 4 Feb


dreambaby16 - Friday, 1 Feb
Hey, saw you were being induced on Tuesday, you must have your precious little boy now! Hope all went well and you are enjoying him. Let us know!


Time4Toni - Thursday, 31 Jan
You must have had the baby by now...Good for you! I hope it all went smoothly for your 1st time...you never stop being scared though! Take care and let me know when you have pics of the baby up!


karenc - Wednesday, 30 Jan
joelle... did you have your baby??? lol, or maybe you're in the middle of having the baby now! such suspense, can't wait to hear an update. :) oh, yeah, still superprego here!


babyharris - Tuesday, 29 Jan
Best of luck to you...Feb. 7th is around the corner. So exciting! I still have 3 months to go. Yay for you up for the joys of motherhood at fabulous 40!


Valentine-Baby - Monday, 28 Jan
How exciting, you get to meet your son tuesday!! U've been feeling tired and it hurts to walk, it feels like my left pelvic bone is out of the socket. Good luck for your induction, let me know how it goes whenever you get a few minutes!!


karenc - Monday, 28 Jan
hey, I was just reading your update and it sounds like bob's taking good care of you - lol, i'll bet his bag is packed for the hospital now, too! well, I guess you'll def have your baby by tuesday at the latest - omg!! but you must be bored w/ the bedrest, and the whole preeclamsia thing is just sucky, so i'm glad it'll be happening for you soon. good luck in L&D, and i'll be looking for your updates both when you're ready and when I have my own. :)


Valentine-Baby - Monday, 21 Jan
oh my goodness, I am glad to hear you and baby are ok! Did they tell you anything to watch out for at home in case it happens again?


karenc - Monday, 21 Jan
oh MY, that sounds very stressful - i'm so glad you're ok. are you on partial or full bedrest for the next few weeks and did they give you meds?i know they worry about preeclampsia in moms over 35 and i'm definitely watchful for any weird symptoms. when they take my BP at the doc's office, i'm always willing it to be low, lol.keep me posted on how you're doing, and take it easy!


misslisa - Monday, 21 Jan
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I was also borderline preeclampsia with my first and just make sure to drink A LOT of water and definately put your feet up higher than your heart. I gained a ton of wait in the last couple of weeks due to water retention, that took me a long time to lose. Also, be sure to talk to your regular physician about having your bp monitored AFTER having the baby. I ended up with high bp for 5 years after I had him. But it went undiagnosed for the first 2 years because I didn't really say anything and my few visits to the doc they would tell me I was too young and I was just stressed. lol. Yeah ya think? My best friend also had the same thing after her second child. It never hurts to be cautious. Ps. Noone ever told me that a little change such as cutting salt out of your diet would help tremendously! And anything canned, has huge amounts of it. You may even be able to reverse it right now if you change a couple of things that you eat. Message me if you want any advice! :)


karenc - Saturday, 19 Jan
hey, joell! so happy to hear you got lots of good booty at your shower - helps you feel more prepared if not exactly ready, I think. do you feel just about ready? or is it sometimes still sort of unreal?

at this week's appt the doc said the baby's head seems to be engaging into the pelvis, so that's good to hear; my husband and one of my coworkers also said that I look like i'm dropping. also we've started doinf non-stress tests at the appts to just check the baby's HB and contractions if any - they do this at my practice for moms 40 and up and since i'm 39 1/2 we figured we'd do them on me too. it was pretty cool, just chilling out and listening to the HB, lol, and it was a good reading, which is always nice.

my ankles and feet are still on the gross side, but not as bad as they were last week, thank god. and even tho i'm really uncomfortably large, i'm still okay w/ letting nature take it's course. it's not that i'm not eager to meet the baby, I guess I just found my patience. I AM however ready to quit working; those people are driving me nuts.

are you feeling like you're just done or do you think you can pull out another 2 weeks?


Valentine-Baby - Thursday, 17 Jan
I was bummed too, I totally expected to be in touch with some girls and have our babies play together and stuff!! So what classes are you taking at the hospital? We finished prepared childbirth, breastfeeding, and a dad's only class, we are almost done with the parenting class, we have 1 class left and its the car seat safety. My husband wanted to take all the classes so that we knew as much as we could going into this!! Thats funny, we even had our shower on the same day!
Its good you've been keeping your diary on your page, I just started yesterday...a little late! So how have you been? And your baby, you are having a boy right?


margysd - Thursday, 17 Jan
I am so excited and happy for you being so close to your due date. I can not wait to get closer to my due date. I think about it all of the time. I wish you much luck with your delivery and i hope that you post your delivery and pics of your little one on your page. Take care. :)


margysd - Tuesday, 15 Jan
Hi, I had my “big” ultrasound on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 where they take all of the developmental measurements. I just put the pic on the page. In the next few hours, my husband will be adding the measurements on the page as well. (He has then saved in his palm pilot) The tech was not able to get all of the measurements that she wanted to get because of the position that our daughter was in, and will get the rest on our next ultrasound appointment in a month. We did get the most important news of all, and that is that she is progressing as expected and is healthy. We have been so incredibly happy to hear that so far everything is normal. I also really like seeing her personality start to come out. During the appointment, she was moving her legs and had one arm behind her head. It was really cute.

How has your pregnancy been going? I wish you much luck and look forward to hearing your latest baby news. Take care, Margy :)


karenc - Thursday, 10 Jan
lol, i am so grossed out by my feet and ankles! but, i'm just realizing that i've been eating some salty things the last couple of days -- crackers, tortilla chips, etc. -- so it's my own fault.


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