"becominq preqnant was one of the best experiences ive ever went thru"

About Me:

name is teante [tee-on-tay].est o41289. shelby nc res. pittsburqh pa bred

sinqle; and happy.

our baby qirl Janiyah Na'Chell Lawrence was born

o6.o4.o8 [1 day after her due date]

very sweet && love to meet new people you can't have enouqh friends!

future plans to qo to community colleqe & qet my cosmotoloqy licence

open my own beauty salon & provide for my baby qirl :)

Follow My Preqnancy:

January 9, 2008

ITS A GIRL!! [found out Jan 2nd :] i'm sitting in the garage. bored. she is moving constantly. which is a good thing LOL. everytime i watch baby shows she is moving like a acrobat but when its over she chills down HOW WIERD is that! its like she knows what im watching.. LOL. im 19 weeks and 1 day...i cant wait till the days come to an end and i can hold her. =]

January 23,2008

so bored. idk why but like the bottom of my tummy always gets kinda crampy espically on the sides like where your pelvic bone is...just sometimes and it scares me is it normal? i have my checkup in 2 days =] i hope everything goes good!! on friday me and my boyfriend is buying our baby girl her "bassie" im so excited everyone who is in weeks 21 we're almost done =]!

January 31,2008

22 weeks and 2 days =] im so happy i have gotten this far. i went to the orthodontist and me and my doctor was talking she was tellin me how she had her baby boy at 30 weeks and he was healthy...i was like well how sweet. if i have my girl that early i hope everything will be okay too. she have been kicking but not alot...i have a doct appt next friday last friday everything was so great! her heartbeat was 152 beats per minute! and she is healthy as crap =]. my iron was kinda low. but she is taking it away lol.! i started putting stuff in my room ready for her arrival.. b/c once i get bigger i KNOW im not gonna be able to be as active haha.

February 5,2008

23 weeks! this morning while i was cooking breakfast. she was moving so much it felt as if a alien was taking over my body like she wanted to burst out of me LOL. so far today i felt fine....i felt a little queezy after breakfast idk why but i did....it was beautiful outside so i sat outside me and thomas and we was just talking about all the things we're going to do when she comes...=] i cant wait good luck you guys!

February 20,2008

offically 25 weeks and 1 day today boy am i happy! im really almost there 4 real =] its becoming unreal every week now that my due date is coming closer...or atleast the weeks where she can live is coming closer LOL... she has been bumping and kicking and wiggling all over inside and at night she is really active...i always put my hand on the side of my stomach when i sleep so i can feel her and she is just the kicking my hand LOL.. i went to the docts last week and i improved a lot w/ my iron it was only down 2 but now its down 1 thank god!! and so far i gained 11 lbs...LOL i was 101 and now im 112 but NOW im 113 haha. i have never went over 106 before LOL... i always been the little one lOL.

March 3, 2008

26 weeks and 6 days you might as well say 27 =]. I went to the doctors today and everything was okayy! my uterus was 27 cm, her heartbeat was 144...and my iron and everything was fine. my weight was 114 i gained 1 lb and 3/4 which is great for my size. i also had my glucose test and it was great. that sugary stuff was basically orange soda w/ more sugar so i chugged it down. the doctor told me i could be one of those pregnant ladies on a posterboard because everything is going so great right now...=] next time i go to the doct i'll be 30 weeks and me and thomas will be starting the lamaze classes and i will be attending the epidural class [because everyone knows that might be needed!] HAHA... but im so glad everything is going great i cant wait for JANIYAH to come i love her already =]

March 19,2008

today im 29 weeks and 1 day old...well she is haha..and so far im getting really anxious b/c i have -10 weeks left now...there is so much i still have to do..i gotta pack for the hospital even tho i have 10 weeks and some days left, i still want to be prepared so i dont have 2 do it later...and sleeping is really hard! b/c she tends to kick on the side i lay on :/ LOL...but she is such a wiggler,kicker anything else yall can thinkof she is it..! LOL...my uncle had his son yesterday morning at 8:30 they named their child Jaden corde' he was 8lbs and some oz LOL...

March 25,2008

30 weeks! omg im gettin so freakin close i cant wait :) i have my epidural class today cuz i KNOW ima need it LOL! tomorrow i have my child class and my reg appt so i'll let you guys know whats up :)

April 14,2008

32 weeks 6 days wow its going so fast...i went 2 my lamaze class last thurs [10th] and it was goofy b/c i never had 2 pretend labor in front of ppl before...but i didnt like the breathing techniques..i know that class isnt going 2 matter b/c once the real labor comes your not going 2 sit back and think about what u learned in class lmao! and thats a fact. my b-day was nice..i took some new pics which is my defaultt. [and theres more]. but she has been squirming like a doggie trying 2 play LOL..she will not stop she moves at least 40 times a day lmfao!! but tomorrow off to week 33...yay!

April 24,2008

34 weeks =) whoaa LOL. yesterday i went to the doctors and everything is going great heartbeat was 150 sum. and she is head down now. but idk if she is in my pelvis or not i dont think so..?? but um. next time i go will be my last 2 week visit and then its every week from then on. i have 2 do my 3rd tri exam ugh. lol... i really dislike pap smears lol it dosent feel right LOl... my sleeping is getting worse and worse everyday since she is growing like a elephant its so hard to find a comfortable side to sleep on..so im sleeping on my back most of the time then she gets the poking out from everywhere ima start sleeping standing up! haha! j/k =) but good luck to you mommies out there and people thats 34 weeks 5 weeks to go!! lol

May 7,2008

36 weeks :) its so freakin close i can smell the hospital lmfaoo!! im so qoofy. but anywho. i went to the doctors today and everythinq is qreat! the baby is larqe and she dosen't have anymore room to move in there just about :) he was like whooa! im feelinq all baby. her heartbeat was 150,152ish which is qood. i went for my 3rd trimester exam and it went well my cervix is soft and he said somethinq was half an inch but i dont know what he was talkinq about.. i go everyweek now so next week i'll keep you guys posted :)

May 9th, 2oo8

OMG!! last niqht i was watchinq t.v with my mom riqht..? and my feet qot cold so i went to put on some socks well i was like why is my socks so tiqht on me? my mom was like your feet are probably swollen.. && i was like well yesterday when i went to the doct he said my feet were fine no siqns of swolleness...&& then me & her went in her room to watch t.v && i was playinq with my lil shih-ztu && i ran out the room cuz like i said i was playinq with him; and i came back in my mom's room i was like my feet are SWOLLEN! lol..she started crackinq up..she was like i told u so..but i must of just blew up cuz i mean it wasnt like that earlier lol..they have went down its dosent hurt just puffy and hard to move my feet i elevated them like the doct told me to do if i came across this lol..i was so shocked you quys haha.... but have a qreat day <3

May 16th,2oo8

37 Weeks, 3 days.... yesterday i went to the doctors & everythinq was qood :) i weiqh 126 lbs, i qained 4 lbs since last week when i went to the doctors lol...& the baby is fine. everythinq was qood till i qot to my boyfriends house & im not even qoinq to lie u know when you qet into a biq fiqht and you have make up sex??....well thats what we did lol...sorry 2 say it but its the truth haha..&& somethinq told me to qet up & i was bleedinq...i was so scared! we went to the emerqancy room b/c my doctors office was all on break what kind of crap is that? they should of atleast had ONE nurse on duty doctor somethinq??!?! but anyways i was in the hospital for a few hours ...of corse, and the midwife checked me & she said a blood vessel probably burst when i was havinq sex...since its so close to my due date...but the bleedinq was normal..i was havinq braxton hicks like a muq too!! but im qlad everythinq is qood..the bleedinq is still there its really really liqht probably by the end of the day the bleedinq should have stopped... <3

May 23,2oo8

38 weeks, 3 days =) omq u quys!! u wont believe this...i went to the doctors today & he said i was already 3 cm dilated! i cant believe it...he said if i contract anymore just qo to the hospital...she is ready 2 come..i hope she can hold out till next week sometime.. we qotta put her crib up..& the baby shower is tomorrow haha!! but i'll keep yall posted =)

May 28th,2oo8

39 weeks 1 day im 9 months now!! first of all, my baby shower was qreat janiyah recieved a lot of stuff lol..i mean a lot. i went to the doctors today and nothinq has chanqed . i qo back on the 4th a day after my due date if she isnt in the world yet...& im pretty sure she isnt...lol and they are qoinq to put me on the monitor for a half hour & qive me a ultrasound to see how much fluid i have in me... then the next day i will be qoinq to the women's clinic & they will schedule to induce my labor so im so ready 4 her arrival!! keep yall posted =)

The Birth Story:

The Day of o6.o4.o8:

well...i woke up anxious to find out when they were qoinq to induce my labor & i was also happy barack obama won the nominee.i remembered last week the doctor tellinq me to eat somethinq so the baby can be more active. so i make me 2 picecs of toast & i couldn't eat it. it felt like i had to puke. i know the week before i been qettinq sick and my appitite was shot in the qround. me & thomas went to the doctors they were planninq to do a ultrasound, and count her movements & tell me how much fluid i have in the sac. the nurse checked my blood pressure and it was like 190 over 100 sum i think. i now for a fact it was 190. so check checked it 4 more times still hiqh...she had 2 more nurses come in and checked me ....still hiqh. i felt fine but i quess my body wasn't. the doctor came in and checked me he said i will have 2 deliver today my bp was too hiqh. thank qod the hospital was next door lol. they told me to lay on my left side & they put me on the rollie bed and rolled me next door to the hospital. they wheeled me over to labor in delivery i was so nervous & scared. i didnt know what was qoinq on i was just worried about janiyah. i was just thinkinq to myself, my preqnancy was qoinq so qreat and at the end it wanna have complications.! so...i was sittinq in the bed they kept checkinq my bp [still hiqh] & the midwife came in and told me she was qoinq to break my water around 1pm. they qave me bp pills to make it come down & it worked sometimes. my mom,thomas & his mom was in the room with me showinq me support. they broke my water i'll say 1:15 ish. omq labor pains hurt!! i dilated really fast i was already a 3 when i came in cuz i been a 3 for about 2-3 weeks b4 that day. she checked me aqain i dont remember when but it wasnt that lonq b4 she broke my water and i was a nine. they asked me if iwanted the epidural. i was like yeah...so im waitinq the nurse came back & said i cant find him. im like what?! lol. then he was found and he was qettinq my stuff toqether. 30 mins later still no anesthesis and a few mins later it was time to push...the whole labor only lasted 2 1/2 hrs. how easy for your first baby huh? lol. Janiyah Na'Chell Lawrence was born at 4:02 pm weiqhinq 7lbs 6 oz. i had her naturally and she was 18 1/2 inches. im so qlad she is here i love her with all my heart =)

June 19,2oo8

yesterday i was soooooooo scared! the children's clinic called and wanted more bloodwork done on Janiyah they said when she was born her levels were hiqh i hope everythinq is okay :'(. but she is such a qood baby. just qive her the bottle,and her diaper chanqed and she is set to qo! she has her 1st doct appt tomorrow i'll tell yall details. her first 2 weeks home has been qood. exepct the qettinq up in the middle of the niqht part. im always half sleep when im feedinq her haha. but im qettinq my rest in sometimes; i just cant take a nap durinq the day its impossible unless somethinq on t.v is really BORING lol! she took her first ride 2 walmart last week she slept the whole time & she went with me 2 my orthodontist appt with me all the doctors wanted 2 take her home haha! but they cant :) cuz she is mine hehe.

July 11,2oo8

WOAH! sorry its been forever; i just been so freakinq busy with janiyah & tryinq to find a j.o.b. she had her 1 month check up this past tuesday; she weiqhs now 8lbs,7oz and is 19 1/2 inches lonq. she is very healthy. we had to qet bloodwork done on her AGAIN b/c the doctor said when i took her to qet her bloodwork done on her last month they never called and i didnt know what was wrong with her. come to find out the hospital never signed off for it and so when i went to the doctors; they told me what could be wronq. she told me she might have thyroid problems. which can make u really fat or really skinny one level of blood was normal and one was too high the high level can affect the normal level so i had to take her back to the hospital...i called the clinic today and they said everything was normal...janiyah is healthy as a apple!! :) if she DID have thyroid problems; she would have been on meds for the rest of her life. which woulda sucked....

September 18th,2oo8

HEY everyone!! im sooo sorry i haven't been on here..I just been so busy with miss Janiyah and i recently moved back to pittsburgh my hometown. but things are going great last time janiyah was at the doctors for her 2 month checkup; she was 10lb and i forgot the oz..but the doctor said he weight gain was good, put not perfect...and i think its the formula but they wont do anything about it i guess i have to take precautions then...but other than that she is healthy and the happiest baby i've ever seen all she does is smile laugh and tries to talk lol! its so cute i love her with ALL my heart!! and her father too :)

October 7th,2oo8

wow! im so bored AND IM READY 2 GO BACK 2 SHELBY AND BE WITH MY BOYFRIEND AND MY FAMILY <3!! today me and janiyah went to her doctor visit and everythinq is qood! she now is 23 1/2 inches and weiqht 12.2 lbs. she is qettin so fat!! the doctor told me to start tryinq cereals and jar foods...my baby qirl is qrowinq up i hope she dont be qreedy like her daddy!! haha im j/k but im qlad im doinq a qood job with her...beinq a mommy ROCKS!