Not just another Monday

Today was our second ultrasound. First, we got to the doctor at 8:45 because we had an appointment at 9am. When we tried to enter the office it was locked with a note on the door saying the office was going to open at 9am. The office girls got there shortly after that. They told us we were way early and we said our appointment was for 9am. They said they don't take the first appointment until 9:30 which confused us. When one of the office girls looked on the computer they told us our appointment was not until 11:30. We were shocked and said that had to be a mistake. They said sometimes they make mistakes but I knew that I wrote down 9am at work. They told us no problem and said they could fit us in early. After waiting around for about an hour (Sam was not a happy camper) they got us in. Now we got to do another ultrasound that was not on the belly again. Peanut had grown so big. Peanut looks like a teddy graham. You know the snack food. We could see the arms and legs buds. They just moved around in a floating pattern. It was so cool and a little creepy at the same time. We heard the heartbeat for the second time. The doctor wanted to see what is was this time around because it was a little slow. Usually it should be around 120-160 sometimes it can be around 110-170 in the first trimester. The first time it was 110 this time it was 160. If Peanut is getting extreme right instances right now I can't wait to see what is going to happen when it actually arrives. The doctor says everything looks great and set our next appointment for a month out. January 27 I believe. She gave us some books, coupons, free samples of baby formula, a portable changing pad, and other things I have not had a chance to look at yet because Sam carried them out to his car and then took then to work. I might see them tomorrow. Went to work no problems there except for getting really sleepy after lunch so I took a nap around 3:30-4. It was refreshing and got me through the rest of the day. Got home around 9pm and relaxed for an hour and now I am getting ready for bed to do it all over again tomorrow. Good night don't let the bed bugs bite!

Week 9

I love this part of the week. It is the update of what is going on with peanut and myself. This week peanut is going to be an inch big. Peanut is developing its organs. Arms and legs are longer with fingers and toes. Peanut will actually look like a human this week. I am so excited to see a human being rather than an alien. I weigh 168.4. I can't believe that I didn't gain any weight this week especially with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It is a Christmas miracle. Today I ate very badly. Taco Bell, pizza, candy, chips my stomach hurts so bad. I am going back to eating healthy my body can't handle all that crap. Getting tired so nothing unusual going on with me.

The day after Christmas

Yesterday was a long day so needless to say Sam and I slept in. We(more so Sam) have decided to start eating better and start walking to make my life easier now and later. He wanted to make peanut breakfast so peanut had scrambled eggs with onions and cheese and washed it down with OJ. It was good and started the day out right. Cory stopped by to hang out and we ended up getting Chipotle for dinner. So all in all I would say I ate pretty good today. I has a couple of snacks not on the OK list but I have a hard time quitting cold turkey. I still feel great no problems with the peanut. I have noticed I can't eat as much in one sitting as I used to. Not that I am trying but I do love my potatoes. Starting to show more and more. I am going to start taking a picture of me every Sunday along with my peanuts developing updates. Just helps coinside with my progress plus it is really entertaining that I am showing this much so soon. Trying to stay up so I can see Sam before I go to bed. I hope I make it.

Christmas Day

Sam and I slept in today. We rolled out of bed around 11am. It was great just to be together for a little while by ourselves. We decided to do our presents for each other last night because we wanted to sleep in. Sam got me just what I asked for a bookmark and the sixth Harry Potter book to complete my collection. I got him the John Mayer CD and his Call of Duty game. We kept it short and sweet. We didn't want much or need much we are just happy as clams. We headed over to my parents house to celebrate Christmas there. We un-stocked our stockings, and my parents got Sam and I a new comforter. PLUS they gave peanut (that is what we are calling the baby) a Tennessee onesie. It came with a bib, booties, and socks. TOO CUTE!!! Dinner was delicious to say the least. My Mom is one great cook. Stuffed myself way too much and peanut wanted to give some of it back. I convinced it otherwise. But man, I was full. Still am but I had to have more potatos. I am so miserable. We watched a couple of movies and just relaxed. Still have not had any pregnancy issues. All is going well. Sam and I just got home and we are going to relax before he has to go to work tomorrow. Everyone have a Merry Christmas!

Just another monday

Work was long, took a nap, Sam called and woke me up, stopped by Walmart to pick up my prenatal pills, ate dinner, going to bed. These are the days of my life:)

p.s. I forgot to weigh myself yesterday. I weigh 168.4 gained a whole pound again. If this keeps up I am going to be HUGE!!!!

Week 8

Let's start with, I think I am in week eight. My doctor told me that the baby is 6 1/2 weeks old on Wednesday so I am thinking that makes me 8 weeks. Go with me on this. Anyway, lets see what is going to be going on this week. With me starting to show I want to know how big the baby is. The baby is about the size of a pinto bean. Why does it always have to be compared to food. Now, the book says that I should not be showing yet especially if this is my first baby but what do they know. This week the baby is getting eyelid folds and the tip of the nose. I hope it gets my nose. I would like to think I have a cute nose. The body is getting longer. Elbows are present , arms and legs, are longer. Fingers and toes are notched what ever that means. That is it for this week.
So far I still have not had any "symptoms" of pregnancy. I do get tired faster. It's funny Sam does not get off of work until 10:30 which means he gets home around 10:45-11:00. I can not for the life of me stay up that long. I try and try but it just does not happen. I am getting tired in the middle of the work day and I usually need a nap. Depending on what is going on I sometimes get one. Besides that not much going on. Happy to report moving smoothly.

I'm a working girl

I have been back at work for two days and I am exhausted. Yesterday was not so bad. It was not really a shock to the system. Today however is a completely different story. Last night I tossed and turned. I woke about a billion times. This morning came way too early. Got to work and everything was fine. After lunch I realized I was still hungry. I overheard my co-worker saying he was going to Burger King. I started to crave a hamburger so I begged him to get me a double cheeseburger for .99 cents. I had to give him change and ask for a advance of .30 cents. I scarfed it down and low and behold I was still hungry. It passed eventually. Now sometime in the afternoon I did go to the bathroom and as I was leaving I saw myself in the mirror. I AM SHOWING!!! I clearly have a preggers bump! I couldn't believe it considering I am not that far along. I will be 2 months this weekend. Just in case I was mistaken I showed my co-workers. They said I was going to get huge because I was showing this early. I will try to post a picture of my progress. On the way home I was craving Olive Garden Salad so I stopped off and bought some dressing. When I got home I realized that the lettece in the drawer was from November. I called Sam and asked him to pick me up some salad. SO here I am waiting, craving for a salad writing todays exciting events.

Hooray!!!

Ok, so I know that everyone has been worried about me and the baby and the good news is that we are doing great! Sam and I went to the doctor this morning to have our first ultrasound. It was a very surreal experience. I am sill too early to have the belly ultrasound so I had a well the other one without getting too graphic. We saw the uterus, the embryonic sack, the yolk( that the baby is in), and the baby. You could see a little flicker of light which we found out was the heartbeat. It was so weird to see what is growing inside me when I don't feel any different. The doctor asked us if we wanted to hear the heartbeat and of course we said yes. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of Sam's face when we heard it. He was so surprised it made me smile. She took a couple of pictures of the baby and went over some things with us. We have another appointment in two weeks and if everything is going well then we will have appointments once a month.
After our appointment we stopped at The Maternity Store off of 635. It was such a cool place! They had diaper bags, baby clothes and assories, maternity clothes, and bras. They gave us free water and OJ. Sam and I were so excited that we had to by a few things. I got a pair of jeans, 2 pairs of slacks, and sweater. I asked Sam if he wanted to get the baby anything I knew he wanted a particular onesie. It was just too cute to pass up. It is yellow with with a duck face on the front. One sleeve says,"Here a quack" the other sleeve says, "There a quack" and around the neck is says, "Everywhere a quack quack." On the butt is says quack qusck and it has a TAIL!! SOOO cute! We also have booties that match. They have duckies on the top of the bootie and on the bottom is says quack. We just got back home and Sam is taking a nap because he has a headache. I am going to relax as much as I can because I get to go back to work tomorrow. Thank you for all the prayers. I know they helped.

Just Relaxing

Today I am going to try to relax and enjoy the day. I am keeping my feet up and watching some movies. I am going to read my book and take in the last day of bed rest before I have to go back to work and start working a lot of over time to try and make up some of the pay that I missed for the last two weeks. It is a nice cold day too my favorite kind of day. :)

What is work again??

I waited to go to work this morning until I talked to the doctor. I left a message with the nurse and headed to work. The nurse called me back when I was driving into the parking garage. She said that everything should be fine but she will talk to the doctor and get back to me if the doctor advised something else. I log-in to work checking my e-mails setting up for the day. I don't even get to make my first call because I get a call back from the nurse to telling me the doctor wants me on low activity/bed rest until my appointment with her in Wednesday. I turned right around and went back home. Cory came over to keep occupied when Sam went to work. We watched Harry Potter 6 and ate Taco Bell Bean Burritos. It was a good day. I went to bed around 10:15. I just can't seem to make it much further than that.

Week 7

This week the baby is .16-.20 inches. That is about the size of a BB pellet. By the end of the week it will be .44-.52 inches or about the size of a pea. The baby is starting to develop leg buds that look like short fins. The arms have divided into hand segments and arm and shoulder segments. The heart has divided into left and right chambers. The lungs are present. The brain, eyes, and nostrils are developing. I now weigh 167.4 which is only a one pound gain. I think that is good considering I have been on bed rest for several days. Looking forward to getting back to work and off of bed rest.

Staying low key

I had a great nights sleep last night. Sam was so sweet he slept on the couch so he wouldn't wake me or disturb me since I go to bed way before him. I woke up this morning laid in bed and read my book for a couple of hours. I am trying to take it easy watching some football and writing my blog.

Here we go again...

I am writing one day late. A lot happened yesterday and I wanted to make sure I had the energy to write it all down. So here we go again! I was released to go back to work yesterday. Everyone was happy to see me and had lots of questions. I told everyone that I was fine and I should be getting my results of my second rounds of tests before too long. Worked until lunch. After lunch I went to the bathroom and I had some more blood. I went to my manager to ask him about it he told me to call my doctor. I called and they were closed. I learned later they have a on call doctor. I told my manger they were closed and he told me I could call the nurses line with our insurance company. I called and they advised me to call my doctor. WELL DUH!! SO I called back and left a message at the doctor message center. The nurse told me in the mean time to lay on my left side with my feet up until I got a hold of my doctor. I told my manager and he said,"Congrats you can go home!" I said, "but I just got back!" He said he was not going to be responsible for any mishaps. I thought that was very nice of him but after 31/2 days on bed rest the last thing I wanted to do was go home and start all over again. Nonetheless I went home and set my butt on the couch. I have not seen any bleeding for the rest of the night and I feel fine. Hoping the weekend will fix the problem and will call my doctor on Monday.
My parents stopped by with food and to check up on me. Lots of food. My Mom made homemade chili, cheese, Frito's, rotisserie chicken, chips and dip, and finally homemade cheesecake. They are the best parents in the world. I am very very lucky. I hope that I can be half the parents they are if so I will be successful.

Still Waiting...

Today was definitely better then yesterday. I went to the lab this morning to get my second set of blood work. I am already getting pregnancy brain. I couldn't find my paper work so I was tearing around the house looking for it went out to the car twice and finally had to call the doctors office to have then fax another request for the blood work. When I got there the nurse told me that I left the paperwork there on Wednesday and she put it in a file for me. When I got back home I laid down on the couch and waited for Sam to get home with the donuts I requested. Laid around the house most of the day but I was up and around more today. Talked to the nurse again today and she told me my blood count from my first tests were good and my progesterone levels are fine. She thinks the bleeding is coming from something else but wants to wait for the second tests to come back first. She told me that the doctor wanted to move up my ultrasound to this Wednesday instead of waiting two more weeks. She released me to go back to work tomorrow. I took a much needed nap this afternoon. I felt much more rested ready to go back tomorrow so I can rest this weekend some more. Better get to bed the morning is going to come too soon.

Waiting

Today has been a very long day. As Sam said yesterday I am on bed rest. I woke up yesterday with some blood. I called the doctor and they advised me to get some blood tests. We got the results of the first round today. I am pregnant! I love finding out in so many different ways not everyone gets to say that. First, I learned that I am O-positive blood type. I did not know my blood type so that was good to learn. Second, I have 400 something cells and the nurse said that was good. Lastly, my progesterone levels are good as well. They told me to keep doing what I am doing until Friday. Tomorrow I go back in for my second round of blood tests to see if I have a viable pregnancy. We won't have those results until Friday. If the pregnancy is viable then we are going to do a ultrasound to see if I might have a tear somewhere that has nothing to do with the baby. At this point it is all a waiting game and I am not patient.
Today I woke up but this time I had way more blood. I am very concerned so I have been sitting on the couch all day with my feet up not moving. I watched a movie and an entire season of Bones. I am sooo bored. I have watched enough T.V. today I am going to start reading my book.

wonderfull day

This is the husband I am writing this for today because my wife is having bad cramps and cant stay awake. We spent part of the day going to get her blood drawn I was in such a rush i had driven up on the curb in the parking spot. It ended up ripping the bumper of the car and I had a pregnant wife in the car that was cramping and hungry so i was in a bit of a hurry. In a rush i put the bumper back together and finally got on the road. She is on two days of bed rest because she is stressed and its causing complications nothing to serious I hope. I can not wait to find out the sex of the baby so we can start buying items for him/her. Although we had a couple of mishaps we had a good day.

Day 7

So this morning I did not want to get out of bed. I was so tired. I don't think it had anything to do with the baby but the long weekend but what do I know. I don't feel like I am pregnant yet. I am having a hard time telling the difference between me and the baby. I am still cramping a little but I think it is getting better. Did not have any cravings today during work but around 2pm I was really tired so I went into the massage room and took at 20 minute nap. I so did not want to get up but I knew I had to. I left work around 7pm knowing I was too tired to do anymore. On the way home I decided the baby was craving bean burritos from Taco Bell but as I was turning the corner I saw Chik-fil-a and baby decided it wanted that instead. I might add that it was a very good decision. I decided to get the kids meal for the baby and got a bonus. A book for the "toy". It was a bertstein bears book. I loved them when I was a kid so I was very excited. I am heading to bed now so I can read a little. Night baby!

Week 6

Not much has happened for the last couple of days so there is not much to write about. I have not had any morning sickness, not really tired, absolutely no moodiness yet BUT my chest is really really sore. I still have some cramping in my stomach but the nurse told me that would be normal. I weighed myself this morning and I am at 166.4. This week the baby is going to be 0.08-0.16 inches. The baby is in the embryonic period this is where they are most susceptible to malformations. SO needless to say I am a little nervous about the next couple of weeks.
Today we went over to my brother and sister-in-laws house for lunch to celebrate my Mom's birthday. On the way home from lunch Sam, Sarah, and I started discussing names. I said I liked classic names like Joesphine, Sofia, and Joslyn. Sam asked if I had thought about any boy names and I said no so Sarah and Sam decided to start naming some. For instance Sarah like Braydan, Caden, and Hunter. Sam like Christopher but was wanting a christian name. We got home which ended the conversation because Sam had to go to work. Sarah and I are watching Night at the Musuem. After the movie I am going to take a nap because I was kept up half the night with Sam's snoring.

Day 2

Didn't get much sleep late night people kept wanting to talk to me. Started my prenatal pills today. I started to burp up fish oil which made me nauseous. My boss used to be a EMT so he is my go to guy when it comes to having questions. I was starting to feel a little hungry about two hours after breakfast and I asked if that was normal. He said it was and so I ate. He said it has something to do with low blood sugar. Then for lunch I had my first craving. A HAMBURGER!! I got a double cheeseburger from Sonic and it was DELICIOUS!! Around 4:30 I was really tired. My boss let me go into the massage room for 20 minutes and take a nap. That gave me enough energy to get through the rest of the work day. I am at home now watching Mentalist with Sam. Going to bed after this to get much needed sleep. Good Night

December 1, 2009 Day 1

On my way to work I called my Doctor to make an appointment to verify my findings of the previous night. My appointment was for 1:30. I got to work with my book in hand (I always carry a book) and that is how I told my closest co-workers. I asked them if they wanted to see the new book I was reading and I would turn it around. All the reactions were the same REALLY!! Oh my gosh! My Boss is really excited too. I pretty much didn't get any work done. I went to my appointment at 1:30 and the nurse confirmed it. Nurse Cory was just as surprised as I was. She proceeded to ask me if I had any symptoms yet and I told her no. We talked a little while and she told me I was not a normal case with all my wonderful body issues I've had in the past. She told me that we got pregnant around November 16 and I am due on August 6 that makes me 5 1/2 weeks pregnant. She handed me my prenatal vitamins and we scheduled my first Ultrasound for December 23. I headed back to work calling Sam and Cortnie on the way. I got back to work and re-told everyone that I was confirmed pregnant. Still couldn't get any work done but somehow I manged to still get a deal on the board. After work Sam and I went over to my parents house because my counsins Matt, his wife, and two children were in town. We were all in the kitchen eating Subway sandwiches when Sam looked at me and asked me to tell my family. I put my arms around Sam looked at my parents, Bonnye, Kyle, Grandma, and Grandpa started to tell them and Bonnye put her hands up and said WAIT!! because at that moment Steven and Meredith walked through the door. Which then my Dad screamed are you pregnant and I nodded my head. Everybody came rushing over to give there congrats and then tell me they wanted babysitting honors. I was more then happy to give. When we got home I went next door to see Tiffany. We read out of her pregnancy book that tells you about the baby. Our baby is 0.05 inches and it is beginning to form its brain and nervous system. I should begin to get morning sickness within the next couple of weeks or so. Off to bed to get some sleep.

How I found out I was pregnant

So I was one day late. As most of my friends know, I am all over the board when it comes to being on time so I was not sure if I was really late. So for fun I went to work and talked about my baby. My baby is hungry, it hurts the baby to bend over etc... After work I went to my friends Cory's house to watch the Biggest Loser. When the show was done I left and headed to Walmart to pick up a pregnancy test joking all the way. I got home and called Sam asked him if he wanted me to wait until he got home or if he wanted me to go ahead and take the test. He said go ahead because neither one of us thought in a million years that I was pregnant. So I took the test and left the bathroom not thinking anything about it. Sarah went into the bathroom to do something and I followed her because I was talking to her. That's when something caught my eye. It was THE PREGNANCY TEST. I looked at it and I was very confused. I saw two lines but that didn't seem right. I picked it up and looked and the handle where it said one line NOT Pregnant two lines Pregnant. I looked back and forth, back and forth two lines means which one, pregnant means two lines WHAT!!!! I did believe that I was seeing so I asked Sarah what she saw and she was laughing at me. She was so excited and I started seeing stars. I started pacing back and forth trying to breath as the idea so did not want to sink in. I called Sam in a panic asking him where he was and when he would be home. He asked me what my problem was and I screamed I am pregnant. He proceeded to ask me if I was kidding and I continued to ask him where he was. He said he was pulling up and we hung up. Two minutes later he walked in the door and I was still seeing stars. He asked me again if I was kidding. We both proceed to try and beat each other to the bathroom to see the test. I handed him the test and just stared and checked to make sure I was lying. After minute he looked at me and actually said "Do you want to keep it?" I just looked at him and I said "that was mean and I don't like you right now." Needless to say we had some special moments that consisted of what are we doing to do, we can't afford this, etc... all the questions that run through new parents to be that didn't plan this wonderful event. We both ran next door to our neighbors house for different reasons. I wanted to tell them and Sam was Tequila. A big glass! Anyway my neighbors were really excited and Tiffany started giving me pregnancy books. I came away with The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy. Eventually we came back to our apartment and Sarah was running around screaming "you should have used a condom!" to our comments of "how could this have happened." Sarah continued to be excited and we were still in shock mode. We all hung out in our bed until about 1am when we all passed out.