Week 21

I weighed myself today 179.2. I have been so busy lately I am two weeks behind. Sophia is 10.5 ounces and is about 7.2 inches long. At this point I am suppose to have gained between 10-15 pounds. As of last week I was at 14. Her digestive system is functioning and she can swallow. On March 23rd I felt Sophia for the first time. I thought it might have been her but wasn't for sure until the next day when she was having a party.

Just Waiting For Tomorrow

Today was a typical Tuesday. Stayed up way too late last night but my boss was nice enough to let me come in late. Work was not bad and I am starting to get into a routine. Tomorrow I have my doctors appointment and it is week 21. Sam and I are going to celebrate my birthday and have a family day! I am going to get in bed and dream of a great day tomorrow but today was a good day.

It's My Birthday!!!!

Today was a normal day. I decided not to do anything big for my birthday this year. Having Sophia is the best gift anyway. Went to work and worked late so I can get Sam from the airport tonight at midnight. I had a hard time sleeping last night Sophia decided she wanted to be really close to me as she could get and that apparently is my ribs again. I kept waking up and I just couldn't get comfortable. I know before you say it I know it is going to get worse. So far I am growing huge. I am hoping for a good nights rest for my birthday.

Today was interesting

Today started good then it went down hill from there. I got to work feeling great then during the morning meeting I started getting light headed and seeing spots. I got up to get some water because that usually does the trick. This time however it did not. I ate and ate and ate and well you get the drift but that didn't work. I drank 7up thinking it was the blood sugar but that didn't help. I was feeling very fatigued. By 3pm I couldn't do it anymore so I came home. Of course I left my phone at home so I had to wait until I got home to call the doctor. She had me go to Walmart to get my blood pressure. She wanted to see if I had low blood pressure. I am happy to tell you I am fine. She says it is not related to Sophia. It seems to be outside my pregnancy. My prescription is to relax for the rest of the day and see how I feel tomorrow. I guess I will get back to it. To be continued...

Week 20 Half Way There!!!

I can't believe that I am half way to the end. I am thinking this second half is going to be a whole more interesting than the first half and for me that is saying something. I will start first with the weigh in. O.K. this is hard for me...I weigh 178.2. I KNOW!!!! 4 pounds in one week. I don't know what happened. My Boss (the EMT) says that it happens like that. I have been back to work for 3 weeks and I have gained 6 pounds. In the first trimester I gained 7. I am getting a little worried not about gaining weight but gaining way more than needed. Enough about me lets get back to Sophia..she is bigger. I don't agree with the size the book says since she is bigger according to the doctor. Sophia is growing her epidermis (first two layers of skin). The rest is boring information about the uterus, artificial sweeteners,finding out the sex, etc... I can't believe this week is almost over. The work week is so much easier with only 40 hours. Bonus the last two weeks I have had a day off so only 4 days of work. If all goes well next week will be a 4 days week as well. To everyone have a Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

Jury Duty

I think I might have stayed up too late last night. The day light savings time is really messing with me. I had to get up to go to jury duty this morning. It lasted an hour and yes I got picked. I think my name was number five. The good thing was I got to leave until this afternoon the bad news is that I had to go back at 1:15. I was actually looking forward to it. I wanted to see how the court system really works. I came home and went to bed until 12:15 then headed back to court. There were 20 of us and they needed 6. In the end I didn't get picked but I am soo tired. Today is just a hard day. I am hungry and tired. It is 7pm and I want to go to bed. I keep eating like it is going out of style. Well I am too tired to write anymore. Talk more tomorrow.

Great Weekend

It has been a beautiful weekend. Friday night I went to see my favorite massage therapist and got a great massage! I spent the evening with her and had a girls night. On Saturday I took Toby for a walk because I needed it and so did he. Played ball outside, opened up the patio door and let all the fresh cool air in, cleaned, and then went over to my friends house and hung out in her backyard all day! It was so great just hanging outside enjoying the great cool weather. I love spring! Today I am planning on taking Toby on another walk. We both are very out of shape and I want to get in all the spring weather I can before I head back to work this week. Work is going well. I have cut back my hours and that has helped me out a lot. I am not as tired. However I am still eating quite a bit. Sophia is moving all around. I can't feel her moving as of yet but I can tell where she is by pushing on my stomach. I am either harder on the right side or the left side. She is was all up in my right ribs last night and I couldn't get comfortable. She moved to the middle during the night and I believe she is moving back to the right rib this morning. I got bigger on Thursday. I could actually feel my stomach stretching. My tummy is harder too. This is such an experience Sam is having fun too. I am almost half way done. I have a feeling I might miss this feeling when it is all said and done. Have a great day and I know I am.

Week 19

So I am looking at the Week by Week Pregnancy book and my baby is a little bigger but the doctor says she is right where she needs to be. So I am not going to go over that plus I put it in the last blog. This week my total weight gain should be between 8-14 pounds. I weighed this morning at 174.8. I think I have put some weight on since I have been back to work. This still puts me at about 10 pounds. Besides that Sophia continues to grow and move. I can't feel her yet but she moved a lot in the ultrasound. The doctor says I won't be able to feel her until 22 weeks. The placenta is thick. During the ultrasound she tried to elbow me but it didn't go through the placenta. Besides that I took a couple hours nap and going to take Toby outside to play while it is still a beautiful day.

It's Comfirmed It's a...........!!

I am not telling you. ha No I am kidding. I am just going to take my time in telling. So we had a doctors appointment this morning. The doctor says Peanut is looking good. Peanut is about 8oz which is the perfect size, she actually commented on the spine looking nice, heart sounds and looks good, bones looks great so we have a pretty good looking skeletal. While we were looking at Peanut the baby waved at us. Little fingers curved up and down. The doctor was impressed. She said our baby has a good personality. Which will be needed with parents like Sam and me. The she confirmed what the our normal doctor predicted. It's a girl! We think we have a name picked out so I will use it instead of Peanut.

A Lot of Things Are About to Change

Today I called my doctor and asked for a note to cut my hours to 40 per week. I have been thinking about it for a while and I finally had my last straw today. I won't go into details but that bottom line was I needed to take care of myself and Peanut before I take care of my company. They have enough people taking care of them. I am exhausted, I don't have time to exercise, and I eat way too much at work. I am looking forward to the extra time I am going to have to get things taken care of and take care of myself. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and we are going to find out what sex we have. Like I have said before they told us what it could be and we just want to confirm it before we tell everyone. News tomorrow!

Week 18 sooo late I know

Ok so I weighed myself on Wednesday and I have gained a full pound. So that puts me at 173.4. Peanut is 5-5.6 inches long and weighs 5.25 ounces. I can feel my uterus below my bellybutton. I know because I did it...on accident. Very weird by the way. Apparently it is the size of a cantaloupe. There is the wonderful fruit reference. My total weight gain should be 10-13 pounds. I am 10 I think. I have gotten a lot bigger this past week. I eat more at work not a good thing. Every day someone has cookies and tootsie rolls readly available. I have put on a good amount of weight at work. I am really going to have to watch it. What else is going on my girls have gotten huge! by that I mean I went and got resized and I am an H!!!! What is that all about. Sad thing is there are not done yet. I am so not looking forward to that. Oh and I am having a little bit of back pain. I can't imagine why. My stomach at least is competing with my girls. I am going to have Sam start taking pictures. We don't have any of me so far. Well it is 9pm my bed time. Talk tomorrow or not we will see.

A New Week

So the first week of work was really hard. I am on a very strict schedule. I get up around 6:45am, get ready for work and get on the road by 7:15. I get to work around 8:30-8:45ish. Work until 7ish depending if I get stuck on the phone. Head home get home around 7:45. Take Toby out potty, get breakfast and lunch ready for the next day, set clothes out for next day, relax for about 30 minutes and I am in bed around 9:00. I have a very very sad life but it is a means to an end. This is my life every day. Feel sorry for me...I do. Good news at least I have insurance. Well it is 8:38pm and I better get to my next blog or I will not get to bed on time.

First Day Back at Work

It has been a very long day. Someone stole my all my food at work and I didn't have much to eat. What I did have was not very healthy. I got a couple of belly cramps and my feet got prickly because of the chair position I was sitting in. My manager said it was normal. I asked if I could go home around 3 and he said no. It seems like a very long day and I am about to go to bed.