How far along are you? 15 weeks
How big is baby? According to the bump..a navel orange. =)
Maternity clothes? Been wearing the the maternity pants and jeans most days. Can still fit in most of my regular pants but definitely not as comfortable.
Weight – Loss or Gain? +1.5lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.
Stretch marks? Same ones from HS/college.
Sleep: Having a hard time getting comfortable and staying asleep...it's getting pretty sucky.
Best moment this week: Attending the Black and White ball
Any Movement?: Nothing but light flutters here and there.
Food Cravings?: Hot dogs.
Food Aversions?: Nothing at the moment.
Gender:? Torin still thinks boy. I'm starting to get that feeling but we won't be finding out until delivery.
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Still seeing my husband...we're trying to make it work.
What are you looking forward to: A 3 day weekend...I need the rest.
What was the BEST part of this week? That it's finished...
What was the WORST part of this week? The way my feet felt after the ball.
Weekly Wisdom: Smile and Nod.
Milestones: 15 weeks!!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
You have to indulge yourself some times right???
Here's my dinner from In-N-Out Burger. A Double Double (Animal Style), french fries (well-done) and a vanilla shake. I'm sure I will regret this in the morning but it will be oh so delicious. Definitely one of the best things about California.
Friday, May 21, 2010
14 weeks...
How far along are you? 14 weeks
How big is baby? According to the bump..a lemon. Making it right through the fruits! =)
Maternity clothes? Been wearing the the maternity pants 3 out of 5 days of working. But they are still a little too big.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Fluctuates +/- 2lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.
Stretch marks? Same ones from HS/college.
Sleep: Up at least 3 times a night to pee and having a hard time getting comfortable.
Best moment this week: Our second prenatal visit.
Any Movement?: I felt a definite vibration/flutter right where the babe was hanging out at
about 2 in the morning (it woke me up) but nothing but light flutters here and there since then.
Food Cravings?: Nothing at the moment. But I'm definitely enjoying this kettle corn we picked up at the mall.
Food Aversions?: Nothing at the moment.
Gender?: Torin still thinks boy. I'm starting to get that feeling but we won't be finding out until delivery.
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Seeing my husband...with my exhaustion and his work schedules we've been out of wack for the last couple of weeks.
What are you looking forward to: The Black and White Ball this weekend.
What was the BEST part of this week? Finding a dress for the Black and White ball that enhances and doesn't make me look fat.
What was the WORST part of this week? 1.) Getting outed at work. 2.)The endless questions. I hate talking about myself so all of the questions surrounding me, dh, and our baby are getting somewhat obnoxious. But I know it's because people care and/or are excited for us. 3.) Dress shopping for the Black and White Ball
Weekly Wisdom: People will be/are genuinely happy for you when you tell them you are pregnant. It's an exciting time and it allows them to be a part of your life. It also provides a point for people to reflect on their time being pregnant.
Milestones: 14 weeks!!
How big is baby? According to the bump..a lemon. Making it right through the fruits! =)
Maternity clothes? Been wearing the the maternity pants 3 out of 5 days of working. But they are still a little too big.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Fluctuates +/- 2lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.
Stretch marks? Same ones from HS/college.
Sleep: Up at least 3 times a night to pee and having a hard time getting comfortable.
Best moment this week: Our second prenatal visit.
Any Movement?: I felt a definite vibration/flutter right where the babe was hanging out at
about 2 in the morning (it woke me up) but nothing but light flutters here and there since then.
Food Cravings?: Nothing at the moment. But I'm definitely enjoying this kettle corn we picked up at the mall.
Food Aversions?: Nothing at the moment.
Gender?: Torin still thinks boy. I'm starting to get that feeling but we won't be finding out until delivery.
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Seeing my husband...with my exhaustion and his work schedules we've been out of wack for the last couple of weeks.
What are you looking forward to: The Black and White Ball this weekend.
What was the BEST part of this week? Finding a dress for the Black and White ball that enhances and doesn't make me look fat.
What was the WORST part of this week? 1.) Getting outed at work. 2.)The endless questions. I hate talking about myself so all of the questions surrounding me, dh, and our baby are getting somewhat obnoxious. But I know it's because people care and/or are excited for us. 3.) Dress shopping for the Black and White Ball
Weekly Wisdom: People will be/are genuinely happy for you when you tell them you are pregnant. It's an exciting time and it allows them to be a part of your life. It also provides a point for people to reflect on their time being pregnant.
Milestones: 14 weeks!!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Prenatal Visit...
Our second monthly visit went well.
At check in I was asked for a urine sample. WTH?? I don't carry urine around with me and no I'm sorry I don't have to go to the bathroom right now. I just went 15 minutes ago before I came to the appointment. I know you're thinking well you should have known that they would want a sample since all the baby books mention that you will be screened to make sure your not spilling sugar and/or protein in your urine. I would have been well prepared for this moment but no one and I mean NO ONE told me I needed to A.) not use the bathroom before coming to the appointment or B.) if I were to use the bathroom to bring a urine sample in, at my last appointment or at my reminder call. The check in woman and a nurse were kind enough to remind me without questioning me and provide me with a specimen cup and bag just in case I could not wait until I come to the doctor for next time.
All of my visits are set up with nurse practitioners. We set it up that way at the first visit and I think I'm enjoying that decision. If you're wondering why I didn't opt to continue care with my OB/GYN, here's the reason. She's nice, don't get me wrong, but all of my visits with her are straight to the point, no real room for small talk or questions for that matter. I leave with the feeling of how it must be after a one night stand... you know...wham, bam, thank you ma'am, now can you leave because I have things to do. Anyhow, we met with a different nurse practitioner. I like her but not nearly as much as the first one but that is besides the point. She asked how we were both doing, explained what she was going to be doing in this 15 minute visit (really all I get is 15 minutes??). She did an ultrasound so we could see the babe (Hi Baby!!) and found the heart rate (159 bpm). The fluid level was a little low so she reminded me I needed to drink at least 4 ounces every hour. So...I guess that would be roughly 96 ounces of water per day. I definitely need to drink more then. I'm barely getting in 64 ounces of water a day.
It definitely is amazing to see the changes in development. Right before the NP finished with the ultrasound I asked her if she would be doing the measurements. She seemed kind of taken aback that I wanted measurements this far into the pregnancy. I had to explain to her that from the time we found out about this pregnancy they've been doing measurements and for you to just say hey look at the babe with no measurements is kind of a shock and provides us with no real context on how our child is doing and growing. I think she got the point and did measurements after that with no further questions. The babe is growing on track, just a couple of days ahead right now. I know genetics will kick in pretty soon and the measurements will be worthless but for right now I need the reassurance that everything is going smoothly.
I also had to ask her for her to find the heartbeat on the doppler so that we could actually hear the heartbeat. She wasn't as surprised by this request since she did only do the heartbeat on the ultrasound ( ala ekg style) and we couldn't hear it. She was nice enough to even suggest that we record it and waited patiently while we fumbled around for our cell phones to find a recorder. Now I can hear the whoosh whoosh sound of my baby's heartbeat any time I want. It's such a beautiful sound.
Our next prenatal appointment is in 4 weeks (6/15 the day before our anniversary) with the original NP.
At check in I was asked for a urine sample. WTH?? I don't carry urine around with me and no I'm sorry I don't have to go to the bathroom right now. I just went 15 minutes ago before I came to the appointment. I know you're thinking well you should have known that they would want a sample since all the baby books mention that you will be screened to make sure your not spilling sugar and/or protein in your urine. I would have been well prepared for this moment but no one and I mean NO ONE told me I needed to A.) not use the bathroom before coming to the appointment or B.) if I were to use the bathroom to bring a urine sample in, at my last appointment or at my reminder call. The check in woman and a nurse were kind enough to remind me without questioning me and provide me with a specimen cup and bag just in case I could not wait until I come to the doctor for next time.
All of my visits are set up with nurse practitioners. We set it up that way at the first visit and I think I'm enjoying that decision. If you're wondering why I didn't opt to continue care with my OB/GYN, here's the reason. She's nice, don't get me wrong, but all of my visits with her are straight to the point, no real room for small talk or questions for that matter. I leave with the feeling of how it must be after a one night stand... you know...wham, bam, thank you ma'am, now can you leave because I have things to do. Anyhow, we met with a different nurse practitioner. I like her but not nearly as much as the first one but that is besides the point. She asked how we were both doing, explained what she was going to be doing in this 15 minute visit (really all I get is 15 minutes??). She did an ultrasound so we could see the babe (Hi Baby!!) and found the heart rate (159 bpm). The fluid level was a little low so she reminded me I needed to drink at least 4 ounces every hour. So...I guess that would be roughly 96 ounces of water per day. I definitely need to drink more then. I'm barely getting in 64 ounces of water a day.
It definitely is amazing to see the changes in development. Right before the NP finished with the ultrasound I asked her if she would be doing the measurements. She seemed kind of taken aback that I wanted measurements this far into the pregnancy. I had to explain to her that from the time we found out about this pregnancy they've been doing measurements and for you to just say hey look at the babe with no measurements is kind of a shock and provides us with no real context on how our child is doing and growing. I think she got the point and did measurements after that with no further questions. The babe is growing on track, just a couple of days ahead right now. I know genetics will kick in pretty soon and the measurements will be worthless but for right now I need the reassurance that everything is going smoothly.
I also had to ask her for her to find the heartbeat on the doppler so that we could actually hear the heartbeat. She wasn't as surprised by this request since she did only do the heartbeat on the ultrasound ( ala ekg style) and we couldn't hear it. She was nice enough to even suggest that we record it and waited patiently while we fumbled around for our cell phones to find a recorder. Now I can hear the whoosh whoosh sound of my baby's heartbeat any time I want. It's such a beautiful sound.
Our next prenatal appointment is in 4 weeks (6/15 the day before our anniversary) with the original NP.
Friday, May 14, 2010
13 weeks...
How far along are you? 13 weeks
How big is baby? According to the bump..a peach.
Maternity clothes? I break out the maternity pants here and there, but they are still a little too big.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Back at pre-pregnancy weight. Haven't been that great with the eating.
Stretch marks? Same ones from HS/college.
Sleep: Up at least 3 times a night to pee and starting to have problems sleeping.
Best moment this week: 1.) Reading my first Mother's Day card from my husband. 2.)Getting the results from the negative screen results from the NT scan.
Any Movement?: Occasionally I think I feel flutters but I may be imagining this.
Food Cravings?: Taco Bell.....ewwww.
Food Aversions?: Nothing at the moment.
Gender?: Torin still thinks boy. I'm starting to get that feeling but we won't be finding out until delivery.
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Not worrying every single minute of the day...
What are you looking forward to: Our second follow up appointment next week.
What was the BEST part of this week? Getting the results from the negative screen results from the NT scan and seeing the babe (yet again...I LOVE THIS!!)
What was the WORST part of this week? The moment before the doctor gave us our NT scan results. It was absolutely nerve wracking.
Weekly Wisdom: It's ok to worry but try to enjoy the miracle that is happening in your body.
Milestones: 13 weeks!! Official made it to the second trimester.
How big is baby? According to the bump..a peach.
Maternity clothes? I break out the maternity pants here and there, but they are still a little too big.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Back at pre-pregnancy weight. Haven't been that great with the eating.
Stretch marks? Same ones from HS/college.
Sleep: Up at least 3 times a night to pee and starting to have problems sleeping.
Best moment this week: 1.) Reading my first Mother's Day card from my husband. 2.)Getting the results from the negative screen results from the NT scan.
Any Movement?: Occasionally I think I feel flutters but I may be imagining this.
Food Cravings?: Taco Bell.....ewwww.
Food Aversions?: Nothing at the moment.
Gender?: Torin still thinks boy. I'm starting to get that feeling but we won't be finding out until delivery.
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Not worrying every single minute of the day...
What are you looking forward to: Our second follow up appointment next week.
What was the BEST part of this week? Getting the results from the negative screen results from the NT scan and seeing the babe (yet again...I LOVE THIS!!)
What was the WORST part of this week? The moment before the doctor gave us our NT scan results. It was absolutely nerve wracking.
Weekly Wisdom: It's ok to worry but try to enjoy the miracle that is happening in your body.
Milestones: 13 weeks!! Official made it to the second trimester.
Monday, May 10, 2010
NT Scan
OMG...The day we I have been waiting for resulted in a quickie appointment and a run to Taco Bell.
So let's just start this off by saying that 2:30 in afternoon does not make an ideal time for any prenatal appointments for Torin and myself, since A.) we both work at least 30 minutes from the doctors office and B.) I'm pretty much worthless at work because I'm thinking about my appointment.
After 5 hours of waiting patiently (yea right...who am I kidding) for the clock to get to 1:30 to leave, I drive to pick Torin up from the BART station and proceed on to the appointment. Of course today would be the day we have horrible weather and in turn horrible traffic in the middle of the damn day.
Why is it still raining in May in California??? Rain in California means that no one (except a very select few people) knows how to drive. Therefore you have 2 groups of idiots on the road. The idiots in Group A that are speeding, changing lanes, and tailgating like it's not raining and the idiots in Group B that are at the other extreme and driving like their driving Miss Daisy and will not stay in the slow lane to accommodate the idiots in Group A and the rest of the sane people just trying to get where they are going.
I'm way off subject...so we get to the appointment, check in, and are brought to the procedure room. The nurse doesn't leave us so I assume they aren't using the dildocam and ask her what I need to do. She asks me to please not take off my pants but to just roll them down some. Apparently, they get quite a few people trying to get nekkid at this appointment. After prepping and putting the towels in place not to mess up my pants she leaves.
I have to say, they had a very nice set up so that everyone could see the ultrasound. The visitor was positioned so that they could see on the larger monitor on the actual ultrasound machine and the patient could see on a monitor on the wall which was at the perfect angle.
The doctor comes in shortly after. He was nice but very quiet. I mean not a peep out of him during most of the ultrasound which consisted of him rubbing the transducer all around my stomach and clicking on keys on the ultrasound machine. At one point, he was actually prodding my stomach, not sure if he was trying to get the baby to move or to get a better angle but I ended up laughing which causes everything to get distorted. We got to see the babe as the doctor was doing what he needed to do. The babe had its back toward us. I guess that would be the perfect position for the test. You could see it's little legs kicking. At one point it looked like s/he was rolling over...as in "leave me alone, I'm trying to sleep in here." The doctor then finished up and stated "I'm now going to go calculate the risk of your baby having downs syndrome." Talk about mood killer. He rolled off to a computer and started typing away. He then turned around and stated that we have a negative screen for downs syndrome, congratulations. After a sigh of relief, we said thanked him, and discussed a few other things. We found out the baby is measuring at 13 weeks 2 days (yay!!) instead of 12 weeks 4 days and we would get a copy of the report next week at our next prenatal appointment. Despite eating at 1:00pm, I was starving when we left the appointment at 3:07pm and begged Torin to have some food with me before I had to drop him off at the BART station to go back to work. And that is how we ended up at Taco Bell.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
12 Weeks...
How far along are you? 12 weeks
How big is baby? According to the bump..a plum.
Maternity clothes? Still in regular clothes.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Fluctuates but down 2lbs right now.
Stretch marks? Same ones from HS/college.
Sleep: Up at least 3 times a night to pee but otherwise pretty good.
Best moment this week: Just making it another week and depending on how you look at it making it into the second trimester.
Any Movement?: None yet.
Food Cravings?: Little Caesar's breadsticks...pretty random.
Food Aversions?: They come and go...Nothing at the moment.
Gender: Officially Team Green. DH still thinking boy. I'm still undecided.
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Still...being able to poop regularly...
What are you looking forward to: Telling the rest of friends and family after mother's day and our NT scan
What was the BEST part of this week? Telling my bosses I'm pregnant.
What was the WORST part of this week? I was very nervous to tell them so it was also the worst part of my week.
Weekly Wisdom: It's never as bad as you really think it is...
Milestones: 13 weeks next week!! The official start of second trimester.
How big is baby? According to the bump..a plum.
Maternity clothes? Still in regular clothes.
Weight – Loss or Gain? Fluctuates but down 2lbs right now.
Stretch marks? Same ones from HS/college.
Sleep: Up at least 3 times a night to pee but otherwise pretty good.
Best moment this week: Just making it another week and depending on how you look at it making it into the second trimester.
Any Movement?: None yet.
Food Cravings?: Little Caesar's breadsticks...pretty random.
Food Aversions?: They come and go...Nothing at the moment.
Gender: Officially Team Green. DH still thinking boy. I'm still undecided.
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Still...being able to poop regularly...
What are you looking forward to: Telling the rest of friends and family after mother's day and our NT scan
What was the BEST part of this week? Telling my bosses I'm pregnant.
What was the WORST part of this week? I was very nervous to tell them so it was also the worst part of my week.
Weekly Wisdom: It's never as bad as you really think it is...
Milestones: 13 weeks next week!! The official start of second trimester.
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