Last Thursday DH and I took off work a little early to meet the installers at our house to get our new carpet installed. It is SO nice!! I would have liked a shade lighter but DH wanted this one - I have to let him have his way sometimes. :) Haha. After they were done with that we worked really hard to get the house put back together, it was a mess! Having furniture from 3 bedrooms in your kitchen and living room is a disaster! We got most of it put back where it belongs, the baby's room is still empty and we still have an old dresser and my son's toy box in the kitchen... :( Hoping to get that out of there really soon but they are both too heavy for me to help move - especially the toy box. DH wanted to get rid of the toy box but my dad made it for my son so that is something that I will NEVER get rid of!
Friday morning we got up early to head to Kentucky with some great friends to do the Bourbon Trail. We were picked up at our house in a limo around 7 and headed to Kentucky. It was a very fun trip and so nice not to have to worry about driving or navigating. Just tell the driver where you want to go and sit back and relax. The Bourbon Trail consists of 6 brewery's - to hit all 6 you have to split it up into 2 days so we planned to hit the 3 northern brewery's and if we had time there is a 7th that is not part of the Bourbon Trail that we were going to go to. We did not make it to the 4th one, we didn't even make it to the 3 we originally planned. Haha. We first went to the Jim Beam distillery, it was beautiful. After we finished there is was already lunch time so we went to a restaurant that someone at Jim Beam recommended. By the time we go done there it was already 1pm and most of the tours ended between 3 & 4 so we were pressed for time. We headed to the Makers Mark distillery - this was a WAY better tour than Jim Beam. Jim Beam was full of history and didn't really SHOW you much. Makers Mark however, they took you through the whole process of making their bourbon and you got to actually see it all happen. It was really neat to be able to see the process go from grain to putting the finished bottles in boxes to be shipped out. They hand dip the top of each bottle in wax so in the gift shop you could buy undipped bottles and they let you dip it. DH got a bottle and dipped it - he says he will NEVER open this bottle, we will see! By the time we got done there it was too late to make it to the last tour at the 3rd place so we headed to Joes Crab Shack for supper... Big mistake - I HAVE BEEN CRAVING CRAB LEGS EVER SINCE!! Ugh. It was SO good! This trip was mainly to celebrate 2 guys birthday so one of the girls went to tell the waitress... Poor guys! Haha. One had to put on a shark fin and the other a grass skirt and coconut bra and run around the restaurant while everyone sang happy birthday! After supper we headed home. It was a long day but SO fun! Can't wait to go back and finish the tours!
Since we got home late my son stayed all night with my dad and step-mom, they were helping my step-brother and his family move out of their house and didn't get home until 2:30!! Saturday I went to my dads and picked up my son and came back to town to get ready for his baseball game. He got me a Mother's Day present and was DYING to give it to me! I got him to hold off until after the game but that was about as long as I could keep him from giving it to me. He got me a card and money to take me to see the movie Avengers, not sure this was actually for me! Haha. So we made plans and went to the movies on Sunday. The movie was good and I always enjoy spending time with my son and DH.
Monday I took off work early to go to Hagertown, IN with DH to deliver his MMA gym equipment to some people that were buying it. THAT WAS A LONG DRIVE!! 3 hours each way in an uncomfortable box truck when you are 29 weeks pregnant! But the gym stuff is gone so it was totally worth it!! We got back just in time to pick JJ up and take him to his baseball game. They play 6 innings or 1 hr 45 min whichever one comes first - we were in the 5th inning with about 10 minutes left before we ran out of time and were down 6-11 with 2 outs and JJ was up to bat with bases loaded. I was SO nervous!! He got up there and hit a line drive between 1st and 2nd - I so thought he was going to get out and that would be the end of the game... Not very optimistic, I know.... BUT he made it to first and when they threw the ball to first the kid dropped it and with that one little mistake JJ and the 3 players that had already been on base all made it home!!! We were back in the game!! 10-11! It was SO exciting! All the kids were giving JJ high fives and chest bumps! We ended the game 13-11 and some very happy kids!! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE watching all the games but when something like that happens it just makes it that much better! :)
Tuesday we worked 10 hours (trying to make up some time from taking off early Monday) and then went home to meet my in-laws and take them to supper.
Wednesday - I am working 10 hours again today... UGH! This girl is tired!!
Thursday - I will only be working 8 hours but will still have to get here SUPER early because I have a doctor's appt at 3. I will update any news after the doctor appt about the baby. It will be a routine appt - weight, measure stomach, ask me if I am having any problems, see you in 2 weeks kind of thing... I can't believe how close it is getting. Part of me feels like this pregnancy is taking forever and I have been pregnant for SO long and the other part of me feels like it is going SO fast! I can't wait to meet this little guy that is dancing around or maybe he is doing jui jitsu inside of me but I will be sad too. This is probably the last time I will ever get to experience this and I LOVE it! Yes, it gets uncomfortable and I have to get up a hundred times a night to pee but when I sit here and feel him moving around inside me - I forget about all that.
Sorry for the long post.... Did not mean for it to be that long but a lot has been going on......
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
28 Weeks
This week has been hectic.... Saturday morning I went to Jasper hospital first thing in the morning to do my 3 hour glucose test, since I had to fast for 8 hours prior I wanted to do it as soon as I woke up - thanks to my awesome step-mom I didn't have to go alone. We got there and I registered and went to the lab. They took my blood then had me drink the wonderful glucose drink, that stuff is AWFUL! After I got that down I had to wait an hour and have my blood drawn again so while we waited we ran to Rural King to get my dogs some dog food - came back and got my blood drawn. Wait another hour - this time we stayed there - get blood drawn for the 3rd time. Wait another hour - we decided to run to the square in Jasper to this baby store that my step-mom likes only to find out that it has closed down... So we went to Sieberts and she bought some stuff for my dad. Back to the hospital for the 4th and final blood draw! 3 hour glucose test complete!! Now wait on results!! :) I spent the rest of the day with her - went to see my sister and nieces, JJ had a baseball game at 5, then went down to Monte's to see my DH. After he got off work we went down to the river to see some friends that were camping and hang out. It was an awesome night! The moon was AMAZING! Sunday I went and hung out at my dads cabin and helped plant flowers, anything to get out in the sun! I am so PALE right now and my skin is breaking out so bad... Worst part about being pregnant is the breakouts I have had!! It wasn't this bad when I was a teenager!! Haha. Tuesday we had another baseball game and after that we had to get home and start getting the house ready for the carpet to be installed. I thought I would have Wednesday to get that all done but DH was asked to work at the pizza place so we had to get as much as we could done after the game Tuesday - I have been tired since!! Haha. Yesterday my mom called me at work - I knew immediately that something was wrong!! One of her yorkies got out of the house and ran down to the highway and got hit.... :( It is amazing how attached to pets we can get. She kept apologizing for calling me and crying and how it was just a dog but I totally understand - when something happens to either of my dogs I am going to be one heck of a mess!! They are my girls, my babies! I cry when I leave them to go on vacation!! Haha. So, I could relate. She was blaming herself, she was the last one out the door. But accidents happen... I held it together until I got off the phone with her, then I broke down and cried - partially becuase I loved that dog but mostly becuase I couldn't handle hearing my mom SO upset! I wanted to leave work right then and there and go to her. So, when I got home I had already planned on going over there (she was working on baby shower invites and the invite she picked out she needed my picture for) but wasn't sure what to do... She wanted to keep out plans so I went.. It was so strange walking into the house and not having Bella come barking.. I stayed at their house visiting most of the evening - DH was working, JJ was with his dad. Once i got home I worked some more on getting the bedrooms ready for carpet! It is getting installed this afternoon! Can't wait!! Next on the list - pick out bedding for the nursery so we can get that painted and ready!! Ugh. There just aren't a whole lot of CUTE boy beddings out there but I need to pick one - only a little over 11 more weeks at the most until we get to meet our "little" man! Possibly 10!! :)
We are going on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky with some friends tomorrow - I will post about that next week.
Oh, I almost forgot! The dr office called yesterday - I passed my test!! No gestational diabetes for this girl!!
We are going on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky with some friends tomorrow - I will post about that next week.
Oh, I almost forgot! The dr office called yesterday - I passed my test!! No gestational diabetes for this girl!!
May 3 Doctor Appt.
Little late as usual but I went to the doctor last Thursday, I was 27 weeks 4 days. At this appointment DR wanted to do an ultrasound to check my cervix and do a growth scan on the baby. My appointment was at 330 and I waited for almost an hour to even get back to the ultrasound room - but I did have my favorite ultrasound tech so that made it better. She was so excited to see me. She said I was actually on the other girls schedule but when she saw my name she said she thought if she hurried with her patient before me maybe she could get to me first. :) Haha. I just love her, when you have as many ultrasounds as I have had you tend to form a bond with the person that watches your baby grow with you! And that is exactly what she said as well, she loves seeing all her patients but there are some you see more and form a bond with and get even more excited to see them and their baby. Anyways, we stopped on the way back to take my blood pressure and get my weight - blood pressure was good, I lost 1/2lb since I had been there a month ago.... I couldn't believe it. My belly is growing so I figured I would have a gain, not a loss. But she said it was nothing to worry about so I just went with it. She did the growth scan first - baby was facing the wrong way so we couldn't get any really good pictures of his face. She asked if I wanted to double check the sex of the baby but quickly said she couldn't cuz he had his legs crossed. Haha. Stinker! She went about doing her measurements and asked how big dad was as a baby - my MIL had recently told me that he was pretty little but I couldn't remember exactly, just that he was 6 lbs something. Then she asked how big I was - my mom was withe me so I asked her to be sure - I was 7lbs 6oz. After this she kept doing her thing and measuring different parts of the baby and I was wondering to myself, why is she asking these questions??? AND then I found out why... She said Baby Strange is currently measuring in the 94th percentile on size! He was weighing 3.1 lbs - my Baby Bump app on my iphone says at 27 weeks he should be weighing 2 lbs!!! FREAKING OUT!!! JJ was 7lbs 9oz when he was born - that was big enough!! Now I am laying here freaking out - she does a few more measurements for a second time just to check and make sure she didn't get it wrong the first time - nope, he is still showing the same size the second measurement as he was the first... She did get a couple 3D pictures of part of his face - with the way he was laying and his hand/arm up by his face she couldn't get a really good pic but she did get a couple that I thought were cute. In one he was making a face like he was frowning/crying... It was SO cute! She also said that she could see hair!! JJ was bald until after he turned 1 so the fact that she could see hair and see quite a bit of it made me excited! We got a picture of his toes and fingers, we could count all 5 on each of those! It is amazing seeing such clear pictures of this little person growing inside of you. Everytime I see him its like seeing him for the very first time! Amazing! And I still sit here when he is moving around and kicking me mesmerized by the fact that I am pregnant and in no time at all I will be holding this little guy in my arms. Still seems so surreal!
Back to the u/s.... After she was done with the growth scan she measured my cervix and said it was behaving!! Yeah!! This is a huge relief! I have been so worried that it would start to cause problems and I would have to either go on bed rest or scary as it is to think about - go into labor early! For now, looks like I can continue what I am doing and not worry about it. :)
After the u/s it was time to meet with my DR, have I told you how much I just love her!! She is amazing! She came in smiling really big saying she and Aly were just talking and Aly couldn't believe that little ol Kasey was carrying such a big baby! Haha. I said I was in shock!! She said not to worry about it, she would keep an eye on it and not let him get TOO big... She did say she would offer induction at 29 weeks since I have already had one baby as long as my cervix was dilating. So, that made me feel a LITTLE bit better but not much! Here she had wanted to do the growth scan because I have a 2 vessel cord and that can lead to growth restriction - guess right now we don't have to worry about that issue. :) I had taken my 1 hour glucose the Saturday before my appt and she had the results.....I failed!! :( BUT only by 1 point, she said normally she wouldn't order the 3 hour test but since the baby was measuring so big and that is a sign of gestational diabetes she wanted me to go ahead and take the 3 hour test.. :( BUMMER!! We talked for a little longer and she could tell that I was still completely freaked out about the size of the baby so we went back to that. She looked at my chart and told me that my first u/s showed me being 5 days further along than I was - so she said if we went by that due date I would be due July 24 instead of the 29th and that would put the baby more around the range of 75% on size. That made me feel a little better but still a little freaked out about having a big baby. :) I go back to the doctor next Thursday. She wants to do another growth scan u/s when I am 34 weeks to see how the baby is measuring then. Hopefully he is measuring a little smaller but not too small. I dont want to sound picky or anything - I think every pregnant woman wants the same thing... I dont want him to be too small and have issues but also dont want him to be too big and have issues. We all want our babies to be perfect...
Back to the u/s.... After she was done with the growth scan she measured my cervix and said it was behaving!! Yeah!! This is a huge relief! I have been so worried that it would start to cause problems and I would have to either go on bed rest or scary as it is to think about - go into labor early! For now, looks like I can continue what I am doing and not worry about it. :)
After the u/s it was time to meet with my DR, have I told you how much I just love her!! She is amazing! She came in smiling really big saying she and Aly were just talking and Aly couldn't believe that little ol Kasey was carrying such a big baby! Haha. I said I was in shock!! She said not to worry about it, she would keep an eye on it and not let him get TOO big... She did say she would offer induction at 29 weeks since I have already had one baby as long as my cervix was dilating. So, that made me feel a LITTLE bit better but not much! Here she had wanted to do the growth scan because I have a 2 vessel cord and that can lead to growth restriction - guess right now we don't have to worry about that issue. :) I had taken my 1 hour glucose the Saturday before my appt and she had the results.....I failed!! :( BUT only by 1 point, she said normally she wouldn't order the 3 hour test but since the baby was measuring so big and that is a sign of gestational diabetes she wanted me to go ahead and take the 3 hour test.. :( BUMMER!! We talked for a little longer and she could tell that I was still completely freaked out about the size of the baby so we went back to that. She looked at my chart and told me that my first u/s showed me being 5 days further along than I was - so she said if we went by that due date I would be due July 24 instead of the 29th and that would put the baby more around the range of 75% on size. That made me feel a little better but still a little freaked out about having a big baby. :) I go back to the doctor next Thursday. She wants to do another growth scan u/s when I am 34 weeks to see how the baby is measuring then. Hopefully he is measuring a little smaller but not too small. I dont want to sound picky or anything - I think every pregnant woman wants the same thing... I dont want him to be too small and have issues but also dont want him to be too big and have issues. We all want our babies to be perfect...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
27 Weeks
Today I am 27 weeks 4 days - 88 days to go! According to my scales, I have gained about 16lbs... (That was just for my memory) I can't believe how fast time is going! I have so much to do before this little man gets here! We are getting new carpet in our bedrooms - the guy came and measured last week and the carpet is suppose to be delivered in 7-10 days. Once we get that taken care of I will be able to paint (I know, I should have painted and then got carpet)... I still have not found baby bedding that I really like, boys just do not have a lot to choose from that is REALLY cute! Girls, I would have a problem picking because there is so much I love! I found one that I like for a boy but it is a little expensive so I am still looking... :(
My mom's (my mom, step-mom, and MIL), my sister and best friend are planning me a baby shower! I am SO thankful for this! My son is 11 years old and even though I am having another boy - I have NOTHING!! After about 4 or 5 years, I got rid of everything. I was sick of storing it and was not planning on having another child anytime soon so I got rid of EVERYTHING!
We have been super busy lately as I said before - work has been crazy(it is starting to settle down), Little League baseball opening day was this past Saturday, and it is warmer out so that means more work outside the house!! :) I love this time of year! Going to the ball field to watch my little man play! The smell of everything blooming! School coming to an end for the summer!! That part is bitter sweet for me - the sweet part - no more homework, the bitter part - my son goes to his dads for half the summer... I miss him like crazy when he is there! He will be with me the second half of summer so when the baby come he will be home and we can spend some time together!
Hopefully I will get time to update tomorrow after my doctors appointment and then try to update once a week or so... :)
My mom's (my mom, step-mom, and MIL), my sister and best friend are planning me a baby shower! I am SO thankful for this! My son is 11 years old and even though I am having another boy - I have NOTHING!! After about 4 or 5 years, I got rid of everything. I was sick of storing it and was not planning on having another child anytime soon so I got rid of EVERYTHING!
We have been super busy lately as I said before - work has been crazy(it is starting to settle down), Little League baseball opening day was this past Saturday, and it is warmer out so that means more work outside the house!! :) I love this time of year! Going to the ball field to watch my little man play! The smell of everything blooming! School coming to an end for the summer!! That part is bitter sweet for me - the sweet part - no more homework, the bitter part - my son goes to his dads for half the summer... I miss him like crazy when he is there! He will be with me the second half of summer so when the baby come he will be home and we can spend some time together!
Hopefully I will get time to update tomorrow after my doctors appointment and then try to update once a week or so... :)
Way behind on updating....
Wow, I never realized how hard it was to find time to sit down and write!! But between work, home, family, sports, and just life in general I have had a hard time finding time to actually just write... I have been busy at work, I am an IT person and they are doing a tech refresh (replacing old computers with new ones) and I have had to deal with that. A few LATE nights at work! I actually thought I would be able to do some blogging while sitting here at work that late when the deployment teams were here setting up the new systems but I was CRAZY busy! So - back to Baby Strange... :)
After my first doctors appointment on December 29 I went back every 2 weeks and had an ultrasound done to check my cervix and the ultrasound tech was so awesome! Everytime she would spend a little extra time looking at the baby so I could see - it is amazing the changes 2 weeks can make. I dont think she was suppose to but always said it was the least she could do since I had to come in every 2 weeks and she used the excuse that she was getting the heart rate for the doctor. :) Eventually I will have to upload some of my ultrasound pictures I have.
I went to the doctor 5 times between December 29 and March 8 - everytime was the same drill. Ultrasound to check my cervix and then see the doctor to find out how everything was going. Everytime I went she was surprised at how well my cervix was holding up and I had no issues with anything else. So, on March 8 we were going to be able to find out what we were having!! Part of me did not want to find out and wanted to wait until we were in the delivery room BUT the OCD part of me knew there was no way I could plan for a baby and NOT know what he/she was! Haha. So, I knew I would have to find out - there was no other option for me. :) That afternoon, DH, my son, and I all went along to find out what this little person inside of me was going to be.... I was so excited! I have to admit, I was a little disappointed I had the same ultrasound tech everytime I had been there and REALLY liked here... This time, I had the other tech they have there and was worrried I wouldn't like her as well and was looking forward to having the other girl since I had gotten to know her a little. But, she was great too! I was really happy with her. She started out the u/s doing all the "boring" stuff as she called it - checking, measuring - and what seemed like FOREVER later she finally said, "OK, are you guys ready to find out what you are having?" Right away she could tell, we were having a baby BOY!! There was no question, he was not a bit shy! Haha. She said "I dont think we will be changing this one!" Meaning she was positive it was a boy and not mistaking - this freaked my son out! Haha. He thought she meant that this little baby boy could magically change into a girl between then and the time he was born. Haha. I had to explain that to him... :) I love how the mind of a child works!
So, after this appt Dr said my cervix still looked great so she was going to start treating me like a normal patient and I could come back in a month!!! No more ultrasounds for a while... She did say that when they did the ultrasound she found that the umbilical cord only had 2 vessels instead of 3... This did not worry her since everything else they look at looked normal - but for me this was a huge OMG! She said the only thing she is concerned with is me having a small baby because the 1 missing vessel could mean the baby gets less nutrients and doesn't get as big... I have been trying to let this all not worry me since she doesn't seem worried but as a mother the only thing you really want for your baby is for them to be healthy.. After my doc appt I got on the internet and started looking at what it meant to have 2 vessels compared to the normal 3... BIG mistake!! So, I stopped and haven't looked again.. I have to trust in my doctor and most of all GOD that my little boy will be perfectly healthy.
I went back to the doctor on April 5 and had a "normal" patient visit... Meaning no ultrasound... :( but she measured my belly - said I was actually measuring right on track if not a little big, this could be due to the fact that my due date by my last period and the measurements on the ultrasound are about a week different.... So, she said she would see me back in a month but this time wants to do an ultrasound to check my cervix and do a growth scan on the baby to make sure he was growing ok. :) She also informed me this would be the last time I would be going 4 weeks between appts.
After my first doctors appointment on December 29 I went back every 2 weeks and had an ultrasound done to check my cervix and the ultrasound tech was so awesome! Everytime she would spend a little extra time looking at the baby so I could see - it is amazing the changes 2 weeks can make. I dont think she was suppose to but always said it was the least she could do since I had to come in every 2 weeks and she used the excuse that she was getting the heart rate for the doctor. :) Eventually I will have to upload some of my ultrasound pictures I have.
I went to the doctor 5 times between December 29 and March 8 - everytime was the same drill. Ultrasound to check my cervix and then see the doctor to find out how everything was going. Everytime I went she was surprised at how well my cervix was holding up and I had no issues with anything else. So, on March 8 we were going to be able to find out what we were having!! Part of me did not want to find out and wanted to wait until we were in the delivery room BUT the OCD part of me knew there was no way I could plan for a baby and NOT know what he/she was! Haha. So, I knew I would have to find out - there was no other option for me. :) That afternoon, DH, my son, and I all went along to find out what this little person inside of me was going to be.... I was so excited! I have to admit, I was a little disappointed I had the same ultrasound tech everytime I had been there and REALLY liked here... This time, I had the other tech they have there and was worrried I wouldn't like her as well and was looking forward to having the other girl since I had gotten to know her a little. But, she was great too! I was really happy with her. She started out the u/s doing all the "boring" stuff as she called it - checking, measuring - and what seemed like FOREVER later she finally said, "OK, are you guys ready to find out what you are having?" Right away she could tell, we were having a baby BOY!! There was no question, he was not a bit shy! Haha. She said "I dont think we will be changing this one!" Meaning she was positive it was a boy and not mistaking - this freaked my son out! Haha. He thought she meant that this little baby boy could magically change into a girl between then and the time he was born. Haha. I had to explain that to him... :) I love how the mind of a child works!
So, after this appt Dr said my cervix still looked great so she was going to start treating me like a normal patient and I could come back in a month!!! No more ultrasounds for a while... She did say that when they did the ultrasound she found that the umbilical cord only had 2 vessels instead of 3... This did not worry her since everything else they look at looked normal - but for me this was a huge OMG! She said the only thing she is concerned with is me having a small baby because the 1 missing vessel could mean the baby gets less nutrients and doesn't get as big... I have been trying to let this all not worry me since she doesn't seem worried but as a mother the only thing you really want for your baby is for them to be healthy.. After my doc appt I got on the internet and started looking at what it meant to have 2 vessels compared to the normal 3... BIG mistake!! So, I stopped and haven't looked again.. I have to trust in my doctor and most of all GOD that my little boy will be perfectly healthy.
I went back to the doctor on April 5 and had a "normal" patient visit... Meaning no ultrasound... :( but she measured my belly - said I was actually measuring right on track if not a little big, this could be due to the fact that my due date by my last period and the measurements on the ultrasound are about a week different.... So, she said she would see me back in a month but this time wants to do an ultrasound to check my cervix and do a growth scan on the baby to make sure he was growing ok. :) She also informed me this would be the last time I would be going 4 weeks between appts.
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