Well needless to say I think it's pretty obvious that I've been doing a horrible job at keeping up on this blog. Luckily I have a facebook to keep everyone updated and to remind myself of the weeks past. Short and sweet version, A LOT has been happening! Things are really starting to roll now and lots of new firsts have been developing, it's been pretty exciting around here to say the least :)
For starters, I'm 32 weeks along! Just 8 weeks shy of her due date but I kind of have a feeling (hoping) that she'll come early and grace us with her presence in October :) What has happened and changed since my last update at 26 weeks? Well for starters I entered into my 3rd Trimester! By 26 weeks I was really actually starting to feel pregnant and Abby started kicking all the time like crazy! First thing on our list was to complete our registries which we've done, and have already received a few items off our lists ;) Next thing on the to-do list was to sign up for classes. After reading up on them we settled with 2 classes: Ready, Set, Deliver, and the breastfeeding class. Our labor and delivery class is a 4 week course that meets every Wednesday from 6-9 during the month of September. The breastfeeding class is a one night only course from 6-9 on a Monday. We've already started the L&D class and love it, we've got our 2nd meeting tonight :) Breastfeeding is next week. What else took place in the 3rd trimester? Well I partook in the fun loving glucose screening test and had to fast for a morning while having to drink a bottle of sugar water in 5 minutes and have my blood drawn every hour for 3 hours, not my finest morning ;) But it turns out I don't have diabetes which is a plus!
3rd trimester has also brought on some new and not so exciting changes. I survived my first cold that kid you not lasted 2 weeks! Longest cold for me EVER! But alas my sinuses have yet to fully recover and probably wont until after she's born. Too much blood flow to the sinuses keeps them nice and congested :P Next I wasn't sure or not if I'd felt those Braxton Hicks Contractions that I'd heard about but sure enough one day I felt my first BHC. Abby had been moving a lot that day so it was hard for me to tell at first if it was her moving or a contraction. But I distinctly felt my whole tummy tighten/contract and then release. Not painful at all, I'd say mild discomfort but I haven't really noticed them since. More fun symptoms, I had my very first case of heartburn. All my previously preggo buddies asked if I'd had it yet and I kept saying no thinking I was gonna go my whole pregnancy w/o it, but I was wrong. I'd already had a bad day that day and had a late night dinner of Panda Express so it was bound to happen. Started around 9 and went all the way until 6am the next morning =/ BUT I have yet to have it again so hopefully I wont ;) What lead to an already bad day was Bob and I went to get Abby's 3D pictures taken and the Dr. immediately said it's not possible. She's already dropped into the birthing position and once she's there she's not gonna move until birth and it's impossible to get a look at her face. Drats! I was so bummed and thought 30 weeks was too early for her to be in the birthing position but nope guess not. It does give me more hope of an early delivery though ;)
A new and exciting change though was I felt Abby have the hiccups for the first time at 31 weeks :) Now that was pretty neat! Weird feeling in the sense that she's so low but neat none the less. I've felt them about 3 more times since then :) Also Bob being the awesome dad he is knocked out Abby's nursery all in one weekend, his birthday weekend mind you ;) He surprised me one night after work by completely cleaning it out for me! Then he went to Home Depot that weekend and picked up the paint. He started painting that Saturday and had it finished the night. Then he and his brother picked up the wood for the chair railing and managed to get it all cut and painted on Sunday! He had it up by Monday morning, the day of his party before everyone came over ;) Not only that but he assembled my glider for me and I've been living in it ever since ;) It's like he's in the nesting phase for me. He also found time to clean out the garage, take care of the yard work in the front and back, getting finances and appointments in order, and has even taken it upon himself to cook dinner AND breakfast on occasion (including spaghetti and French toast) as well as running out and picking up whatever I've been craving ;) He is such a wonderful hubby and such a blessing and he's going to be a great dad ;)
Well last but not least, to sum up coming events, my babyshower is planed, invitations have gone out, I've got hair appointments and nail appointments lined up, we've booked a photo shoot for our maternity pictures, classes are underway which includes the tour of the hospital, I've got less than 4 weeks of work left, Abby's due in 8, and all is well in the making of baby Clements :)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
The Registries are complete!
Bob and I completed our registries today! Yay one more thing out of the way :) Such a good feeling! Hopefully everything stays up to date and we don't have to change too much from here to November ;) Anyways, we are registered online and in stores at Target and Babies-R-Us/Toys-R-Us. You can also find our nursery bedding, decor, books, CD's, and DVD's online through Amazon. Here are the links...
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Hopefully dreams do come true :)
So I have just been totally and completely blissfully happy lately and I'm loving it :) God has blessed us in so many ways and I continue to be thankful for all He has provided us with and for the smooth sailing of pregnancy. Bob and I have utilized our time this month to get things done around the house and he has been such a trooper and an amazing husband and I could not ask for more! We finally bit the bullet and called a landscaping company to come out and prettify our front and back because they were just starting to bum us out =/ The people who did the landscaping of this house had no idea what they were doing and in result our grass was just not growing in the front or back :( So they laid new grass for us, trimmed the shrubbery, and replaced the bark! Bob did a trading of services with the company too so now they're going to fix our fountains for us as well ;) One less thing to worry about! Abby will have a nice yard to play in next year :) Then he also cleaned out our garage for us so we can fit both cars in it! Our garage wasn't even that bad and there wasn't a lot of stuff it just seemed too small to fit both our cars so I parked in the driveway, but Bob made it happen and I have to say it's nice getting in the car without having to worry about the heat from the sun ;) We've also tackled finances and bills and are pretty well lined up and ready for the months to come. We've also scheduled dentist appointments and eye appointments to get those out of the way and next on my list is sining up for all the fun pregnancy classes (I've got 4 on my list). We're also selling a few items on craigslist to help pay for Abby's nursery such as our old kitchen table, a TV stand, and Bob's old iPad :) Yesterday we started the task of breaking down the guest bed and cleaning out the room :) A little bit here and there and everything is just coming along nicely! Now about my dream ;)
To start, this weekend has just been awesome :) We went out on a date Friday night to BJ's in Natomas. We got the 2 for $20 deal which included 2 salads, a pizza, and a pizookie, the red velvet is to die for! Then we went to the movies with our free movie passes that Bob got at work for being so great ;) We saw "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and to be honest I had no desire to see it whatsoever! I figured it was going to be like the original and just a movie about talking apes on a planet :P But I was so wrong and I actually enjoyed the movie :) I laughed, I cried, and I even came home quoting it ;) Saturday Bob and I woke up and went to the store to make breakfast. French toast, sausage and fruit were on the menu. Bob even made the French toast ;) and then we got to work on the nursery. Last night the moon was 3/4 full and hovering over our neighbors house in the backyard. Perfect time to get out the telescope! We hadn't pulled it out in a while... Got some pretty good pics too and was an awesome ending to the day. Which led to my awesome dream :)
I totally had a dream about giving birth to Abigail! I was 2 weeks early in my dream and already in the hospital. It was either really late at night or early in the morning and there were no nurses or doctors around and I gave birth to Abby myself :) Since no one was around to weigh her I guessed she was around 5 or 6 pounds. But she was beautiful :) First thing Bob and I commented on were her eyes, they were tiny but blue :) Bob immediately called everyone who in return called everyone else :) Pictures were being sent through text messages and facebooks were being updated :) It was such a wonderful and joyous experience and so vivid I can only hope and pray that's how I feel on the actual day ;) Plus it gives me hope that she will be born in October! Life is grand and I intend to sit back and enjoy the ride :)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Oh the joys of pregnancy!
So to be quite honest, the first 20 weeks of pregnancy were a piece of cake! I wish that's how it would be for the whole 40 weeks and for every pregnancy for that matter! But I know they're all different and how lucky I am to of had it so well ;) It wasn't even until round 22 weeks that I started to FEEL pregnant. Some new pregnancy symptoms I've picked up are leg cramps, slight swelling of feet and hands, and sensitive gums. I have yet to actually HAVE a leg cramp but of course in the middle of the night if I stretch my feet I can feel the muscle about to pull, so I immediately stretch my toes back to my calf to avoid the dreaded charlie-horse! I know many women who've experienced leg cramps during pregnancy starting around the 1st trimester so I guess I'm just lucky it's only beginning to happen now. And with me working on my feet 4+ hours 3 days a week and standing in the sun for 30-60 minutes at work, I find coming home that my feet and hands are a little swollen =/ Not anything crazy or to be worried about, actually to be expected given the circumstances, but still a bummer =/ I've opted out of wearing my rings and bought a fake $25 bling ring to wear on my ring finger for the time being. I miss my ring though :( The sensitive gums isn't even really anything either. I just notice they bleed more then they used to which is also very common and to be expected due to the greater blood supply to the gums. I have an appointment for a cleaning mid August though, thank goodness.
Other pregnancy changes would be the fact that my uterus has now grown up passed my belly button with my expanding baby :) She has been kicking a lot more frequently and her movements tend to be more-so during the day rather than at night like they used to be. I'm told this is a good thing seeing as how that usually means she'll be active during the day and sleep at night :) But I still have 15 weeks left so I don't want to get too excited because that can always change ;) But boy is she moving! Not just kicking but my whole tummy moves sometimes and it feels like she's doing somersaults in there :) Greatest feeling in the world! I know I'll miss that ;) She is however I'm assuming facing down already because the kicks are at the top of my belly button and there is definitely more pressure on my bladder! It sucks having to pee so frequently... I was a trooper though and toughed it out camping not just 1 but 2 weekends in a row! After having done it, I would not recommend it ;) But I did have a blast and it had been 7 years since my last camping trip and it was mine and Bob's 1st camping trip together so it was well worth it :) Another complication though was I had a bum knee for the 2nd camping trip =/ Yeah I'm now one of those women who have fallen while pregnant =/ In my defense though it would not have happend had it not been for my weak knees.
I've had knee problems in both my knees since I was a kid. They both lack the normal amount of cartilage on the insides to hold the knee cap in place so just the slightest pressure on the outside of my knees can cause them to give out :( Well Monday last week that's exactly what happened. A kid was knocked into my right side causing my right knee to give out. My knees giving out was nothing new but this time I actually had to pop it back into place myself =/ Only other time it hasn't popped back on it's own was in my car accident back in October of 2003. The muscle around my knee became extremely tight, tender, and sore and I was worried about it possibly swelling due to the extra weight I'm carrying or it giving out again. So I was taken to Sutter's Occupational Health Clinic to have it checked out. Yes I'm now also one of those people who have had to file workman's comp :( The Dr. told me to take it easy and wear a knee brace for the time being. After going back to work that Friday, I went camping on Saturday and only had mild discomfort but now it's almost back to normal :)
Some good news being that I'm 25 weeks along this week! 3 weeks shy of the 3rd trimester and starting to move forward in preparation for baby Abby :) Yup, not sure if I wrote it on here or not yet but we've named our daughter Abigail Elizabeth Clements :) Bob picked out both Abigail and Elizabeth, and Abigail I read means "my father's joy" which couldn't be more true and perfect :) He's so thrilled and she will be his little princess :) Denise and Eric got the keys to their house this week and will be moving in this weekend so that means we can tear down the guest room and turn it into a nursery! I'm SO excited about that part ;) Bob and I already decided we're going to buy the bedding (it's not exactly cheep), the glider (since that's more for me ;) ), and the bassinet (since that's also more for us and we'd rather have people buy the crib and not have to do both). Some items we've already acquired would be a play mat, a swing, and a soothing spa bathtub from my sister! Gotta love the hand-me-downs ;) And my father-in-law purchased us a new carseat and base for when my sister-in-law Joy comes to town this weekend! My niece Elli will use it when they're here so Joy doesn't have to worry about flying with one ;) The carseat is super awesome and we've already decided this one will go in Bob's car ;) And I think it's safe to say that I've pretty much completed our baby registries! We've registered at Babies-R-Us and Target. I've only done it online though (we haven't actually gone into the stores yet) and it's still kinda early so items might change but I'm pretty happy with what we've registered for so far :) One less thing to worry about ;) Well I think that is it for now. I'll leave you with a 22 week belly pic ;) I'm due for another one just haven't had the time :P
Other pregnancy changes would be the fact that my uterus has now grown up passed my belly button with my expanding baby :) She has been kicking a lot more frequently and her movements tend to be more-so during the day rather than at night like they used to be. I'm told this is a good thing seeing as how that usually means she'll be active during the day and sleep at night :) But I still have 15 weeks left so I don't want to get too excited because that can always change ;) But boy is she moving! Not just kicking but my whole tummy moves sometimes and it feels like she's doing somersaults in there :) Greatest feeling in the world! I know I'll miss that ;) She is however I'm assuming facing down already because the kicks are at the top of my belly button and there is definitely more pressure on my bladder! It sucks having to pee so frequently... I was a trooper though and toughed it out camping not just 1 but 2 weekends in a row! After having done it, I would not recommend it ;) But I did have a blast and it had been 7 years since my last camping trip and it was mine and Bob's 1st camping trip together so it was well worth it :) Another complication though was I had a bum knee for the 2nd camping trip =/ Yeah I'm now one of those women who have fallen while pregnant =/ In my defense though it would not have happend had it not been for my weak knees.
I've had knee problems in both my knees since I was a kid. They both lack the normal amount of cartilage on the insides to hold the knee cap in place so just the slightest pressure on the outside of my knees can cause them to give out :( Well Monday last week that's exactly what happened. A kid was knocked into my right side causing my right knee to give out. My knees giving out was nothing new but this time I actually had to pop it back into place myself =/ Only other time it hasn't popped back on it's own was in my car accident back in October of 2003. The muscle around my knee became extremely tight, tender, and sore and I was worried about it possibly swelling due to the extra weight I'm carrying or it giving out again. So I was taken to Sutter's Occupational Health Clinic to have it checked out. Yes I'm now also one of those people who have had to file workman's comp :( The Dr. told me to take it easy and wear a knee brace for the time being. After going back to work that Friday, I went camping on Saturday and only had mild discomfort but now it's almost back to normal :)
Some good news being that I'm 25 weeks along this week! 3 weeks shy of the 3rd trimester and starting to move forward in preparation for baby Abby :) Yup, not sure if I wrote it on here or not yet but we've named our daughter Abigail Elizabeth Clements :) Bob picked out both Abigail and Elizabeth, and Abigail I read means "my father's joy" which couldn't be more true and perfect :) He's so thrilled and she will be his little princess :) Denise and Eric got the keys to their house this week and will be moving in this weekend so that means we can tear down the guest room and turn it into a nursery! I'm SO excited about that part ;) Bob and I already decided we're going to buy the bedding (it's not exactly cheep), the glider (since that's more for me ;) ), and the bassinet (since that's also more for us and we'd rather have people buy the crib and not have to do both). Some items we've already acquired would be a play mat, a swing, and a soothing spa bathtub from my sister! Gotta love the hand-me-downs ;) And my father-in-law purchased us a new carseat and base for when my sister-in-law Joy comes to town this weekend! My niece Elli will use it when they're here so Joy doesn't have to worry about flying with one ;) The carseat is super awesome and we've already decided this one will go in Bob's car ;) And I think it's safe to say that I've pretty much completed our baby registries! We've registered at Babies-R-Us and Target. I've only done it online though (we haven't actually gone into the stores yet) and it's still kinda early so items might change but I'm pretty happy with what we've registered for so far :) One less thing to worry about ;) Well I think that is it for now. I'll leave you with a 22 week belly pic ;) I'm due for another one just haven't had the time :P
About to get personal...
So if you're a guy or get easily grossed out then you'll probably want to skip reading this post... Remember I'm also using this as my "pregnancy journal" so some of it might be a little personal but things that I will want to remember down the road when I have another :) Just so you know though, you have been warned ;)
Well today, July 27th, I am 25 weeks and 2 days along with only 106 more days to go and just 3 weeks shy of my 3rd trimester. I had been told that things like lactating doesn't normally happen until your 3rd trimester or even not until after the baby is born! So I thought I didn't have to worry about that for a while, well I was wrong =/ Today I woke up from my nap only to have a creamy, yellowish fluid leaking down the side of my breast! Then I notice there was a wet spot on our sheets where I was laying on my side =/ How uncomfortable and embarrassing is that?!? So after I cleaned myself off and threw our sheets in the wash I immediately went online to research ;) Well as luck would have it apparently it's more common than I thought and some women claimed to of started lactating at the beginning of their 2nd trimestre! Sheesh how horrible! And here I was enjoying pregnancy and then this comes along ;) Well I guess I'll be needing those breast pads sooner than I thought ;) Good news is I also read that it's viewed as a good thing meaning that I should have no trouble whatsoever breastfeeding! Again just one of those things you worry about for your first, you never know until you try! But I can't help but be uncomfortable and grossed out at the thought =/ One of the many un-fun things women endure that men are lucky they will never have to experience ;)
Well today, July 27th, I am 25 weeks and 2 days along with only 106 more days to go and just 3 weeks shy of my 3rd trimester. I had been told that things like lactating doesn't normally happen until your 3rd trimester or even not until after the baby is born! So I thought I didn't have to worry about that for a while, well I was wrong =/ Today I woke up from my nap only to have a creamy, yellowish fluid leaking down the side of my breast! Then I notice there was a wet spot on our sheets where I was laying on my side =/ How uncomfortable and embarrassing is that?!? So after I cleaned myself off and threw our sheets in the wash I immediately went online to research ;) Well as luck would have it apparently it's more common than I thought and some women claimed to of started lactating at the beginning of their 2nd trimestre! Sheesh how horrible! And here I was enjoying pregnancy and then this comes along ;) Well I guess I'll be needing those breast pads sooner than I thought ;) Good news is I also read that it's viewed as a good thing meaning that I should have no trouble whatsoever breastfeeding! Again just one of those things you worry about for your first, you never know until you try! But I can't help but be uncomfortable and grossed out at the thought =/ One of the many un-fun things women endure that men are lucky they will never have to experience ;)
Monday, June 20, 2011
Let the kicking begin!
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| Bob with his sonogram picture frame for Father's Day :) |
So last night (or early this morning seeing as how it was at 2:30am) I felt our little girl kick for the first time! Everyone's been asking me if I've felt it yet and I'd sad face reply no not yet :( Flutters?!? Yeah possibly so, but again this being my first and I wasn't really sure. But every night between 2 and 3am I have to get up and use the bathroom, it's like clockwork ;) Well sure enough last night at exactly 2:30am I roll over on my back to stretch before getting up and place my hand on my belly and sure enough, right at the tip of my belly button I felt a kick! I of course am in shock never having felt it before but then I felt another one! My little nudger ;) Ahh it was so neat, the most amazing feeling ever! So she kicked 4 times before I got up to pee but of course when I lay back down in bed to show Bob she stopped ;) I tried rolling all over for about a good hour after that trying to feel her kick again but I couldn't. Restless night after that though! My alarm went off at 5am for me to get up for work but of course I turned it off and fell back asleep ;) I didn't get up until 10 after 6 when I had to be to work at 7. Everyone who knows me knows I take at least an hour to get ready ;) Well believe it or not I was only 5 minutes late to work, but I think I had a good excuse ;) How cool was it though that it was the morning after Father's Day :)
Well today marks the halfway point in my pregnancy! I'm exactly 20 weeks along and have roughly 20 more weeks to go (give or take a few). Again still all is well, so far so good :) I could get used to this pregnancy thing and definitely wouldn't mind doing it again. But again check back in about 10-20 weeks ;) Still seems to be going by fast, but then not at the same time. I feel anxious to get things done though. I want to do as much traveling as I can, spend as much time with Bob as I can, oh and get in all the rest that I can ;) Plus I so cannot wait to do the nursery but again having a hard time finding anything I like! I really just might end up decorating it based on a color scheme rather than a theme or print. Me not being a girly type and hating the color pink and not being too fond of the color purple I'm limited to my choices ;) I love the idea of browns, sage greens, light yellows, creams, things like that. Something soft, sweet, with a classy feel to it. Old fashioned if you will ;) I was gonna do white, sage green, and yellow and then decorate with daisies but I'd probably end up doing a lot of painting seeing as how I can't find anything daisy =/ Oh well, I keep telling myself I still have time and maybe they'll come out with something that I like by November ;) She won't be in the nursery for AT LEAST the first 3 months anyways, I would just like to have it done for my own personal gratification =/
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| First belly pic @ 20 weeks! |
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Our Baby GIRL :)
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| The 3 dots telling us it's a GIRL :) |
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| Her doing a back-bend :) |
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| Look at that beautiful profile with those cute little lips and button nose! |
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| She's yawning :) |
I thought I'd be better at this...
So as you can see it's been a while since my last post. Seven weeks I'm ashamed to say! You would think there would be a lot of changes within those 7 weeks but nope not a lot. Went my whole first trimester without any morning sickness and really only feeling nauseous once :) A couple mild symptoms would be tiredness (I have to take a nap a day now), mild cravings (mostly fruit, chicken, beef, and apple cider), my little baby bump has popped, oh yeah and we did find out the sex! But I'll get to that here in a bit ;)
At 13 weeks I went in for my 2nd trimester appointment and we got to hear the heartbeat! Again, it's one thing to see your baby moving around on the screen but a totally different feeling to hear the heartbeat! It was a healthy 150bpm and we were still right on track :) At 16 weeks was when my tummy seemed to have popped. It was right before work and I just pulled my jeans out of the dryer. Everyone knows that they tighten up after they are washed and dried but it was to the point of where I didn't want to button my jeans! So rather that walk around with them undone all day I slipped into my maternity jeans that only 6 weeks earlier I felt silly for purchasing but at that given time I was glad that I had ;) They are so comfy! Why we fiddle with buttons and zippers I'll never know ;) So I think it's safe to say I can now officially go shopping for a maternity wardrobe!
Now on to the exciting news! Bob and I are expecting a little baby GIRL! I had an appointment with a local sonogram Dr. to find out the sex last Friday (16 weeks and 4 days along). Since day one I had strong girl feelings but all the gender charts said the conception date, last menstrual cycle date, and due date were all pointing to boy! I was still leaning towards girl ;) Then sometime during week 15 it felt like my tummy had dropped! This being my first pregnancy and all I couldn't be sure so I figured maybe the charts were right and we were having a boy! I started to get used to the idea ;) Then even at the ultrasound appointment my Dr. pointed out that I was carrying really low! So right then I thought for sure it was going to be a boy! But nope, Dr. confirmed it's a girl :)
She of course was giving us a hard time and keeping her legs crossed but there were two specific times throughout the appointment that we saw the 3 little dots indicating a girl :) She totally looks like a full blown baby! Technically at 17 weeks she's only the size of a turnip (5" long and 5oz) but looks so much bigger on screen! She did a full on back-bend at one point, yawned, and it even looked like she was sucking her thumb :) The heartbeat is still at a steady and healthy 150bpm and we're still right on track with the due date! Just by measuring her head he could tell me how many weeks and days along I was and when I would be due! He did give me a day difference in the due date, November 6th (my mom's birthday) instead of the 7th ;) Next appointment with my OBGYN is next Tuesday and I have another ultrasound appointment scheduled for 20 weeks!
Not sure on nursery theme yet, but I have some ideas on color schemes ;) I'm worried if I fall in love with anything now it wont be available come November =/ But Bob and I did go out and buy 2 outfits as soon as we found out ;) Names we're tossing around are Sydney Josephine (family name) and Elizabeth Justine. Sydney was my mom's great aunt and she was really pretty :) I've always liked the name Sydney for a girl :) Josephine is my mom's sister's name who passed away when she was just 2. Elizabeth kinda just grew on me. Working in one of the preschools I had a girl named Elizabeth in the class whom I just adored :) She was so shy and made these quirky noises that I just fell in love with :) Then when I asked Bob what names for a girl he liked he said Abigail and Elizabeth! Justine I read once in one of my many Nora Roberts books and fell in love with it. I originally picked the name Isabella Justine but you would not believe how many people I know who've named their kids that! Not to mention Bella from Twilight, I can never look at that name the same again ;) But who knows, it may be until its time to sign the birth certificate before we make a decission, or we could just change our minds all together! For now we're still just enjoying the fact that we will be bringing a little baby girl into the world in just a few short months :) Bob knew it was going to be a girl, she'll for sure be his spoiled little princess ;) He's already said (jokingly of course ;) ) that this one is his and I can have the next ;) And I'm completely thrilled at the idea of him being so thrilled over his little girl :) He's going to be such a great dad!
At 13 weeks I went in for my 2nd trimester appointment and we got to hear the heartbeat! Again, it's one thing to see your baby moving around on the screen but a totally different feeling to hear the heartbeat! It was a healthy 150bpm and we were still right on track :) At 16 weeks was when my tummy seemed to have popped. It was right before work and I just pulled my jeans out of the dryer. Everyone knows that they tighten up after they are washed and dried but it was to the point of where I didn't want to button my jeans! So rather that walk around with them undone all day I slipped into my maternity jeans that only 6 weeks earlier I felt silly for purchasing but at that given time I was glad that I had ;) They are so comfy! Why we fiddle with buttons and zippers I'll never know ;) So I think it's safe to say I can now officially go shopping for a maternity wardrobe!
Now on to the exciting news! Bob and I are expecting a little baby GIRL! I had an appointment with a local sonogram Dr. to find out the sex last Friday (16 weeks and 4 days along). Since day one I had strong girl feelings but all the gender charts said the conception date, last menstrual cycle date, and due date were all pointing to boy! I was still leaning towards girl ;) Then sometime during week 15 it felt like my tummy had dropped! This being my first pregnancy and all I couldn't be sure so I figured maybe the charts were right and we were having a boy! I started to get used to the idea ;) Then even at the ultrasound appointment my Dr. pointed out that I was carrying really low! So right then I thought for sure it was going to be a boy! But nope, Dr. confirmed it's a girl :)
She of course was giving us a hard time and keeping her legs crossed but there were two specific times throughout the appointment that we saw the 3 little dots indicating a girl :) She totally looks like a full blown baby! Technically at 17 weeks she's only the size of a turnip (5" long and 5oz) but looks so much bigger on screen! She did a full on back-bend at one point, yawned, and it even looked like she was sucking her thumb :) The heartbeat is still at a steady and healthy 150bpm and we're still right on track with the due date! Just by measuring her head he could tell me how many weeks and days along I was and when I would be due! He did give me a day difference in the due date, November 6th (my mom's birthday) instead of the 7th ;) Next appointment with my OBGYN is next Tuesday and I have another ultrasound appointment scheduled for 20 weeks!
Not sure on nursery theme yet, but I have some ideas on color schemes ;) I'm worried if I fall in love with anything now it wont be available come November =/ But Bob and I did go out and buy 2 outfits as soon as we found out ;) Names we're tossing around are Sydney Josephine (family name) and Elizabeth Justine. Sydney was my mom's great aunt and she was really pretty :) I've always liked the name Sydney for a girl :) Josephine is my mom's sister's name who passed away when she was just 2. Elizabeth kinda just grew on me. Working in one of the preschools I had a girl named Elizabeth in the class whom I just adored :) She was so shy and made these quirky noises that I just fell in love with :) Then when I asked Bob what names for a girl he liked he said Abigail and Elizabeth! Justine I read once in one of my many Nora Roberts books and fell in love with it. I originally picked the name Isabella Justine but you would not believe how many people I know who've named their kids that! Not to mention Bella from Twilight, I can never look at that name the same again ;) But who knows, it may be until its time to sign the birth certificate before we make a decission, or we could just change our minds all together! For now we're still just enjoying the fact that we will be bringing a little baby girl into the world in just a few short months :) Bob knew it was going to be a girl, she'll for sure be his spoiled little princess ;) He's already said (jokingly of course ;) ) that this one is his and I can have the next ;) And I'm completely thrilled at the idea of him being so thrilled over his little girl :) He's going to be such a great dad!
Monday, April 11, 2011
On to the double digits!
Yup that's right, I am 10 weeks along today! No more single digits, only 2 more weeks until I'm in my 2nd trimester, and only 30 more weeks (give or take a few) until the baby arrives! And all is still so far so good ;) Still no sickness whatsoever and no more nausea! Switching my prenatal vitamins to night instead of morning seems to have helped a lot! Other than my pants and bra being a little snug, no real signs of pregnancy yet either. Quite honestly I'm hoping it comes soon though! Bob and I went shopping at a maternity store in the mall on Saturday and I tried a bunch of stuff on. I was mostly looking for jeans and capris what with warm weather approaching fast I need something to be comfortable in! But it was kind of a bust seeing as how I'm not even showing yet, I felt kinda silly =/ I did end up buying 1 pair of jeans and I figure I'll go back once my belly has popped a little more ;) For now I can use a belly band and/or wrap a hair tie around the button on my jeans to let in a little more room ;)
Have I told you how much I love being pregnant? Because I do! I know how incredibly blessed I am so far and I probably sound naive, but I already know I'm going to be one of those women who love being pregnant :) Check back in oh say 10 weeks or so and see how I'm doing then ;) I'm anxious to start taking belly pictures too but again since I'm not showing I feel kinda silly. I figure I'll take my 1st one when I've reached 12 weeks and then do my very best to take one each week thereafter.
So for the past couple of nights I have been having a hard time sleeping. At my appt. last Thursday I got a DTaP vaccine and my arm was quite sore after! I had a very hard time sleeping with out rolling over and feeling the pain. So picture this, not being able to sleep on your back for too long because of loss of oxygen to the baby, and not being able to sleep on your left side because of a sore arm. Let's just say it was a restless couple of nights =/ I did buy one of those pregnancy body pillows to snuggle with at night, I just didn't try it out yet because of my arm. But last night I can gladly say I slept pretty well and the pain was very mild. Maybe I'll pull out my body pillow tonight ;) With our bed only being a queen and Bob, Chomper, and I + a body pillow, things might get a little crowded. I told Bob we might need to get a bigger bed, if not then once summer hits and my belly pops then I might have to sleep in the guestroom ;)
Have I told you how much I love being pregnant? Because I do! I know how incredibly blessed I am so far and I probably sound naive, but I already know I'm going to be one of those women who love being pregnant :) Check back in oh say 10 weeks or so and see how I'm doing then ;) I'm anxious to start taking belly pictures too but again since I'm not showing I feel kinda silly. I figure I'll take my 1st one when I've reached 12 weeks and then do my very best to take one each week thereafter.
So for the past couple of nights I have been having a hard time sleeping. At my appt. last Thursday I got a DTaP vaccine and my arm was quite sore after! I had a very hard time sleeping with out rolling over and feeling the pain. So picture this, not being able to sleep on your back for too long because of loss of oxygen to the baby, and not being able to sleep on your left side because of a sore arm. Let's just say it was a restless couple of nights =/ I did buy one of those pregnancy body pillows to snuggle with at night, I just didn't try it out yet because of my arm. But last night I can gladly say I slept pretty well and the pain was very mild. Maybe I'll pull out my body pillow tonight ;) With our bed only being a queen and Bob, Chomper, and I + a body pillow, things might get a little crowded. I told Bob we might need to get a bigger bed, if not then once summer hits and my belly pops then I might have to sleep in the guestroom ;)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Baby's 1st Picture
So I had my first appointment with my Dr. today and she confirmed that I am in fact 9 weeks along and my due date is still set for November 7th :) I went in hopes of getting an ultrasound in and possibly a heartbeat (I wasn't sure if it was developed enough yet or not). I was blessed with both :) Words cannot express the overwhelming joy you feel when you see our baby moving around on the screen for the first time. It becomes so real at that moment. None of the fetal development pictures fit what I saw on the screen. None of the words used to describe your baby and it's developmental stage seemed to fit either. It was a little human being moving around inside my tummy and suddenly none of the other descriptions fit or mattered. All that mattered was Bob and I had created life. With a little bit of him and a little bit of me, together God blessed us with a beautiful baby :) I want to use that for the announcements ;) Perfect little head, perfect little body, complete with 2 arms waving around as if to say hello, and 2 little legs which I will feel kicking me soon enough just to remind me that he/she is there :) Of course I lost it when I saw the fluttering heartbeat in it's tiny little chest, and then to hear it! OMG beating so rapidly, it was simply amazing :) The miracle of life is something to be in awe and amazed by. How could you not believe in God?!? I'm just so happy He has chosen to bless us at this point in our lives. There's always the feeling of are we ready or not? But we are totally ready. No fears, no worries, no stress, no concern. I know it's all in God's hands and in 7 months time the baby will be in our hands :)
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Eat this not that...
Well adjusting to pregnancy eating has been quite simple. Right before I had already changed my eating habits and bought healthier choice options when available choosing products with words like light, lean, whole grain, less fat, low sodium, high fiber, etc. I already drink 1-2 bottles of water a day and have at least 1 serving of fruits AND veggies a day. I know it's not the best or what's recommended but it was a change. The only big changes has been my complete cut-off of soda and caffeine and obviously alcohol (not that I indulged in it frequently anyways). I did give in the other day and bought caffeine free cherry 7up which is high in antioxidants ;) Something about the carbonated fizziness I was missing. But I have 1 maybe a couple times a week and I never finish the whole thing. Mostly just water, milk, juice, lemonade, gatorade, and tea for me. I was glad to find out I can still have tea! Again in small moderate amounts but hey its still caffeine ;) My nurse said I can still have soda and coffee as long as I keep it to 8oz a day, but I cut it out all together. One thing I found out which I was shocked I didn't know is no lunch meat?!? Of any kind, fresh or not, none whatsoever, unless of course it's cooked at 160* ;) Threw me off a bit because I frequent Subway and Togo's a lot. But I'll have to make sure to get my sandwiches toasted or my meat cooked. I have to say I'm having a harder time with cutting back my cold cut sammiches more-so then coffee and soda! But I was happy to learn that I can still have my tuna :) Canned chunky light in water is okay to have twice a week as long as I only have 1 serving which is only about 3oz but still is enough for me :) The only real craving so far has been egg salad sandwiches which was what brought me to write this blog. I'm totally craving one again and I'm about to go make myself one for lunch :)
All the fun, new, and exciting things that comes with pregnancy
So quite honestly I am one of the few lucky women who had yet to have a case of morning sickness! Almost all my friends and family members have had it with at least one if not all their babies. I had no symptoms whatsoever and wouldn't of even known I was pregnant had I not gotten sick with a fever and taken the test. Really the only change I noticed right away was I was more tired. Now that I'm 9 weeks along I find myself having to take a nap once every day and if I don't then I end up going to bed around 8 or 9.
Well I had my first appointment last week on Thursday the 31st. It was just to meet with the nurse to go over my families medical history and to get all my lovely fun packets of information :) The appointment went really well and I really liked my nurse, I found myself wishing she was my Dr. ;) BUT I was referred to Dr. Riley by my primary Dr. My mom works for Sutter and got the inside scoop on Dr. Riley. Apparently she's a really good Dr. but she doesn't really have good bedside manners meaning she's kind of off setting and is not really personal. My mom said that if I have any problems with her that I can change Dr.s w/o any hesitation or problems. I will make my decision after I meet with her this Thursday the 7th. This being my first I kind of want someone who will be personal and just as excited as I am :) The week I found out I saw 3 different Sutter Dr.'s and all of which, even the nurses, were extremely excited for me, seeing as how I was running 102 fever and couldn't exactly show my excitement too well ;) And I liked that :) So I guess we shall see if Riley holds out as my Dr. or not...
Bob has been oh so very helpful, kind, sweet, excited, all the correct emotions I would have hoped for ;) He's going to be such a great dad, I can see it already! We've already decided that the guestroom will be the nursery so that way Bob can keep his office even though he had already started taking things down in preparation, but I told him there's no need and that the guestroom works out better :) He did treat himself to a new little toy, an electric guitar :) He played acoustic back in h/s and I've actually thought about buying him one before but wasn't sure if he'd play it or not. Well he started shopping around for one and fell in love so I just had to let him get it :) So far he's playing mostly worship songs, a couple rock songs, "A Whole New World" from Aladdin, and he said he's even gonna write a new song for the baby, gotta love him ;)
So being the overly excited mother-to-be that I am I went ahead and already made myself a registry like the week I found out ;) Never having actually been a mother but having taken care of children since oh the age of 10 I have a pretty good idea of what I want/need. So far it's all just pretty much neutral stuff until we find out the sex. Either way I don't want to side with too much boy or too much girl stuff seeing as how this is our first and for sure not our last ;) Things like the stroller, car seat, pack-in-play, diaper bag, etc. all are going to be neutral since they're more for us then the baby and that way I can reuse them when we decide to have another :) But I wanted to talk a walk through Babies-R-Us with Bob and show him all the fun, new, and exciting things that comes with parenting :)
This past Sunday the 3rd we had a lot of errands we wanted to run. I normally get up around 6:30, eat breakfast, take my vitamins, and head off to work. Well on Sunday I rolled out of bed around 8:30, had a bowl of cereal and forgot to take my vitamins =/ 10:30 comes around and we're getting ready to leave when I remember to take them. I know you're supposed to take them with food so I ate a banana and grabbed a gatorade on our way out the door. Silly me for not packing snacks, my mistake. First stop was to Chevron to get my oil changed. We walk into the waiting area and I'm smelling some car fresheners and all of the sudden it hits, too many smells all at once I needed to get out of there quick! Prior to that the only smell that made me nauseous was car exhaust :P I got some fresh air and sat down mentally calming myself trying to not get sick. All I kept thinking was, "God I do not want to get sick HERE!" I took small sips of my gatorade and Bob went inside and bought me some crackers. about 15-20 minutes later my car was done and the nauseating feeling had passed. I just knew I needed something solid to eat and fast! Togo's to the rescue ;)
Before Togo's I braved it through Home Depot looking at BBQ's and after lunch we headed to Barns and Noble :) I could have stayed there forever looking at books! I also could have spent $100's of dollars on books that day as well ;) One of the things I want for the baby is a fully stocked library. I loved reading as a kid and still do to this day and I want our child to love reading as well :) I even want to do the nursery either in a favorite children's author theme, a nursery rhyme theme, a fairytale theme, or something a long those lines... After picking up about 20 books or so and putting them back, I walked out with "In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories," "Danny and the Dinosaur," "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," and an Eric Carle baby book that I just fell in love with :) Of course these books are more so for me then the baby but I figured that I'll start a book wishlist that people can go off of for the baby shower. My thoughts are to have every guest bring a new or used children's book to add to the collection :) Plus I have a few friends and family members who will be giving me their books on pregnancy so I figure I'll wait and see what I get before I pick up anything new for myself ;)
After B&N we went to Babies-R-Us and walked around for a good hour showing Bob all the things I was excited to register for ;) He was excited and completely on board with it all. He plans on buying me my glider for the nursery and we'll probably end up buying the bassinet for our room ourselves as well ;) Can't wait to clear out the guestroom to make room for our bundle of joy! So with my first run-in with morning sickness passed, the day/weekend turned out to be a pretty great one :) I switched to taking my vitamins right before bed instead of in the morning and so far so good! After all, only 3 more weeks until I enter into my Second Trimester!
Well I had my first appointment last week on Thursday the 31st. It was just to meet with the nurse to go over my families medical history and to get all my lovely fun packets of information :) The appointment went really well and I really liked my nurse, I found myself wishing she was my Dr. ;) BUT I was referred to Dr. Riley by my primary Dr. My mom works for Sutter and got the inside scoop on Dr. Riley. Apparently she's a really good Dr. but she doesn't really have good bedside manners meaning she's kind of off setting and is not really personal. My mom said that if I have any problems with her that I can change Dr.s w/o any hesitation or problems. I will make my decision after I meet with her this Thursday the 7th. This being my first I kind of want someone who will be personal and just as excited as I am :) The week I found out I saw 3 different Sutter Dr.'s and all of which, even the nurses, were extremely excited for me, seeing as how I was running 102 fever and couldn't exactly show my excitement too well ;) And I liked that :) So I guess we shall see if Riley holds out as my Dr. or not...
Bob has been oh so very helpful, kind, sweet, excited, all the correct emotions I would have hoped for ;) He's going to be such a great dad, I can see it already! We've already decided that the guestroom will be the nursery so that way Bob can keep his office even though he had already started taking things down in preparation, but I told him there's no need and that the guestroom works out better :) He did treat himself to a new little toy, an electric guitar :) He played acoustic back in h/s and I've actually thought about buying him one before but wasn't sure if he'd play it or not. Well he started shopping around for one and fell in love so I just had to let him get it :) So far he's playing mostly worship songs, a couple rock songs, "A Whole New World" from Aladdin, and he said he's even gonna write a new song for the baby, gotta love him ;)
So being the overly excited mother-to-be that I am I went ahead and already made myself a registry like the week I found out ;) Never having actually been a mother but having taken care of children since oh the age of 10 I have a pretty good idea of what I want/need. So far it's all just pretty much neutral stuff until we find out the sex. Either way I don't want to side with too much boy or too much girl stuff seeing as how this is our first and for sure not our last ;) Things like the stroller, car seat, pack-in-play, diaper bag, etc. all are going to be neutral since they're more for us then the baby and that way I can reuse them when we decide to have another :) But I wanted to talk a walk through Babies-R-Us with Bob and show him all the fun, new, and exciting things that comes with parenting :)
This past Sunday the 3rd we had a lot of errands we wanted to run. I normally get up around 6:30, eat breakfast, take my vitamins, and head off to work. Well on Sunday I rolled out of bed around 8:30, had a bowl of cereal and forgot to take my vitamins =/ 10:30 comes around and we're getting ready to leave when I remember to take them. I know you're supposed to take them with food so I ate a banana and grabbed a gatorade on our way out the door. Silly me for not packing snacks, my mistake. First stop was to Chevron to get my oil changed. We walk into the waiting area and I'm smelling some car fresheners and all of the sudden it hits, too many smells all at once I needed to get out of there quick! Prior to that the only smell that made me nauseous was car exhaust :P I got some fresh air and sat down mentally calming myself trying to not get sick. All I kept thinking was, "God I do not want to get sick HERE!" I took small sips of my gatorade and Bob went inside and bought me some crackers. about 15-20 minutes later my car was done and the nauseating feeling had passed. I just knew I needed something solid to eat and fast! Togo's to the rescue ;)
Before Togo's I braved it through Home Depot looking at BBQ's and after lunch we headed to Barns and Noble :) I could have stayed there forever looking at books! I also could have spent $100's of dollars on books that day as well ;) One of the things I want for the baby is a fully stocked library. I loved reading as a kid and still do to this day and I want our child to love reading as well :) I even want to do the nursery either in a favorite children's author theme, a nursery rhyme theme, a fairytale theme, or something a long those lines... After picking up about 20 books or so and putting them back, I walked out with "In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories," "Danny and the Dinosaur," "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," and an Eric Carle baby book that I just fell in love with :) Of course these books are more so for me then the baby but I figured that I'll start a book wishlist that people can go off of for the baby shower. My thoughts are to have every guest bring a new or used children's book to add to the collection :) Plus I have a few friends and family members who will be giving me their books on pregnancy so I figure I'll wait and see what I get before I pick up anything new for myself ;)
After B&N we went to Babies-R-Us and walked around for a good hour showing Bob all the things I was excited to register for ;) He was excited and completely on board with it all. He plans on buying me my glider for the nursery and we'll probably end up buying the bassinet for our room ourselves as well ;) Can't wait to clear out the guestroom to make room for our bundle of joy! So with my first run-in with morning sickness passed, the day/weekend turned out to be a pretty great one :) I switched to taking my vitamins right before bed instead of in the morning and so far so good! After all, only 3 more weeks until I enter into my Second Trimester!
Time to start telling people!
So since I found out while I was incredibly sick I didn't actually get to enjoy or express the excitement how I would have imagined I would have. I didn't tell Bob I was taking the test just in case it wasn't positive I didn't want to get his hopes up. But since it came up positive I knew I had to tell him that night and the reason why I couldn't take my prescription meds!
So he was sitting on the couch working on his laptop and I came in and curled up next to him. I asked him if he loved me and of course he said yes :) Then I asked him if he loved Chomper and again he said yes. So then I asked him if he would love a little boy or girl and waited for his response ;) He got all excited and of course wanted to know if I was serious or not ;) There were hugs, kisses, and tears in the Clements house that night :) Again that was on March 2nd.
Well of course we were debating on when to tell our family and how. We were both itching to share the good news but of course I wanted it to be special! My sister and her family were staying with us the week of the 21st so we thought that would be a good time since everyone would be together. The fam was over at our house for dinner and it seemed like everyone in the room was on their iPhones! Facebooking, words with friends, angry birds, etc, I blame Bob for that ;) So I was texting back and forth with Bob wondering how we should tell them. Seeing as how everyone was on their phone I thought a text message with my positive pregnancy test saying "We're expecting!" was a good idea :) I hid in the other room with the kids as the message got sent :) Everyone started looking around wondering if it was true or not then got up with all their excitement :) Again the Clements house was filled with hugs, kisses, and tears :)
Now we needed to find a way to tell Bob's fam! We invited them all over for dinner that weekend but since Joy and Justin live in Michigan we wanted to make sure they were included too! So Bob set up a webcam over our TV so we could Skype with them and they could see the whole family! Joy being the smart cookie she is automatically guessed what was up but we tried to convince her otherwise ;) So after dinner we're sitting on the couch Skyping with Joy and Justin who were at a friends house getting ready to play a game. Just as they are about to get off I'm talking to Joy and I ask her, "So how would you like to be an auntie?!?" Haha she got all excited while I think everyone else here in the room was in shock! They wanted to know if that was us announcing that we're pregnant ;) Of course everyone was excited and proud grandpa announced it to the congregation the next morning :)
The next day we called our grandmothers and close friends and shared the good news. I wanted to make sure everyone close knew so I could announce it on Facebook that week ;) Everyone at my work already knew because my co-worker Kevin kept asking me why I wasn't drinking and I tried to lead him on thinking that we were TRYING. But being the stinker that he is he kept asking me straight forward over and over, I just couldn't lie anymore so I gave in and told everyone ;) So with everyone in the loop we were free to announce it on facebook!
Me - "Alright let the news spread that our lives will soon be complete! That's right Bob and I are expecting :D I'm 2 months along today and the due date is November 7th which is funny enough the day after my mom's birthday and 2 days after Bob's dad's birthday :) So to all the mommies out there feel free to send all your advice my way ;) We couldn't be happier!!!"
Bob - "It’s official! iPad 2 will be the last non-baby-friendly gadget I buy for a while. We have confirmation that there is a bun in the oven! ETA is 11.07.11. If the doctors are right on the date I’m buying all of you slurpees! Diane and I are EXTREMELY excited."
We're expecting!
That's right Bob and I are expecting our first! We found out on March 2nd which was the same week I was sick with 102 fever =/ I went into the Sutter Express Care at Rit-Aid and the Dr. there asked the standard questions one of which was, "When was your last menstrual cycle?" I'm like, "Um good question!" Well he gave me some prescription cough syrup to take but as soon as I got home I took a pregnancy test just to see. Bob and I had been trying since January so I was lucky enough to have some on hand ;) Of course the test came up positive and taking the cough syrup was out of the question. So I made an appointment with my primary Dr. the next day and she confirmed for me that I was in fact pregnant :) She was able to give me an antibiotic that would be helpful to me but no harm to the baby and set me up with an OB/GYN! The due date is set for November 7th and the rest as they say is history :)
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