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 ;)
Monday, April 11, 2011
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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