Well, last nite I got the test. The wake-up-and-help-me-cuz-it's-1AM test. And 2AM. And why not on your way to work too....and I am now a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.
My poor, poor, 96 pound puppy Roody is sick. He left two big piles of vomit in the living room and one little one on the landing for me when I came home from work yesterday. Imagine, his whole food bowl slightly softened and regurgitated on my living room carpet. Yuck. By the time I got that cleaned up and dinner made, I was ready for bed. I woke up to that sound....the sound of a dog getting ready to vomit.....and after the whole carpet steaming excursion from a few hours ago, I did not want to do it again at 1AM. So I jumped out of bed to try and throw a towel down in front of him. Didn't get too far. My first barefoot step out of bed landed right into another pile of vomit. I did one of those laughs that turns into a cry, and then woke Aaron up to help me clean up the mess. We got the carpet steamer out again and cleaned up the 3 piles....then went back to bed. Around 2:30AM I heard it again, I hate being a light sleeper. But this time I turned the light on and grabbed a shirt out of the laundry basket just in time to slip it under his mouth. Just a little bile this time.....
I had to take the morning off from work to get Roody to the vet. He has an enflamed stomach, and I have to feed him rice and boiled hamburger for a few days with his new doggy prescription. But only after he got two shots and I got a$120.00 vet bill.
So, back to the "everything happens for a reason." I am now thinking that a hungry, crying baby with or without a poopy diaper might not be so bad. I am now a little more prepared for those 1AM wake-up calls. Now I just need to figure out how to get through the day a little bit more tired than usual.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
17 week check-up
I just got back from my second pre-natal visit....I had to go to the visit just to pee in a cup and check my blood pressure. Well, that's what it seemed like anyways. I saw Stephanie~ who is a mid-wife. She talked to me a little about feeling the kicking (which starts about now) and she listened to the baby's heartbeat which was in the 140 range. She confirmed my internet findings that boys usually have 140 and below heart rates, and girls 140 and above. So of course I'm right on the border. However, she scheduled me to come in a week from Monday to have a sonogram....which will give me a 98% accurate answer about whether it's a girl or a boy!! Keep your fingers crossed for girl!!
Oh, and today was probably the only day in my whole life that my doctor said I need to gain 5 lbs in the next 3 weeks :)
Oh, and today was probably the only day in my whole life that my doctor said I need to gain 5 lbs in the next 3 weeks :)
Bella Band a success!!
After my first post, my friend Michelle left me a comment about the "BellaBand". God bless her for that, because I have never heard of it before so I had no idea what it was....
For those of you who don't know, the BellaBand is basically a piece of stretchy fabric (kind of like a tube top) that pregnant women wear around their waist, over the waist of the pants, to serve 4 very wonderful purposes:
1~to cover up the open zipper and button on your pants that you are growing out of quickly
2~to hold up the maternity pants that are a little bit too loose
3~to add some length to those shirts that are shortening up around your belly
4~to wear as a nursing bra/tube top for those soon to come 3 a.m. feedings
Today I am considering the BellaBand a miracle, because I am still not ready to buy a new wardrobe full of clothes that I'll only wear for 4 1/2 more months. Typically these things run about $25.00 each (which I thought was a bit much for a piece of cloth), but thrifty me, I found them on E-bay 2 for $25.00! So I now am sporting one in white or pink, depending on what I'm wearing that day. Yes, I got to pick my own colors out of about 15 options!
Now I don't have to worry about people looking at me funny and wondering if they see my open fly. Yes, I know it's down, I did it on purpose. Thank you Michelle!
For those of you who don't know, the BellaBand is basically a piece of stretchy fabric (kind of like a tube top) that pregnant women wear around their waist, over the waist of the pants, to serve 4 very wonderful purposes:
1~to cover up the open zipper and button on your pants that you are growing out of quickly
2~to hold up the maternity pants that are a little bit too loose
3~to add some length to those shirts that are shortening up around your belly
4~to wear as a nursing bra/tube top for those soon to come 3 a.m. feedings
Today I am considering the BellaBand a miracle, because I am still not ready to buy a new wardrobe full of clothes that I'll only wear for 4 1/2 more months. Typically these things run about $25.00 each (which I thought was a bit much for a piece of cloth), but thrifty me, I found them on E-bay 2 for $25.00! So I now am sporting one in white or pink, depending on what I'm wearing that day. Yes, I got to pick my own colors out of about 15 options!
Now I don't have to worry about people looking at me funny and wondering if they see my open fly. Yes, I know it's down, I did it on purpose. Thank you Michelle!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Allergies :(
For the last week or so, I've had a stuffy nose. Now I'm starting to get a mild headache. My doctor said it was ok to take Tylenol or Sudafed, so I went to the Walmart today to get some Sudafed. After a few minutes worth of trying to decide if I need PE, Cold, PE Cold, Flu, PE Allergy and Sinus.....and so on.....I picked up the Allergy and Sinus and went to the pharmacist to make sure that type was still safe. According to her, it's a Category C risk.
OH! OK!! That means what to me?!
Apparently, things that are not tested in pregnant women are placed into Category C. Go figure, after successful animal testing, not a lot of pregnant women will allow a drug company to test it on them next. However, a lot of doctors (including mine) trust it because they've seen it have good results.
Now, why don't they use those results in the studies that drug companies can't do?
I think I'm gonna have to suffer this one out for a while longer. I've tried the fluids and rest.....possibly soon the allergens will be gone and I won't have to worry about it.
OH! OK!! That means what to me?!
Apparently, things that are not tested in pregnant women are placed into Category C. Go figure, after successful animal testing, not a lot of pregnant women will allow a drug company to test it on them next. However, a lot of doctors (including mine) trust it because they've seen it have good results.
Now, why don't they use those results in the studies that drug companies can't do?
I think I'm gonna have to suffer this one out for a while longer. I've tried the fluids and rest.....possibly soon the allergens will be gone and I won't have to worry about it.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Welcome to Mayhem
Well, I figure that since the chaos will soon break out, it is time to start sharing the joys of my pregnancy. And before I forget, thank you to Aunt Maura for the inspiration :)
I'll start from the beginning for those of you who don't already know......I'm pregnant!
Aaron and I decided at the end of March that we wanted to start a family together. So I started taking prenatal vitamins and waited for my doctor appointment that I scheduled to discuss the beginning of a healthy pregnancy....and also find out what to expect. A few months later, June 24th to be exact, I took the test. It was positive!! I took another one because I was still in shock, almost disbelief (I didn't expect to get pregnant that quickly). Same outcome. So I shared the news with Aaron. Let's just say I don't think he expected this so early either, and yes, I had to take another test.
We tried to keep it a secret until after my prenatal exam, but it wasn't so easy. We ended up telling the whole family and everyone was excited for us. The first exam was just some blood tests and a long talk about family history. Nothing exciting. But the Nurse Practitioner explained alot to us and said I was doing a good job so far. By then I was already 8 weeks!
Time passed, quickly because I took a lot of naps and went to bed early....but lucky for me, no morning sickness! I was shaky a few times when the weather was a sticky, muggy 90 degrees....but I made it. My doctor's office called to tell me that the results of my blood test were in and to start taking an Iron supplement. :( I'm anemic. No wonder I had been feeling so weak and tired. The vitamin helped though, and I finally have the schedule down: Iron and Vitamin C vitamin in the morning on an empty stomach, eat breakfast after I get to work, drink lots of water throughout the day, prenatal vitamin with a meal (usually dinner). It took a while to remember all of that!
Soon after that we went to our second prenatal exam. I was 13 weeks pregnant, and had my first sonogram. Aaron, Jaron and I got to see the baby on the monitor. For the sake of arguement, the baby will be "she" until further notice (since Jaron wants a sister). She started upside down and backwards, but after a few pokes rolled around to a good position to see how beautiful she was! We saw her moving around her arms, eating the amniotic fluid, and rolling back around to face the other way. While all of this was going on, Jaron kept asking me questions like "why is it black and white?" and my answer, "because it's dark in there!" Aaron asked me if I could feel the movement yet, but sadly I could not. The sonographer also took measurements to asses for down syndrome and to see how far along the baby actually was. She was the size of a lemon then! And yes I got more blood tests and the infamous pap smear! Oh, and some pictures to bring home from the sonogram. Aunt Maura was kind enought to post it on Mati's Musings (her blog that inspired me) after I took a picture on my cell phone and texted it to her!
I think our two dogs are able to sense that somethings going on....especially Roody. He's only a year old and soooooo hyper. But now he is settling down, I think he understood me when I told him to either calm down or you're gonna have to find a new home soon.
Anyways, that pretty much brings us up to date. I am now 4 months pregnant and starting to show a little. Ok, not too much, but my pants won't button anymore. I have to keep them closed with a rubberband or a ponytail holder for now....too early to buy maternity clothes!
I'll start from the beginning for those of you who don't already know......I'm pregnant!
Aaron and I decided at the end of March that we wanted to start a family together. So I started taking prenatal vitamins and waited for my doctor appointment that I scheduled to discuss the beginning of a healthy pregnancy....and also find out what to expect. A few months later, June 24th to be exact, I took the test. It was positive!! I took another one because I was still in shock, almost disbelief (I didn't expect to get pregnant that quickly). Same outcome. So I shared the news with Aaron. Let's just say I don't think he expected this so early either, and yes, I had to take another test.
We tried to keep it a secret until after my prenatal exam, but it wasn't so easy. We ended up telling the whole family and everyone was excited for us. The first exam was just some blood tests and a long talk about family history. Nothing exciting. But the Nurse Practitioner explained alot to us and said I was doing a good job so far. By then I was already 8 weeks!
Time passed, quickly because I took a lot of naps and went to bed early....but lucky for me, no morning sickness! I was shaky a few times when the weather was a sticky, muggy 90 degrees....but I made it. My doctor's office called to tell me that the results of my blood test were in and to start taking an Iron supplement. :( I'm anemic. No wonder I had been feeling so weak and tired. The vitamin helped though, and I finally have the schedule down: Iron and Vitamin C vitamin in the morning on an empty stomach, eat breakfast after I get to work, drink lots of water throughout the day, prenatal vitamin with a meal (usually dinner). It took a while to remember all of that!
Soon after that we went to our second prenatal exam. I was 13 weeks pregnant, and had my first sonogram. Aaron, Jaron and I got to see the baby on the monitor. For the sake of arguement, the baby will be "she" until further notice (since Jaron wants a sister). She started upside down and backwards, but after a few pokes rolled around to a good position to see how beautiful she was! We saw her moving around her arms, eating the amniotic fluid, and rolling back around to face the other way. While all of this was going on, Jaron kept asking me questions like "why is it black and white?" and my answer, "because it's dark in there!" Aaron asked me if I could feel the movement yet, but sadly I could not. The sonographer also took measurements to asses for down syndrome and to see how far along the baby actually was. She was the size of a lemon then! And yes I got more blood tests and the infamous pap smear! Oh, and some pictures to bring home from the sonogram. Aunt Maura was kind enought to post it on Mati's Musings (her blog that inspired me) after I took a picture on my cell phone and texted it to her!
I think our two dogs are able to sense that somethings going on....especially Roody. He's only a year old and soooooo hyper. But now he is settling down, I think he understood me when I told him to either calm down or you're gonna have to find a new home soon.
Anyways, that pretty much brings us up to date. I am now 4 months pregnant and starting to show a little. Ok, not too much, but my pants won't button anymore. I have to keep them closed with a rubberband or a ponytail holder for now....too early to buy maternity clothes!
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