Well I am in bed feeling horrid for the second day in a row- so I writing this blog from my phone snuggled up with a bunch of pillows. I can't decide if this is pregnancy related sickness or if I picked something up from someone or something or somewhere... Whatever it is- it sucks!!! Part of me hopes I got it somewhere else because that means it will be going away sooner than 5 months from now. I don't have a fever- so that is good....
Anyway, back to baby related news. Last week we bought a new mattress! I am thrilled! It's a memory foam mattress and it's so much more comfortable on my achy pregnant body than our springy mattress was. I sleep much better now. Nathan does keep mocking me though- every now and then he lays down on the bed and says "It's like all pressure points are just melting away. No more pressure points..." I just roll my eyes at him. I think he likes the new mattress too. My favorite part is that I can't feel it when he gets up in the morning! With our old mattress, I would wake up almost any time he moved and especially if he got out of bed. It's been great!
On the 21st we had our anatomy ultra sound. I will post pictures later when I can make my way to the computer. I drank a Jamba Juice and ate some skittles on our way to doctors office; I heard that would help get the baby moving for the scan. It worked! The little was moving all over the place. It's little mouth was moving and Dr. Tutt said s/he was talking to us. We got to see it sucking it's thumb too- it was so cute! All the measurements were right track for how far along I am- so my due date didn't change at all. We also found out that the baby weighs a whopping 8 oz already! They grow up so fast!
Now as for the gender- I had said in my last post that we were going to do a baby shower combined with a gender reveal. Well after some "discussion" that plan or tossed out the window. My logic was that if didn't tell people the gender that we would get more things on our registry that we need- rather than being swamped with gender specific items like clothing. Nathan thought this was a dumb idea and said i people want to buy us clothes or other things that aren't on the registry- they are going to- whether they know the gender or not. So- is it a boy or girl?? You have to wait another month before I post it on here! The doctor checked and gave us a "Most likely/ probably/ pretty sure" but he wants to verify it our next appointment in February. So we have told immediate family what the "probably" is- but we aren't making an official announcement until the sex is verified next month. I am going with my gut and assuming the doc is right- I went out that same night and bought some gender specific clothing at Carter's. :)
I don't really have much else to report right now. I have started experiencing one new symptom more and more frequently- heart burn! fun! ...not. And I am getting fatter... I mean- pregnant-er... More pregnant... My pants don't even come close to buttoning anymore. I will try to post another pic of my growing belly soon too. Looking forward to the halfway mark in 2 weeks! I may or may not post before then- depends on if this sickness let's up! Bye for now!
Friday, January 25, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
little update
Things are moving along slowly but surely. I am 17 weeks today (and still sick!)
The craft room is almost completely cleaned out- we are in the process of trying to sell off a bunch of stuff on Craigslist. We bought a crib online that we should have any day now (though we probably won't set it up til everything else is out of that room.) I was super psyched to find pretty close to my dream crib for such an affordable price! We spent less than $300 and it comes with a changing table! It's lovely. Now that I know what the crib is like, I pretty much have the nursery laid out in my mind. It's going to be so adorable that I can barely even stand it! Can't wait to get everything set up!!
In other developmental news, I have started to feel the baby move a lot more often- usually a couple times a day. I am excited for the time when Nathan is going to be able to feel it too. It's pretty neat.
I anxiously waiting for Monday to get here! Only 4 more days and we get to see our little one again and make they are growing up healthy and, hopefully, find out if it's a boy or a girl! YOU my friends, will have to wait a bit longer though! We aren't telling anyone until the baby shower. It's going to be a baby shower/ gender reveal party and it's not going to happen until probably April-ish.
Oh, and another thing that I wanted to document about my pregnancy experience-- I found at one of my previous appointments that I have a heart shaped uterus. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that my baby just gets to grow in a home that is shaped like the symbol for love- it also means that the baby may not turn properly to be able to be delivered vaginally- but it's hard to say so early on. The doc said that it may correct itself or the baby might be able to be turned when the time comes. It doesn't mean that I will for sure need a c-section, but it's a possibility, so I am preparing myself for either scenario.
Since I often find myself sitting at home, feeling miserable, I watch a lot of Netflix (we got rid of cable about a year ago, so my options for tv are limited.) Yesterday I got the urge to see what baby/pregnancy inspired shows and movies were on there and stumbled across a documentary called "The Business of Being Born." I was prepared for a bunch of hippie propaganda, and to a certain extent it kinda was- but they also presented a lot of other information and options that I wasn't aware of as a first time mom. It didn't change my mind about loving my O.B. and wanting to give birth in a hospital-- the idea of a home birth just doesn't really appeal to me at all, and with some of the issues I have going on, I don't know that I am even a good candidate for home birth- but I do feel a bit more educated on the labor and delivery process. Oh, and it didn't sway my opinion one way or the other when it comes to getting an epidural- if I feel I need one I am going to get one. The documentary did reaffirm my position of not being induced though- I have always that induction seemed weird and unnatural and that the baby is going to come out when it's ready to come out. The only reason I would consider it at all is if I was going like WAY beyond my due date or the baby was like hulk HUGE. It also peaked my interest on learning a bit about hypnobirthing- not in place of epidural for delivery, but more for the early labor and the beginning of active labor.
I also watched half of the 4 part sequel, called "MORE Business of Being Born" and part of that was a bunch of celebrity moms talking about their birthing experience. I felt that portion to be VERY reassuring and helpful! Not so much the fact that they were celebrities, it could have been any women, but to hear so many different stories about how/where they decided to deliver, what their labor was like, complications that arose- it was all good info- and it's great to hear real life experience and not just read "What to Expect" and other pregnancy literature.
So, that is what has been happening in my little pregnant world lately. I will probably post again after our ultra sound next week!
The craft room is almost completely cleaned out- we are in the process of trying to sell off a bunch of stuff on Craigslist. We bought a crib online that we should have any day now (though we probably won't set it up til everything else is out of that room.) I was super psyched to find pretty close to my dream crib for such an affordable price! We spent less than $300 and it comes with a changing table! It's lovely. Now that I know what the crib is like, I pretty much have the nursery laid out in my mind. It's going to be so adorable that I can barely even stand it! Can't wait to get everything set up!!
In other developmental news, I have started to feel the baby move a lot more often- usually a couple times a day. I am excited for the time when Nathan is going to be able to feel it too. It's pretty neat.
I anxiously waiting for Monday to get here! Only 4 more days and we get to see our little one again and make they are growing up healthy and, hopefully, find out if it's a boy or a girl! YOU my friends, will have to wait a bit longer though! We aren't telling anyone until the baby shower. It's going to be a baby shower/ gender reveal party and it's not going to happen until probably April-ish.
Oh, and another thing that I wanted to document about my pregnancy experience-- I found at one of my previous appointments that I have a heart shaped uterus. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that my baby just gets to grow in a home that is shaped like the symbol for love- it also means that the baby may not turn properly to be able to be delivered vaginally- but it's hard to say so early on. The doc said that it may correct itself or the baby might be able to be turned when the time comes. It doesn't mean that I will for sure need a c-section, but it's a possibility, so I am preparing myself for either scenario.
Since I often find myself sitting at home, feeling miserable, I watch a lot of Netflix (we got rid of cable about a year ago, so my options for tv are limited.) Yesterday I got the urge to see what baby/pregnancy inspired shows and movies were on there and stumbled across a documentary called "The Business of Being Born." I was prepared for a bunch of hippie propaganda, and to a certain extent it kinda was- but they also presented a lot of other information and options that I wasn't aware of as a first time mom. It didn't change my mind about loving my O.B. and wanting to give birth in a hospital-- the idea of a home birth just doesn't really appeal to me at all, and with some of the issues I have going on, I don't know that I am even a good candidate for home birth- but I do feel a bit more educated on the labor and delivery process. Oh, and it didn't sway my opinion one way or the other when it comes to getting an epidural- if I feel I need one I am going to get one. The documentary did reaffirm my position of not being induced though- I have always that induction seemed weird and unnatural and that the baby is going to come out when it's ready to come out. The only reason I would consider it at all is if I was going like WAY beyond my due date or the baby was like hulk HUGE. It also peaked my interest on learning a bit about hypnobirthing- not in place of epidural for delivery, but more for the early labor and the beginning of active labor.
I also watched half of the 4 part sequel, called "MORE Business of Being Born" and part of that was a bunch of celebrity moms talking about their birthing experience. I felt that portion to be VERY reassuring and helpful! Not so much the fact that they were celebrities, it could have been any women, but to hear so many different stories about how/where they decided to deliver, what their labor was like, complications that arose- it was all good info- and it's great to hear real life experience and not just read "What to Expect" and other pregnancy literature.
So, that is what has been happening in my little pregnant world lately. I will probably post again after our ultra sound next week!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
yeah, it's been 2 months...
Sorry about that. I had a pretty miserable first trimester which prevented from me from really wanting to do anything besides lay in bed with a trash can near by. So this is going to be one long post to bring you up to date on as much stuff as I can remember right now. I will however break it down b subject with headings, so if there is something you don't want to read, you can skip over it (I realize a lot of pregnancy stuff is gross and TMI)
My mother in law intrpduced me to peppermint and ginger essential oils, which did help some with nausea relief and worked really well as emergency puke stoppers. If I feel some up-chuck coming, I just rub a drop of the oil under my tongue and I feel better almost instantly. It's great.
Unfortunately, sometimes the puke cannot be stopped. I have probably thrown up around a dozen times throughout my entire pregnancy, which I know isn't bad. There are people throwing up a lot more- but frankly I am a throw-up weenie. I hate it more than anything! Every time it happens it feels like every single muscle and organ and whatever in my abdoman just wrench. It's the worst feeling.
My most infamous sickness symptom though, which Nathan loves to make fun of, is my gagging/dry heaving. Just about anytime I get up to do something after sitting or laying for a while, I dry heave- making a horrible gaggy puke noise- usually followed by me saying "I'm ok." Only a couple times has it led to actual puke.
So I have been in my second trimester for a couple weeks now, and I happy to report that I am feeling MUCH better. This is not to say, however, that my nausea/sickness has disappeared. I just don't feel like death all the time. I am down to 1 zofran pill a day- usually sometime in the morning. I was doing 2 a day (they last 8 hours) and on really bad days I would do 3. So, it's good to be cutting back on the meds and it's GREAT to be able to get out of bed and move around and do things. I'm still hoping that my nausea issues will disappear completely within the next week or so, but I'm not holding my breath.
I can no longer lay on my tummy at all- which is totally weird. Every time I try I get a weird pressure in my lower abdoman and it's way uncomfortable- and it says in the book that once it's uncomfortable, don't do it anymore. I have tried it serveral different times, hoping that maybe it was just a weird gas pressure or something, but it's not. Apparently my uterus just doesn't want that kind of pressure on it anymore.
Speaking of my pesky uterus, it now requires extra support when I lay on my side or I am uncomfortable laying that way. So I now have to wedge a blanket or pillow between the bed and belly whenever I sleep on my side.
Nathan has been "sick" this past week with a cold, that made his usual snore more gurgly and disgusting, so I spent 4-5 days sleeping on the couch- which actually wasn't terrible. I had the best night sleep of my pregnancy so far on one of those nights- but I am to be sleeping in my own bed again- even when Nathan steels the blanket or pillow out from under my belly.
There has been a couple times when Nathan has said things to me that I just start crying- Example: Nathan says "I think I am going to get the Christmas tree out today so we can start decorating." and....Tarin cries. Why? I don't know, I was just really happy that he cared about making the house look nice for the holidays.
My temper has gotten a little shorter, I don't have a patience as I used to, which some people should watch out for, because I didn't always have very much to begin with. I find myself getting frustrated more easily too.
And when it comes to my interactions with Nathan, I am either head over heels and just think he so wonderful and hilarious or he is getting on my last nerve. There usually isn't really an inbetween. I haven't found myself hating or resenting him or anything- he just gets kind of annoying and drives me crazy- but in like an angry way...I don't know if that even makes sense at all.
I called Dr. Tutt's office frist thing in the morning and told them what was going on, and they were able to get me in within the hour. I had an emergency ultra sounds and....everything was fine. I got to see the baby wiggling around and I saw the heart beat on the screen. The doctor said that the placenta was pretty close to the cervix and that was probably what was causing the little bit of bleeding. He put me on pelvic rest until my regularly scheduled appointment the next week.
The spotting stopped a couple days later, and my next appointment went well-so no worries!
I feel so blessed to have a doctor and insurance that allows me to have an ultra sound at every OB appointment. I know a lot of ladies are only given one or two unless something serious happens. It's fun to get to see the growth, and always sets my mind at ease actually being able to see the baby and know he or she is ok.
Dr. Tutt says he doesn't know how other doctors do it- having to send patients out for ultra sounds and not being able to just do it in the office whenever. Our next appointment is on January 21st and we will hopefully be finding out the gender at the appointment- as long as baby cooperates. We are still deciding if we are going to spread the news or keep it a secret.
I told my parents as we were walking out to our cars after dinner that night- and guess what? They didn't even believe me at first! I had to show them an ultra sound pic on my phone and give all the due info and all that before they accepted it as reality. Then they were super excited! Nathan planned on calling his mom later on that evening, but she wound up calling him first to wish him a happy birthday- so he told her when she called. She excited too and even cried when he told her. She had apprently suspected, but hadn't said anything.
My dad was hilarious, he had the hardest time waiting for us to tell everyone else. It was less than a week- but he was super excited. When we came over to my parents house on Thanksgiving morning to eat food and watch the parade with everyone, he made sure everyone gathered around so we could share our big news. Everyone cheered and clapped and gave hugs- a few people shed some tears of joy. It was lovely.
When we went to the Lunt's house for Thanksgiving dinner- Nathan said the blessing on the food and then right after made the announcement. Naturally, everyone was excited for us there too, but Nathan admitted on the drive home that he was a little disappointed that there wasn't fanfare like with Sanders side. I felt the love equally from both sides of the family though.
We also decided to take our announcement public around Christmas time too on our blog. It's crazy to think that this was last Christmas we will have, just the two of us. It's kind of surreal!
morning sickness
Or in my case, all day and all night sickness. I felt absolutely awful just about every single day during my first trimester. The Zofran (anti-nausea med) did help keep me from vomiting most of the time, but it didn't always help with the nausea.My mother in law intrpduced me to peppermint and ginger essential oils, which did help some with nausea relief and worked really well as emergency puke stoppers. If I feel some up-chuck coming, I just rub a drop of the oil under my tongue and I feel better almost instantly. It's great.
Unfortunately, sometimes the puke cannot be stopped. I have probably thrown up around a dozen times throughout my entire pregnancy, which I know isn't bad. There are people throwing up a lot more- but frankly I am a throw-up weenie. I hate it more than anything! Every time it happens it feels like every single muscle and organ and whatever in my abdoman just wrench. It's the worst feeling.
My most infamous sickness symptom though, which Nathan loves to make fun of, is my gagging/dry heaving. Just about anytime I get up to do something after sitting or laying for a while, I dry heave- making a horrible gaggy puke noise- usually followed by me saying "I'm ok." Only a couple times has it led to actual puke.
So I have been in my second trimester for a couple weeks now, and I happy to report that I am feeling MUCH better. This is not to say, however, that my nausea/sickness has disappeared. I just don't feel like death all the time. I am down to 1 zofran pill a day- usually sometime in the morning. I was doing 2 a day (they last 8 hours) and on really bad days I would do 3. So, it's good to be cutting back on the meds and it's GREAT to be able to get out of bed and move around and do things. I'm still hoping that my nausea issues will disappear completely within the next week or so, but I'm not holding my breath.
sleep habits
I never knew sleeping could be so hard! I can hardly ever find a comfortable position to lay in, and when I do, it rarely lasts. I roll over about a dozen times each night, and every time I do, I wake up. It usually takes me 5-10 minutes to fall asleep again. So that means, on average, I lose almost 2 hours of sleep each night, just from rolling over and trying to be comfortable.I can no longer lay on my tummy at all- which is totally weird. Every time I try I get a weird pressure in my lower abdoman and it's way uncomfortable- and it says in the book that once it's uncomfortable, don't do it anymore. I have tried it serveral different times, hoping that maybe it was just a weird gas pressure or something, but it's not. Apparently my uterus just doesn't want that kind of pressure on it anymore.
Speaking of my pesky uterus, it now requires extra support when I lay on my side or I am uncomfortable laying that way. So I now have to wedge a blanket or pillow between the bed and belly whenever I sleep on my side.
Nathan has been "sick" this past week with a cold, that made his usual snore more gurgly and disgusting, so I spent 4-5 days sleeping on the couch- which actually wasn't terrible. I had the best night sleep of my pregnancy so far on one of those nights- but I am to be sleeping in my own bed again- even when Nathan steels the blanket or pillow out from under my belly.
my boobs
I won't spend a lot of time on this topic but it must be documented. My boobs have changed and it's totally weird. My favorite bra used to have an insert that boosted me a cup size or two, and that got taken out weeks ago and I have been wearing as a normal bra instead of a push-up- so I guess a lot people wouldn't really notice the size difference, now it's just all natural insteaded padded. They are bigger though- which means they are heavier- which means when I take my bra off and gravity hits, not only do I sometimes feel like I am going to topple over, but it hurts. My nipples have gotten all weird... it's just a bizzare thing- and they are so sensitive! Sometimes when the shower water hits them I kinda want to cry. So anyway, that's what's been happening with my boobs.my crazy emotions
This is something that I didn't notice a ton at first, but has been showing up more and more often lately. I have gotten teary over certain commercials and tv shows- which is really strange for me because I am not really a crier over stuff like that. I don't typically cry over movies or media or whatever.There has been a couple times when Nathan has said things to me that I just start crying- Example: Nathan says "I think I am going to get the Christmas tree out today so we can start decorating." and....Tarin cries. Why? I don't know, I was just really happy that he cared about making the house look nice for the holidays.
My temper has gotten a little shorter, I don't have a patience as I used to, which some people should watch out for, because I didn't always have very much to begin with. I find myself getting frustrated more easily too.
And when it comes to my interactions with Nathan, I am either head over heels and just think he so wonderful and hilarious or he is getting on my last nerve. There usually isn't really an inbetween. I haven't found myself hating or resenting him or anything- he just gets kind of annoying and drives me crazy- but in like an angry way...I don't know if that even makes sense at all.
poop
Oh....my...GOSH! I long for the day when I am regular again. Constipation is a symptom of pregnancy anyway and then I am taking Zofran on top of that, and of course it's biggest side effect is constipation. I try to eat more fiber and a take stool softener (when I remember) but I still only poop like every 2.5-3 days. And lately it has been hard, awful poop that feels like it's going to rip me in two as it's coming out. I just a normal bowel movement! Is that too much to ask?! Please?! I get so jealous every time Nathan goes #2.... never thought I would think/say that; especially not on a daily basis!scary
So a few weeks back we had a bit of a scare. We were at Lowe's for something, and I had to go to bathroom - no surprise, I always have to go to the bathroom- but when I went to wipe I had spotting. It was night time, so the doctor's office was closed- but luckily our Insurance has a 24-hour nurse line for pregnant ladies- so I called them. They asked me a bunch of questions, and they told me that it wasn't an emergency as of yet, so relax and call my doctor in the morning. Well naturally I didn't more than like 10-20 minutes at a time that night because I was so worried, and when I got up to go to the bathroom, the bleeding seemed like it was getting heavier.I called Dr. Tutt's office frist thing in the morning and told them what was going on, and they were able to get me in within the hour. I had an emergency ultra sounds and....everything was fine. I got to see the baby wiggling around and I saw the heart beat on the screen. The doctor said that the placenta was pretty close to the cervix and that was probably what was causing the little bit of bleeding. He put me on pelvic rest until my regularly scheduled appointment the next week.
The spotting stopped a couple days later, and my next appointment went well-so no worries!
ultra sounds
Here is the latest picture of little one- from the day after Christmas.
I feel so blessed to have a doctor and insurance that allows me to have an ultra sound at every OB appointment. I know a lot of ladies are only given one or two unless something serious happens. It's fun to get to see the growth, and always sets my mind at ease actually being able to see the baby and know he or she is ok.
Dr. Tutt says he doesn't know how other doctors do it- having to send patients out for ultra sounds and not being able to just do it in the office whenever. Our next appointment is on January 21st and we will hopefully be finding out the gender at the appointment- as long as baby cooperates. We are still deciding if we are going to spread the news or keep it a secret.
telling the family
Oh yeah, we told our family! We actually wound up telling both sets of parents a little earlier than Thanksgiving. We were driving to have dinner with my parents for Nathan's birthday and I said to Nathan, "You know what would be really cool? If you told your mom that we are going to have the baby on the anniversary of the day that she gave birth to you!" So we decided to do that and then tell the parents to keep is hush hush until Thanksgiving.I told my parents as we were walking out to our cars after dinner that night- and guess what? They didn't even believe me at first! I had to show them an ultra sound pic on my phone and give all the due info and all that before they accepted it as reality. Then they were super excited! Nathan planned on calling his mom later on that evening, but she wound up calling him first to wish him a happy birthday- so he told her when she called. She excited too and even cried when he told her. She had apprently suspected, but hadn't said anything.
My dad was hilarious, he had the hardest time waiting for us to tell everyone else. It was less than a week- but he was super excited. When we came over to my parents house on Thanksgiving morning to eat food and watch the parade with everyone, he made sure everyone gathered around so we could share our big news. Everyone cheered and clapped and gave hugs- a few people shed some tears of joy. It was lovely.
When we went to the Lunt's house for Thanksgiving dinner- Nathan said the blessing on the food and then right after made the announcement. Naturally, everyone was excited for us there too, but Nathan admitted on the drive home that he was a little disappointed that there wasn't fanfare like with Sanders side. I felt the love equally from both sides of the family though.
christmas
Christmas was awesome. We got some fun little things for the baby from people on both sides of the famly and we got some really exciting news too. My cousin Desiree is pregnant too! She and her husband are expecting their second child on....JUNE 27th! Yep! We have the same due date! How cool is that!?We also decided to take our announcement public around Christmas time too on our blog. It's crazy to think that this was last Christmas we will have, just the two of us. It's kind of surreal!
cleaning out the nursery
We have started on the gargantuan task of cleaning out my craft room and transforming it into a nursery. I am having to get rid of a lot of stuff- it's bitter sweet. Bitter, because I was hoping to turn all these things into super cute craft projects at some point- but sweet, because there is nothing I would rather replace all that stuff with than a baby. We still have quite a ways to go. I wish I had taken a before and after picture- but my pregnant brain didn't think of it soon enough.my amazing husband
Nathan has been absolutely wonderful through my entire pregnancy. Even on the days when he is driving me crazy, I can still recognize how awesome he is being. He has been unbelievably understanding and compassionate. He does his best to make sure I have everything I need and almost always willing to help fill my food cravings. He doesn't get annoyed with my crying, and he gives me plenty of hugs and support when I need it. He takes such amazing care of me and I can feel more and more each day how much he loves me. I could go on and on, but of course, I have started to cry just typing this and I feel ridiculous bawling in front of my computer screen- but I had to give a shout out to my love.baby belly
And we will end this post with a pic of my "baby belly." I am pretty sure that to people who don't know me, I still just look fat and not pregnant. But I did manage to snap a picture that shows off more of the roundness and doesn't just look like chub. So here is my "bump" at 15 weeks, 4 days.
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