Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Pickle Wraps!!!
So, yesterday on the way home from Leah's appointment with the CU Language Project and her 18-month check-up, I was planning to stop at the grocery store to get Jacqueline some Lactose-Free milk. She has been complaining of stomach aches a lot after we eat, so I decided to try the "special milk" and see if it helps. Well, in the car, I got a craving for pickle wraps. I haven't had them in a few years, and they sounded really good! The main thing here is that this is my first pregnancy craving (EVER!) that wasn't for a certain meal (like with Jac, I craved ham and mashed potatoes), candy, or chips. No, pickle wraps aren't a weird craving, but they aren't my normal pregnancy craving either, so to me this is a big deal. :)
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Casey didn't know...
that Tina's due date is November 5! Either I didn't tell him after that first appointment with the ultrasound (that he conveniently decided to skip so he could hang out at home with my sister and go get alcohol, leaving FOUR kids with my 86 year old grandmother (they were sleeping, but still! - really pissed me off!), or he continued his usual routine of not listening to me.
We were at a graduation party today of the daughter of a guy Casey works with, and Carrie (the mom) asked me the due date. Casey was standing there talking to another guy he works with and was like "Oh! I didn't know we had a due date!" Well, hello! :) Every baby has due date! It was originally November 3, but it changed with the ultrasound since I was only 7 weeks and not 8, like the wheel said when they put in the date of my last period. It didn't change much, so whatever.... but we will get a better idea with the ultrasound next month! Yay! I can't wait to see Tina again!!!! :)
We were at a graduation party today of the daughter of a guy Casey works with, and Carrie (the mom) asked me the due date. Casey was standing there talking to another guy he works with and was like "Oh! I didn't know we had a due date!" Well, hello! :) Every baby has due date! It was originally November 3, but it changed with the ultrasound since I was only 7 weeks and not 8, like the wheel said when they put in the date of my last period. It didn't change much, so whatever.... but we will get a better idea with the ultrasound next month! Yay! I can't wait to see Tina again!!!! :)
Friday, May 21, 2010
Movement?!!
I'm almost 100% sure I've been feeling Tina move. Yesterday I felt what felt like little pokes (from the inside, obviously!) on the left side. Casey is very skeptical, as the baby is still "so small," but really, as my third pregnancy, I'm much more tuned in and know what it feels like this time around.
Also, I'm officially into the maternity pants. I wore regular capris yesterday and they just didn't seem to lay right over the belly and I kept getting poked in the tummy. So, I'm on to just sweatpants and maternity pants for now.
Also, I'm officially into the maternity pants. I wore regular capris yesterday and they just didn't seem to lay right over the belly and I kept getting poked in the tummy. So, I'm on to just sweatpants and maternity pants for now.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
a couple things....
So, I'm still not sure if I think it's a boy or a girl, but I do know that I have a lot more "stomach aches," which could be a little cramping (??) this time around. I never had any pregnancy feelings from when I moved out of the first trimester until I started feeling baby movement.
But as I was told yesterday, cramping may be because I'm not staying hydrated. Which is very likely because I don't drink as much water as I should.
So here's my plea to you..... please push me to drink water!!! I need that from you this time because ever since I water logged myself when I was prego with Jac, I just don't seem to like water anymore. So please, bug me like crazy to make sure I'm drinking enough. Thanks!
But as I was told yesterday, cramping may be because I'm not staying hydrated. Which is very likely because I don't drink as much water as I should.
So here's my plea to you..... please push me to drink water!!! I need that from you this time because ever since I water logged myself when I was prego with Jac, I just don't seem to like water anymore. So please, bug me like crazy to make sure I'm drinking enough. Thanks!
15 week appt and first picture!
Yesterday the girls and I went to my 15 week appointment. I saw a nurse that I haven't seen since I was in for my 6 week follow-up after Leah, so that was neat. She's so nice, and she always remembers me, so it always makes me feel good. :) Stats for the day: weight 120 (I finally got my appetite back this weekend after being sick for two weeks!!), BP: 96/60, and heartbeat "sounds good."
Dr. Lisa and I talked about my 3 weeks of sickness, and she said the cold I have has been tricky this year. She says you get to feeling good again, then you get a sore throat or congested again. So, I'm not happy that this could be a continual thing.
Since they like to do the ultrasound at 20 weeks, I get to wait 5 weeks for my next appointment. After scheduling the ultrasound, I called Casey so he could mark his calendar, and I found out that he is going to be in England that week. Bummer! I am going to call and see if they will let me go 6 weeks, but I don't think they will, so I may have to see if Meryt has the day off from the zoo so she can go. I don't want to go by myself!
And a bonus this time..... Leah didn't cry when Dr. Lisa started using the doppler. :)
I am in some maternity clothes, but I can still fit into some of my pre-pregnancy pants, but pretty soon I'm going to need the maternity shorts and capris. Guess I need to trek out the unattached garage and find my tub of maternity clothes!
**Sorry for the red eyes. They drive me crazy, but I don't know what to do so I don't have them! :(
Monday, May 17, 2010
Weekend trip to Iowa
So, the girls and I made an impromptu trip to Iowa this past weekend. A friend that I have known all my life got married Saturday, and Tuesday night I told Casey that I was going. I decided (completely last minute!) that I couldn't miss it for anything! I knew that if I did, I would surely regret it, so I went. The plan was that I was only going to take Leah, but then Casey couldn't take 2 days off work, and we didn't have anyone to watch her, so she ended up going too. No one knew that she was going until we were on the road. She would have been upset if she hadn't been able to go, so I guess it worked out.
They both did really well in the car, which was surprising. I was sure Leah would throw a fit most of the way, but I was very happy that she only screamed a couple times. She did throw up about 30 minutes after we left the house, so I had to pull over and completely change her clothes. And then I was giving her lots of fluids because I wasn't sure why she threw up, and I didn't change her diaper until North Platte and that was a mistake! I took her out of her seat and her bottom was soaking wet...so, I had to change her clothes AGAIN! Ugh! And then by the time we got into the line at subway, we had to wait forever because a couple vans of school kids pulled up and got into line before us. It took us SO long!!! And then Jacqueline ate slow too, so that wasn't good.
We got to my parents house around 8:45 that night, which was a little under 12 hours of travel time... definitely not the best we have done before, but with two girls and one parent, I guess you could say it was good. The next day I went to DSM for some quiet time and got a mani/pedi, and my mom took the girls, then we all crammed into cars and drove to the wedding, which with travel, the wedding and reception, it was a whole day event. It was so much fun and I'm SOOOOO happy that I went, even though we were in the car so much and the girls hardly slept on Saturday - Jac slept a little in the car on the way up, and Leah only slept a little at the reception, and then both were awake until about the last half hour on the way back to my sister's, which was a 2 hour drive and we didn't get home until 11 pm! Crazy kids! It was a long, weary day, and by the end of it, I was ready to sleep. :)
On Sunday, we went to church, then out to lunch with my Omi, and then the kids played at the park. It was good for the kids because they don't get to spend much time with Aunt Michelle and Uncle David. We swung by Ali's for an hour-ish, and saw her and Mimi, which was lots of fun, and Jacqueline had a blast! Then it was back to my parents for dinner with my brother Michael, and off to bed.
We left Redfield at about 8 on Monday morning, and stopped for lunch at a rest stop, which I kept short - about 20 minutes, and we were home by 5:30, which was 10 1/2 hours of travel time. Woohoo! Cut an hour off with not stopping at fast food and also, not letting Jac dawdle with eating. (She ate her peaches at the rest stop, and then ate most of her cut-up hot dogs and carrots in the car, so that may become the usual travel food - the big people can get stuff to eat in the car, but limit what the little ones have to make sure it's car friendly so you can keep driving. :))
On the baby front, things were good. Matthew commented that my belly is huge for still having 6 months to go, but really, where else but out am I going to go?! I need to remember to walk more on stops, but other than an achy lower back, I think the trip was great!
They both did really well in the car, which was surprising. I was sure Leah would throw a fit most of the way, but I was very happy that she only screamed a couple times. She did throw up about 30 minutes after we left the house, so I had to pull over and completely change her clothes. And then I was giving her lots of fluids because I wasn't sure why she threw up, and I didn't change her diaper until North Platte and that was a mistake! I took her out of her seat and her bottom was soaking wet...so, I had to change her clothes AGAIN! Ugh! And then by the time we got into the line at subway, we had to wait forever because a couple vans of school kids pulled up and got into line before us. It took us SO long!!! And then Jacqueline ate slow too, so that wasn't good.
We got to my parents house around 8:45 that night, which was a little under 12 hours of travel time... definitely not the best we have done before, but with two girls and one parent, I guess you could say it was good. The next day I went to DSM for some quiet time and got a mani/pedi, and my mom took the girls, then we all crammed into cars and drove to the wedding, which with travel, the wedding and reception, it was a whole day event. It was so much fun and I'm SOOOOO happy that I went, even though we were in the car so much and the girls hardly slept on Saturday - Jac slept a little in the car on the way up, and Leah only slept a little at the reception, and then both were awake until about the last half hour on the way back to my sister's, which was a 2 hour drive and we didn't get home until 11 pm! Crazy kids! It was a long, weary day, and by the end of it, I was ready to sleep. :)
On Sunday, we went to church, then out to lunch with my Omi, and then the kids played at the park. It was good for the kids because they don't get to spend much time with Aunt Michelle and Uncle David. We swung by Ali's for an hour-ish, and saw her and Mimi, which was lots of fun, and Jacqueline had a blast! Then it was back to my parents for dinner with my brother Michael, and off to bed.
We left Redfield at about 8 on Monday morning, and stopped for lunch at a rest stop, which I kept short - about 20 minutes, and we were home by 5:30, which was 10 1/2 hours of travel time. Woohoo! Cut an hour off with not stopping at fast food and also, not letting Jac dawdle with eating. (She ate her peaches at the rest stop, and then ate most of her cut-up hot dogs and carrots in the car, so that may become the usual travel food - the big people can get stuff to eat in the car, but limit what the little ones have to make sure it's car friendly so you can keep driving. :))
On the baby front, things were good. Matthew commented that my belly is huge for still having 6 months to go, but really, where else but out am I going to go?! I need to remember to walk more on stops, but other than an achy lower back, I think the trip was great!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
I guess I need to just let it all out!
Well, I haven't had the best past two weeks. :( It started on the last Sunday in April, after Casey left for a week in Dallas. I was vacuuming the family room, and hadn't cleaned under the furniture since we moved in, so I decided to move the furniture to clean, and I also rearranged the room as well. I love the way it looks now, and was so proud of myself, but the next day I was feeling it! My lower back started hurting mid-day and it just got worse from there! I ended up calling my friend Meryt, who had just moved from Nebraska the previous day and lives down in Aurora (south east suburb) and she came up to help with the girls while I spent most of my time on the couch. I had ordered pizza for delivery (something I haven't done since college!!!) and just hung out on the couch with the heating pad. I don't know what I would have done without her!!
The next day didn't get any better. We had an appointment on the CU campus for a psychology study that Leah will be a part of. I felt okay for most of the morning, but all of the sudden I got a really bad stomachache on the way home. Walking it off didn't help, and I almost took the girls to a friend's house for the afternoon. I got the three of us in the house, and found relief in the bathroom. I then made a quick lunch, and got the girls down for naps, and spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch. My friend Stacey came over that evening, bringing McDonald's for the girls, and put them to bed for me. Thank you Stacey! Well, it got worse as the night went on. Stacey had said I could call her if I needed anything, and I ended up calling her around 10:30 that night, after talking to the on-call OB about what I could take to alleviate the tummy pains I was having.... it seriously felt like I was having a never-ending contraction!!! I was told I could take Imodium, and since we didn't have any, and I didn't want to wake the girls to take them with me, I called Stacey and she went out (after she had been in bed) and got me some Imodium, cranberry juice, and Cherry 7-Up, and then stayed with me for about an hour and a half. I threw up about 30 seconds after taking the Imodium (first time to do that in all 3 pregnancies), but then tried again, and it went down. Also, before I called Stacey, I was sitting on the couch and just couldn't get warm. When I called her, and was telling her everything, she told me to take my temp. I got out the girls' ear thermometer (that's all we have!) and I ended up having a temp of 101. By the next day I felt better, on the temp front anyway.
On Wednesday, I took the girls to Stacey's house so I could have a quiet day to myself to just relax and not do anything. I didn't get to rest much, but had a good day. I went to see the chiropractor, who said to stop using the heating pad and to ice my back instead, got a full body massage, and also went to see my primary care physician about my stomach. She told me I had a stomach virus, which has been going around, and was only lasting around 24 hours - mine ended up being 3 1/2 days! She gave me Vicadin to help with the pain because that is one of the only stronger pain meds that is okay to take during pregnancy. After I took the first one, it didn't help me at all, so I didn't take it again, I just dealt with the pain, and eventually it went away! On our way home from Stacey's house, Jacqueline was telling me that her tummy hurt. She got the virus from me, and Leah got it a day later. I was so sad, as I knew exactly what they were going through and I couldn't do anything about it. Luckily, each of them had it for only a day, and by the time I was completely over it, they were too.
Well, this week I have a cold. I haven't felt as bad as I have felt in these two weeks in a very long time. I feel like I did every fall and spring finals week in college when I got my bi-annual cold. At that time, I would take DayQuill and feel like myself again, but I can't take that with the pregnancy, so I've tried Sudafed, which didn't work, and now an off brand of Mucinex, which helped a little bit. A bunch of people on Facebook think I may have allergies, but this would be the first time ever for that, as I have been lucky enough to not have them like the majority of my family. I guess I will just let this run it's course, but I may go to the doctor next week just to see.
I went to the chiropractor last Monday and have an appointment again this Monday. I've decided I am going to start going regularly this pregnancy, as I have a lot more to do around the house, and a lot more work with the day care here at the new house. I really need to take care of myself!
On a happy note, I told my friend Jeynae the other day about the baby. She questioned it with something Monica said on FB, so I called her and confided. I didn't tell her because I really wasn't sure what she would say. She's probably one of my best friends, and I tell her everything, but I knew she had gone through a lot with trying to get pregnant and then when I found out, she was about to pop, so I just didn't tell her. I kept wrestling with the idea, and am so happy that I told her. She was very happy for me, so that made it all worth it.
Also, I'm 98% sure I felt the baby move last night!! I was sitting in a chair in the living room, reading my book, and kept feeling something funny in my tummy. Casey was skeptical, but I really think it was the baby. I didn't feel Jacqueline until a lot later, and I felt Leah around 15 weeks when we were in Aruba, so at 13 weeks, I could very well have felt the baby move! Yes, the baby is still very small, but this time around I know much more of what I am feeling, as I have experienced it twice before. I'll keep you posted. ;)
Planning to get cards out, hopefully this week, so then the whole world will know! I go to the doctor a week from Tuesday, so hopefully we will then have a date for the ultrasound. Not sure if I want to find out, but as Ali said, this time around there is a entire room to decorate, so it would be nice to know, but I still like the element of surprise as well. :)
The next day didn't get any better. We had an appointment on the CU campus for a psychology study that Leah will be a part of. I felt okay for most of the morning, but all of the sudden I got a really bad stomachache on the way home. Walking it off didn't help, and I almost took the girls to a friend's house for the afternoon. I got the three of us in the house, and found relief in the bathroom. I then made a quick lunch, and got the girls down for naps, and spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch. My friend Stacey came over that evening, bringing McDonald's for the girls, and put them to bed for me. Thank you Stacey! Well, it got worse as the night went on. Stacey had said I could call her if I needed anything, and I ended up calling her around 10:30 that night, after talking to the on-call OB about what I could take to alleviate the tummy pains I was having.... it seriously felt like I was having a never-ending contraction!!! I was told I could take Imodium, and since we didn't have any, and I didn't want to wake the girls to take them with me, I called Stacey and she went out (after she had been in bed) and got me some Imodium, cranberry juice, and Cherry 7-Up, and then stayed with me for about an hour and a half. I threw up about 30 seconds after taking the Imodium (first time to do that in all 3 pregnancies), but then tried again, and it went down. Also, before I called Stacey, I was sitting on the couch and just couldn't get warm. When I called her, and was telling her everything, she told me to take my temp. I got out the girls' ear thermometer (that's all we have!) and I ended up having a temp of 101. By the next day I felt better, on the temp front anyway.
On Wednesday, I took the girls to Stacey's house so I could have a quiet day to myself to just relax and not do anything. I didn't get to rest much, but had a good day. I went to see the chiropractor, who said to stop using the heating pad and to ice my back instead, got a full body massage, and also went to see my primary care physician about my stomach. She told me I had a stomach virus, which has been going around, and was only lasting around 24 hours - mine ended up being 3 1/2 days! She gave me Vicadin to help with the pain because that is one of the only stronger pain meds that is okay to take during pregnancy. After I took the first one, it didn't help me at all, so I didn't take it again, I just dealt with the pain, and eventually it went away! On our way home from Stacey's house, Jacqueline was telling me that her tummy hurt. She got the virus from me, and Leah got it a day later. I was so sad, as I knew exactly what they were going through and I couldn't do anything about it. Luckily, each of them had it for only a day, and by the time I was completely over it, they were too.
Well, this week I have a cold. I haven't felt as bad as I have felt in these two weeks in a very long time. I feel like I did every fall and spring finals week in college when I got my bi-annual cold. At that time, I would take DayQuill and feel like myself again, but I can't take that with the pregnancy, so I've tried Sudafed, which didn't work, and now an off brand of Mucinex, which helped a little bit. A bunch of people on Facebook think I may have allergies, but this would be the first time ever for that, as I have been lucky enough to not have them like the majority of my family. I guess I will just let this run it's course, but I may go to the doctor next week just to see.
I went to the chiropractor last Monday and have an appointment again this Monday. I've decided I am going to start going regularly this pregnancy, as I have a lot more to do around the house, and a lot more work with the day care here at the new house. I really need to take care of myself!
On a happy note, I told my friend Jeynae the other day about the baby. She questioned it with something Monica said on FB, so I called her and confided. I didn't tell her because I really wasn't sure what she would say. She's probably one of my best friends, and I tell her everything, but I knew she had gone through a lot with trying to get pregnant and then when I found out, she was about to pop, so I just didn't tell her. I kept wrestling with the idea, and am so happy that I told her. She was very happy for me, so that made it all worth it.
Also, I'm 98% sure I felt the baby move last night!! I was sitting in a chair in the living room, reading my book, and kept feeling something funny in my tummy. Casey was skeptical, but I really think it was the baby. I didn't feel Jacqueline until a lot later, and I felt Leah around 15 weeks when we were in Aruba, so at 13 weeks, I could very well have felt the baby move! Yes, the baby is still very small, but this time around I know much more of what I am feeling, as I have experienced it twice before. I'll keep you posted. ;)
Planning to get cards out, hopefully this week, so then the whole world will know! I go to the doctor a week from Tuesday, so hopefully we will then have a date for the ultrasound. Not sure if I want to find out, but as Ali said, this time around there is a entire room to decorate, so it would be nice to know, but I still like the element of surprise as well. :)
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