This week little bear was about the size of a Chinese cabbage. He's about 14.8 inches long and about 2.5 pounds roughly.
We noticed that all of a sudden my belly is starting to pop out. Baby boy is on a growth spurt and his kicks are STRONG!
This morning before Corry went off to school, he came and said goodbye to me and the baby. As soon as he started talking close to my belly, little boy went nuts. My belly was moving back and forth and the little guy was kicking like crazy. It was so sweet and so cute, he already loves his daddy so much and Corry is beyond thrilled and excited to be a daddy.
And yesterday during church I realized something insane. I am now 7 months pregnant. In about 2 1/2 months we will be parents and we will have our sweet little bear. I can't wait to hold him for the first time and kiss his head. Labor is becoming more and more real to me though. I'm not afraid of it happening, in fact I am excited to have that moment to bond with my husband and experience such a sacrifice to bring my son into the world. But contractions have become a real thing. I know they will get more painful and as of right now, they aren't SO bad. But this week while we were in target, I was walking to the front of the store and all of a sudden had a very sharp and very strong contraction. Since then I have about one really strong/sharp contraction a day and when my husband is around it isn't so bad because he really knows how to help me through it. They don't last long either. But it's a sign that labor is getting closer and closer.
My sister felt little bear kick for the first time this week too. That was a special experience, and it was kind of funny to see her reaction. Her face changed to a mix of surprise and excitement. After feeling the first couple kicks, she said something to the effect of "that's so weird! I would never get used to that!" Which is funny because when baby boy has his little dance parties or whatever he does in there, I usually make a weird face and tell my husband "It's so cool and everything, but I will never get used to this feeling!"
As of today (Monday, oct. 26th) I have been pregnant for approximately 202 days and we have 78 days until the due date. The due date is rapidly approaching and I can't wait!
Not much else to talk about at the moment, my 22nd birthday is this week and today my new laptop comes in the mail (yay pell grants!) I am really grateful that I was able to get one for school so my husband can use his and I can use mine at the same time.
We are now in the 29th week as of tomorrow, and it gets more and more exciting every day! :)
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Monday, October 26, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
27 weeks
This week little bear was the size of a head of cauliflower (about 16 inches, 2.5 pounds). He can now open and close his eyes, and he sleeps at regular intervals.
This week I was able to feel very clearly when he had hiccups. It was a really weird feeling, but very cool.
I also learned that like Mommy and Daddy, little bear loves celtic music. He gets so excited whenever mom sings that she becomes out of breath from all his sweet movements. He still gets really excited when daddy comes home and he hears his voice. He loves his daddy already.
This past week was sort of eventful. My heart palpitations got a little stronger and on Tuesday, I hyperventilated while going through a little episode of heart palpitations which lead to fainting. I didn't fall on anything, baby is okay and I am okay. Nothing to worry about. My heart is just working overtime and I should have breathed through it more calmly.
I got a filling redone on a molar this week. They used the safest anesthetic they had on me I think it was called Lidocaine. Anyway, after only one shot I was completely numb and didn't feel a thing. Usually when I get fillings and they use novacaine on me, they have to do 3-4 shots to get me numb "enough" so that it doesn't hurt too much to get the filling done.
Then I ran out of Zofran, one of my nausea meds, on Saturday night. I tried to call into the pharmacy but I was apparently out of refills and had to call my doctor for more, but neither of my doctors answered. So all day yesterday I was extremely nauseous and sick feeling the whole day. Didn't vomit, but had nausea pains. Today I feel the same way. I'm waiting for the doctors office and pharmacy to open so I can finally get relief.
My father in law came into town this weekend and gave us our first baby stuff, a little shirt and shorts and a couple cute receiving blankets. I was really happy and excited to get them. I love baby stuff!
Other than that not much else happened, like always I am just so busy with schoolwork. But this coming week (Week 28) is the first official week of the third trimester. We are in the home stretch! Can't wait to meet my sweet baby boy (and I can't wait to NOT BE PREGNANT ANYMORE!!!)
This week I was able to feel very clearly when he had hiccups. It was a really weird feeling, but very cool.
I also learned that like Mommy and Daddy, little bear loves celtic music. He gets so excited whenever mom sings that she becomes out of breath from all his sweet movements. He still gets really excited when daddy comes home and he hears his voice. He loves his daddy already.
This past week was sort of eventful. My heart palpitations got a little stronger and on Tuesday, I hyperventilated while going through a little episode of heart palpitations which lead to fainting. I didn't fall on anything, baby is okay and I am okay. Nothing to worry about. My heart is just working overtime and I should have breathed through it more calmly.
I got a filling redone on a molar this week. They used the safest anesthetic they had on me I think it was called Lidocaine. Anyway, after only one shot I was completely numb and didn't feel a thing. Usually when I get fillings and they use novacaine on me, they have to do 3-4 shots to get me numb "enough" so that it doesn't hurt too much to get the filling done.
Then I ran out of Zofran, one of my nausea meds, on Saturday night. I tried to call into the pharmacy but I was apparently out of refills and had to call my doctor for more, but neither of my doctors answered. So all day yesterday I was extremely nauseous and sick feeling the whole day. Didn't vomit, but had nausea pains. Today I feel the same way. I'm waiting for the doctors office and pharmacy to open so I can finally get relief.
My father in law came into town this weekend and gave us our first baby stuff, a little shirt and shorts and a couple cute receiving blankets. I was really happy and excited to get them. I love baby stuff!
Other than that not much else happened, like always I am just so busy with schoolwork. But this coming week (Week 28) is the first official week of the third trimester. We are in the home stretch! Can't wait to meet my sweet baby boy (and I can't wait to NOT BE PREGNANT ANYMORE!!!)
Monday, October 12, 2015
Best weekend.
This weekend we had the amazing opportunity to go to the Oregon coast for 3 days for my dad and his new wife's wedding. We got there on Friday evening and checked into our hotel. We knew beforehand that the remnants of Hurricane Oho would be coming down our way and let me tell you, it was INSANE! It rained ridiculously hard for two days and it was so windy. It was cool to watch the ocean churning with the hurricane. Anyway, we went to their rehearsal dinner at McMenamin's that night. We had Cajun tots, truffle fries, and I had a really good burger with mushrooms, peppers, cheddar cheese and onion on it. My husband had a pretty good steak with mashed potatoes and asparagus. Then my Aunt and I split a gluten free dessert - strawberry polenta cake. It was actually really good, we were pleasantly surprised. That night was so much fun and we were laughing and enjoying each other's company the whole time.
My husband and I went back to the hotel that night and swam in the pool. He used the sauna they had and I put my legs in the jacuzzi. I'm not supposed to go any higher than the knee in a hot tub. But it was still so nice. Then we went back to our room.
The next day, Saturday, was the day. Originally they were going to have the ceremony on the beach and I think the reception was going to be in a garden of some kind. But because of the literal hurricane weather, they had to go with a plan B. I loved their plan B!!! We got to a place called the Surfsand resort in cannon beach and helped set up for the ceremony and reception. We put up lights, set up the arch, put candles around the table, and I used my dad's camera to take a few nice shots of the set up before it was tampered with ;) Then I went with my sister to another hotel room where they had a makeup and hair crew for the bridesmaids. I wasn't a bridesmaid, so I didn't get my hair and makeup done. But it was so much fun to be there and watch them do her hair and makeup. I had to ditch out after a few minutes to get back to the hotel with my husband so I could finish some homework before the wedding.
Then we got to the wedding. We walked in and signed a guest book and put our thumb prints on a picture of a tree (such a neat idea) and my Aunt found me and pinned my corsage on my cardigan. Didn't know I would get one, and it made me happy to feel included in the wedding. My sister and Brother were a bridesmaid and groomsman so they were involved in the ceremony itself. My husband and I along with other family sat in the front row. They had wonderful (celtic?) music of some kind for the party to walk the aisle to. When my sister appeared in the doorway to walk down the aisle with my dad, I just about died sobbing. I was making sad little sounds too. My sister looked so gorgeous and it was so sweet that she (in a way) was the one to give my dad away. I kinda cried too when I saw my baby brother (who is now about 5'9" at 13 years old) come down the aisle after. Oh! Another wonderful little tidbit: the bride gave my siblings and I little necklaces (my brother I think got a pocket knife) and the necklaces are beautiful little silver hearts and on the back, engraved, say "family, 10-10-15" I choked up so much when I was given the little gift before the ceremony by my now step-grandma, Anne.
Anyway, when the bride came down the aisle, I was smiling so hard. She looked so beautiful and it made me so happy to think about her joining our family. I happened to look over at the DJ who was motioning for us to stand as the bride entered. So I was the first to stand up. Luckily everyone followed when they saw. The ceremony was beautiful and the bride (my now step mom) wrote a little speech to my siblings and I which made me of course bawl my eyes out. Then they did their vows and exchanged rings, which made me bawl my eyes out. When I began to cry, I looked up and saw my sister in the bridal line looking at me and I pointed at her and mouthed "don't you start crying now." and I lost it. Happy tears of course. The bride and groom looked so happy and it made me cry so hard (hormones contributed to my excessive waterworks). Happy tears, like I said. After the ceremony was a little cocktail hour with drinks and yummy little foodstuffs. Then dinner came along and it was AMAZING. I knew the menu ahead of time, but when we got to it I was stunned. It was a small buffet with fresh caesar salad, potatoes, steamed vegetables, beef bourginon, and some kind of creamy chicken. My husband and I went for the bourginon. It was basically a beef soup/stew with bacon, beef, pearl onions and mushrooms. It was delicious. Then came the dancing! First it was the first dance for my dad and step mom. The next dance, the DJ had all married couples come out to the floor and dance with the bride and groom. He dismissed the couples by how many years of marriage and of course my dad and step mom were first off the floor, but surprisingly my husband and I weren't next! But as the song progressed it was down to two couples: my step-grandparents and my stepmoms preschool teacher and her husband. It ended up being that her preschool teacher and her husband had been married for something like 51 years. So beautiful. Then for the next three or four hours, my husband and I danced with little breaks. It was awesome! I was on my feet for that long and took short breaks. It was so fun. My husband and I swing danced and waltzed and a couple other things. I think we tried a tango of sorts, but decided that it was just a little too much for me :) I danced with my dad to the only Dave Matthews song that was played that night which meant a lot to me because my dad and I love to listen to good music and Dave Matthews is a mutual favorite of ours. It was really funny at one point he comes up to me and asks "what's that one Apple Bottom jeans song?" and I died laughing. He wanted to play "Get Low" by Flo Rida. They did play it and it was one of the only songs my husband and I didn't dance to due to the fact that um... well... let's just say I didn't know my dad knew how to dance that way. haha.
There were toasts and speeches along the way, a cake cutting, and a bouquet toss. The hurricane weather stopped just a little while before the sun went down and the sun came out as it was setting. It was wonderful. We took some pictures somewhere in there too.
The end of the night came and I was sweaty and tired from dancing, crying and eating so much. :) We helped clean up and said goodbye to family, then went to our hotel and slept deep.
The next day, Sunday, we packed up and checked out of our hotel. We went for a little hike down a trail to a little ocean access cove where some of my mom's ashes had been spread. Then we drove a long time, stopped for lunch at pita pit and eventually made it home.
It was a wonderful and memorable weekend. One of the best memories of my life with my family. My husband said he felt even closer to my family and even more accepted by them as family. We even learned that with new step-family members, we have 5 generations of men coming soon. Meaning my step mom's grandpa, her dad, my dad, my husband, and my son. I hope we are able to get a picture with all 5 generations. Even though it's not blood relation, they are family and it is so cool that we will have 5 generations of family together.
I'm still so exhausted from the weekend, but I can't wait to see pictures from the wedding. And my dad and his lovely wife get to go to Hawaii for their honeymoon which is awesome. Overall, one of the most memorable weekends of my life.
My husband and I went back to the hotel that night and swam in the pool. He used the sauna they had and I put my legs in the jacuzzi. I'm not supposed to go any higher than the knee in a hot tub. But it was still so nice. Then we went back to our room.
The next day, Saturday, was the day. Originally they were going to have the ceremony on the beach and I think the reception was going to be in a garden of some kind. But because of the literal hurricane weather, they had to go with a plan B. I loved their plan B!!! We got to a place called the Surfsand resort in cannon beach and helped set up for the ceremony and reception. We put up lights, set up the arch, put candles around the table, and I used my dad's camera to take a few nice shots of the set up before it was tampered with ;) Then I went with my sister to another hotel room where they had a makeup and hair crew for the bridesmaids. I wasn't a bridesmaid, so I didn't get my hair and makeup done. But it was so much fun to be there and watch them do her hair and makeup. I had to ditch out after a few minutes to get back to the hotel with my husband so I could finish some homework before the wedding.
Then we got to the wedding. We walked in and signed a guest book and put our thumb prints on a picture of a tree (such a neat idea) and my Aunt found me and pinned my corsage on my cardigan. Didn't know I would get one, and it made me happy to feel included in the wedding. My sister and Brother were a bridesmaid and groomsman so they were involved in the ceremony itself. My husband and I along with other family sat in the front row. They had wonderful (celtic?) music of some kind for the party to walk the aisle to. When my sister appeared in the doorway to walk down the aisle with my dad, I just about died sobbing. I was making sad little sounds too. My sister looked so gorgeous and it was so sweet that she (in a way) was the one to give my dad away. I kinda cried too when I saw my baby brother (who is now about 5'9" at 13 years old) come down the aisle after. Oh! Another wonderful little tidbit: the bride gave my siblings and I little necklaces (my brother I think got a pocket knife) and the necklaces are beautiful little silver hearts and on the back, engraved, say "family, 10-10-15" I choked up so much when I was given the little gift before the ceremony by my now step-grandma, Anne.
Anyway, when the bride came down the aisle, I was smiling so hard. She looked so beautiful and it made me so happy to think about her joining our family. I happened to look over at the DJ who was motioning for us to stand as the bride entered. So I was the first to stand up. Luckily everyone followed when they saw. The ceremony was beautiful and the bride (my now step mom) wrote a little speech to my siblings and I which made me of course bawl my eyes out. Then they did their vows and exchanged rings, which made me bawl my eyes out. When I began to cry, I looked up and saw my sister in the bridal line looking at me and I pointed at her and mouthed "don't you start crying now." and I lost it. Happy tears of course. The bride and groom looked so happy and it made me cry so hard (hormones contributed to my excessive waterworks). Happy tears, like I said. After the ceremony was a little cocktail hour with drinks and yummy little foodstuffs. Then dinner came along and it was AMAZING. I knew the menu ahead of time, but when we got to it I was stunned. It was a small buffet with fresh caesar salad, potatoes, steamed vegetables, beef bourginon, and some kind of creamy chicken. My husband and I went for the bourginon. It was basically a beef soup/stew with bacon, beef, pearl onions and mushrooms. It was delicious. Then came the dancing! First it was the first dance for my dad and step mom. The next dance, the DJ had all married couples come out to the floor and dance with the bride and groom. He dismissed the couples by how many years of marriage and of course my dad and step mom were first off the floor, but surprisingly my husband and I weren't next! But as the song progressed it was down to two couples: my step-grandparents and my stepmoms preschool teacher and her husband. It ended up being that her preschool teacher and her husband had been married for something like 51 years. So beautiful. Then for the next three or four hours, my husband and I danced with little breaks. It was awesome! I was on my feet for that long and took short breaks. It was so fun. My husband and I swing danced and waltzed and a couple other things. I think we tried a tango of sorts, but decided that it was just a little too much for me :) I danced with my dad to the only Dave Matthews song that was played that night which meant a lot to me because my dad and I love to listen to good music and Dave Matthews is a mutual favorite of ours. It was really funny at one point he comes up to me and asks "what's that one Apple Bottom jeans song?" and I died laughing. He wanted to play "Get Low" by Flo Rida. They did play it and it was one of the only songs my husband and I didn't dance to due to the fact that um... well... let's just say I didn't know my dad knew how to dance that way. haha.
There were toasts and speeches along the way, a cake cutting, and a bouquet toss. The hurricane weather stopped just a little while before the sun went down and the sun came out as it was setting. It was wonderful. We took some pictures somewhere in there too.
The end of the night came and I was sweaty and tired from dancing, crying and eating so much. :) We helped clean up and said goodbye to family, then went to our hotel and slept deep.
The next day, Sunday, we packed up and checked out of our hotel. We went for a little hike down a trail to a little ocean access cove where some of my mom's ashes had been spread. Then we drove a long time, stopped for lunch at pita pit and eventually made it home.
It was a wonderful and memorable weekend. One of the best memories of my life with my family. My husband said he felt even closer to my family and even more accepted by them as family. We even learned that with new step-family members, we have 5 generations of men coming soon. Meaning my step mom's grandpa, her dad, my dad, my husband, and my son. I hope we are able to get a picture with all 5 generations. Even though it's not blood relation, they are family and it is so cool that we will have 5 generations of family together.
I'm still so exhausted from the weekend, but I can't wait to see pictures from the wedding. And my dad and his lovely wife get to go to Hawaii for their honeymoon which is awesome. Overall, one of the most memorable weekends of my life.
Week 26: HUGE kicks and a wonderful wedding
This past week we went and got an ultrasound done to monitor my placenta previa and got the wonderful news that the placenta has completely moved out of the way of the cervix/ birth canal. This means that I finally get to make my real birth plan and get ready for it with my doctors. During the ultrasound they measured our little bear at 2 pounds already! Which means he is in the 50.38 percentile for infant growth and development during gestation. Almost exactly right on where the average is.
He's also about 14 inches long according to babycenter.com. When he kicks now, and I have my hand on my belly, I can feel if it's a foot or a hand. He kicks a lot and moves a lot. This morning my husband saw my belly move while little bear was kicking really hard. He watched for a good 5-10 minutes in awe saying "That's so weird." several times. :)
This weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to attend my dad and his new wife's wedding on the Oregon Coast. My husband and I had a blast and it was such a joyous day, my face hurt from smiling so much, I was so happy. Before we headed to the coast for the wedding, my husband bought me a beautiful blue dress to wear to it. We went to goodwill because we couldn't find anything decent in any store. Goodwill didn't have a maternity section, so we decided just to look in the dresses part. We picked a few dresses to try on and I ended up fitting in a regular size large dress at 6 months pregnant! Not only that, we had to pin the dress in the back because it was a little big, but fit my belly and everywhere else wonderfully. It originally came from david's bridal priced at like $100. We got it for $20. :)
Here's a baby bump pic for you, since I didn't get the ultrasounds this time. It's a picture of me (left) with my Uncle Chris at my dad's wedding. We were joking that his belly kinda looks like mine at the moment and my sister took a picture of us holding our "bumps" :)
That's it for Week 26. I can't believe we are headed into Week 27 now. It's insane how quickly time is flying by.
He's also about 14 inches long according to babycenter.com. When he kicks now, and I have my hand on my belly, I can feel if it's a foot or a hand. He kicks a lot and moves a lot. This morning my husband saw my belly move while little bear was kicking really hard. He watched for a good 5-10 minutes in awe saying "That's so weird." several times. :)
This weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to attend my dad and his new wife's wedding on the Oregon Coast. My husband and I had a blast and it was such a joyous day, my face hurt from smiling so much, I was so happy. Before we headed to the coast for the wedding, my husband bought me a beautiful blue dress to wear to it. We went to goodwill because we couldn't find anything decent in any store. Goodwill didn't have a maternity section, so we decided just to look in the dresses part. We picked a few dresses to try on and I ended up fitting in a regular size large dress at 6 months pregnant! Not only that, we had to pin the dress in the back because it was a little big, but fit my belly and everywhere else wonderfully. It originally came from david's bridal priced at like $100. We got it for $20. :)
Here's a baby bump pic for you, since I didn't get the ultrasounds this time. It's a picture of me (left) with my Uncle Chris at my dad's wedding. We were joking that his belly kinda looks like mine at the moment and my sister took a picture of us holding our "bumps" :)
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Week 25
Week 25. This week little bear was about 13.5 inches and about 1.5 pounds.
I had a really interesting dream the other night and in it, our son was about 3 years old and said to someone "This is my mama!" and wrapped himself around my leg. It was so cute. I can't wait to be a mom to our sweet little bear.
This week went by without much in the way of news. My belly grew more taut, but I didn't gain any weight. I think I might have lost some weight again. I had morning sickness all week and the reflux/heartburn made me pretty nauseous. I didn't eat much, but I didn't vomit which is good.
I did catch a cold that my husband had, but thanks to Chinese herbs it was shortlived. I still have a tiny bit of a cold, but the worst of it is over.
Classes are going well. I got a 92% on my big unit 1 test in my math class. Although, I discovered that the homework assignments for each section are worth more than the "big" unit tests... odd. So the test didn't impact my grade much at all. I still have all A's. It's exhausting to keep up with, but it's very rewarding to log in to my classes every day and see those grades.
Tomorrow I have the test for gestational diabetes and an ultrasound. I have to drink the syrupy orange drink and get a blood test. But at least we get to see little bear again! And hopefully the placenta has moved away from the cervix. I'm sure I've mentioned that I have placenta previa. In my case it doesn't entirely cover the cervix, but it does still need to move quite a bit in order for me to be able to have a vaginal birth. If it doesn't move in time, I do have to have a c-section which is not what I want. Anyway, since it wasn't entirely covering, my OB is optimistic about it moving enough so that I can have a regular birth.
That's about all I have time to write for week 25, as I am trying to get my homework and classwork all completed by Friday morning so I don't have to worry about it this weekend. My dad is getting married and I want to be able to be all there and enjoying time with family rather than worrying about turning in assignments that are due that day.
I'll post the ultrasound pics next week with my week 26 post.
I had a really interesting dream the other night and in it, our son was about 3 years old and said to someone "This is my mama!" and wrapped himself around my leg. It was so cute. I can't wait to be a mom to our sweet little bear.
This week went by without much in the way of news. My belly grew more taut, but I didn't gain any weight. I think I might have lost some weight again. I had morning sickness all week and the reflux/heartburn made me pretty nauseous. I didn't eat much, but I didn't vomit which is good.
I did catch a cold that my husband had, but thanks to Chinese herbs it was shortlived. I still have a tiny bit of a cold, but the worst of it is over.
Classes are going well. I got a 92% on my big unit 1 test in my math class. Although, I discovered that the homework assignments for each section are worth more than the "big" unit tests... odd. So the test didn't impact my grade much at all. I still have all A's. It's exhausting to keep up with, but it's very rewarding to log in to my classes every day and see those grades.
Tomorrow I have the test for gestational diabetes and an ultrasound. I have to drink the syrupy orange drink and get a blood test. But at least we get to see little bear again! And hopefully the placenta has moved away from the cervix. I'm sure I've mentioned that I have placenta previa. In my case it doesn't entirely cover the cervix, but it does still need to move quite a bit in order for me to be able to have a vaginal birth. If it doesn't move in time, I do have to have a c-section which is not what I want. Anyway, since it wasn't entirely covering, my OB is optimistic about it moving enough so that I can have a regular birth.
That's about all I have time to write for week 25, as I am trying to get my homework and classwork all completed by Friday morning so I don't have to worry about it this weekend. My dad is getting married and I want to be able to be all there and enjoying time with family rather than worrying about turning in assignments that are due that day.
I'll post the ultrasound pics next week with my week 26 post.
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