Slacker

Ok let's see if I can keep on top of this a little more. So here's what has been happening.

• I'm feeling ok other then the usual nausea and growing pains.


• We have a prenatal appointment on 8/7


• I have to ask for different prenatal pills because mine are $60 for 30 days and I cant afford that.


• I have an anatomy scan on 8/11 and should be able to find out the gender.


• People are coming out of the woodworks and asking me how I am. It's nice to be thought about.


• I'm still doing water aerobics twice a week although I skipped class Monday and slept all evening.


• I've lost 26 lbs since I got pregnant, 20 of those since June 1.


• Hubby won't talk to me about baby names - super stressful.


• I can no longer take nice long baths. It hurts my tail bone. I'm sad that ended so quickly.


• Hubby brought me flowers at work last week. Very sweet of him. They were "Just Because."


• I plan on making my own baby food. I'm pretty excited about it.


• I've been going crazy on www.etsy.com tagging things I like.


• I don't think I will ever find a crib set that I like.


• I wish I could take a vacation but I need to save my time for maternity leave. Anyone care to donate???

Oh what else. I'm sure there is a ton. But thats what I get for being such a slacker. Does anyone read this anyways?

• They just said the AC was broken at work. Just knowing that makes me hot.


• My dad and grandmas made me a corn husk doll the other day.


• My parents are very excited about the baby.


• My mom bought me a few new clothes.


• I think I've felt the baby move but I'm not sure.


• I'm hungry all the time.


• I want to buy baby stuff really bad. Can't wait for grage sales.


• I'm welcoming suggestions of baby names.


• I get annoyed very easy. Fred and waddle waddle duck are banded from my house.

Ok well that's enough for today. I love who ever reads this. Maybe one day after little one is born I look back at this and see how crazy I was.

ER Visit/Glucose Test

So I went into to take a 3 hour glucose 7/8. While trying to find a vain I passed out had a small seizure and threw up. I have no idea how long I was out but they took me over to the ER. I was there alone to it was very scared. I didn't know what had happened until people started talking and asking if I had had seizures before. I had to call my brother to call my husband because they couldn't get him on the phones there. They did an EKG and took my blood pressure like 8 times and checked my blood sugar and babies heart beat. Everything was fine. So I'm home now. They couldn't get a hold of my doctor so they had his replacement say it was ok to send me home. I got something to eat and took a nap. They are saying it's becuase of lack of nutrition. My blood sugar must have dropped really fast and I passed out. I had to fast for 12 hours before the test. I took the test again on 8/13 and although it made me really sick I passed it.

15 Weeks 3 Days

First belly pic. Remember I have a big belly to begin with and it is still a B belly. But I can tell I'm changing. The top of my stomach is harder. Not that the baby is there yet but he/she is pushing things up. By the way I was wearing a dress and pulled it tight around my belly so you could see it.

7/1 Appointment

The nurses were very nice at the specialist office. They took my height and weight and blood pressure. I was sent in for an ultrasound. I was worried about it because I hear bigger make for painful ultrasounds. The techs usually push harder to try and see more. The baby was still pretty low so by laying down she didn't even have to lift my belly fat. The tech did a bunch of measurments and said baby was looking really good.

I spoke with the doctor soon after. We talked about what risks I had with my weight. Bigger women have bigger babies and bigger babies can't fit through the birth canal. He asked if I was active and I told him I do water aerobics twice a week. I drink a lot of water. He was a little worried about my blood pressure. It always seems to be high when I go to the doctor. I told him I was worried about something going wrong and he told me nothing was going wrong. After talking he hard my blood pressure taken again and it was a little lower. He said I'm border line and they he will be watching it. He ordered a lot of blood test so they could have a base line. So when they test me in the future they will know if things are abnormally high or not.

I did the glucose test on Saturday morning. It wasn't as bad as everyone said it was. But I got a call today saying I scored 133 and I couldn't be over 125. So I have to go in on Friday for a 3 hour glucose test. I have to fast for 12 hours. Drink orange sugar water and have my blood taken every hour for 3 hours. Not how I want to spend my Friday morning but I'm not to worried about passing it.

I'm Pregnant!!

So it's official. I'm having a baby. On June 14 I took a home pregnancy test in the morning and thought the result was invalid. So took another when I got home and sure enough it was positive. My husband just looked and me and smiled with this child like grin. I could hardly believe it.

We told my parents and my siblings and made a doctors appointment for June 20. I wanted to know how far along I was. I wanted to know what to do and when I could start telling people. Well when the day came I did not get a lot of information. The doctor didn't think I was more then 6-7 weeks along. He wouldn't have even told me I was pregnant if I didn't tell him first. So we scheduled an ultrasound for 6/21 to get a due date.

How amazing is technology these days. I saw my baby move. The nurse measured the baby and told us I was 13 weeks and 2 days along. Double what the doctor thought. I was completely unaware I was pregnant my first trimester. The babies heart beat was fast 154 bpm. We could see it's little hand and it's little feet. It was such an amazing feeling.

The doctor called the next day and wanted to get me into see a specialist as soon as possible since I was much father along then he expected and I am high risk due to my weight. The doctor also informed me I have low iron. I've been thinking of all the things I did during my first trimester that I probably shouldn't have done. I dyed my hair, I have 2 wine coolers, I was around smokers, I ate junk food. But I try to tell myself that people have done worse things and had perfect babies. I'm going to have a perfect baby.

So my next doctors appointment is scheduled for 7/1. Wish me luck.

Big Secret

So I haven't blogged in a few days because I'm holding a very big secret inside and I feel that it might come out here if I write to much. Anyways swimming Monday was very cold but I made it through. Only half the class was there. We are picking up all the kids and my husbands neice today. So lots of kids in the house for a few weeks. I got another new health coach which I'm really happy with so we'll see how my progress goes. I'm taking off work Monday so I will weigh in again Friday morning.

Weigh In Day

So I know I have dozens of reading waiting to see if I lost any weight this week. Well I didn't. I still weight 350.1. Bummer I know. I guess that just means I have to try harder. I have a tomato for lunch. We'll see if thats any good. I forgot my iPod at home today so I won't be able to log what I eat until I get home. I went swimming yesterday with a friend. It was very cold. My knees really hurt today. I feel like I'm falling apart. My entire body is sore. Ick!

All in all I'm kind of dissappointed. I really wanted to see some progress this week. I hope I don't get off track. Any encourging words would be great.