OK... I just spent a crazy wad of coin on a breast pump. WHAT???? And I was informed that I needed to spend even more to "enhance" the experience. I need to buy a hands free bra and a car charger so I can pump on the go.
So soon I will experience what milk cows do when they step in to the ring for their milking. Can't wait! (not)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Movin' on up!
Ultrasound results have my due date moved up to Oct. 20!!!!!!! YAY because I am really getting uncomfortable. My hips and my right but cheek feel like someone is drilling a screw through my nerve that travels down my right leg and I am beginning to walk like an 80 year old who just crapped their pants.
In other good news - monkey is healthy, happy and active. We also discovered that she is not cooperative at all and doesn't like to have her picture taken, but different from 20 weeks has unfortunately begun preferring to show her labia to the camera instead of her face. Should I be worried?? Guess I can go ahead and get the pink stuff out - monkey is definitely a girl!
In other good news - monkey is healthy, happy and active. We also discovered that she is not cooperative at all and doesn't like to have her picture taken, but different from 20 weeks has unfortunately begun preferring to show her labia to the camera instead of her face. Should I be worried?? Guess I can go ahead and get the pink stuff out - monkey is definitely a girl!
Monday, July 26, 2010
27 Week Monkey Checkup
So... my fundus is big. WTF? Of course it is... I'm fat! Anyway, the doc states I'm measuring a bit a head so I am going for an ultrasound on Thursday to get more accurate measurements.
Other than that... everything went well. BP is normal. Monkey's HR is good.
A week ago I had a weird flare up of high blood pressure and as I called the, Keilbasa feet. You know how a Keilbasa looks when you put it on the grill and it puffs up and starts looking like it is going to crack open and explode at any second?? Well... that is what my feet looked like all of the sudden.
Turns out it was just related to stress more than likely and being on my feet all day shooting a wedding in the heat. There was a lot of stress that week. Our kitchen was temporarily decommissioned while we waited for our new countertops, dishwasher and sink to be installed. Oh... and did I mention that this no kitchen business happened when we had house guests? Oye... not fun trying to entertain and have your only workspace on top of the stove!
Other than that... everything went well. BP is normal. Monkey's HR is good.
A week ago I had a weird flare up of high blood pressure and as I called the, Keilbasa feet. You know how a Keilbasa looks when you put it on the grill and it puffs up and starts looking like it is going to crack open and explode at any second?? Well... that is what my feet looked like all of the sudden.
Turns out it was just related to stress more than likely and being on my feet all day shooting a wedding in the heat. There was a lot of stress that week. Our kitchen was temporarily decommissioned while we waited for our new countertops, dishwasher and sink to be installed. Oh... and did I mention that this no kitchen business happened when we had house guests? Oye... not fun trying to entertain and have your only workspace on top of the stove!
Monday, June 28, 2010
23 Week Monkey Checkup
Had my routine check-up today at 23 weeks. BP is great, Monkey HR is great at 155 and everything looks wonderful. I have to go for my Glucose Tolerance test next week. Drinking yucky stuff and waiting for an hour (and hoping that I can keep it down if it is really nasty) does not really sound like fun but on the other hand neither does gestational diabetes and a huge baby! Next appointment is July 26th. The doc says we might sneak in another quick ultrasound for fun and to ease my mind on the monkey sex, even though she is 99% sure she has no dangly parts! It will be so awesome to see how she has changed at that point, which will be 8 weeks since my last ultrasound. YAY!!
Monkey Movement
The monkey girl gave me my first scare on Friday. I know it is nothing - especially if you ask Jay (who tells me that I worry too much and watch too much TV), but I went almost a whole day without noticing any movement. Since I have been feeling her for more than a month daily, hourly even, not feeling anything was quite the shocker. It was almost 3 and I had not eaten lunch yet so after a quick trip to McAlisters for a sammy and an iced tea the monkey finally got worked up. I guess she was hungry!!! I had a little chat with her and informed her that it made Mommy worry very much and to never scare me like that again!! Think she'll listen?? :-)
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Girl trouble
I've already discovered one reason that having a girl is dangerous. SHOPPING! The day we found out that Monkey was a girl, my mom and I hit the stores and bought a ton of girlie outfits. I have also now ordered her crib bedding, the coordinating bedding for the full sized bed that will be in her room, and adorable hat from Etsy and a special outfit that Daddy will love for Monkey to come home from the hospital in. My mind is possessed with thoughts of the nursery design, adorable dresses and girl items. Who knows what the damage totals will be in another 18 weeks when she arrives!! Oye...
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Drum Roll Please....
And... it's a HEALTHY BABY GIRL!!!!
Everybody told us. I don't think there was one who said that they thought it was a boy. I figured that since everyone thought girl it would FOR SURE be a boy.
My mom and my sister accompanied Jay and I to our appointment. As I laid down on the table, I asked them all if they were going to cry. My replied "you never know" and immediately after I began to bawl. This bawling did not stop until we got in the car. As soon as I saw our precious little baby - full of life - I lost it. I never thought I that I could love something so much that I would be willing to give my own life for her even before she is here.
She started with my anatomy - cervix and placenta are good. No placenta previa and it is in a good location (upper left). The brain looks good - shape and size of head are spot on. No cleft lip/pallate. Spine measures great and looks good - no spina bifida. Heart has 4 chambers and was beating at 148 bpm. Saw the stomach, kidneys, bladder - everything looks good. 2 arms/2 legs. Monkey is a MOVER, which we, or at least I knew already hence the name Monkey. She was kicking and punching and had her arms up by her face most of the time sucking her thumb. Finally - then gender ruling (after, of course, the customary "nothing is 100% until the baby is born" speech). Her ruling... "looks like girl parts to me". Let's hope so!!!!
It was without a doubt the most wonderful, amazing, spectacular, heart wrenching, beautiful thing I have every experienced in my life. The happiest day of my life... to date that is!
My doctors office just got their new 3d/4d machine so we were fortunate enough to get a couple of face shots. I'm sure to others, she looks alien like, but I think she is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. I AM IN LOVE and can't wait to meet her.
Of course mom and I could not resist taking a shopping trip after the appointment where Miss Monkey obtained a TON of clothes thanks to an awesome sale a Kohl's. I have also ordered the bedding so I can get started on the Monkey cage.
Next appointment - June 28th where they will be scheduling my glucose tolerance test. YUK.
Everybody told us. I don't think there was one who said that they thought it was a boy. I figured that since everyone thought girl it would FOR SURE be a boy.
My mom and my sister accompanied Jay and I to our appointment. As I laid down on the table, I asked them all if they were going to cry. My replied "you never know" and immediately after I began to bawl. This bawling did not stop until we got in the car. As soon as I saw our precious little baby - full of life - I lost it. I never thought I that I could love something so much that I would be willing to give my own life for her even before she is here.
She started with my anatomy - cervix and placenta are good. No placenta previa and it is in a good location (upper left). The brain looks good - shape and size of head are spot on. No cleft lip/pallate. Spine measures great and looks good - no spina bifida. Heart has 4 chambers and was beating at 148 bpm. Saw the stomach, kidneys, bladder - everything looks good. 2 arms/2 legs. Monkey is a MOVER, which we, or at least I knew already hence the name Monkey. She was kicking and punching and had her arms up by her face most of the time sucking her thumb. Finally - then gender ruling (after, of course, the customary "nothing is 100% until the baby is born" speech). Her ruling... "looks like girl parts to me". Let's hope so!!!!
It was without a doubt the most wonderful, amazing, spectacular, heart wrenching, beautiful thing I have every experienced in my life. The happiest day of my life... to date that is!
My doctors office just got their new 3d/4d machine so we were fortunate enough to get a couple of face shots. I'm sure to others, she looks alien like, but I think she is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. I AM IN LOVE and can't wait to meet her.
Of course mom and I could not resist taking a shopping trip after the appointment where Miss Monkey obtained a TON of clothes thanks to an awesome sale a Kohl's. I have also ordered the bedding so I can get started on the Monkey cage.
Next appointment - June 28th where they will be scheduling my glucose tolerance test. YUK.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Anticipation
OK... I'm not going to let the fact that our main bathroom has a leak in between the faucet and the tiled wall ruin the fact that in less than 12 hours we will hopefully know if Monkey's room needs to be pink or blue! I'm so exhausted for lack of sleep the last few days because of everything running through my mind that I am hoping that I will FINALLY be able to sleep well tonight. Monkey usually has other plans for me though that involve not being able to get comfortable at night, lots of baby somersaults and at least 4 trips to pee. Please be good to Mommy tonight and cooperate with Mrs. Ultrasound lady tomorrow. This will be the only time it will be acceptable to show your privates to strangers!!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Icee Storm
Just have to mention a not so funny then, but now funny event that happened to us this weekend. Jay and I both shared the experience of my first all-out hormonal pregnancy-induced fit of rage.... Jay pulled the short straw.
Since Jay had the odd day off during his usual weekend to work (weekends we don't have CJ), we decided to have "date night". We ended up meeting my sister and her beau at a local restaurant for dinner and a few drinks (for the non-pregnant folks). We then decided to hit the 10:00 show at the comedy club. 10:00 is pushing it for me. I don't think I've been up later than 10:00 more than 3 times since I found out I was pregnant, but I was doing pretty good.
Close to the end of the show I was MISERABLE. I had to pee so bad I could taste it, but since we were in the front row I was trying to avoid the attention of getting up. To make matters worse, my husband has the most obnoxious laugh sometimes (sorry hun!). The comedians immediately picked up on the laugh bringing unwanted attention to our table. So... lets just say that by the time we left, I was not really in the best of moods. I just wanted to get home and go to bed.
We forgot that we needed necessities - toilet paper and dog food so before we made it home we had to make a stop at the grocery store. Then Jay was hungry so we drove through BK. All I wanted was a large cherry Icee.... and bed.
Frustration was really running high when we got home. Jay was clinking stuff around in the kitchen and making all sorts of noise. I was just trying to relax in the living room and sip my Icee. Then, as Jay slams the kitchen door in his frustrations with ketchup, the door shelves spilled their contents all over the floor. I immediately went in and started chewing him out. At some point, he called me either a spoiled brat or bitch - not sure, but whichever it was it took me over the edge.
The right thing to do, or what I THOUGHT was the right thing to do, was to throw in an overhand motion my cherry Icee all over the kitchen. All over the ceiling, window, sink, counters, stove, floor, inside and outside of the fridge, and all over Jay. Josephine, the white Jack Russell, was even in the line of fire and was hit by its sticky mess. (she now sports pink spots on her back!)
I immediately ran to the bedroom and curled up in the fetal position in tears on my bed. Jay got in the shower and then stormed in the bedroom to snatch up his pillows. Understandably he had decided to sleep on the couch. I decided to in and clean up the mess, but even with that my rage was still smoldering. Jay stormed through the kitchen on his was to take his Icee covered clothes to the washing machine and as he slammed the basement door, I decided it would be a good idea to lock him down there in the basement.
He ventured back upstairs and after mumbling a few choice words after discovering the door was locked, I told him to hold on while I took one more swipe of the mop over the floor so he had a safe area to walk in. That really wasn't the reason for me locking the door, but when I did turn the lock it felt good. :-( Hey.... monkey hormones took over! Sorry!!!
I went to bed. He went to the couch. The next morning I greeted him with apologies and he returned them, although he really had nothing to apologize about. This incident was TOTALLY out of character for me and was all my fault. Later the next day while walking through Lowes, we were able to joke about going to get Icees. I'm sure it will be a story we enjoy telling the little one some day.
WOW! Hormones and sleep deprivation will make you do crazy things! Lesson: Keep cherry Icees away from me if it is past my bed time!!!! My husband is such a wonderful man. I love him SO much. No telling what I would have done would he have pulled a stunt like that on me!!! Thanks babe for putting up with my craziness!! I know you have to put up with enough of that at work!
Since Jay had the odd day off during his usual weekend to work (weekends we don't have CJ), we decided to have "date night". We ended up meeting my sister and her beau at a local restaurant for dinner and a few drinks (for the non-pregnant folks). We then decided to hit the 10:00 show at the comedy club. 10:00 is pushing it for me. I don't think I've been up later than 10:00 more than 3 times since I found out I was pregnant, but I was doing pretty good.
Close to the end of the show I was MISERABLE. I had to pee so bad I could taste it, but since we were in the front row I was trying to avoid the attention of getting up. To make matters worse, my husband has the most obnoxious laugh sometimes (sorry hun!). The comedians immediately picked up on the laugh bringing unwanted attention to our table. So... lets just say that by the time we left, I was not really in the best of moods. I just wanted to get home and go to bed.
We forgot that we needed necessities - toilet paper and dog food so before we made it home we had to make a stop at the grocery store. Then Jay was hungry so we drove through BK. All I wanted was a large cherry Icee.... and bed.
Frustration was really running high when we got home. Jay was clinking stuff around in the kitchen and making all sorts of noise. I was just trying to relax in the living room and sip my Icee. Then, as Jay slams the kitchen door in his frustrations with ketchup, the door shelves spilled their contents all over the floor. I immediately went in and started chewing him out. At some point, he called me either a spoiled brat or bitch - not sure, but whichever it was it took me over the edge.
The right thing to do, or what I THOUGHT was the right thing to do, was to throw in an overhand motion my cherry Icee all over the kitchen. All over the ceiling, window, sink, counters, stove, floor, inside and outside of the fridge, and all over Jay. Josephine, the white Jack Russell, was even in the line of fire and was hit by its sticky mess. (she now sports pink spots on her back!)
I immediately ran to the bedroom and curled up in the fetal position in tears on my bed. Jay got in the shower and then stormed in the bedroom to snatch up his pillows. Understandably he had decided to sleep on the couch. I decided to in and clean up the mess, but even with that my rage was still smoldering. Jay stormed through the kitchen on his was to take his Icee covered clothes to the washing machine and as he slammed the basement door, I decided it would be a good idea to lock him down there in the basement.
He ventured back upstairs and after mumbling a few choice words after discovering the door was locked, I told him to hold on while I took one more swipe of the mop over the floor so he had a safe area to walk in. That really wasn't the reason for me locking the door, but when I did turn the lock it felt good. :-( Hey.... monkey hormones took over! Sorry!!!
I went to bed. He went to the couch. The next morning I greeted him with apologies and he returned them, although he really had nothing to apologize about. This incident was TOTALLY out of character for me and was all my fault. Later the next day while walking through Lowes, we were able to joke about going to get Icees. I'm sure it will be a story we enjoy telling the little one some day.
WOW! Hormones and sleep deprivation will make you do crazy things! Lesson: Keep cherry Icees away from me if it is past my bed time!!!! My husband is such a wonderful man. I love him SO much. No telling what I would have done would he have pulled a stunt like that on me!!! Thanks babe for putting up with my craziness!! I know you have to put up with enough of that at work!
Little Monkey
You may know me as The Evil Stepmonster from my other blog, but I decided to create a 2nd blog to talk about our little Monkey that is due October 27, 2010. The thought of clouding up one of the only positive things in our life with Stepmonster stuff really just had no appeal. So... here goes.
I am 20 weeks pregnant this week. I've had a very hard time staying focused the last few days. Mainly because we have our 4D ultrasound on Thursday morning and we "hope" to find out the sex if the little monkey cooperates. My mind is consumed with picking out bedding and decorating the room. Thursday can't come soon enough, although I am pretty pleased that this week has been busy at work and seems to be sailing by.
To catch you up to speed, my pregnancy has been picture perfect. I'm sorry all you other ladies that were miserable. I'm sure I'll get there considering that I will be HUGE pregnant for the entire hot & humid St. Louis summer.
So... about the journey: After trying for quite a while with no success to get pregnant, we were instructed by my doctor to take a pregnancy test prior to starting our first round of Progestin & Clomid in mid-February. To our surprise it was positive. WOW!! What a difference NOT trying to get pregnant makes! Since we had been working on the new house and spending all our time and energy there, we slacked off on all of the timed "activity". Apparently we found time... at just the right time. Although I have an ballpark idea, I'm not really sure when it happened.
At my first obstetrician appointment my due date was set for September 30th based on my LMP, but later that day after my ultrasound my due date was moved to October 27th. Since it was already March I was super psyched with the September date - 1/3 of my pregnancy was almost passed. What do you do though?? The date is the date, but the baby will make its mind up on when it actually arrives.
Since Jay works at the hospital, I have easy access to dopplers to hear the heart beat whenever I want. That has been one of the most convenient things along the way. Sometimes it just puts my mind to ease when I hear it so I often go up there after stressful days when he is working for a quick listen. It is the most magical thing I have ever heard in my life. I won't forget the first time we heard it together - we both cried. Around 17 weeks I began feeling movement - little flutters or what felt like Pop Rocks in my gut. Cute, but occasionally rather annoying when you cannot get comfortable at 3 am! I guess the sleep deprivation now is just preparing me for what is soon to come!
Starting yesterday the movement has become more pronounced and regular. It still makes me giggle and smile when I feel it. Although my life is in chaos now with all of the drama that Season is causing us, we really do have so much to be thankful for now. These little reminders keep me grounded.
I am 20 weeks pregnant this week. I've had a very hard time staying focused the last few days. Mainly because we have our 4D ultrasound on Thursday morning and we "hope" to find out the sex if the little monkey cooperates. My mind is consumed with picking out bedding and decorating the room. Thursday can't come soon enough, although I am pretty pleased that this week has been busy at work and seems to be sailing by.
To catch you up to speed, my pregnancy has been picture perfect. I'm sorry all you other ladies that were miserable. I'm sure I'll get there considering that I will be HUGE pregnant for the entire hot & humid St. Louis summer.
So... about the journey: After trying for quite a while with no success to get pregnant, we were instructed by my doctor to take a pregnancy test prior to starting our first round of Progestin & Clomid in mid-February. To our surprise it was positive. WOW!! What a difference NOT trying to get pregnant makes! Since we had been working on the new house and spending all our time and energy there, we slacked off on all of the timed "activity". Apparently we found time... at just the right time. Although I have an ballpark idea, I'm not really sure when it happened.
At my first obstetrician appointment my due date was set for September 30th based on my LMP, but later that day after my ultrasound my due date was moved to October 27th. Since it was already March I was super psyched with the September date - 1/3 of my pregnancy was almost passed. What do you do though?? The date is the date, but the baby will make its mind up on when it actually arrives.
Since Jay works at the hospital, I have easy access to dopplers to hear the heart beat whenever I want. That has been one of the most convenient things along the way. Sometimes it just puts my mind to ease when I hear it so I often go up there after stressful days when he is working for a quick listen. It is the most magical thing I have ever heard in my life. I won't forget the first time we heard it together - we both cried. Around 17 weeks I began feeling movement - little flutters or what felt like Pop Rocks in my gut. Cute, but occasionally rather annoying when you cannot get comfortable at 3 am! I guess the sleep deprivation now is just preparing me for what is soon to come!
Starting yesterday the movement has become more pronounced and regular. It still makes me giggle and smile when I feel it. Although my life is in chaos now with all of the drama that Season is causing us, we really do have so much to be thankful for now. These little reminders keep me grounded.
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