Week 20 – my baby’s legs finally get to be counted in the length so now it’s the length of a BANANA! I love bananas – banana pudding, blueberry banana smoothies, banana bread, frozen bananas dipped in chocolate, banana split, banana chocolate milkshakes! OH I’m hungry again! My baby is also slippery like a banana peel too – the little booger is moving around like crazy in there – I try to feel it on one side and it just slips to the other side! Late last night it was kicking real good that it finally made my tummy jump. A couple kicks really poked out and it felt so funny – it tickled! I couldn’t help but giggle as it wiggled and kicked. Child Mark has been trying to feel it kick for a week now and he finally got to feel it tonight but it wasn’t that strong and he tried to explain what it felt like – it was cute.
This past week I got my first adjustment at the chiropractor – felt really good to be “snapped crackled and popped” as Mark likes to say – the chiropractor however does not explain it that way. Apparently my upper back is straight where it should have a curve to it, but I’m very easy to work on.
I’ve discovered that either my hips are spreading or my butt is just growing, so I sent Mark into town to the maternity store to get me a new pack of panties – such a good boy to go get me things like that. I told him too while he was there to get me a new bra the next size up since mine is not fitting as good as it should, however, the store suggested I come in to get measured instead of him just buying the size I say. While he was there he also took the liberty to buy me a pair of grey pants – he said I needed more than one pair of pants. It was a nice surprise.
Father’s day was this past Sunday and Mark was excited to get not just one, but three Bill O’Reilly books – one for each of his children…Mark, Puppy (ok so pretend kids count too), and Baby Rich. He really appreciated it – especially knowing how much I really despise buying political books to feed his already Right sided brain. I hate getting into politics – but as long as he doesn’t make me read them or read them to me I’ll smile and say “Glad you like it”. I really do have a great husband who just so happens to be a wonderful father who will do anything and everything for his kids, born, unborn, or the ones that simply call him Da Da cause they don’t know he’s not daddy.
One week left until my next ultrasound! Can’t wait! My little girl is just waiting to be announced officially LOL!
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I've come back and added in week 21 since I never posted it on here before.
Week 21 - Its A GIRL!!!
The much awaited ultrasound has arrived and my little girl was verified a little after 9 on the morning of June 29th. My grandmother (who had arrived from California to see Sister’s babies) was able to come to the appointment along with Sister, both boys, Mama, little Mark and my Honey. The morning started out hectic – me panicking because we woke up late, then the child had a hard time with his shoes, then we arrived before Mama and crew but it all worked out and we did not miss the appointment. When the tech called my name we moved back to the small room and boy was it packed. The ultrasound started and I saw my baby once again. I was so nervous to find out the sex because I really wanted my little girl…sure enough there was no little pecker between her legs! Had everyone not been there I probably would have cried but I kept very cool, surprising myself. According to baby center my little girl should be about the size of a carrot and it was pretty close. She weighed right at 13 ounces and is perfectly healthy. Everything is developing perfectly – I couldn’t ask for anything more (well I did – for it to be a girl…but now I’m done asking – she just needs to continue growing like she is and be born healthy).
After the appointment Me, Mark, Nana, and the kid drove into town to Babies-R-Us to register for all the adorable baby girl stuff. I tried not to go too crazy with the pink but I don’t know if I did such a good job with that. I tried to think of things I needed instead of so much of what I wanted. I did splurge picking out the crib and dresser – they are really expensive and even though I’m pretty sure nobody will buy something that expensive a girl can still dream.
Once we left Babies-R-Us we headed to the mall to hit up Target and do another registry there – by the end of that we were all pretty tired so we headed home.
We can also officially release the name of our daughter (which we’ve had picked out since before I even knew I was pregnant), Colleen Elizabeth (Named after both mine and Mark’s mother). I will try very hard to call her Colleen since there is no real easy way to shorten it without calling her Collie (like the dog) but if we did shorten it to Collie it would go right along with Puppy!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Week 19 - Pants and Classes
Wow – week 19 already! This week Baby Rich is about the size of the large tomato I ate Friday in the Wal-Mart parking lot – although it did nothing for the starving feeling I had – it did at least get at least one serving of veggies in my diet for that day. This week is the week I should be really feeling the baby move around but I am lucky enough to have already felt the baby move for about two weeks now.
This past week has been a very informative week. I had my first pregnancy class at the birth center, which its overall lesson was on health and nutrition. The main things I need to focus on is eating healthy, have a positive attitude, exercise, and relax…I figured I was working on these already, however I am not as on target as I thought I was. I know I was not the best eater in the world, but when I was looking at the serving sizes of the different food groups I was shocked to find out how much of a not healthy eater I was. I am a rules follower and since I had a guideline to go by for my eating habits I figured I would use it and get all my servings in each day…better said than done…I began panicking cause I could not eat enough to get everything in and had to hide the sheet before I stressed myself out too much since after all, I’m suppose to be reducing stress too…
Along with a guideline for nutrition I received a guideline of lifestyle choices, which pregnant or not is very insightful. I think if I can even do half of what is on the list I will be less stressed than I normally am.
1. Start each day with a positive thought
2. Do something you enjoy each day
3. Learn to focus and center
4. Set realistic goals
5. Work on good relationships
6. Establish routines
7. Simplify your life
8. Get enough sleep
9. Pray
10. Look for humor in situations
11. Have contact with nature
12. Listen to relaxing music
13. Watch less TV
14. Box your worries
15. Take one-minute vacations
16. Do “mini-checkups”
17. Choose to be happy
So eating and thinking right isn’t all I have to do – I’m suppose to actually exercise – yuck – but if it helps my baby I guess I’ll exercise more regularly. A big part of this is maintaining good posture – something I’ve never been able to do – so a recommendation was to get in to see a chiropractor of which I already have a call in to do.
After the class we got to hear the baby’s heartbeat which was in the 150s again – That’s my girl! Two weeks until we find out for sure – I cant wait! Until then I’m going to enjoy getting bigger in my new pants that my honey bought me for my anniversary. I love practical gifts! Especially when I cant wear all the other pants cause they hurt me – these ones are the good kind that go over your entire belly! These should really drive in the fact that I’m pregnant just a little bit more.
This past week has been a very informative week. I had my first pregnancy class at the birth center, which its overall lesson was on health and nutrition. The main things I need to focus on is eating healthy, have a positive attitude, exercise, and relax…I figured I was working on these already, however I am not as on target as I thought I was. I know I was not the best eater in the world, but when I was looking at the serving sizes of the different food groups I was shocked to find out how much of a not healthy eater I was. I am a rules follower and since I had a guideline to go by for my eating habits I figured I would use it and get all my servings in each day…better said than done…I began panicking cause I could not eat enough to get everything in and had to hide the sheet before I stressed myself out too much since after all, I’m suppose to be reducing stress too…
Along with a guideline for nutrition I received a guideline of lifestyle choices, which pregnant or not is very insightful. I think if I can even do half of what is on the list I will be less stressed than I normally am.
1. Start each day with a positive thought
2. Do something you enjoy each day
3. Learn to focus and center
4. Set realistic goals
5. Work on good relationships
6. Establish routines
7. Simplify your life
8. Get enough sleep
9. Pray
10. Look for humor in situations
11. Have contact with nature
12. Listen to relaxing music
13. Watch less TV
14. Box your worries
15. Take one-minute vacations
16. Do “mini-checkups”
17. Choose to be happy
So eating and thinking right isn’t all I have to do – I’m suppose to actually exercise – yuck – but if it helps my baby I guess I’ll exercise more regularly. A big part of this is maintaining good posture – something I’ve never been able to do – so a recommendation was to get in to see a chiropractor of which I already have a call in to do.
After the class we got to hear the baby’s heartbeat which was in the 150s again – That’s my girl! Two weeks until we find out for sure – I cant wait! Until then I’m going to enjoy getting bigger in my new pants that my honey bought me for my anniversary. I love practical gifts! Especially when I cant wear all the other pants cause they hurt me – these ones are the good kind that go over your entire belly! These should really drive in the fact that I’m pregnant just a little bit more.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Week 18 - tomatoes and deer
Week 18 – only three more weeks to confirm the sex of Baby Rich! My baby bump is A LOT more noticeable now, especially if I wear form fitting shirts, this could be because my baby is now the size of a bell pepper…that’s a big change from a blueberry in my book. My baby is moving a lot more now which I can feel more and more each day.
According to Baby Center I should be laying on my side when I sleep, or at least not fully on my back, which kinda sucks cause sometimes it feels really good when I lay on my back. I’ve seemed to have regressed back into being sleepy all the time. I thought the second trimester was suppose to be the best one…again I blame Hollywood for making pregnancy seem so much fun. They sure do leave out a lot of important information, like these ligament pains that sometimes send me to my knees, or the thirty thousand trips to the bathroom, or even better the uncomfortableness after you eat that makes me wish I would not have eaten anything to begin with. This could explain why I’m still the same weight as I was two weeks ago. I have been eating some snacks throughout the day, so hopefully this will help with the weight gain a little bit.
Apparently my husband has fallen a bit behind on protecting our garden. He let some deer come and eat almost our entire tomato harvest and didn’t get me deer jerky!!! I’m very upset with that one…I’ve been really wanting some deer jerky and even though its not deer season, technically killing the deer should qualify as protecting our property so we shouldn’t get in trouble if we did kill one RIGHT??? We did manage to pick about 4 tomatoes that the pesky deer (who should be in my dehydrator right now) didn’t eat, now to wait on the other veggies to grow. Until then, I still have a nice stash of fresh veggies that the neighbor brought over to tie me over.
I have my first class at the birth center on Thursday, it’s suppose to teach me about nutrition, which apparently I need some lessons on. I will also get to hear my baby’s heartbeat again and find out what I did to myself to make my side hurt. Kinda feels like something has beat the crap out of my ovary on the right side…maybe something is sitting on it…I don’t know. Should have more to report next week…stay in tune for Week 19!
According to Baby Center I should be laying on my side when I sleep, or at least not fully on my back, which kinda sucks cause sometimes it feels really good when I lay on my back. I’ve seemed to have regressed back into being sleepy all the time. I thought the second trimester was suppose to be the best one…again I blame Hollywood for making pregnancy seem so much fun. They sure do leave out a lot of important information, like these ligament pains that sometimes send me to my knees, or the thirty thousand trips to the bathroom, or even better the uncomfortableness after you eat that makes me wish I would not have eaten anything to begin with. This could explain why I’m still the same weight as I was two weeks ago. I have been eating some snacks throughout the day, so hopefully this will help with the weight gain a little bit.
Apparently my husband has fallen a bit behind on protecting our garden. He let some deer come and eat almost our entire tomato harvest and didn’t get me deer jerky!!! I’m very upset with that one…I’ve been really wanting some deer jerky and even though its not deer season, technically killing the deer should qualify as protecting our property so we shouldn’t get in trouble if we did kill one RIGHT??? We did manage to pick about 4 tomatoes that the pesky deer (who should be in my dehydrator right now) didn’t eat, now to wait on the other veggies to grow. Until then, I still have a nice stash of fresh veggies that the neighbor brought over to tie me over.
I have my first class at the birth center on Thursday, it’s suppose to teach me about nutrition, which apparently I need some lessons on. I will also get to hear my baby’s heartbeat again and find out what I did to myself to make my side hurt. Kinda feels like something has beat the crap out of my ovary on the right side…maybe something is sitting on it…I don’t know. Should have more to report next week…stay in tune for Week 19!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Week 17 - Cars and Cousins
Ok, so we are back to things that I’m not sure what they are – week 17 = figs; not something that I would ever pick out of a line up of fruits and veggies. This week my baby is working on making hard bones instead of cartilage and she’s developing sweat glands too…all of which is fun but I’m more excited about feeling her move around a little in there. I was able to feel a little thump thump in there and a little swishing feeling – kind of like a rocking boat. Hopefully soon I will feel it more often and stronger.
I still haven’t gained much weight and I guess I will find out on the 10th if its ok not to have gained much weight. I was already under the “do not gain under this line” line and hadn’t gained any weight since my last appointment last week. I had about 3 days last week of which I couldn’t keep much down again but that has seemed to have passed again for now as has the headaches.
This past week has been an exciting one…
On Wednesday, May 26th Baby Rich became a cousin to my sister’s twin boys. Robert (baby A) was 7.2 pounds 20.5 inches; Randall “Randy” (baby B) was 6.8 pounds 17.5 inches both are doing great and were able to go home on Friday.
On Saturday morning I felt Baby Rich move around for the first time. At first I felt the swishing around then about 15 or so baby thumps – I was really excited. Mark got a kick out of it too even though he wouldn’t have been able to feel it.
Saturday afternoon a truck backed into my car at an intersection and was nice enough to leave a nice big hole in my front bumper from the trailer hitch. I swear my car is bad luck – hence the plan to get a new, bigger, car later this year…My car was not built for baby seats and other kids – there is just not that much room in the back seat. It is a safe car though and that is my primary concern when I get another one.
The one unpleasant surprise this past week, had to change my ultrasound appointment since the tech was not going to be there on the day I was scheduled to have it so I had to move it back a week. I tried to have it a week early but the midwife preferred waiting – which I guess is ok, they are more worried about potential problems than knowing if it’s a boy or a girl.
I still haven’t gained much weight and I guess I will find out on the 10th if its ok not to have gained much weight. I was already under the “do not gain under this line” line and hadn’t gained any weight since my last appointment last week. I had about 3 days last week of which I couldn’t keep much down again but that has seemed to have passed again for now as has the headaches.
This past week has been an exciting one…
On Wednesday, May 26th Baby Rich became a cousin to my sister’s twin boys. Robert (baby A) was 7.2 pounds 20.5 inches; Randall “Randy” (baby B) was 6.8 pounds 17.5 inches both are doing great and were able to go home on Friday.
On Saturday morning I felt Baby Rich move around for the first time. At first I felt the swishing around then about 15 or so baby thumps – I was really excited. Mark got a kick out of it too even though he wouldn’t have been able to feel it.
Saturday afternoon a truck backed into my car at an intersection and was nice enough to leave a nice big hole in my front bumper from the trailer hitch. I swear my car is bad luck – hence the plan to get a new, bigger, car later this year…My car was not built for baby seats and other kids – there is just not that much room in the back seat. It is a safe car though and that is my primary concern when I get another one.
The one unpleasant surprise this past week, had to change my ultrasound appointment since the tech was not going to be there on the day I was scheduled to have it so I had to move it back a week. I tried to have it a week early but the midwife preferred waiting – which I guess is ok, they are more worried about potential problems than knowing if it’s a boy or a girl.
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