So today I am 33 weeks pregnant. That discovery yesterday sent me into a tizzy of feeling like he's nearly here and nothing is done. I have made a 2 page list of stuff to do (which I feel like I add to every 10 minutes) and I'm starting to cross things off.
On a beautiful note, Wes decided that I should have a pool. It makes my body feel better and allows me to get some easy exercise. He't putting it up today, so I'll be swimming lots on my 4 day holiday weekend! YAY!
Gotta get to work. Only 28 workdays left before Emmitt should be arriving...if not less!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
They "Don't" Call Me Doctor Love
So DH and I have finally had it with our OB. I have made phone calls to find another one and feel like I have narrowed my options down to a good one or two. Of course, it is my potential new OB's day off, so the office manager is talking to her tomorrow and will call me back. I don't know if I can wait until tomorrow to know something. Hopefully, she'll accept me as a patient. I think they have already talked to my doctor...which will make it very awkward if I don't find a new one now. It seems that they could do it a little differently than that. Oh well, I thought we'd end up with a new OB for the next baby, so getting one now just seems like a better choice.
Wish me luck!!!!!
Wish me luck!!!!!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
A Quick Run Down
So...since it's been over a month since I've updated...here's where we are.
Emmitt is due in 9.5 weeks...YAY!! He just started today (Or I just discovered it today) moving body parts where I can actually feel that they are a body part and not just a bump or a lump. The only thing is that I can't tell what it is. So I'm stuck playing a game of pushing, prodding, and guessing what this little thing is that I feel pushing on my belly. It's so sweet!
I have come down with some kind of cold within the last 2 days. I can't breathe, which is endlessly frustrating and because I can't breathe worse at night, I sleep with my mouth open. We all know what that means...waking up with a sore throat.
We had a week of drama with the in-laws last week that ended with the fact that my Step-Father-in-Law will NOT be left alone with our son. It was a mess, but at least we are back to civil interactions at this point.
Emmitt had his first baby shower on Sunday. We got a few good things and a few things that we won't use. Normal. The sweetest gift I got, though, came from my SIL. She gave us a great stash of KL1s (my fave) that were from our nephew!! She framed a pic of me and Wes that she took about a month and a 1/2 ago. I put it in Emmitt's room so he will have a picture of his mommy and daddy to look at from when he was still on his way to us!
This weekend will be a crazy one, but should be a great one!! Tomorrow, we have an OB appt where we are going to discuss delaying cervical checks (which I am sure my OB will "love" to hear). We are also going to discuss something she said last visit that I am concerned about. She told us that as soon as we get to the hospital, she will break my water. Well, if things are moving along without interventions...why would you use them? After our appt I bet she'll be ready to take the rest of the day off after lunch...lol.
Saturday, Wes takes his Praxis exam for teaching. All I can do is PRAY that he passes it. He has been studying for nearly 2 weeks, and this week, I've even been getting to help him by asking him sample test questions. He seems to know enough that I think he'll do well. We sure need him to, but I don't say much b/c I know he doesn't need the added pressure. Also, on Saturday, since we'll be about an hour and 1/2 from home, we're going to go to Babies 'R Us and see if there is anything there that we need/want for Emmitt since they don't have one in our town.
Sunday is the culmination of it all, Emmitt's second (and I assume final) baby shower!! This one includes all my friends and family so I'm super excited! A lot of these people I have not seen the whole time I have been PG, or I've only seen them a few times, so this is GREAT!! What's even better though, is that once this shower is over, we get to take all of our gift cards, money we've saved, credit from returned items, etc. and buy the rest of baby Emmitt's gear!!! This child really couldn't possibly need another thing, but somehow there's so much stuff out there for us to buy! We don't have a playpen, a baby gym for the floor, and so many other things (that we really could raise a baby without...lol). I can't wait!!!
Well, as for now, I'm nearing the end of a workday, going grocery shopping, working on cleaning the house...some, and sitting on the couch and watching the results show for So You Think You Can Dance.
Maybe I'll remember to update again next month...hehe.
Emmitt is due in 9.5 weeks...YAY!! He just started today (Or I just discovered it today) moving body parts where I can actually feel that they are a body part and not just a bump or a lump. The only thing is that I can't tell what it is. So I'm stuck playing a game of pushing, prodding, and guessing what this little thing is that I feel pushing on my belly. It's so sweet!
I have come down with some kind of cold within the last 2 days. I can't breathe, which is endlessly frustrating and because I can't breathe worse at night, I sleep with my mouth open. We all know what that means...waking up with a sore throat.
We had a week of drama with the in-laws last week that ended with the fact that my Step-Father-in-Law will NOT be left alone with our son. It was a mess, but at least we are back to civil interactions at this point.
Emmitt had his first baby shower on Sunday. We got a few good things and a few things that we won't use. Normal. The sweetest gift I got, though, came from my SIL. She gave us a great stash of KL1s (my fave) that were from our nephew!! She framed a pic of me and Wes that she took about a month and a 1/2 ago. I put it in Emmitt's room so he will have a picture of his mommy and daddy to look at from when he was still on his way to us!
This weekend will be a crazy one, but should be a great one!! Tomorrow, we have an OB appt where we are going to discuss delaying cervical checks (which I am sure my OB will "love" to hear). We are also going to discuss something she said last visit that I am concerned about. She told us that as soon as we get to the hospital, she will break my water. Well, if things are moving along without interventions...why would you use them? After our appt I bet she'll be ready to take the rest of the day off after lunch...lol.
Saturday, Wes takes his Praxis exam for teaching. All I can do is PRAY that he passes it. He has been studying for nearly 2 weeks, and this week, I've even been getting to help him by asking him sample test questions. He seems to know enough that I think he'll do well. We sure need him to, but I don't say much b/c I know he doesn't need the added pressure. Also, on Saturday, since we'll be about an hour and 1/2 from home, we're going to go to Babies 'R Us and see if there is anything there that we need/want for Emmitt since they don't have one in our town.
Sunday is the culmination of it all, Emmitt's second (and I assume final) baby shower!! This one includes all my friends and family so I'm super excited! A lot of these people I have not seen the whole time I have been PG, or I've only seen them a few times, so this is GREAT!! What's even better though, is that once this shower is over, we get to take all of our gift cards, money we've saved, credit from returned items, etc. and buy the rest of baby Emmitt's gear!!! This child really couldn't possibly need another thing, but somehow there's so much stuff out there for us to buy! We don't have a playpen, a baby gym for the floor, and so many other things (that we really could raise a baby without...lol). I can't wait!!!
Well, as for now, I'm nearing the end of a workday, going grocery shopping, working on cleaning the house...some, and sitting on the couch and watching the results show for So You Think You Can Dance.
Maybe I'll remember to update again next month...hehe.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Catching up!
I'm so bad at updating this thing! I can keep up with all my other internet addictions, but not this one. So...I am at 22 weeks and 2 days. Things are really growing. I don't feel like it that much, but then I look at pics and WOW...he's sticking out there!
His name is Emmitt Louis, but he is fondly know by his mother as "wiggle worm." This boy never sits still! Except if he's trying to scare me to death which he did Sunday day and night.
We are getting things ready. I bought 7 new outfits yesterday on clearance at Sears. Like he needed anymore... I already am running out of space in the nursery for his clothes, except for newborn sizes. We definitely are in need of those. Everything we have bought for him, except the newest stuff has been washed, and I only have one load to put away. Folding a mesh laudry baby full of baby socks is going to be fun...lol.
We are getting a new roof because of damage from the 2 wind storms and the ice storm. It should be finished today.
Also, our baby chicks are growing quite nicely and should be laying eggs in the next 4-5 months. I can't wait to have farm fresh eggs at our house!!
Gotta get back to work.
His name is Emmitt Louis, but he is fondly know by his mother as "wiggle worm." This boy never sits still! Except if he's trying to scare me to death which he did Sunday day and night.
We are getting things ready. I bought 7 new outfits yesterday on clearance at Sears. Like he needed anymore... I already am running out of space in the nursery for his clothes, except for newborn sizes. We definitely are in need of those. Everything we have bought for him, except the newest stuff has been washed, and I only have one load to put away. Folding a mesh laudry baby full of baby socks is going to be fun...lol.
We are getting a new roof because of damage from the 2 wind storms and the ice storm. It should be finished today.
Also, our baby chicks are growing quite nicely and should be laying eggs in the next 4-5 months. I can't wait to have farm fresh eggs at our house!!
Gotta get back to work.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
It's a....
BOY! We're having a boy. Emmitt Louis Meserve.
He was really active during the ultrasound. The U/S tech kept fussing at him to hold still, which made me laugh...so of course no one was holding still. We couldn't get a profile shot b/c Emmitt wants to show off his pretty face so he wouldn't let us get a side shot. He was curled in the fetal position with his feet all curled up at his butt, which was the same was he was at our 12 week U/S. We got an adorable shot of his foot. What was so amazing was that we could actually see his mouth moving. This baby takes after his mommy already. The U/S tech said that she could see what the baby was before she ever showed us. Wes said he started looking closer when she said that so he actually caught a glimpse before she labeled it on the screen. I was the only one that didn't know, until she wrote BOY!!! on the screen. It was amazing. I've never seen Wes happier. We're getting our sweet baby boy!
He was really active during the ultrasound. The U/S tech kept fussing at him to hold still, which made me laugh...so of course no one was holding still. We couldn't get a profile shot b/c Emmitt wants to show off his pretty face so he wouldn't let us get a side shot. He was curled in the fetal position with his feet all curled up at his butt, which was the same was he was at our 12 week U/S. We got an adorable shot of his foot. What was so amazing was that we could actually see his mouth moving. This baby takes after his mommy already. The U/S tech said that she could see what the baby was before she ever showed us. Wes said he started looking closer when she said that so he actually caught a glimpse before she labeled it on the screen. I was the only one that didn't know, until she wrote BOY!!! on the screen. It was amazing. I've never seen Wes happier. We're getting our sweet baby boy!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
DS Mama mad me furious!!
So...I have never gotten anything but support on Diaperswappers, but I found a mama today that just can't let anyone make their own choices apparently. I plan to nurse for the first 4 weeks, then pump and nurse for the next 2, then EP after that since I will be away from baby about 41 hours a week between work and the commute. I'm not saying I won't ever nurse when I am home, but not always. I didn't realize that the war is not just between formula feeding mamas and breastfeeding mamas, apparently some of the bfing mamas don't really like those of us that pump. I know it's silly to think that the battle lines are drawn that way, but they really are. Not all mamas are that way, but man, there are a bunch that are on that bandwagon and down the road with it.
I just really had my feelings hurt, which I why I guess I should have known better than to even post for help. I just assumed I would get help and not criticism. Okay...that's all...just needed to get out that I can believe that happened, but I wish I couldn't. I was naive enough to think it wouldn't.
I just really had my feelings hurt, which I why I guess I should have known better than to even post for help. I just assumed I would get help and not criticism. Okay...that's all...just needed to get out that I can believe that happened, but I wish I couldn't. I was naive enough to think it wouldn't.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
OB appt
Just an update on the appointment we had on Friday. The nurse who used the doppler scared me to death! She just kept moving it around and moving it around. I heard something once, but she didn't say anything and she just kept moving it around so I guessed it was my heartbeat. She continued to do this for almost 5 minutes. Then FINALLY she said...I heard it, I just have to get it to come in better. Whew...sigh of relief! I was starting to worry. So we did get to hear it, and it sounded great. 150s range again this time. Baby is consistent. Everything looks good still.
My OB and I had a talk about how often she does cesereans. She said that as long as there is no fetal distress, and things are progressing, she will allow me to labor. Where I think some people get into a problem...but I don't have a problem with it...is that she said if there is no progression after "x" number of hours...she didn't give a number, but I feel confident that she and I will agree on the time...she will assume there is a problem. Maybe baby's head is too big, etc. This sounds great to me. She was a little more pro-c-section than I am, but I think most doctors are anymore b/c of malpractice. Actually, she said the push for it nationwide is b/c of malpractice. She said that my attitude about a ceserean sounds healthy. My attitude is (for anyone wanting to know) that I will do ANYTHING for my baby. I want to have a vaginal delivery. I would like to have one with all of my babies, but if there is even the slightest chance that me not having a c-section would endanger my baby in anyway...I would rather have one. My baby's health means more than what my body looks like. I am not afraid of a c-section. I know that it is a safe procedure...now it is a surgery and that's nothing to take lightly, but I feel safe about it. I think my OB thought I was asking b/c I was scared of it. I reassured her that I am not scared of it, just want to make sure our philosophies on it line up. And for the most part they do. Again...I think she likes the idea a little more than I do, but I don't feel that she will push me for one unless I have a reason. And that's all I need to know!
My OB and I had a talk about how often she does cesereans. She said that as long as there is no fetal distress, and things are progressing, she will allow me to labor. Where I think some people get into a problem...but I don't have a problem with it...is that she said if there is no progression after "x" number of hours...she didn't give a number, but I feel confident that she and I will agree on the time...she will assume there is a problem. Maybe baby's head is too big, etc. This sounds great to me. She was a little more pro-c-section than I am, but I think most doctors are anymore b/c of malpractice. Actually, she said the push for it nationwide is b/c of malpractice. She said that my attitude about a ceserean sounds healthy. My attitude is (for anyone wanting to know) that I will do ANYTHING for my baby. I want to have a vaginal delivery. I would like to have one with all of my babies, but if there is even the slightest chance that me not having a c-section would endanger my baby in anyway...I would rather have one. My baby's health means more than what my body looks like. I am not afraid of a c-section. I know that it is a safe procedure...now it is a surgery and that's nothing to take lightly, but I feel safe about it. I think my OB thought I was asking b/c I was scared of it. I reassured her that I am not scared of it, just want to make sure our philosophies on it line up. And for the most part they do. Again...I think she likes the idea a little more than I do, but I don't feel that she will push me for one unless I have a reason. And that's all I need to know!
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