21 weeks, 4 days...

I know I haven't written in a while. I'm such a slacker! Oddly enough for me, I just haven't felt like writing. I was reading an article at the Dr's ofc today and it said stay-at-home mom's should try to blog regularly even if it's only a few lines a week. So...here I am...again... :)

My Dr's appt today made me angry! I was in a bad mood to start with, didn't feel like going, didn't feel very good - then I get there and have to wait in the little white room for over an hour! I sat on the table, laid on the table, sat on his stool, paced....I wasn't happy! I was seconds away from asking them to reschedule my appt, when he walked in.

I could tell from the look on his face he had been having one of "those" days! He explained that his very first appt of the day had lasted almost an hour which is very out of the ordinary. He said that threw him off, then he had a patient at Alton Memorial who was not doing well - he was going to have to do surgery on her so he kept getting interruptions on her condition - so then I felt a little bad. As my mom said, if I was that patient needing surgery I'd be very grateful his schedule was disrupted for me!

He sat down and opened his laptop and said, "So... you had an ultrasound..." I nodded. He said, "What'd you find out?" I said, "We're having a boy." He goes, "You are?" I said, "Uh, yeah...." He smiled and said, "That's cool! That's exciting!" I said, "Um...have you seen my ultrasound?" He said, "Yes.....but I'm gonna pull it up again." We both laughed and I said, "Good idea!"

He measured me and said everything looked good. We listened to Jack's heartbeat and it was steady around 140 which is good. He kept pinching my legs and said I didn't have any swelling which he said was really good at this point. I asked about my penta-screening and he pulled it up on his laptop - said everything was negative. (Thank you, Lord!) He said most of the statistics were 1 in over 5000 which is very good! So we are very thankful for that!

I asked him about my allergies - he recommended Zyrtec over Benadryl which I think works better for me anyway. And I asked him about my back pain, but he said there's really not much I can do. He said every woman's pelvis opens up differently when she gets pregnant so pain can happen just about anywhere. Yay. Some days are better than others.

Dave took me to IHOP for blueberry pancakes tonite! They were delicious!! :) I'm not really having any weird cravings. I still don't have much of an appetite! I have to have a bowl of cereal and a banana every morning, but that's about it! I still haven't gained hardly any weight, but my Dr hasn't said anything about it.

Guess that's about all for now! Lotsa love -- Sara

18 weeks, 5 days...

Not doing so good on the writing twice a week thing...Just doesn't seem like much happens!

I did have a fun experience Thursday tho. I went to get my haircut and my hairdresser (who is also a really good friend) is expecting their second little girl 2 weeks before I'm due! So our bellies are runnin' neck'n'neck! (haha) She said at her 20 week ultrasound the day before her baby got mad and kicked the technician's paddles! So funny! I told her I was wondering when I'd get to feel our baby moving around - she laughed and said, OH you will!!

So after she finished my hair she said, I want to see if I can feel your baby. So she felt around on my belly and all of a sudden said, There it is! My eyes got big as saucers and I said, WHAT?!? She said, That's it, right there... She took my hand and placed it over a bump that felt like a small baseball. She said, That's probably the butt. But as soon as I felt it, it moved and was gone! Tears instantly sprung to my eyes! I was a mess!! (LOL) Another girl that works there started crying too! Dani hugged me and kissed me and told me how excited she was for me!

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find Juicy since! When I told Dave about it he wanted to come straight home and feel around for it. But neither one of us has had much luck. As I told him last nite, Juicy will make itself known when it wants to!

Our ultrasound is less than a week away and I just can't wait!! I had a crazy dream last nite at a water park and our baby was a boy. But we shall see...

Dave and I went and looked at video cameras this week. I never thought I'd really care to have one, but Dave's wanted one since we found out we're having a baby and when I saw all the "stuff" it can do, I figured why not?? Thank goodness for a nice tax return!

I guess that's all for today. Seems like I had other things to write, but I can't think right now. Dave got a new video game and all I hear is helicopters and guns and bombs!! (LOL)

Much love.....

~ Sara

It's late...or early?

So it is 1:17 am and I can't sleep! I took a very long nap when we got home from my parents house today and that must've ruined my nite of sleep! Dave was also tossing and turning so I decided to come down and play on the computer for a while. It always amazes me though, as soon as I come downstairs, turn on the TV and settle in on the couch with Finch, I can't keep my eyes open anymore! Why can't I do that in my bed??

Anyway...we had a Dr's appt this past Friday. Our Dr was out on "baby leave" - his newest addition was born last Wednesday. We saw the physicians assistant, who I was used to seeing before I got pregnant anyway. I love her!! I was so hoping she would be able to deliver our baby, but I guess not. She was so informative and so sweet!! Dave said he learned more from her that visit than he has from our OB in all 3 visits!

I told her about my back problem - she gave me a diagram of a pregnant woman and showed me how the nerves wrap around the uterus and connect around your backside near your tail bone. Unfortunately! She gave me some more stretches, so I'm hoping if it doesn't completely go away, it will at least be tolerable. Friday was the first day I got out of bed with minimal pain and I wasn't scared to try to walk down our stairs!

She put the heart monitor on my belly - the first time she found the heart beat, it quickly went away. She said the baby was a movin'! And she said that was good! She found the heartbeat again and it stayed steady. It ranged between 135-147 and she said that was great! She said it showed great neurological development! Not long after we heard the heartbeat we heard another sound - to me it sounded like a lightning crash! She said the baby had hiccups! Dave & I thought that was SO neat!! We all laughed about it. She said once a baby gets hiccups it will continue to get them frequently, both before and after birth! And she said I'll probably start to feel them soon.

When she was finished she wanted me to schedule my next visit and also schedule our first ultrasound. She was TRYING to get us to schedule it for 3 weeks out, but Dave coerced her into 2 weeks out since that's what my OB had said to begin with! We've waited long enough!! I had blood drawn that day for the penta screening - tests done to show the odds of our baby having any chromosomal problems. I'm really not worried about it - I have faith that little Juicy will come out perfectly fine! Our ultrasound will be April 16 @ 2:15 - we can hardly wait!!

I've started reading the chapter in my book about 17-20 weeks - I'll write some things from there when my mind isn't falling asleep. Juicy got quite a few things for Easter! That was a sweet surprise! We got a Cardinals bib, a Cardinals bucket hat, some toys, a couple rubber duckies...

Well, I guess I'll try to get some sleep now since my eye lids are feeling heavy! Finch is sacked out on the floor next to me - looks good to me!

Good nite all!
~ Sara

17 weeks...

There really isn't much to write this week. Our next Dr's appt is tomorrow and we'll get to schedule our first sonogram so we can find out the sex of our baby!! :) Oh and so we can make sure things are OK in there. :) My sister-in-law and I were talking last nite about how excited we are to find out the sex of the baby just so we can start shopping!!

I have a new physical ailment - I think I have a pinched nerve around my tail bone! It is SO painful!! I can't lay on our bed - every time I do I'm crippled for a few hours after! I slept on the couch last nite just because the thought of crawling out of that bed scared me!! It feels good to sit in our computer chair or sit straight up in our recliner. I think I'll go get a heating pad today. I want to talk to the Dr. tomorrow but I don't want him to say, "Yeah that kind of stuff happens when your pregnant," and send me on my merry way! (Like they did when I had the stomach virus!) I feel OK as long as I'm active like throughout the day, but at nite when I relax on the couch it gets really bad! I'm not sure I've ever had a back pain like that before!

My girlfriend and I went to the zoo Tuesday - it was SO beautiful!! All the animals were out! We were both grateful we're past our nauseous stages when we entered the smelly penguin habitat! It was a great day! Beautiful, sunny, warm, breezy...

I'm going shopping today just to see if I can find anything. I'm not a big shopper but I feel like getting out of the house - and walking helps my back. Maybe I'll find something cute. Also need to go grocery shopping for Easter. Must get an iced tea first tho! :)

Haven't read the next chapter in "my book" yet - might start that today as well.

Since I don't feel I have much to say I'm gonna wrap this up. Will write more when something exciting happens.

- Sara