I received a 10% off completion coupon from Target today for the baby registry. First off, the fact that this has arrived means that we are THAT close to having our little one join us. Secondly, I love to save money. I bought a little octopus Baby Einstein toy that I just know little Maddox will love :-) I also picked up ANOTHER diaper bag. One will be for baby, the other for my breast pump items.
I think I will add things to the Babies R US registry to use when they send their coupon. Is that wrong??For some reason, I have 15% off in my head for their coupon. I tend to make things up for the way I like or want them to be.
Like today, Crazy Auntie pointed out that Maddox could be a 10 pound baby. I said, "OH Dr H would never let me go past 8 pounds!" CA: "Why not, ours was 10 pounds!" (Mind you, Dr H delivered Crazy Auntie's baby as well.) It was then that we realized, my 8 pound mark was my own assumption, and not actually a FACT that I knew about Dr H.
Mumsy's first child was a 10 pounder. When she had me, I was 7 pounds. When she and my father saw me, they thought sometime was wrong with me, since they were comparing me to my brother!
Back to rest. I love Monday nights...good TV time :-)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
IS THIS OK?
Is it ok for me to just have a post that says I am feeling grumpy and a little miserable today. I am having contractions again, I am tired, and my feet are sore and a little swollen. I feel a little bad complaining about my swollen feet because I know many pregnant women suffer from it worse than mine are right now.
Overall, I feel bad complaining at all because I feel so lucky and blessed to even have Maddox in my belly. My grumpiness more comes from the worry that I have now of him coming early. You're suppossed to take situations like this day-to-day from what I hear, but I can't help but setting a goal of wanting him to AT LEAST get to 36 weeks. Thursday marks the start of Week 34.
On a brighter note, Hubs turns 30 tomorrow! I am so lucky to have him in my life and he is going to make such an awesome dad. I have a secret mission in the works for Crazy Auntie to get a cake for me for him. I handmade a card, since I hadn't gotten one before the bed rest prescription. I think he will love it. He already got his present, so I was ahead of the game on that one.
Well, honestly, writing a little bit took my overall grumpiness away. Time to get back on my side and just watch some TV.
Overall, I feel bad complaining at all because I feel so lucky and blessed to even have Maddox in my belly. My grumpiness more comes from the worry that I have now of him coming early. You're suppossed to take situations like this day-to-day from what I hear, but I can't help but setting a goal of wanting him to AT LEAST get to 36 weeks. Thursday marks the start of Week 34.
On a brighter note, Hubs turns 30 tomorrow! I am so lucky to have him in my life and he is going to make such an awesome dad. I have a secret mission in the works for Crazy Auntie to get a cake for me for him. I handmade a card, since I hadn't gotten one before the bed rest prescription. I think he will love it. He already got his present, so I was ahead of the game on that one.
Well, honestly, writing a little bit took my overall grumpiness away. Time to get back on my side and just watch some TV.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
And it is true...
You can pass out while laying on your back while pregnant! A friend from high school posted a Facebook comment a couple months ago about how she had passed out during her ultrasound, seeing her beautiful twins. I had never heard of it, but now understand.
Yesterday, I was seen in the office for another non-stress test. I was hooked up to the monitors, laying on my back. Everything was going great. I was enjoying listening to Maddox's heartbeat, but suddenly felt "funny".
The room starting spinning and I broke out in a cold sweat. I felt sick to my stomach as well. I tried yelling for help, but apparently no one heard me. I am honestly not sure if I did in fact pass out, but it seems likely. I was in the room for at least 40+ minutes, yet it does not seem to me like I was aware at the time of just how long it had been. Rumor has it that Nurse Ratchet forgot about me.
When Nurse R came into the room, I told her what had happened. She explained that when pregnant, laying on your back can cause dizziness and faintness, resulting in passing out.
Still seems crazy to me. I felt a little off for the remainder of the day yesterday. Slipping in and out of sleep at no will of my own. Hubby pushed me full of liquids when he got home from work, which seemed to help me come back.
Upside to the appointment, my blood pressure was down to 128/78, which is still crazy to me. My blood pressure is ALWAYS 120/70, but still 128/78 is perfectly safe and normal. Looks like the prescription of bed rest worked for that. I am still having contractions though.
Yesterday, I was seen in the office for another non-stress test. I was hooked up to the monitors, laying on my back. Everything was going great. I was enjoying listening to Maddox's heartbeat, but suddenly felt "funny".
The room starting spinning and I broke out in a cold sweat. I felt sick to my stomach as well. I tried yelling for help, but apparently no one heard me. I am honestly not sure if I did in fact pass out, but it seems likely. I was in the room for at least 40+ minutes, yet it does not seem to me like I was aware at the time of just how long it had been. Rumor has it that Nurse Ratchet forgot about me.
When Nurse R came into the room, I told her what had happened. She explained that when pregnant, laying on your back can cause dizziness and faintness, resulting in passing out.
Still seems crazy to me. I felt a little off for the remainder of the day yesterday. Slipping in and out of sleep at no will of my own. Hubby pushed me full of liquids when he got home from work, which seemed to help me come back.
Upside to the appointment, my blood pressure was down to 128/78, which is still crazy to me. My blood pressure is ALWAYS 120/70, but still 128/78 is perfectly safe and normal. Looks like the prescription of bed rest worked for that. I am still having contractions though.
Friday, March 5, 2010
I've been hit with bed rest
I honestly had started to believe that my pregnancy was going to be smooth sailing. Mumsy kept joking with me about how I kept talking like the pregnancy was nearly over; however at that point still having 10 weeks to go.
Well here I am, 33 weeks pregnant and sentenced to bed rest. When I went into the office for an "emergency visit" for a rash I had developed on my hands/feet/legs/arms, I left with absolutely no diagnosis for the rash, but determination that I now had high blood pressure and was experiencing contractions. My blood pressure was 150/100 as of that day and my feet and hands were/are nicely swollen. Dr H said to me, "So you are having some swelling.", I said "No, not really right now." He then said that I was and pushed in on my cankle for me to see. Opps.
That day, I was honestly in shock. Complete bed rest... that was never something I envisioned for the pregnancy. I will do whatever is necessary to keep Maddox and myself healthy, but it is a huge adjustment on so many levels. I take care of a majority of things within our household, because I like to. It is a big change for me to not do laundry, wash dishes, make my hubby dinner, even just get the mail! Hubs is amazing though. He has certainly stepped up to the plate, even taking the opportunity to rearrange a few things to ways he likes them! He brings me a cooler in the morning filled with food and drinks to keep me supplied for the day while he is at work. He calls during the day to check in on me too, which I think is sweet. I have stopped calling him because I don't want him to think that something is wrong every time he sees my name come up on the phone.
I spoke with Dr H as well about still working on bed rest. He supports that, as long as I "listen to my body" and remain free of stress. When you factor in the high blood pressure, the elevated heart rate, and the "real" contractions, I run the risk of Maddox not going full term. I need to keep him cooking in my belly for as long as possible!!
A wonderful friend of mine did point out to me that she was born 7 weeks early and she turned out ok :-) I truly needed to hear that! Sometimes people say the right things at just the right times.
So at this point, I am at an overwhelmed stage of preparing for 7 weeks of bed rest. I worry foremost about the baby. Trying to work out working from home on bed rest has been less than thrilling, but we are working through it all and I am sure after a week of it, it will flow easily. I feel badly for Hubs working all day, then coming home and making dinner, doing dishes, and getting food ready for the next day. He seems happy though- I secretly think it makes him happy to take care of me and little Maddox. I am not necessarily bored yet, but anticipate that in a matter of weeks that could set in.
I have also determined, that for me at least, bed rest has not been restful. I was put on bed rest on Tuesday. Wednesday, I had to go for an ultrasound and Friday I had a doctors appointment. Then of course with my swirling mind of thoughts...I am going to refocus my energy this weekend though and hopefully start the next week in a better state of mind.
To top everything off my friends...I still have an itchy undiagnosed rash. I will be seeing the dermatologist though, so stay tuned.
Well here I am, 33 weeks pregnant and sentenced to bed rest. When I went into the office for an "emergency visit" for a rash I had developed on my hands/feet/legs/arms, I left with absolutely no diagnosis for the rash, but determination that I now had high blood pressure and was experiencing contractions. My blood pressure was 150/100 as of that day and my feet and hands were/are nicely swollen. Dr H said to me, "So you are having some swelling.", I said "No, not really right now." He then said that I was and pushed in on my cankle for me to see. Opps.
That day, I was honestly in shock. Complete bed rest... that was never something I envisioned for the pregnancy. I will do whatever is necessary to keep Maddox and myself healthy, but it is a huge adjustment on so many levels. I take care of a majority of things within our household, because I like to. It is a big change for me to not do laundry, wash dishes, make my hubby dinner, even just get the mail! Hubs is amazing though. He has certainly stepped up to the plate, even taking the opportunity to rearrange a few things to ways he likes them! He brings me a cooler in the morning filled with food and drinks to keep me supplied for the day while he is at work. He calls during the day to check in on me too, which I think is sweet. I have stopped calling him because I don't want him to think that something is wrong every time he sees my name come up on the phone.
I spoke with Dr H as well about still working on bed rest. He supports that, as long as I "listen to my body" and remain free of stress. When you factor in the high blood pressure, the elevated heart rate, and the "real" contractions, I run the risk of Maddox not going full term. I need to keep him cooking in my belly for as long as possible!!
A wonderful friend of mine did point out to me that she was born 7 weeks early and she turned out ok :-) I truly needed to hear that! Sometimes people say the right things at just the right times.
So at this point, I am at an overwhelmed stage of preparing for 7 weeks of bed rest. I worry foremost about the baby. Trying to work out working from home on bed rest has been less than thrilling, but we are working through it all and I am sure after a week of it, it will flow easily. I feel badly for Hubs working all day, then coming home and making dinner, doing dishes, and getting food ready for the next day. He seems happy though- I secretly think it makes him happy to take care of me and little Maddox. I am not necessarily bored yet, but anticipate that in a matter of weeks that could set in.
I have also determined, that for me at least, bed rest has not been restful. I was put on bed rest on Tuesday. Wednesday, I had to go for an ultrasound and Friday I had a doctors appointment. Then of course with my swirling mind of thoughts...I am going to refocus my energy this weekend though and hopefully start the next week in a better state of mind.
To top everything off my friends...I still have an itchy undiagnosed rash. I will be seeing the dermatologist though, so stay tuned.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Falling behind again
As you can see, I am in dire need of updating the blog. I still want to do my secondary post on my life as a green eyed monster and of course lots of baby stuff, including my apparent inability to understand sizes of clothes.
This is Valentines Day weekend. I am making Hubs a yummy Valentines Day dinner: steak, baked potatoes, and asparagus. Also, making some cupcakes for him- he loves cupcakes.
I would also like to point out that it is snowing for the third weekend in a row! I called my uncle this morning to whine about the snow and he also pointed out that not only has it been snowing, but it has also been SO cold!! So true!!
I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day! We truly are not big Valentine's Day celebrators, but it is nice to have a day dedicated to love. Also, Happy Anniversary to Pooh Bear and her Love Bear :-)
This is Valentines Day weekend. I am making Hubs a yummy Valentines Day dinner: steak, baked potatoes, and asparagus. Also, making some cupcakes for him- he loves cupcakes.
I would also like to point out that it is snowing for the third weekend in a row! I called my uncle this morning to whine about the snow and he also pointed out that not only has it been snowing, but it has also been SO cold!! So true!!
I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day! We truly are not big Valentine's Day celebrators, but it is nice to have a day dedicated to love. Also, Happy Anniversary to Pooh Bear and her Love Bear :-)
Friday, February 5, 2010
My thoughts of the week
I have had a lot on my mind this week. When that happens, I tend to find even more things to think about, which then leaves me feeling a bit overwhelmed. I am just like my grandmother as many would say. I will share a few of my thoughts with you today.
1. Will I be a good mother? This was a tough one for me for a few days this week. I guess I can say it was probably tough for the Hubs too, since he had to reassure me repeatedly. I truly felt overcome with a hopeless and I guess I will say worthless feeling. It was porbbaly just a hormonal issue, but at any rate I really began to question if I was even capable of taking care of baby. What if I cannot soothe him? What if I just don't know what to do? As I have said before, "What if" is not a way to live your life. The truth is I believe that I will be a great mother. I have had wonderful role models in my life and as I have said before as well, I believe being a mother is what I am meant to do in life. Thankfully, I appear to have moved on at this point from that fear.
2. Having additional children: We had difficulty getting pregnant with our precious little miracle. It was an extremely emotional, long, and expensive process. We remain undecided on whether we will ever put ourselves through it again. I am convinced that the fertility medicines "messed with" with my brain a bit. (Or could just be age or baby brain too) I had many questions running through my head, so at my prenatal appointment this week, I spoke with the office about them. Like, CAN we get pregnant on our own? They believe that we can and there is no reason that we would not want to try that way to begin with. Also, we know the gluten trick now too :-) They believe that I should use birth control after the baby is born, which we had decided we would never use birth control again. I guess we need to reconsider this. There are health risks to getting pregnant within the first 18 months after giving birth apparently. DO NOT get me wrong: we would not be TRYING to get pregnant, but it just seemed as though after all the heartache we had gone through getting pregnant, that it would be odd to prevent a pregnancy from happening.
3. New thought that just entered my head: Hubs would hate that I discuss things on this blog. Perhaps I should keep that in mind sometimes.
4. My green eyed monster mentality: I am ALWAYS looking at other people's lives...how come they have this, how come they can do this, what are we doing wrong. Even though I have all I need in life: a loving husband who is my best friend, a beautiful baby on the way, and amazing family, and friends that mean the world to us, I still end up envious of others. A wise woman in my life has been experiencing the same emotions and gained some great perspective this week. She was gracious enough to share it with me as well. I hope that I have overcome and will continue to work on my green eyed monster syndrome. Tune in for my next post for more on my life as a green eyed monster.
5. TAXES---I hate doing them, but they have to get done. That is on my agenda for this weekend.
6. My heart: I am still anxious about what may or may not be wrong with my heart. I do believe though at this point, that my racing heartbeat is heavily connected to stress AND my constant battle with dehydration. Since my prenatal this week, I have been working hard to push fluids and I have noticed a difference in the pounding feeling in my chest. I am still very much so out of breath all day long, but it does not feel like a band is playing on top of my chest!
That's a summary of a majority of my thoughts for the week. All I can say is how lucky I am to have such a great husband who listens to my ramblings and reassures me about everything. We make such an amazing team. If I do say so myself, Maddox is going to be lucky to have us.
Goodnight :-)
1. Will I be a good mother? This was a tough one for me for a few days this week. I guess I can say it was probably tough for the Hubs too, since he had to reassure me repeatedly. I truly felt overcome with a hopeless and I guess I will say worthless feeling. It was porbbaly just a hormonal issue, but at any rate I really began to question if I was even capable of taking care of baby. What if I cannot soothe him? What if I just don't know what to do? As I have said before, "What if" is not a way to live your life. The truth is I believe that I will be a great mother. I have had wonderful role models in my life and as I have said before as well, I believe being a mother is what I am meant to do in life. Thankfully, I appear to have moved on at this point from that fear.
2. Having additional children: We had difficulty getting pregnant with our precious little miracle. It was an extremely emotional, long, and expensive process. We remain undecided on whether we will ever put ourselves through it again. I am convinced that the fertility medicines "messed with" with my brain a bit. (Or could just be age or baby brain too) I had many questions running through my head, so at my prenatal appointment this week, I spoke with the office about them. Like, CAN we get pregnant on our own? They believe that we can and there is no reason that we would not want to try that way to begin with. Also, we know the gluten trick now too :-) They believe that I should use birth control after the baby is born, which we had decided we would never use birth control again. I guess we need to reconsider this. There are health risks to getting pregnant within the first 18 months after giving birth apparently. DO NOT get me wrong: we would not be TRYING to get pregnant, but it just seemed as though after all the heartache we had gone through getting pregnant, that it would be odd to prevent a pregnancy from happening.
3. New thought that just entered my head: Hubs would hate that I discuss things on this blog. Perhaps I should keep that in mind sometimes.
4. My green eyed monster mentality: I am ALWAYS looking at other people's lives...how come they have this, how come they can do this, what are we doing wrong. Even though I have all I need in life: a loving husband who is my best friend, a beautiful baby on the way, and amazing family, and friends that mean the world to us, I still end up envious of others. A wise woman in my life has been experiencing the same emotions and gained some great perspective this week. She was gracious enough to share it with me as well. I hope that I have overcome and will continue to work on my green eyed monster syndrome. Tune in for my next post for more on my life as a green eyed monster.
5. TAXES---I hate doing them, but they have to get done. That is on my agenda for this weekend.
6. My heart: I am still anxious about what may or may not be wrong with my heart. I do believe though at this point, that my racing heartbeat is heavily connected to stress AND my constant battle with dehydration. Since my prenatal this week, I have been working hard to push fluids and I have noticed a difference in the pounding feeling in my chest. I am still very much so out of breath all day long, but it does not feel like a band is playing on top of my chest!
That's a summary of a majority of my thoughts for the week. All I can say is how lucky I am to have such a great husband who listens to my ramblings and reassures me about everything. We make such an amazing team. If I do say so myself, Maddox is going to be lucky to have us.
Goodnight :-)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The Value of Parenting Class
We attended Parenting class last night at Chesapeake General Hospital. We were really impressed with the material that was covered. Many of the things that were on our mind, which may seem minor, were covered. For example, they went over the care of the umbilical cord and the treatment after the circumcision procedure.
First, a local pediatrician spoke with us covering so many things. He spoke a lot about breastfeeding and really provided me with my first "a-ha moment" in regards to breastfeeding. I do harbor a lot of worry about it, but feel a little more relaxed hearing the more medical side of how your milk comes in, hormones required for it to come in, etc...
Once he was done, the session was passed to one of the nursery room RNs, who herself is 39 weeks pregnant! She was also very interesting to talk to. She covered care for the newborn when you get home, including bathing, swaddling, and diaper changing. One great thing about her too, was that she was close to our ages and had a lot of first hand experience as a mother to offer us.
This Saturday we have our Relaxation and breathing class. I know it is necessary, but I just feel like I am going to feel weird down on the floor in front of a room of people, breathing...
First, a local pediatrician spoke with us covering so many things. He spoke a lot about breastfeeding and really provided me with my first "a-ha moment" in regards to breastfeeding. I do harbor a lot of worry about it, but feel a little more relaxed hearing the more medical side of how your milk comes in, hormones required for it to come in, etc...
Once he was done, the session was passed to one of the nursery room RNs, who herself is 39 weeks pregnant! She was also very interesting to talk to. She covered care for the newborn when you get home, including bathing, swaddling, and diaper changing. One great thing about her too, was that she was close to our ages and had a lot of first hand experience as a mother to offer us.
This Saturday we have our Relaxation and breathing class. I know it is necessary, but I just feel like I am going to feel weird down on the floor in front of a room of people, breathing...
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