June 30, 2014
At 14.5 weeks, I was really hoping my morning sickness would go away. But it's not gone yet. Though I can mostly manage it, and have my pills to take when needed, it's still there and being troublesome. Yesterday was the first day in a LONG time that it stayed away most of the day, so maybe there is some hope that I will come out of it, but today it's back to normal and I even had to throw up in my trash at work. On the bright side, I was actually able to EAT something after that, though I was only craving Wendy's fries and KETCUP, so that's what I had. Oh so good...
Anyway, it sounds like baby is doing well, and people have assured me that, even if I don't get over being sick (it is possible), no matter what I eat, baby is likely to be okay. I hope so. I'm trying to do what I can but it's not very easy to pull off. Instead I'd rather eat a box of Kraft Mac & Cheese and a bunch of French fries slathered in ketchup. Or a good portion of Chocolate Fudge Brownie from Ben and Jerry's. I can at least portion control to a degree.
On a rough note, Mike and I aren't getting along super great. I'm a little touchy and he gets angry at me when I get upset with him. I don't blame him, but I think he forgets that it's hard to me to stop myself sometimes. Hormones are mean, and make me mean a little bit sometimes. He is doing so much work outside and disappointed that I am not helping much, but he doesn't seem to realize that I'm still doing as much work as I usually do with both my jobs ON TOP of feeling crappy most of the time. Oh well, hopefully I can check my irritability when it spills over onto him.
Hoping the morning sickness takes a hike by the end of the week. Dr. Lown said it should, but oh man, I'm not sure....
Monday, June 30, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Heartbeat!
June 24, 2014
Mike and I went to see Dr. Lown today and he was able to let us hear the heartbeat. He said everything is as it should be at this point, from the limited amount of info we know, but I'm excited. I just told my boss, and a few other people here at work, so that's fun. I also called Aunt Carol to cheer her up a bit and now I have to tell Grandma and Grandpa too. If Rob wasn't hassling me today, I'd get NOTHING done today I'm sure ;) Anyway, I'm super happy and I have to say God is good! So excited!
In other news, the world now knows about baby. I've got a few more people to call but it's on facebook so close enough ;) Here's our announcement to the world:
"So... guess what!!!"
Mike and I went to see Dr. Lown today and he was able to let us hear the heartbeat. He said everything is as it should be at this point, from the limited amount of info we know, but I'm excited. I just told my boss, and a few other people here at work, so that's fun. I also called Aunt Carol to cheer her up a bit and now I have to tell Grandma and Grandpa too. If Rob wasn't hassling me today, I'd get NOTHING done today I'm sure ;) Anyway, I'm super happy and I have to say God is good! So excited!
In other news, the world now knows about baby. I've got a few more people to call but it's on facebook so close enough ;) Here's our announcement to the world:
"So... guess what!!!"
Thursday, June 19, 2014
A Weekday in My Pregnant Life
6:31am - Alarm goes off... Oh jeez, no.... NOOOOOOoooooo.... *crying*
6:36am - Attempt to eat something before my stomach rebels.
6:45am - Shower
6:47am - Get out of shower to vomit in toilet.
6:48am - Resume shower.
7:05am - Lotion on widening parts, get partially dressed, moan multiple times.
7:14am - Perk up enough to finish hair/make-up, brush teeth.
7:25am - Feeling crappy again, get dressed SLOWLY but not too slowly because time is running out...
7:32am - "Oh wow, I'm going to make it to work ON TIME today!"
7:33am - Packing multiple snacks and potential lunch items.
7:34am - Puking or drying heaving in the sink, "nope, not going to make it..." Brush teeth, again.
8:04am - Arrive slightly late to work, thankfully no one notices.
8:07am - Moan and catch up on facebook because getting out of my chair sounds like a task worth of Hercules.
9:13am - Begin actual work.
9:47am - Get irritated at coworker.
10:14am - Get irritated at Mike (repeat throughout the morning)
10:50am - Think about lunch, almost vomit but hold it back.
10:54am - Pee.
11:12am - Pee.
11:25am - Get all emotional and cry over cute dog or cat video on facebook that normally would have elicited little to no response otherwise.
11:35am - Pee.
11:59am - Decide on lunch, not the best choice, as usual.
12:20pm - Reading outside on the deck, feeling halfway decent.
12:40pm - Going for a walk, oh I feel the energy again!
12:56pm - Oh no, I'm... so... tired... (walking back to the building)
1:20pm - Half-hearted attempts to continue normal physical work.
1:50pm - Completed first task since lunch... so tired...
2:15pm - Mild resurgence of energy after coworker or Mike irritated me.
2:16pm - Bitch about said coworker or Mike to warehouse friends.
2:34pm - Pee.
2:56pm - Pee.
3:00pm - Hit the wall... do not get up from chair for as long as possible.
3:19pm - Attempt to work again.
3:42pm - Pee.
4:10pm - Last possible photo of the day taken. I just can't get up from my chair again...
4:17pm - Except to pee...
4:34pm - Pee.
4:45pm - Yay, putting all the photos into the system cuz it's time to go home, yay!
4:48pm - Coworker tells me he's ready to go, so I had better get going too, despite the fact that I'm supposed to stay til 5pm... rage hormones raging...
4:56pm - Walking out to my car... OMG! I need to pee AGAIN!!!!
5:20pm - Skip the store because even though we have only have some milk and one potato and nothing besides left in the fridge, I convince myself both Mike and I can survive on that for the night.
5:25pm - PEEEEEEEEeeeeee....!!!
5:31pm - Feed Pete with all remaining energy. Skip dishes, vacuuming (neglected for the past three weeks), and all other chores to sit on recliner for a few minutes. Maybe Mike will do it...? Hahahahahaa.... ahh... :P
5:32pm - Beg Mike to fix the potato for dinner.
5:40pm - Give up and effectively fix potato by myself.
5:58pm - Attempt to eat portion of potato, only succeed in eating about 3/4s of serving, not including skin. Add sour cream for protein ;)
6:04pm - Talk myself out of editing again because I just can't handle all that sitting and clicking and watching "Angel" and checking Facebook at the same time...
7:34pm - Try to talk to Mike, almost fall asleep. Watch TV or birds, watch Mike wander around the yard looking at plants and possibly disposing of another dead chipmunk.
8:56pm - Hip stretches before the alarm tells me to do them, yesssss!! I'm on the top of my game.
9:11pm - Prenatal vitamin, brush teeth, pour myself into bed... squirm in gladness for sleeping.
10:45pm - Still awake, reading the latest book on the list of 'to read's while I still have some semblance of free time in my life... ;)
11:44pm - Wake up to pee...
12:32am - Pete wakes me up to cuddle... get up to pee instead...
2:01am - Pee...
pee.... pee... Pete wakes me up and I have to peeeeeeee....
4:49am - Eat extremely stale oyster cracker so I don't have to get up to eat something more substantial...
6:31am - Alarm...
Generally speaking, this is my life nowadays. I may be exaggerating slightly... hehe. But hopefully this ends soon! I want my energy back, please?!?
6:36am - Attempt to eat something before my stomach rebels.
6:45am - Shower
6:47am - Get out of shower to vomit in toilet.
6:48am - Resume shower.
7:05am - Lotion on widening parts, get partially dressed, moan multiple times.
7:14am - Perk up enough to finish hair/make-up, brush teeth.
7:25am - Feeling crappy again, get dressed SLOWLY but not too slowly because time is running out...
7:32am - "Oh wow, I'm going to make it to work ON TIME today!"
7:33am - Packing multiple snacks and potential lunch items.
7:34am - Puking or drying heaving in the sink, "nope, not going to make it..." Brush teeth, again.
8:04am - Arrive slightly late to work, thankfully no one notices.
8:07am - Moan and catch up on facebook because getting out of my chair sounds like a task worth of Hercules.
9:13am - Begin actual work.
9:47am - Get irritated at coworker.
10:14am - Get irritated at Mike (repeat throughout the morning)
10:50am - Think about lunch, almost vomit but hold it back.
10:54am - Pee.
11:12am - Pee.
11:25am - Get all emotional and cry over cute dog or cat video on facebook that normally would have elicited little to no response otherwise.
11:35am - Pee.
11:59am - Decide on lunch, not the best choice, as usual.
12:20pm - Reading outside on the deck, feeling halfway decent.
12:40pm - Going for a walk, oh I feel the energy again!
12:56pm - Oh no, I'm... so... tired... (walking back to the building)
1:20pm - Half-hearted attempts to continue normal physical work.
1:50pm - Completed first task since lunch... so tired...
2:15pm - Mild resurgence of energy after coworker or Mike irritated me.
2:16pm - Bitch about said coworker or Mike to warehouse friends.
2:34pm - Pee.
2:56pm - Pee.
3:00pm - Hit the wall... do not get up from chair for as long as possible.
3:19pm - Attempt to work again.
3:42pm - Pee.
4:10pm - Last possible photo of the day taken. I just can't get up from my chair again...
4:17pm - Except to pee...
4:34pm - Pee.
4:45pm - Yay, putting all the photos into the system cuz it's time to go home, yay!
4:48pm - Coworker tells me he's ready to go, so I had better get going too, despite the fact that I'm supposed to stay til 5pm... rage hormones raging...
4:56pm - Walking out to my car... OMG! I need to pee AGAIN!!!!
5:20pm - Skip the store because even though we have only have some milk and one potato and nothing besides left in the fridge, I convince myself both Mike and I can survive on that for the night.
5:25pm - PEEEEEEEEeeeeee....!!!
5:31pm - Feed Pete with all remaining energy. Skip dishes, vacuuming (neglected for the past three weeks), and all other chores to sit on recliner for a few minutes. Maybe Mike will do it...? Hahahahahaa.... ahh... :P
5:32pm - Beg Mike to fix the potato for dinner.
5:40pm - Give up and effectively fix potato by myself.
5:58pm - Attempt to eat portion of potato, only succeed in eating about 3/4s of serving, not including skin. Add sour cream for protein ;)
6:04pm - Talk myself out of editing again because I just can't handle all that sitting and clicking and watching "Angel" and checking Facebook at the same time...
7:34pm - Try to talk to Mike, almost fall asleep. Watch TV or birds, watch Mike wander around the yard looking at plants and possibly disposing of another dead chipmunk.
8:56pm - Hip stretches before the alarm tells me to do them, yesssss!! I'm on the top of my game.
9:11pm - Prenatal vitamin, brush teeth, pour myself into bed... squirm in gladness for sleeping.
10:45pm - Still awake, reading the latest book on the list of 'to read's while I still have some semblance of free time in my life... ;)
11:44pm - Wake up to pee...
12:32am - Pete wakes me up to cuddle... get up to pee instead...
2:01am - Pee...
pee.... pee... Pete wakes me up and I have to peeeeeeee....
4:49am - Eat extremely stale oyster cracker so I don't have to get up to eat something more substantial...
6:31am - Alarm...
Generally speaking, this is my life nowadays. I may be exaggerating slightly... hehe. But hopefully this ends soon! I want my energy back, please?!?
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Baby's First Concert
June 17, 2014
Yesterday, though feeling nauseous almost caused me to cancel, I attended what would be baby's first concert! Hopefully baby is a girl, because a boy might be embarrassed at mom's attendance at a boy band concert. Sorry either way, baby, because Mom has seen the Backstreet Boys five times now (once in middle school, once in high school, in Chicago while in college, and with NKOTB a few years back in GR) and will definitely plan on doing it again someday if the opportunity presents. I went with Ica, her sister, Jennie, and Jennie's friend, Amanda. We had lawn seats at DTE. I was worried that would be super uncomfortable, especially for me but it was actually pretty great!
Avril LaVigne, who is about our age now ("Sk8er Boi," what?!), opened for them. Thankfully she played mostly her older stuff that the audience could relate too. Though I'm not much of a fan anymore, it was fun. We enjoyed waiting for the main event to start and they played ALL the good old stuff and few new songs from "In a World Like This". We screamed and jumped and went a little deaf ;) Ica and I were really singing our hearts out, I think we impressed Jennie and Amanda with our skills ;)
I saw lots of preggers there with me! They were much more obvious than me! A great time, hopefully it wasn't TOO bouncy and noisy for my little one ;)
Yesterday, though feeling nauseous almost caused me to cancel, I attended what would be baby's first concert! Hopefully baby is a girl, because a boy might be embarrassed at mom's attendance at a boy band concert. Sorry either way, baby, because Mom has seen the Backstreet Boys five times now (once in middle school, once in high school, in Chicago while in college, and with NKOTB a few years back in GR) and will definitely plan on doing it again someday if the opportunity presents. I went with Ica, her sister, Jennie, and Jennie's friend, Amanda. We had lawn seats at DTE. I was worried that would be super uncomfortable, especially for me but it was actually pretty great!
Avril LaVigne, who is about our age now ("Sk8er Boi," what?!), opened for them. Thankfully she played mostly her older stuff that the audience could relate too. Though I'm not much of a fan anymore, it was fun. We enjoyed waiting for the main event to start and they played ALL the good old stuff and few new songs from "In a World Like This". We screamed and jumped and went a little deaf ;) Ica and I were really singing our hearts out, I think we impressed Jennie and Amanda with our skills ;)
I saw lots of preggers there with me! They were much more obvious than me! A great time, hopefully it wasn't TOO bouncy and noisy for my little one ;)
 |
| ^My sort of bump. Most of this belly is bloaty-ness. There's something coming soon though, I think! |
 |
| ^Singing "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (I'm pretty sure that's what it was!) |
 |
| ^Oan |
Monday, June 9, 2014
Happy Anniversary and Baby's Birth Day!
June 8, 2014
Yesterday was Mike and my anniversary. We started celebrating by deciding not to get up until after 9am. Got a text from Oole wishing me a happy anniversary and right after, she called. It was sort of early for her and I thought that was weird but she told me she was working on an anniversary present. What might that be? Her BABY was deciding to come early! She was not due until June 28, so that's a good 20 days early but she started having labor pains around midnight the night before and the doctor told her to come in. Sure enough, her water broke at the hospital and it was time to get the show on the road.
She was doing well when I talked to her, nothing too crazy, no dilation yet and just a few contractions. I was promised that Andy would keep me updated throughout the day, which he kindly did. By 7:24pm, little Olivia Jean was here! She's pretty good looking so far! Looks like we'll have to move her newborn session up a few weeks, since she decided to come stay with us so early.
Since I've got so much editing to catch up on, I'm going to try to sneak out of work here a little early today so I can go meet her at the hospital tonight. I sure hope Gary says it's okay cuz I'm very excited. Yay! Here she is, a shot Andy posted of the little thing:
She looks a little like her big brother, I think :)
Oh and we also had a good anniversary! Won't ever forget little Olivia's birthday after her picking that particular day to show up!
Yesterday was Mike and my anniversary. We started celebrating by deciding not to get up until after 9am. Got a text from Oole wishing me a happy anniversary and right after, she called. It was sort of early for her and I thought that was weird but she told me she was working on an anniversary present. What might that be? Her BABY was deciding to come early! She was not due until June 28, so that's a good 20 days early but she started having labor pains around midnight the night before and the doctor told her to come in. Sure enough, her water broke at the hospital and it was time to get the show on the road.
She was doing well when I talked to her, nothing too crazy, no dilation yet and just a few contractions. I was promised that Andy would keep me updated throughout the day, which he kindly did. By 7:24pm, little Olivia Jean was here! She's pretty good looking so far! Looks like we'll have to move her newborn session up a few weeks, since she decided to come stay with us so early.
Since I've got so much editing to catch up on, I'm going to try to sneak out of work here a little early today so I can go meet her at the hospital tonight. I sure hope Gary says it's okay cuz I'm very excited. Yay! Here she is, a shot Andy posted of the little thing:
She looks a little like her big brother, I think :)
Oh and we also had a good anniversary! Won't ever forget little Olivia's birthday after her picking that particular day to show up!
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Dear Baby: Part Six
June 3, 2014
Dear Baby
Well, you're 10.5 weeks old in there today. I'll be honest, I'm surprised how even-keel my worries have been thus far, but I did get a little worried last night. It was a bad day, feeling really nauseous and unable to eat dinner (spaghetti, which I usually enjoy, even with baby belly barfiness), so maybe I was just a little low, but I was having some pains and I was worried that maybe you weren't doing so hot. I know we still haven't reached the safe zone, which I know is still not a guarantee but a point to feel better about, and even though I hadn't worried much yet, I was a little nervous. I said lots of prayers, because even though the pains weren't bad, they were a little different than usual. Luckily, they were pretty much all gone by morning, and I read on WhatToExpect.com that you are stretching out my insides quite a bit this week, so I felt better and I'm not too worried anymore. Aunt Oole said something similar happened to her, so even better.
On another note, I've been more queasy than usual it seems. Not sure why, although it is supposed to be a good sign, even if I don't like it! Anyway, thankfully Dr. Lown gave me that prescription for Zofran. Though I really don't like taking medications often, which is why I tried to fight through the barfy feeling yesterday, sometimes it's good to have. I have been tired but much better feeling today, and I'm grateful. I'm really looking forward to the natural energy boost and relief from queasiness that SHOULD be coming soon. Fingers are crossed that you are cool with this!
Stay in there and stay safe and healthy. Only three more weeks (God willing!) till we get to hear your heartbeat at the doctor's office!
MOM!
Dear Baby
Well, you're 10.5 weeks old in there today. I'll be honest, I'm surprised how even-keel my worries have been thus far, but I did get a little worried last night. It was a bad day, feeling really nauseous and unable to eat dinner (spaghetti, which I usually enjoy, even with baby belly barfiness), so maybe I was just a little low, but I was having some pains and I was worried that maybe you weren't doing so hot. I know we still haven't reached the safe zone, which I know is still not a guarantee but a point to feel better about, and even though I hadn't worried much yet, I was a little nervous. I said lots of prayers, because even though the pains weren't bad, they were a little different than usual. Luckily, they were pretty much all gone by morning, and I read on WhatToExpect.com that you are stretching out my insides quite a bit this week, so I felt better and I'm not too worried anymore. Aunt Oole said something similar happened to her, so even better.
On another note, I've been more queasy than usual it seems. Not sure why, although it is supposed to be a good sign, even if I don't like it! Anyway, thankfully Dr. Lown gave me that prescription for Zofran. Though I really don't like taking medications often, which is why I tried to fight through the barfy feeling yesterday, sometimes it's good to have. I have been tired but much better feeling today, and I'm grateful. I'm really looking forward to the natural energy boost and relief from queasiness that SHOULD be coming soon. Fingers are crossed that you are cool with this!
Stay in there and stay safe and healthy. Only three more weeks (God willing!) till we get to hear your heartbeat at the doctor's office!
MOM!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)