Sitting in the Easter service yesterday, I sneezed and then immediately grabbed my stomach because that sneeze felt like it pulled every muscle I had in my lower abdomen. All day, my abdomen did not feel normal. It hurt to stand up because it felt like gravity was pulling extra hard on my muscles and ligaments. As of two days ago, I can no longer lay on my right side either. I can still lay on my back, but with my legs bent and open as if I'm about to give birth. Oh yeah, and with a pillow under each knee.
Today, the soreness in my stomach has gone away, but now I'm starving!!! So, did the little guy go through a growth spurt or something? I forgot to mention that the last two days I have been very emotional. I broke out in tears 3 times, for silly reasons. My reasons were mainly frustration with something that annoyed me. I'm blaming it all on hormones!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
This time it's long legs
I'm officially 19 1/2 weeks, but I'm measuring 21 weeks. The trend is that I've continued to measure a week and a half ahead. I'm hoping that means the baby will come in July.
During the ultrasound the baby was laying down with his legs bent back up over his head. His legs were long enough to go back up over his head! He is weighing in at 14 oz, just 2 oz shy of a pound. He is still in the 97th percentile. No complications and everything looks perfect!
As for me, I'm feeling great now that I got a maternity support belt. I was having bad lower back pain and sciatic nerve pain on my left hip. My sciatic nerve isn't completely normal, but it's much better with the $15 belt. I just wear it underneath my clothes on a daily basis.
I don't really have any food cravings. I did eat my first steak a few weeks ago. I hadn't had a big hunk of meat my whole pregnancy up until about week 18. I still have yet to gobble up a chicken breast. Chicken sounds blah to me. I have been addicted to sushi made with shrimp. Once I realized I can still eat that kind of sushi, I've been buying it about 3 times a week at Reasors.
I feel completely fine.....good enough that I forget I'm pregnant sometimes. I was having a conversation with a friend about the lake and a boat this summer. I told them we need to take their boat out a lot. Then, after a few more sentences, I said, "Wait, NEVERMIND, I totally forgot I'm pregnant and that I'll be huge this summer. I'm not going to be in a swimsuit in public!" Don't get me wrong, if I look in the mirror right now, I'm reminded that I'm pregnant, but if I'm not looking down at my belly, then I forget sometimes! By the way, my belly button hasn't popped out. It just not as deep.
I've been registering for things online as I think of them. I created a registry at Babies R Us and have registered for items like fragrance free baby lotions, diaper rash cream, wipes and then a diaper bag and a play mat toy. I'm finding it less stressful to register for things as I think of them, although there are many items that I need to see in person before I register for them. I can't wait to go register for everything. I have a feeling it'll be a long few hours to make it through the whole store and register for everything!
The baby room is starting to be a collection of random items that we've already purchased. We even have the paint, but Ryan hasn't had time to paint it yet. It's going to be navy blue on the bottom and cream on the top half. There's a chair rail that goes across the middle of the wall that will remain white to match the trim.
My most recent concern is preparing Chief for a new baby. I read in a magazine to play a cd that has baby sounds on it and to also start playing the music that are on some of the baby toys we have. I also might get a cheap baby doll and pretend with that...this is all at the front of my mind due to the recent dog attack we experienced and the other dog owners claim it's because they just had a baby and their dogs are angry. Chief goes in for stitches on Thursday, after any infection he might have, is gone out of his bite wound. It was hard for me to handle his painful accident, the vet emergency hospital, and the blood. Someday our little hellion boy will get in to the same trouble and I'll have to deal with it. I just imagine what Carol Jo had to go through with Ryan and his mischief.
During the ultrasound the baby was laying down with his legs bent back up over his head. His legs were long enough to go back up over his head! He is weighing in at 14 oz, just 2 oz shy of a pound. He is still in the 97th percentile. No complications and everything looks perfect!
As for me, I'm feeling great now that I got a maternity support belt. I was having bad lower back pain and sciatic nerve pain on my left hip. My sciatic nerve isn't completely normal, but it's much better with the $15 belt. I just wear it underneath my clothes on a daily basis.
I don't really have any food cravings. I did eat my first steak a few weeks ago. I hadn't had a big hunk of meat my whole pregnancy up until about week 18. I still have yet to gobble up a chicken breast. Chicken sounds blah to me. I have been addicted to sushi made with shrimp. Once I realized I can still eat that kind of sushi, I've been buying it about 3 times a week at Reasors.
I feel completely fine.....good enough that I forget I'm pregnant sometimes. I was having a conversation with a friend about the lake and a boat this summer. I told them we need to take their boat out a lot. Then, after a few more sentences, I said, "Wait, NEVERMIND, I totally forgot I'm pregnant and that I'll be huge this summer. I'm not going to be in a swimsuit in public!" Don't get me wrong, if I look in the mirror right now, I'm reminded that I'm pregnant, but if I'm not looking down at my belly, then I forget sometimes! By the way, my belly button hasn't popped out. It just not as deep.
I've been registering for things online as I think of them. I created a registry at Babies R Us and have registered for items like fragrance free baby lotions, diaper rash cream, wipes and then a diaper bag and a play mat toy. I'm finding it less stressful to register for things as I think of them, although there are many items that I need to see in person before I register for them. I can't wait to go register for everything. I have a feeling it'll be a long few hours to make it through the whole store and register for everything!
The baby room is starting to be a collection of random items that we've already purchased. We even have the paint, but Ryan hasn't had time to paint it yet. It's going to be navy blue on the bottom and cream on the top half. There's a chair rail that goes across the middle of the wall that will remain white to match the trim.
My most recent concern is preparing Chief for a new baby. I read in a magazine to play a cd that has baby sounds on it and to also start playing the music that are on some of the baby toys we have. I also might get a cheap baby doll and pretend with that...this is all at the front of my mind due to the recent dog attack we experienced and the other dog owners claim it's because they just had a baby and their dogs are angry. Chief goes in for stitches on Thursday, after any infection he might have, is gone out of his bite wound. It was hard for me to handle his painful accident, the vet emergency hospital, and the blood. Someday our little hellion boy will get in to the same trouble and I'll have to deal with it. I just imagine what Carol Jo had to go through with Ryan and his mischief.
Monday, March 10, 2008
He didn't like that!
Ryan brought home a doppler from work that is strong enough to hear our baby's heartbeat. Last night I slept all through the night. Well I only went to the bathroom once, where as I usually go about 3 times. So, this morning, I thought I'd use the doppler just to make sure everything is okay. Don't worry, I'm not obsessed with using it every day.
Remember in my last post that I said the baby is pushed very far forward and there is just my layer of fat between the baby and the outside world....Well, in addition to that discomfort, the doppler has a point on the end. It's not flat like the kind you see in the doctor's office. It's more like an over-sized pen, a jumbo pen. So, imagine, a baby that's very close to the front of my stomach, with a pointed thing pushing down on him, well, he didn't like that. He either kicked or punched, the doppler and made the doppler raise up off my stomach! I watched my stomach move and the doppler move and I didn't do it! It was crazy!! So, needless to say, I got my fulfillment that he is okay.
I think I slept all through the night because I was very active on Sunday. Ryan and I took Chief on a "puppy walk," which included a swim in the neighborhood pond, for Chief, of course. I also de-weeded part of my flower bed, bought the baby room paint, shopped for flip flops, had Bible Study small group and then went to Ryan's grandma's. It was a full day. Oh yeah, and Ryan finished putting the rest of the new door knobs in the house. The "spring cleaning" has begun.
Remember in my last post that I said the baby is pushed very far forward and there is just my layer of fat between the baby and the outside world....Well, in addition to that discomfort, the doppler has a point on the end. It's not flat like the kind you see in the doctor's office. It's more like an over-sized pen, a jumbo pen. So, imagine, a baby that's very close to the front of my stomach, with a pointed thing pushing down on him, well, he didn't like that. He either kicked or punched, the doppler and made the doppler raise up off my stomach! I watched my stomach move and the doppler move and I didn't do it! It was crazy!! So, needless to say, I got my fulfillment that he is okay.
I think I slept all through the night because I was very active on Sunday. Ryan and I took Chief on a "puppy walk," which included a swim in the neighborhood pond, for Chief, of course. I also de-weeded part of my flower bed, bought the baby room paint, shopped for flip flops, had Bible Study small group and then went to Ryan's grandma's. It was a full day. Oh yeah, and Ryan finished putting the rest of the new door knobs in the house. The "spring cleaning" has begun.
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