Thursday started as a very normal day at my house but ended quite the opposite!! Before Scott left for work I told him I was having more contractions than normal but I have been contracting since 13 weeks so this is pretty old news for him. I ran the errands that I needed to in the morning and came home around lunch time to decorate and clean the house! It was about 2:30 when I noticed that I was having contractions pretty close together! I started to time them and they were about 5 minutes apart. So I called my mom and asked her when I was supposed to call the dr! She told me I wasn't in labor but to call if they got closer! A little more movement and they were down to 4 mins apart! I called the dr office and said "I know I'm not in labor right now but I am 34 weeks and contracting a lot when do you want me to come in? She told me to come to the office and have An NST just in case! So Siena and I loaded up the car and off we went! The NST showed that I was contracting about every 3-4 minutes! She sent the strip to the doc and he wanted me to come get checked at the hospital and be monitored a little longer! I walked over to scoffs office told him the crazy story and we were off to labor and delivery! Once there they started monitoring me and my contractions had then moved to 2 mins apart! They checked me and I wasn't making cervical change (thank heavens) so they gave me some pills to stop the contractions and told me to slow down until 36 weeks! I will be 36 weeks on the 15th and I think might go for a run that day;). I am so eager for this little one to arrive but she needs to wait a little longer!
While pregnant with Siena the 3rd trimester was my easiest but this time I am not feeling so great! I have the worst pain in my butt every time I try and move! It is quite debilitating and the by the time I sit for three hours at church I can hardly move the rest of the day! I am also at a point where everything I eat makes me sick... Not sick enough to throw up just enough to feel gross! The list of foods I can eat are so slim at this point that I'm going through two loaves of bread a week! Thank heavens for coke! I don't know what I would do to get through the day if I didnt have 3 cans of coke!! I also am slightly addicted to tums! I sometimes get heartburn when I think of eating! Siena gets jealous every time I pop three tums and wants candy! If only she knew that this was in fact the most disgusting candy mommy had ever eaten maybe she would change her mind!
I go in for an NST on Tuesday and a BPP on Wednesday plus I see the doctor that day! Hopefully things will stay uneventful until 36 weeks and then this little princess is welcome to come join our family! Until then I have a nursery to decorate, a bassinet to finish sewing, christmas to buy and prepare for, and a little one to spend every extra moment I can with before her life changes forever! Hope I can fit it all in!!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Hiccups
Siena is obsessed with the hiccups... We actually call them Mickey mouse hiccups and there is rarely a day that goes by that we don't have a pretend form of the hiccups! So I was pleased to feel Harlee have the hiccups for the first time this week! She has them ALOT! Her sister will be so excited when she comes out and has the hiccups. I'm getting so excited to have this little angel in our family.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
26 weeks
Ultrasound at 24w6d
Well, you would think that after 11 ultrasounds this pregnancy I would be able to tell what this is a picture of, but I can't. My mom pointed out the heart and head, but that's all I've got for you! I didn't get any good photos this time. Hope you can tell that this picture is in fact a healthy happy baby girl (because I sure can't)!!!
This appt was a much better appt that the past has been. He told me the previa is gone (YAY), and that I can travel this month (I already have two trips planned), but she is a little lower than she should be and he did the ultrasound to check my cervix. Because of all the placenta problems I have had this pregnancy they can't physically check me they have to see what they can through ultrasounds (it apparently has something to do with going through the placenta... who knows). So I have been having some pelvic pressure and a few times during contractions have felt like I needed to cross my legs to hold her inside of me. The ultrasound showed things were fine and that she is healthy!! I am so relieved!
I have been feeling pretty good! The vomiting is sparatic which is nice! I go back to the Dr. at 29 weeks which is perfect. I am realizing that now the holidays are upon us time is going to start flying by and I do have quite the list of things I need to finish before she arrives, but October will be spent with my family :)!!!
This appt was a much better appt that the past has been. He told me the previa is gone (YAY), and that I can travel this month (I already have two trips planned), but she is a little lower than she should be and he did the ultrasound to check my cervix. Because of all the placenta problems I have had this pregnancy they can't physically check me they have to see what they can through ultrasounds (it apparently has something to do with going through the placenta... who knows). So I have been having some pelvic pressure and a few times during contractions have felt like I needed to cross my legs to hold her inside of me. The ultrasound showed things were fine and that she is healthy!! I am so relieved!
I have been feeling pretty good! The vomiting is sparatic which is nice! I go back to the Dr. at 29 weeks which is perfect. I am realizing that now the holidays are upon us time is going to start flying by and I do have quite the list of things I need to finish before she arrives, but October will be spent with my family :)!!!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
I spoke too soon...
Shortly after I described the fact that I am not truly dieing... I passed a kidney stone. I seriously thought I was going to die! Women say they would rather have natural childbirth than pass a stone, I have not done that but after the 3 1/2 hours of pain I had last Thursday night I am certain I would rather do a lot of things than pass another stone. I laid on the bed, the floor, the chair, the bathroom floor, pretty much anywhere trying to find a position that would take the pain away but nothing worked. IT WAS AWFUL! I am on antibiotics now that have taken the UTI/Kidney Infection away and now I'm just dealing with the nausea and yeast infections associated with antibiotic use but I am finally starting to feel like myself again. I was able to have a normal functioning day yesterday!! I have decided that my pain tolerance can't be as low as we have assumed my whole life because most people end up in the ER with a kidney stone and I dealt with it at home! The thought of going to the ER for morphine crossed my mind numerous times during the battle though!! I am really just hoping that the 2nd trimester will end soon and the third trimester will bring some comfort!! With Siena I felt the best at the end of the pregnancy, so let's cross our fingers!! Please baby girl let me have some relief!!!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Let's clear something up here....
So a friend of mine pointed out that when I talk to you in person I down play my struggles with this pregnancy, but when I write on here it sounds as if I'm going die... i want to clarify now! I am seriously doing fine! Nausea sucks, but I'm only feeling nauseated part of the day now and I don't even throw up every day!! Thanks heavens for that! The contractions aren't uncomfortable at this point just surprising, and the bleeding scares me but is easy to deal with! I am truly doing fine! Do I feel the best I've ever felt in my life? NO but I dare say that if a pregnant woman tells you she is feeling better than ever, she's LYING!! I am really blue this pregnancy, but nothing that I can't deal with easily! All in all; I am alive, I am thrilled to be pregnant with another baby girl, and I feel decent! I am fine to go out with my husband and friends, happy to watch kids, love to clean my house, and I am finally starting the process of nesting!! Watch out house, you are about to get a total makeover from my pregnant little hands!!
I hope this clears up my venting from the past! I have struggled but I have certainly made it sound worse on here than it really is!! We are enjoying life and eager to welcome baby #2 to our home!!
I hope this clears up my venting from the past! I have struggled but I have certainly made it sound worse on here than it really is!! We are enjoying life and eager to welcome baby #2 to our home!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
17 weeks and counting
ultrasound at 15w4d (she gave me a picture of the face, I don't love it but it's all I've got!)
17 weeks
On the positive side of things I compared this picture to me at 18 weeks with Siena and it's almost the exact same, so I'm not getting humongous yet!! (I realize that yet is the key word)! I was anticipating growing much quicker this time, but it has not worked that way! I am officially 17w4d and had a Dr.'s appt today! I am pleased to announce that my vomiting has slowed down! I am now only throwing up about twice a day! This is heavenly compared to the constant I was feeling a few weeks ago! I have been bleeding on and off throughout this whole pregnancy, and I talked to my Dr. about that today. He explained to me that the reason is my placenta is growing too close to my cervix and the pressure is causing the bleeding! This is also known as placenta previa! There is a chance that it will go away still between now and delivery, and there is a chance that it will stay for the remainder of the pregnancy. From what I've read most likely if it stays I will start bleeding at some point in the third trimester and have an emergency c-section that day. Best case scenario if it stays is that I will have a beautiful routine scheduled c-section at 37 weeks!! Worst case scenario includes blood transfusions and possible hysterectomy, but I am choosing to completely ignore that as an even possible option!! I am just realizing that my body wants to insure that I will have another c-section!! (the thought of this makes me want to curl up in a ball and start crying already)!! I have an ultrasound scheduled for 2 weeks from today (and we will find out the gender!!!!) to look at my placenta again. If the placenta previa continues I will go on bed rest at some point!! Heaven help me and this pregnancy! I left the Dr. wanting to cry today! I really want more than 2 children but appt's like this and crap like placenta previa make me question that!!! Maybe I will just have to enjoy the two that I am going to get!! I am feeling really blue these days, and just can't wait for this pregnancy to be over!! WAY TOO MUCH STRESS!! I will update more as this horrible pregnancy continues, and maybe at some point my piece of crap body will start working like a normal woman's body should!! Until next time, I'm trying to remember the really bad chocolate cake is still good........
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Second trimester
I read an article this week about the beauties of the second trimester!! I think the author was out to get me! Reason #1 the second trimester is amazing according to her is no nausea!! If we are speaking in person about my nausea I smile and laugh about the fact that I still throw up at least 2-3 times a day! I really find no humor in this concept and think
Really nasty thoughts when people tell me they haven't thrown up once their whole pregnancy!! Reason # 2 according to her is beautiful skin! Maybe my body missed this memo because I have so many zits on my face I think I hit puberty again! #3 the return of energy! I guess she's counting barely being able to get out of bed as energy return! I'm still tired at 10:30am even if I got out of bed at 9!! And #4 apparently most people don't have to pee as much during these weeks! I have decided that their babies have decided to move up their abdomen a little and not use their bladders as a punching bag! Mine on the otherhand thinks my bladder is the perfect play thing! Now that I've complained for ten minutes I heard an analogy this week that works for me most days! This pregnancy for me is feeling like a price of chocolate cake that is not very good! It's hard and burnt but regardless it's still chocolate cake and always delicious! Thats how I feel this pregnancy has been so hard for me! My body feels like it's been taken over by aliens but in the end I'm still pregnant and that's amazing regardless of my circumstances!! I am thrilled to be carrying another baby! I just wish I could get some relief!
On good news though I had an ultrasound on Monday and baby looks good! Apparently my spotting is nothing! I am having some pretty intense pain that I'm going to talk to the dr about on august 8 but I think it's just round ligament pain! Other than that I am eager to know if it's a boy or girl and at this Monday ultrasound he/she wouldn't open it's legs! And my nausea has calmed a little and I have a new aid to help! Peppermint oil has saved my life!!
Really nasty thoughts when people tell me they haven't thrown up once their whole pregnancy!! Reason # 2 according to her is beautiful skin! Maybe my body missed this memo because I have so many zits on my face I think I hit puberty again! #3 the return of energy! I guess she's counting barely being able to get out of bed as energy return! I'm still tired at 10:30am even if I got out of bed at 9!! And #4 apparently most people don't have to pee as much during these weeks! I have decided that their babies have decided to move up their abdomen a little and not use their bladders as a punching bag! Mine on the otherhand thinks my bladder is the perfect play thing! Now that I've complained for ten minutes I heard an analogy this week that works for me most days! This pregnancy for me is feeling like a price of chocolate cake that is not very good! It's hard and burnt but regardless it's still chocolate cake and always delicious! Thats how I feel this pregnancy has been so hard for me! My body feels like it's been taken over by aliens but in the end I'm still pregnant and that's amazing regardless of my circumstances!! I am thrilled to be carrying another baby! I just wish I could get some relief!
On good news though I had an ultrasound on Monday and baby looks good! Apparently my spotting is nothing! I am having some pretty intense pain that I'm going to talk to the dr about on august 8 but I think it's just round ligament pain! Other than that I am eager to know if it's a boy or girl and at this Monday ultrasound he/she wouldn't open it's legs! And my nausea has calmed a little and I have a new aid to help! Peppermint oil has saved my life!!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Seriously...
I tell you this pregnancy is causing me serious anger!! I went to the bathroom at church today and had "the dreaded wipe" as I've heard it referred too, I'm spotting again, it's only when I wipe and it's a little bit of blood but that's about what it was when I went in for the tear in my placenta, I'm going to call the dr. In the morning but tonight I'm just feeling angry!! Seriously, anytime I feel like things are comfortable I get another knife in the back!! Let's keep our fingers crossed and some serious prayers in our direction!! Hopefully the dr. Tells me there's nothing to worry about tomorrow!!
Monday, July 11, 2011
13 week appt
I had my 13 week appt on friday and I had no bad news! This is pretty monumental for this pregnancy! The heartbeat was strong, my uterus is where it's supposed to be, and the dr. Assures me the baby is measuring perfect! I am gaining way more weight this time and I don't love that but I keep trying to remind myself that I was forced to do nothing for 2 weeks and I am typically pretty active!! This is just a really bad excuse but i'm working on eating healthy and getting more activity in my day!! (though it's hard when you'd rather be throwing up)!!! I felt a little flutter last night which was incredible! This is when pregnancy starts to get real for me. After my miscarriages I find myself staying pretty disconnected until movement starts. I can't wait to feel more! 13 weeks has brought no relief of my nausea and no energy return. Let's hope for magic 14th week! My belly popped over the weekend and even Scott now acknowledges that I look pregnant which was way more exciting with Siena!! The only bummer news I got this week is that my travel is still restricted! No traveling outside of southern California for me until after this sweet baby arrives! I go back on august 8 and I'll be able to schedule the 20 week ultrasound to find out whether this monkey Is a prince or a princess! We can't wait
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Ultrasound results
Well, the results are back and I no longer have a tear in my placenta! I am so excited!! The dr has removed all my restrictions and I am happily sweeping, mopping, and taking my awesome daughter to the park! I go back next Friday for my regular checkup!
In other news the nausea has not gone away and unless I have zofran in my system I don't keep my food down! I also don't feel like my energy is back yet either, but hopefully that comes with the next week! We have officially realized that with the ending of my first trimester that means we are most likely going to be bringing a baby home in 6 months. Though I am truly ecstatic, this realization also comes with some serious fear! Hopefully my nerves will go away... I do have 28 (well technically 27 since my c-section will be scheduled a week early) weeks to cope with my nerves!!!
In other news the nausea has not gone away and unless I have zofran in my system I don't keep my food down! I also don't feel like my energy is back yet either, but hopefully that comes with the next week! We have officially realized that with the ending of my first trimester that means we are most likely going to be bringing a baby home in 6 months. Though I am truly ecstatic, this realization also comes with some serious fear! Hopefully my nerves will go away... I do have 28 (well technically 27 since my c-section will be scheduled a week early) weeks to cope with my nerves!!!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Progesterone
Well, I am officially done with my progesterone and I am more than thrilled! Though some parts of me are really nervous too! I had to stay on it until 16 weeks with Siena so I am nervous that he's having me go off it early. He told me that by 11 weeks your placenta is making the progesterone so I should be fine, let's hope he's right. Progesterone accentuates all your symptoms so I'm hoping to have some relief from the nausea and crankiness. Did you know progesterone is what makes women have pms every month? And I'm on 3x the amount most pregnant women have... I hope to be normal again after today! Plus it makes everything swell so my stomach looks like I'm 20 weeks pregnant rather than 11 so I'm hoping for a normal sized baby bump in the very near future! I have an ultrasound tomorrow... Cross your fingers
Monday, June 20, 2011
Test results
Well, Scott talked to my dr. On Friday and all my blood tests came back normal. I was relieved since I had been so sick but the pain is still pretty intense! Then Saturday night I went to bed without taking one of my medications and the next morning almost all of my symptoms were gone! The light headedness, the heavy head thing, pretty much everything but the throwing up blood and the pain! I was so happy to know what the problem is and to get some energy back! I threw up blood again last night when Scott was home and he said that it's not too much so he wouldn't worry!! Yay for feeling some comfort finally! I go in Friday for another ultrasound! Cross our fingers everything looks good!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Thus far
Surprise I am pregnant!
Well, I am 10 weeks pregnant and I have had quite the run of things so far!! We started trying for number 2 in November after a crappy endometreosis diagnosis! I was quite convinced it was going to happen really fast this time but 6 months later we got the exciting news on April 29! But, for me the first couple weeks are really important! Most people's bodies start producing extra progesterone as soon as they get pregnant, but my body does quite the opposite! It stops making any so within 4-5 week range I need to start supplementing progesterone! I excitedly began my progesterone the day after we found out! I jumped online and found a due date calculator and got the edd of dec 31!
I went in for my first u/s on may 6 and there was NOTHING! They of course explained that my due date is most likely different than we assumed and scheduled another u/s one week later! That whole week I worry myself sick about the ghost baby (as we called it)! I came up with every possibility of what could be wrong! And to make this week even crazier we had two birthdays and mothers day!! It was a long week! The night before my next appt. I had Scott give me a blessing and it was very comforting! We were both very confident in whatever the outcome was, until the u/s... There was still nothing! This time they checked my hcg levels on 2 different days to make sure they were doubling as they should. It was another really long week! I had pretty much convinced myself there was no baby. Another u/s one week later and finally we saw a sweet baby and a very fast heartbeat! It was such a breath of fresh air. I started feeling nauseated a couple of days before the ultrasound so I had a really good feeling about. They gave me a due date of Jan 12 which is way later than I had anticipated but I am still excited!!
We started to celebrate!! I left for Utah that Tuesday and had a great vacation. I got really sick that Friday and had the doctor call me in some meds on Saturday. I flew to Chicago to meet Scott Sunday morning and we had a great trip. The Thursday of our trip I started cramping and spotting. I got really nervous but kept telling myself that it was from all the walking we were doing and my body wasn't used to that much. Well, I kept my nerves calmed and we came home that Sunday. The spotting continued but it was very light so I decided not to call the Dr.. The cramping, however, was not light and continued almost constantly. I had an appt. on June 9th so I decided to speak with my Dr. about it on that day. That day came slowly since all I could do was lay in bed and try to ignore the nausea that was almost unbearable. I get to the office and find out that I will only be seeing the nurse, but decided to tell her everything that was happening. She scheduled me for an u/s the next day. I was glad that I was going to get some reassurance and get to see my baby again (but keep in mind this is my 5th u/s and I am only 10 weeks). The u/s was first thing in the morning and sure enough there was a beautiful bean inside me still with a precious little heartbeat. The u/s technician showed me the baby and the heart rate and told me it was growing as it should and everything was great. Then she started measuring something again. I ignored it and got ready to go home with great news, but as I asked the office staff if I could leave they showed me back to the Dr.'s personal office. I knew I was not going back there for happy news about my little bean. He walked in kindly asked how everything was going told me the baby looked good, but there is a tear on my placenta. That's right a tear on my placenta. Have you ever even heard of such a thing?!?! I hadn't. He put me on partial bedrest and ordered another u/s for June 24th. I was completely destroyed physically and emotionally. I couldn't even imagine going to bedrest this early, and I felt like I got another slap in the face. But the diagnosis has not changed.
I was at the office again yesterday with another scare, but this time it doesn't seem to be anything. I had really bad cramping on the way home from visiting Elaina and Clara at the hospital and it lasted a good hour. Then the next morning I was really weak, blacked out, threw up some blood, and could hardly hold my head up. I went into the dr. that afternoon and he took some blood from me and told me to stay down almost completely. I am to only take care of Siena's basic needs everything else is to be ignored!! I'm nervous about everything at this point. I keep thinking that there is never going to be a time that I can tell people I'm pregnant because it's so risky. I'm hoping that the tear will heal itself, but I have stopped myself from attaching to it at all because I am so scared. I need lots of prayers for my strength at this point. I am emotionally dead and physically drained. I just hope to get through each day and take it all as it comes!! I will post tomorrow when I hear back about my blood test results!!
I am excited to announce that I am pregnant again, but understandably a little on the nervous side!! Hopefully the end of December we will have a beautiful baby to bring home from the hospital!!!
Well, I am 10 weeks pregnant and I have had quite the run of things so far!! We started trying for number 2 in November after a crappy endometreosis diagnosis! I was quite convinced it was going to happen really fast this time but 6 months later we got the exciting news on April 29! But, for me the first couple weeks are really important! Most people's bodies start producing extra progesterone as soon as they get pregnant, but my body does quite the opposite! It stops making any so within 4-5 week range I need to start supplementing progesterone! I excitedly began my progesterone the day after we found out! I jumped online and found a due date calculator and got the edd of dec 31!
I went in for my first u/s on may 6 and there was NOTHING! They of course explained that my due date is most likely different than we assumed and scheduled another u/s one week later! That whole week I worry myself sick about the ghost baby (as we called it)! I came up with every possibility of what could be wrong! And to make this week even crazier we had two birthdays and mothers day!! It was a long week! The night before my next appt. I had Scott give me a blessing and it was very comforting! We were both very confident in whatever the outcome was, until the u/s... There was still nothing! This time they checked my hcg levels on 2 different days to make sure they were doubling as they should. It was another really long week! I had pretty much convinced myself there was no baby. Another u/s one week later and finally we saw a sweet baby and a very fast heartbeat! It was such a breath of fresh air. I started feeling nauseated a couple of days before the ultrasound so I had a really good feeling about. They gave me a due date of Jan 12 which is way later than I had anticipated but I am still excited!!
We started to celebrate!! I left for Utah that Tuesday and had a great vacation. I got really sick that Friday and had the doctor call me in some meds on Saturday. I flew to Chicago to meet Scott Sunday morning and we had a great trip. The Thursday of our trip I started cramping and spotting. I got really nervous but kept telling myself that it was from all the walking we were doing and my body wasn't used to that much. Well, I kept my nerves calmed and we came home that Sunday. The spotting continued but it was very light so I decided not to call the Dr.. The cramping, however, was not light and continued almost constantly. I had an appt. on June 9th so I decided to speak with my Dr. about it on that day. That day came slowly since all I could do was lay in bed and try to ignore the nausea that was almost unbearable. I get to the office and find out that I will only be seeing the nurse, but decided to tell her everything that was happening. She scheduled me for an u/s the next day. I was glad that I was going to get some reassurance and get to see my baby again (but keep in mind this is my 5th u/s and I am only 10 weeks). The u/s was first thing in the morning and sure enough there was a beautiful bean inside me still with a precious little heartbeat. The u/s technician showed me the baby and the heart rate and told me it was growing as it should and everything was great. Then she started measuring something again. I ignored it and got ready to go home with great news, but as I asked the office staff if I could leave they showed me back to the Dr.'s personal office. I knew I was not going back there for happy news about my little bean. He walked in kindly asked how everything was going told me the baby looked good, but there is a tear on my placenta. That's right a tear on my placenta. Have you ever even heard of such a thing?!?! I hadn't. He put me on partial bedrest and ordered another u/s for June 24th. I was completely destroyed physically and emotionally. I couldn't even imagine going to bedrest this early, and I felt like I got another slap in the face. But the diagnosis has not changed.
I was at the office again yesterday with another scare, but this time it doesn't seem to be anything. I had really bad cramping on the way home from visiting Elaina and Clara at the hospital and it lasted a good hour. Then the next morning I was really weak, blacked out, threw up some blood, and could hardly hold my head up. I went into the dr. that afternoon and he took some blood from me and told me to stay down almost completely. I am to only take care of Siena's basic needs everything else is to be ignored!! I'm nervous about everything at this point. I keep thinking that there is never going to be a time that I can tell people I'm pregnant because it's so risky. I'm hoping that the tear will heal itself, but I have stopped myself from attaching to it at all because I am so scared. I need lots of prayers for my strength at this point. I am emotionally dead and physically drained. I just hope to get through each day and take it all as it comes!! I will post tomorrow when I hear back about my blood test results!!
I am excited to announce that I am pregnant again, but understandably a little on the nervous side!! Hopefully the end of December we will have a beautiful baby to bring home from the hospital!!!
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