My Prediction of Pregnancy

I was reading through old blog posts today and found this one in reference to my sister Jeny during her second pregnancy with Adler.


Now for the real news....JENY IS PREGNANT!!!!!!!! When she told me I screamed. I have been demanding that she pop one out for months and now finally....! I have decided that it is a boy. I don't know why but I think that it is a boy and I am just too excited. The due date is November 17th. I can't wait for when you can see her stomach bulge...and she has a lot to look forward to as well: nausea, vomiting, tight clothing, awkward walking, cankles, sharp kicks to the ribs, impossibly small bladder, expectation of the pain of the Great Appearance, stretch marks, weird cravings, awful diet, sore back and fatigue. I can't wait to be pregnant (seriously)!!!!


Well folks... now I get to live it!

~26 weeks

Our First and Only Ultrasound

The other day I was telling a girl at work about how we have chosen not to have any ultrasounds. She thought that it was cool but unfortunate that we did not have a picture of the baby yet. She decided to provide us with one. After finding out that Doug weighed 10lbs 11.5 ounces she made our baby have cankles and really fat arms. She also added 5 hairs on his/her head because both Doug and I have really thick hair (as opposed to the one hair she had at first). Then she put a diaper on it for modesty but I quickly informed her that it would be cloth that we are using. Not quite able to convey that in a picture... she made a little label so everyone would know. Thanks Kelly! Now everyone can see what our baby looks like!

~26 weeks

Baby Shower

My first baby shower is on February 7th! I am so excited. Noelle is planning a tea party (a grown up version).

I could not get a clear shot of the invitation

~26 weeks

For Shame

The other night I was headed into to Wal-Mart to pick up baby shower invitations for Noelle. She asked me to pick them out so that I will like them. I had just scarfed down some dinner in the car and was wiping the remnants of my food off my shirt when I passed a woman with her 15(ish) year old daughter.

I kid you not.... straight out of a movie my friends....

The lady looked me up and down twice and then said to her daughter, loud enough to make sure that I would hear,

"Shame on her!"

I know I look young and all but... really? I just laughed and kept walking. I could have gone over and told her that I am a happily married Christian woman who saved herself for marriage but I think that would have been a little much!

~26 weeks

Twenty Five Weeks

Heather Lee

~25 weeks

Linea Negra

So I noticed the funny looking line show up on my stomach this week. I knew it was coming but I was not sure when it would show. Anyway, nothing particularly exciting but then when I got my weekly email that tells me what is going on with baby the first thing that it said was that this week my linea negra would appear. At least I am moving along with the schedule of things!

~25 weeks

Some Pregnancy Details

• The placenta is on my left side
• The baby usually kicks on my right side
• I have gained 19 pounds (ahhhhhh)
• I don't sleep well (who does when they are pregnant though)
• The baby moves around more than most babies according to the research I have done.... in other words it won't stop moving. Ever.
• I am measuring by the book
• My hair stopped growing. Yes my friends, stopped growing on my head and on my legs
• My nails are now flimsy and weak where they used to be hard, long and pretty
• Baby does not like car rides ie. continuous flopping around
• My feet are not swelling (yet)
• I still don't have any food cravings ( I must eat a well balanced diet)
• I have listened to the baby twice with a Doppler Ultrasound machine when I had pneumonia to make sure the baby was okay (165 and 160)
• I have listened to the baby with the fetascope since then (145)
• I am not doing any ultrasounds

Twenty Four Weeks

~24 weeks

Twenty Three Weeks

~23 weeks

Week Twenty One

~21 weeks

Last App with Julie

I went to another prenatal last week. Seems like I do that a lot now! This was the best appointment so far. She was the least pushy this time. She did hear the heartbeat with the fetascope this time...145! I booked my next appointment with Delrose. From now on I will be switching around to a different midwife each time. There really is no point in building a relationship with any of the women there even if I was planning on having the baby there. The way it works is that when you go into labor whoever is on duty at that time delivers your baby. If you were planning on having your kid there it would be better to meet each woman so that atleast you have seen the face of the woman delivering your kid! I am glad that I don't have to deal with that!


The next appointment is the glucose test...not going to be taking that test so I guess we are back to peeing in a cup and seeing how fat I have gotten!

~23 weeks