Memories and the very near future...

I was sitting around today just thinking about how fast my pregnancy has gone by!! I'm already halfway through my 26th week and I was thinking about the day I found out I was pregnant. I awoke in such horrible pain that Matt decided it would be best to take me into the ER. We go to the ER and I pee in a cup and have some blood work drawn and the doctor comes in to tell me that I'm pregnant! Matt's jaw hit the ground and I burst into tears. They send me up to ultrasound to see if they can figure out how far along I am. The ultrasound tech says not one word to me and I can't even see the screen. They take me back down to my room and the doctor comes in to tell me that I am 32 weeks pregnant. I'm confused a little bit by this news because #1 I'm on pain killers and anti nausea medication that was making me extremely drowsy and #2 I had no idea what that meant probably because of #1. The doctor tells me that most women deliver between 36-40 weeks so I had roughly between 4 to 8 weeks until I deliver this baby. I went into a complete state of shock before realizing that this was just wrong!! It was all wrong!! I think this is when I sobered up from all the pain killers they had given me because right then and there was when I started thinking logically!! I gave the doctor a few good reasons as to why I was not 32 weeks along. He held up my ultrasound with my name on it and sure enough there was almost a full size baby on that picture, but I still was not convinced. I told him that it was impossible for me to be that far along because my husband just got home a few months ago from deployment and I NEVER cheated on him. I listed off a few other reason as to why I was not 32 weeks along and he finally agreed to do an ultrasound himself. Sure enough the original tech mixed my name up with another patients name. I was only 4 weeks along, but they told me that my body was rejecting the baby and I most likely would not carry this baby to term!!

Fast forward to today!! I think back to how the doctors said I was going to either miscarry or have an ectopic pregnancy and I thank GOD everyday for allowing me to carry this far!! I laugh now about the doctor telling me I was going to deliver in a few short weeks, but it wasn't so funny at that moment. I went into this panic mode!! Rightfully so I think!! Anyways, the first four and a half months were miserable! I couldn't keep food or water down. I was constantly in and out of the hospital and I remember thinking I will never have another child after this one!! I realize now that I was so sick because of the mold in the house we were living in. I now live in a nice clean house and I've rarely been sick. The sick that I do get is nothing compared to what I went through at that old crappy house. I rarely get sick at the new house and when I do I can still do normal day to day stuff!

I was also thinking about when Matt and I went to Moses Lake for Easter. It was going to be the last time he was going to see his whole family for several months. I was actually starting to look pregnant!! This was exciting for me because people were no longer looking at me like "did she gain more weight or is she pregnant?". The week of Easter also put me at 17 weeks pregnant. This was exciting because that meant I soon could find out the sex of the baby. We were all sitting around and people were placing bets on what they thought Matt and I were having. I thought I was going to have a girl. The whole beginning of my pregnancy I had dreams that I was having a little girl. My mom even had dreams that I was having a girl. It was fun listening to my mom describe to me what this little girl looked like. She told me that she was going to be the most beautiful little girl in the world. Matt's grandma also had dreams that we were having a little girl. Matt's mom however said she thought we were having a boy. I'm not sure if she had dreams of us having a boy or if she just had that intuition. My sister however had a dream that it was going to be an Octopus. So far the ultrasound has shown only four limbs and not eight!! Thankfully! I'm not sure how I would handle having an Octopus for a baby! Just think how much hairspray I'd have to buy every time the thing would ink on me!!! Not good!

Thankfully the day we had our "BIG" ultrasound we found out that we were having a boy and not an octopus! I was laying on the table and Matt was holding my hand. The tech was a great one. He positioned the screen so I could actually see it and told us what we were looking at. We didn't have to keep asking what things were. He just told us! Then when it came time to find out the sex he asked if we were ready! We both said yes and on the screen he typed "Male". Matt jumped for joy! I believe the words out of his mouth were "Yes!! I know this means you will want to have another one!!". He knew I really wanted a girl and I don't know why I thought I'd be disappointed if I found out it was a boy, but I was so excited!! We couldn't wait to call our parents and let them know what we were having. My mom broke down into tears.... of joy I hope! My mother-in-law from what I was told laughed and was just so excited!! Matt and I celebrated by going out and buying a couple outfits. Since he was deploying he wouldn't be able to go register with me so we thought it'd be fun to go buy something while he was still home!!

Matt would talk to my belly and I could feel the baby kick inside, but we couldn't quite feel it from the outside. Matt was disappointed he couldn't feel the baby kick before he left. Well, I had the opportunity to go to San Diego to meet the ship and see Matt! One night we decided to watch a movie in our hotel room. I was playing with my belly and suddenly I felt the baby kick! I grabbed Matt's hand and told him to feel. Suddenly he got to feel the baby kick!! We ended up watching my belly instead of the movie. It was such an amazing night!! He got to feel his son kick and he just about teared up!! Matt just hates being gone from me and it's hard for him that he's missing developments in my pregnancy! It's hard for me too, but I'd rather him be gone while I'm pregnant than once the baby is here and he misses the baby's first smile and big moments like rolling over.

All I know is that I'm so excited to meet this little guy. I have roughly 13 weeks to go. That would put me at 40 weeks. I'm hoping I'm not a week late like everyone else I know. Their first kid they all were a week late. I want to be on time!! Actually on second thought maybe being a week late won't be so bad. Matt won't be home for the birth and the longer I hold off the newer our baby will be when I introduce father and son for the first time!! I'm so excited for that day!! I know I'm going to cry and I know Matt is going to cry! I think it's going to be a tears of joy kind of day. My husband will have return home from 5 months away and we will have a beautiful new addition to our family!! How much sweeter could life get?

Baby Update-

I'm 26 weeks preggo today. I went in for my second glucose today. Hopefully it went well. My last glucose test went well, so for this test I only had to do another one hour test. I do have to say this test was a lot different than the first one I had. The first test I drank this nasty lemon lime flavored syrup in less than 5 minutes. Then I sat for an hour and tried my hardest not to throw up and trust me... that was hard!! Then the person who drew my blood had a million viles that she had to fill up. She poked my right arm and after a few viles the blood stopped flowing. The rubber band was still on my upper arm mind you. So then she poked my left arm. Had to re-do one of the viles and again the blood stopped flowing!! Finally, they were able to get all the viles filled up. By this time I'm so pale that I'm practically translucent and I'm very dizzy and not feeling so hot!!

Today's test involved me having one vile of blood drawn. Chug this Fruit Punch syrup drink that really didn't taste all that bad. I'd been fasting for 12 hours and was super thirsty so I didn't really care what I drank as long as I got to drink something!! Seriously, it didn't taste bad at all. I then had to go sit out in the waiting room for an hour and then after my hour was up I had another vile of blood drawn. Practically all the people in the waiting room were pregnant and having their glucose tests done too. During my hour of waiting I had the opportunity to watch the Ellen Show!! I love Ellen. Also, little baby Gavin was on a sugar high and was kicking my guts in!! That was fun! I love feeling those little baby kicks!! He was really going at it today! I've never seen my belly move so much! I think he's off his sugar high and passed out! I haven't felt him move for the last couple hours. Thankfully this time I didn't get sick. I actually had the energy to get all my errands done! Yep... I'd say it was a pretty good day!!

Starting Over...

I'm making a fresh new start. I was reading through my other blogs and I just felt like way to many of them were negative. I'm not a negative person and I don't want my blogs to be negative!! So here is to a fresh new positive start.

I had another OB appointment on Wednesday June 10th. I didn't get to see my new OB doctor because he was booked and because I wanted to go out of town to visit family and I was trying to get in sooner, I just took who I could get in with. I saw a really nice nurse practitioner and she checked to see how my little man was doing. Of course... he's perfect. His heart rate was about 150 beats per minute. He wasn't as squirmy as my last appointment where it took the nurse 10 min to get his heart beat because he kept kicking the Doppler. He actually cooperated this time. I've only gained 6 pounds according to the nurse. I lost a few ounces since my last OB appointment, but she said there is nothing to worry about. I'm gaining weight at a nice healthy speed and I'm not over doing it. According to my chart, the doctors only want me to gain between 11-20 pounds this pregnancy. I have to admit I did start out this pregnancy over weight and because of that they said there is no need for me to gain a ton more. Thankfully!!

Every Monday marks a new pregnancy week for me thanks to when my due date is. This coming Monday starts my 26th week of pregnancy. This means I get to go in for yet another glucose test. I'm not looking forward to that since I had such a bad reaction to the test last time. I got really sick and passed out in my car and had to be rushed by ambulance to the hospital. Some how I made the drive home, but never actually made it out of the car. When Matt got home from work he freaked out of course seeing me passed out in the car. That wasn't a fun day for me and that will not be the case this time. My doctor and I have a plan to make sure I don't get sick again. I have the paper work for my orders and again it's only the 1 hour test and thankfully not that 4 hour test.

I'm excited to be going to see family in Wisconsin on June 23rd. I'm going to Moses Lake on the 19th to drop the dog off at my in-laws house. Well, hopefully they will watch her for me. She does pretty good at their house and is always very well behaved. I don't see it being a problem, but I'm still going to ask. I don't have anyone else that can watch her so hopefully they will say yes. I haven't seen my family in Wisconsin since December of 2003 when my uncle got married. They are going to get to see me in all my pregnant glory!! I'm driving down to Moses Lake on the 19th and coming back with my parents on the 20th. Then we fly out of Sea Tac on the 23rd. It's going to be a fun two week trip seeing family. Lucky for them they will get to see me in all my pregnant glory!! Haha

It will be nice having my parents see my new house. They will like it. It's in a nice little community. It's mostly military people that live here, but it's not all military people. There are tons of kids that run around all day everyday and they are loud, but they're kids. They really don't cause a lot of trouble. They're just having fun!! I like it here. Though I have to say I can't wait until Matt gets out of the Navy so we can move back to Eastern Washington. We like it here and would stay here, but he's got two good job offers waiting back in Eastern Washington when he gets out. He's not sure on which one he's going to take, but the jobs are his when he gets out.

Well those are my updates. I hope you all are enjoying this lovely weather we are finally having. I know I am!!