Thursday September 7th
3am: We arrive at the hospital as requested, after signing in we have to wait for about 45 minutes in the waiting room before the nurse brings us to my delivery room. It's the room where everything will happen, except if I need surgery then they move you to the OR down the hall. I'm asked to strip and put on a "fancy" gown (you know one of those where your butt hangs out). Then they hook me up to monitors to monitor contractions and another one to monitor the baby's heartbeat. I get an IV and I'm pumped up with fluids and after the nurse is happy with the way everything is she leaves us alone for a little bit. Now there's nothing to do but wait.
Time goes by and everything looks good, I start to feel some contractions but everything is rather calm, Dennis tries to get a shuteye and my mom takes a nap in the only - almost comfortable - chair that's there. Around 6:30 - 7 o'clock Dr. Tilghman walks in, now it's time to get the serious, he does an exam and then breaks the water. Now things start happening. . . . contractions get more intense and closer apart and shortly after Dr. Tilghman leaves the anesthesiologist arrives and talks about an epidural and so forth. I'm still fairly brave saying I don't need the epidural just yet but don't go far. Everything goes as normal for a while, Dr. Tilghman checks in on us, I get a catheter put in place and try to bear the pain of the contractions by squeezing Dennis's hand. When it's only few minutes between the contractions I ask for the epidural, there's some wait until he arrives but few minutes past 8 he arrives and starts the preparation. I have to sit up and lean forward while this is going on and the anesthesiologist scrubs my back and gets ready to put the epidural in while the nurse stands in front of my and helps hold me (cause I have to stay very still for this apparently). Then suddenly things get exciting, I see Dennis and mom look at the monitor where it shows the baby's heartbeat then finally the nurse notices it too. . . . . the baby's heartbeat is only at 30 bpm, the nurse freaks and calls for help. The anesthesiologist has to stop what he is doing cause now we have to try to get the baby's heartbeat up again. Another nurse comes running in the room and I'm told to get on my knees, and then to turn around and lie down, I'm all wrapped up in all kinds of tubes and wires and this is turning into some scene from ER. Dr. Tilghman comes in and yells at the nurses what the hell they're doing to me. Then he asks if the epidural is in, he asks 3 times but the nurses seem to have lost their speech so I answer him no. Still the baby's heartbeat is only around 40 so Dr. Tilghman orders to get the OR ready, we're going into surgery to get this baby out. I look over at Dennis, he and mom are standing there behind the nurses looking at all this commotion, he looks calm but I can see the terror in his eyes. As I'm getting pushed out of the room I stretch my hand out to him and he grabs it but gets pushed away and told to wait there. It's 8:12 am. We go flying down the hallway and into the operating room, there I have to change beds, since I've been in surgery before the rolling between beds, stretching out my arm for the IV and all that comes naturally, I see that the baby's heartbeat is up to 60 bpm (relief that it's still there) and Dr. Tilghman looks at me as I get the gas mask put over my face. As I'm told to take a deep breath I hear him ask for scalpel and get ready to cut me open, that's the last thing I remember. I wake up about 2 hours later, I hear a nurse tell someone on the phone "that it's ok for him to come see me cause I'm waking up" and before I can even completely shake of the drug sleep Dennis comes in.
We have a baby boy, born at 8:16am, completely healthy and no evidence found as to why the drop in heartbeat. I get moved to a recovery room and little later to a room where I'll be staying for the next 2 days. My mom is there and they bring the little man in, he's so beautiful, with whole bunch of black hair and just so adorable where he sleeps in the little hospital crib. Life's perfect.
Tuesday September 5th
Last visit to the doctors, weight 160 lbs - good, heart rate 108/78 - good, baby's heartbeat 140 - good, dilated little bit more than last time - sure that's good, right. Baby's been moving good and I've been having a lot of contractions, just contractions though, not labor pains, so even though on Friday when the contractions started to come regularly and were only 7 minutes apart (we almost went to the hospital) it does not mean I'm going into labor - darn it. I guess he was just teasing us the little fellow cause the contractions slowed down again and got further apart and even though I've had several over the weekend - keeping us all on the edge - there's no go. We even tried drinking some ginger tea and several other ways to try to induce labor - still no go. So it was all just to get us even more excited I guess, but we sure are ready.
So back to the doctors visit. . . . . Thursday morning 4 am we're scheduled to go in and get induced, the baby's not gonna get a chance to get any bigger, the doc says the cake is ready. Now it'll all go like normal, all they're gonna do is give me a shot to start the contractions (the real thing) and after that it'll go just as normal, we'll wait for the contractions to get couple of minutes apart and then get me an epidural if I want one or just have the baby assuming that everything is alright with mother and baby. So yeah it's happening, we're gonna have a baby, the wait is almost over. So ya'll better be thinking of us on Thursday, hopefully I won't be in labor for 36 hours or something :)
So I've put the latest and the last belly pictures on the site, and won't be writing much more here until after I'm a mom, I'll put up pictures of the new family member as soon as I get the chance. Hope you had fun reading this site.
Monday August 28th
Mother and baby are doing good, dilated little bit less than an inch (ca 2cm) and still just waiting for the little guy to be ready to pop out. I've been getting practice contractions more and more frequently so I'm ready for the real thing.
My mom got to come inside and hear when we listened to the baby's heartbeat but then we kicked her back out in the waiting room before the doctor got there :) He said everything looked good and basically we just have to wait. Our next appointment is on Tuesday, hopefully we won't need that one, cause we're ready :) We put together the crib we got from titi (frænka) Lucy, washed all the baby clothes, put together the play yard/changing table mom gave us and the bouncer we got from Hector Jr and family. So now the baby's room is as ready as it can be at the moment. We should get the rest of the furniture next week but we're good for now. I've even packed the bag for the hospital.
I put in some new pictures of the crib too and me with the big big belly.
Monday August 21st
The visit to the doctor went great, mom's now made it to 160 lbs and doing great. The baby's heartbeat was strong and regular and he kicked the monitor when the nurse was listening, he he that's the second time he does that, he doesn't like it when we're just listening in on him, seems to be alright with the sonogram though. This was basically an in and out visit, just making sure we're still doing good and that I wasn't ready to pop the baby out. Since we had to set a date to induce we just picked a date around his due date (whatever is available, apparently slots are filling up fast). But I have no worries that he won't come out on his own, he'll be ready soon.
He still moves around allot and lets me know if he thinks it's getting to cramped in there, I can only eat little at a time then he kicks me to let me know that the stomach is taking up to much of his space :) same with the bladder.
I've been getting the Braxton Hicks contractions quite frequently lately, guess it's practice for the real thing. I put new pics of the belly on the site, if it continues growing I'll probably loose balance and just fall over (good thing my ass outweighs it a little bit).
Monday August 14th
Today we went to see Dr. Tilghman and got to see how big our baby has gotten, about 6lbs (2800gr) and 19inches (48cm). I on the other hand haven't gained a pound since last time still just 159lbs but since the baby is doing fine we won't worry about that. The doc said that the baby is ready to be born actually and asked me when I'd want to have him. . . !!!???!!!??? Uhh ohh well didn't know I could just come up with a date!!! So we get a week to think about if I want to get induced early or not. Baby is already in position and big enough to be born and in 1 month he can grow a whole lot so I might want to get induced earlier so that I'm not trying to give birth to a 8-9 pound baby (hello c-section). So I don't know, we're thinking about it, I'm at least going all the 38 weeks (so don't worry mom you'll be here) unless the baby boy decides otherwise. Ohh yeah and according to the nurse it's still a boy :) I had to ask, he he he. So these days I'm ready to have him right away cause he's got his foot lodged in my ribs again and it's very painful and impossible to get comfortable. And my hips are bothering me ALOT, so definitely ready to pop out the little monster. On the other hand it's like "wow it's time already" it's crazy.
On monday we have another appointment, will be going in to see the doc every week now and making sure to get every thing ready for our baby boy to come into this world.
Tuesday August 8th
Back from Orlando with a sunburn on my belly and chest :) Ouch! Actually it's not that bad just have a very funny red belly now. The burn I got from going to a water park on sunday but it was worth it it was so nice to put my feet in cold water and then just sit with Halla and her baby boy in the shade. The baby shower turned out to be a quick exchange of gifts that Titi Lucy brought from Miami cause she had to rush back to Miami to sell her house. Thank you so much to her and tio Z, Kim and Jonathan for their gifts and mom and pap for theirs. Also the papsan we got turned out to be from Hector Jr. and his family so thank you so much. And whoever else that has sent us gifts thank you.
Thursday August 3rd
Ok this was a quickie, we just went inside, listened to the heartbeat of the baby (which was normal) checked mine (which was actually pretty slow) and then scheduled the next sonogram in 10 days. Baby is actually doing great and I'll write more here after the weekend, we're going to Orlando now and we'll be back on Monday. Just wanted to let you know that everything was good.
Thursday July 22nd
8 months!! I'm 8 months pregnant, I just realised that. I mean I knew but I'm counting in weeks and I just realized it's 8 months. Wow almost there :)
We went to the doc today, everything was good, baby's heartbeat strong and I'm doing good too although I hadn't gained any weight since last time so the nurse gave me a hard time about not eating enough. I swore that I was eating, everybody that knows me knows I wouldn't stop eating :) I love food too much.
Baby shower has been planned by titi Lucy and the plan is to have it in Orlando the first weekend in August (so 5.-6.). I know alot of people can't make it but I wanted ya'll to know you're invited anyway.
Ohh and THANK YOU to whoever sent us the baby papsan of the Target registry, it didn't have any name on it for us to see who it was from but thank you.
Well that's it for now. Got to go feed the little monster inside of me he's been kicking me the whole time I've been writing this.
Monday July 17th
So people have started to get over the shock of it being a boy not a girl and we´re getting used to calling it a he (I knew I shouldn't have stopped) instead of a she. It's kind of funny though since we got used to it being a girl for 6 weeks and you start to think of how she's going to look like and be like and now suddenly we have to start over. Guess it'll be a girl next time. We are excited about our little boy, he's still a brat though whichever sex this little jellybean is. Kicking me and moving around constantly, while the mom and pop were visiting they got to feel the baby kicking and Jalen and Alex thought it was pretty neat too. My belly grows everyday and every day I have more of an outy than inny, we're doing pretty good though, only 2 more weeks of work left and they keep me in the office doing paperwork more and more and I'm not allowed to walk (according to Dennis and my co-workers) to or from work anymore so I get rides back and forth.
I'm definitely at the stage where it's become hard to get comfortable, so it's just a question of finding a position of least discomfort.
The counter says 53 days until due date, somehow time seems to be moving so fast yet so slow, before we know it this little monster will be out of the belly and keeping us awake during all kinds of ungodly hours.
We have an appointment on Thursday so I'll write more then, it's just a routine now since it's getting closer and the doc wants to see us every 2 weeks.
Thursday July 6th
"Oopps!!. . . . . Did I tell you guys it was a girl?!!?" Geeh I'm sorry everybody but it's a BOY!!! Yup hope ya'll didn't buy to much pink stuff :) I did also say that these sonograms are usually only about 70% accurate but this time the nurse definitely saw the manhood no matter how the baby turned. Guess he was tired of being called a girl for the past 6 weeks so he figured he'd wave it at us this time, just so we'd know he was a Peter Pan instead of a Tinkerbell :D
Baby Rodriguez was growing fine, 3.5 pounds (ca. 1.5kg) and normal size for a 30 week baby. I'd gained 1 pound since last time and doing pretty good. The doctor said we were doing great and he'll see us again in 2 weeks.
So I can tell everybody I told you so!!!!!! SInce I had said from the beginning that this was a boy :) Naahh just kiddin' we're just happy he's healthy and growing well. I know he's healthy, as much as this baby moves and kicks he's definitely healthy. And getting stronger I can feel that on the kicks and punches I get. He's starting to push under the ribs now and definitely taking up more space.
So the theme for the baby room is Peter Pan, the colors are still yellow, light green, light blue and lavender, as well as darker green and blue and any earth tones.
If you want to get us something you can check out the few items we have on the baby registries on Target.com, Sears.com and BabiesRus.com The stores here don't have much selection but we've been trying to add some online.
Friday June 23rd
So I'm working on the one pound a week thing, according to the nurse I gained 3 lbs since last time so I'm close :) Little Tinkerbells heartbeat sounded great and she's getting stronger (noted by the heavier kicks I get). I got a RhoGAM shot at the appointment yesterday, to prevent antibodies from forming if the baby is O+ (I'm O-) and after she's born she'll get tested and I get another shot if she's O+ like her daddy. Dr. Tilghman told us everything came out good from the blood work I had done (no gestational diabetes or anything) and he wants to see us again in 2 weeks and do another ultrasound to see how she's growing. No arguments here, I'm always ready to take a peak at my baby so July 6th can't come fast enough.
I've told my boss I will stop working at the end of July, the days at work are getting a little long, mainly cause I can't do half of the stuff I could before so I'm just roaming the clinic trying to make myself useful, you know put stamps on about 500 vaccination reminders and such fun stuff :)
And for you people that are thinking about what theme and colors will be in the baby's room. We've decided that this is a little Tinkerbell so that's her theme, WE WILL NOT GO OVERBOARD ON THAT OK!!! And the main colors that are in that are yellow, light green light blue and lavender. I will not say no to pink but please in moderation, I will try to keep her from looking like cotton candy :).
Wednesday June 7th
So I´m definitely feeling the pregnancy that's for sure. Getting heavier, my 5 hours at work feel longer and longer, even though I barely do much any more. Legs swell up, when I'm on them for too long and I've got varicose veins like crazy on my right leg. So far been lucky as far as stretch marks go and I'm hoping it stays like that for awhile longer. The whole leg cramp thing is no fun though, but those are not new to me anyway so whatever. Our little girl is definitely doing good, she moves around a lot and Dennis can see it on my belly when she's moving around, it's like jelly on the move. :) And usually it's pretty obivious on which side she is lying since the belly will be all of center and funny.
I've put new belly pics on the site so take a look, and Siggi there's a picture there with Dennis in it too :)
Thursday May 25th
According to the nurse at Gulf Coast Medical it's a GIRL!!! Well I guess we know now, the sonogram is only 70% accurate though but we'll go with it :)
I hurried home and put the pictures on the web for all of you people that are anxious to see. The little girl was measured and looks really good, she's definitely growing even though her mama isn't :) I gained 3 pounds since last time though, I'm 151lbs now, BP 107/96 so we're both in good health. Tomorrow I have to go to the lab and do a glucose test and antibody test.
I've set up a baby registry at both Target.com and Sears.com so if ya'll want to look at it as we get closer you can. I haven't put much stuff on there yet but I definitely will.
Tuesday May 16th
The tumor is growing :) He he he Well ok the belly is definitely growing and I am finally putting on some weight, according to the scale at work anyhow. And if the activity level of this baby now has anything to say about how active he/she is going to be after he/she pops out. . . wow I'm going to be one exhausted moma. So far he/she is moving around allot and routinely kicks his/her father in the face when he puts his head down on the belly. Go baby!! We're all doing well, I'm starting to feel the extra weight in my hips and my knees but still doing ok. Turning in bed has also become slight challenge although the issue of not being able to get into my tall bed (since I'm not that tall) has been solved with a stepping stool. What a difference! Jellybean definitely favors the left side of his moma's belly since most of the time you can see how bigger the left side is compared to the other. And soon my belly button will turn into an outy.
This is about it for now, we've been busy moving into our new house and we're waiting anxiously for the sonogram next week, only 9 more days.
Wednesday April 26th
Since last time I´ve been kicked several times and the little bean is definitely moving around there and not afraid to let me know he/she is there. I've tried to let Dennis feel but it's still pretty week when feeling it from the outside, even though I can clearly feel it on my organs.
Had my OB appointment today, we were hoping for an ultrasound but no such luck. Apparently our insurance does not cover ultrasounds before week 32 unless it's medically necessary. Soo. . . . We got to hear the baby's heartbeat though and it was little over 140 which is excellent and my BP was 107/56 which is excellent too. My weight though was only 148lbs, which means I haven't gained any weight. Now don't ask me how, the belly is definitely growing and I'm eating that's for sure. But doc told me to eat more so I'll be working on that and just to make sure the baby is growing properly he's gonna do an ultrasound next time we come in (on May 25th) he he he ok I'll take that, was dreading having to wait until week 32 to see my little jellybean. He said it's just a precaution to make him feel better (and us of course) so it's nothing to worry about, and I should just make sure I eat more often. Hmm ok I'll just permanently attach a food dispenser on my shoulders.
Well that's all for now, mother, father and baby are all doing well, we're getting excited
since tomorrow we're going to Miami for a wedding and in 3 more weeks we'll be moving into our new house. I'll keep you posted of all further developments.
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to sign our guest book.
Saturday April 15th
Big day today
!!! I got kicked!! He he he never been so excited about being kicked in the stomach. We're sitting in the car on our way from the mall when suddenly I feel this little punch inside my stomach. And then again and third time :) At first I was like what was that. . .but then I got all excited it's the first time I feel him/her move this much.
We´ve been doing fine over here, it's come to the time where I can barely fit into my pants anymore, there are still couple of pairs that I can wear as long as I don´t sit down, then I have to undo some buttons. So all I wear now are my sweat pants and other stretchy material. Went and bought myself a pair of pants at a maternity store, so I can at least look nice every now and then, and now I have a load of long tank tops that cover the little belly up.
I´ve put a couple of other pictures af the belly for you picture thirsty people.
Tuesday April 4th
Alright here we are again, everybody in good health according to the nurse last Thursday, we listened to the baby's heartbeat and since we're so extremely healthy that was it. At the end of this month we go in again and see the doctor.
I´m doing alright, though lower back pain has
started to show up every now and then, I´ve realized that women are really tested before they have their baby, cause if every pregnancy is filled with all these different aches and pains and mood swings and cravings, I mean you really got to love this baby that you've got growing inside you not to wanna blame it for the rest of their life. Naah just kidding, it's not like I can complain much, not been doing that bad. Can finally brush my teeth without gagging and throwing up. My sister-in-law told me to try baby toothpaste and it works pretty good, now I only get nauseous every 10th time or so instead of every other time. Been noticing some changes in my belly, baby is obliviously growing and I swear on Saturday he/she decided to start pulling on everything inside of me, we were out just chatting with friends and suddenly it felt like he/she grabbed my belly button from the inside and pulled and kept pulling and then he/she tried pulling everywhere else. Figure the jellybean was just rearranging :) He he
It's been great to get ya'll comments and hello's in the guestbook, one day I'll show it to the baby and tell him/her that he/she was being watched over from all over the world.
Monday March 27th
Nothing really exciting happening with us, we just continue to grow, we'll the jellybean continues to grow and my belly with it. I don't sem to be gaining much weight no matter how much I eat, he/she just gets it all and I just try to eat more. He's even starting to take away my teeth, or so I'm told, have this pain in my teeth and was told that it as because I'm not getting enough calcium to support his bonegrowth and my need. So I have added more calcium to my diet and I'm hoping that works.
Our next appointment is on Thursday afternoon so I'll be writing more after that.
Tuesday March 21st
Things are going pretty good, finally broke down last Thursday and went to the doctors to get something for the sinus infection and congestion. He gave me some medicine and I already feel better, didn´t have any headache on Sunday and I´m not congested at all anymore, hurrah!!! I got a pounding headache at work yesterday though, and me a Dennis have figured that it must be all the smells at work that get to me, must be more sensitive to them these days, oh well. I´ve started getting heartburn every now and then, nothing bad, one chewy Rolaids and it´s gone.
My brother in-law, David, is here for a short visit it´s nice to see some family that´s for sure, and he´s the first one who gets to see me with a belly, he he he.
Talking about that, I put up a belly picture, click on the Picture link and you'll see. There will be more later but now I have to go to work.
Wednesday March 15th
Ok I figured it´s time to give you all some news, my mom has been complaining that she doesn´t get any news of her grandchild. We´re pretty much doing great, I still have this stubborn sinus infection but oh well. I´ve started to get heartburn every time I go to bed but just a minor one and I´m still fighting the gag reflexes when I brush my teeth. It´s the weirdest thing ever, I´m fine with everything else it´s just when I brush my teeth. I puked again this morning (puke no. 2 this pregnancy) just as I was finishing brushing my teeth, so I had to start all over again. Needless to say, Listerine mouthwash has become my new best friend. I have started to show some and I promise there will be a belly picture up later this week.
The jellybean should be about 4" (rúml 10cm) big by now and weigh about 2.5 oz (70gr), tomorrow we'll be 15weeks pregnant.
Thursday March 2nd
And we are all in good health! Or at least baby Rodriguez is, we got to hear his heartbeat yesterday and it was great, going gizzillion (that´s a word right) beats per minute. It was great. The mother is still felling congested though with snot all over the place and apparently I've lost 2 pounds (0.8kg) since last time but heart rate is good (106/69). And yes yes mothers I have been eating, think I've lost these pounds cause I've been more active lately, walking to work and then of course there's no such thing as sitting down at my job. The father is doing good, he's starting to get the cold that I'm getting rid of (darn it) put I'm making sure he gets every cold medicine and vitamin C there is so that he doesn't get as bad as I was.
And now that I'm feeling better I've made up a new workout plan, revised it according to guidelines from my doctor and pregnancy workouts, no bench press or crunches for me thank you.
Thank you all for taking the time to look at this web site, we love reading the guest book and getting greetings from people.
Tuesday February 28th
Today (or tomorrow, actually it was the 29th) is my brother Hafsteinn's anniversary, so to congratulations to him and his wife.
Things are going uphill now, getting over the head cold and although I´m still congested, it´s a lot better, actually went to work yesterday and today. My face has turned to it´s original beautiful self for the most part so that's great.
Today was the first day during this pregnancy that I actually vomited. Wasn´t even nauseous or anything, just brushing my teeth and "barf" there it went. Fortunately I was standing right next to the toilet. Guess the gag reflexes are a bit more sensitive than normal.
Tomorrow is our next OB appointment, I´ll tell you more about it after the fact.
I´ve made a slight change, added a counter to the estimated due date and put it under the picture and the link to the Guest book is now on top, there will also be a link to a picture site where I will put a belly pictures for those of you asking for them.
Friday February 24th
Ok my face is getting slightly better, the redness and the chapping is better although my skin is still very, very dry. Whether it was the facial creams or just hormones remains a mystery but at least I feel better that I maybe did something to make it better.
I´ve been feeling a bit more energetic and that´s great but now I´m sick, yeah started yesterday, and today I´m not even going to work, got the worst kind of head cold and I feel like my head is being stuffed with slimy cotton balls and it´s not a good feeling I tell ya. And of course with the whole thing of being pregnant the usual remedies are not allowed, no Zicam and sinus cold medicines thank you very much. Although I am allowed vicks cough drops and some sudafed and tylenol, thank you.
Our next doctors visit is on wednesday and I´m excited so see how much the jellybean has grown.
Wednesday February 22nd
My mom told me today that she intends to come over here before I have the baby and stay for a month so she can be here when the baby is born and help us out afterwards, she said I had to get approval from Dennis. So here you go mamma, of course you can come and stay, you know he adores you and he says it´s no problem having you here for a month.
Monday February 20th
Went to the BX today and bought myself a new set of facial creams and wash, it´s from Clinique and I know my skin won´t break out from that so here goes nothing. I want my face back!!!
The good news though are that I am no longer nauseous and haven´t felt a heartburn for awhile, woo-hoo!!
Saturday February 18th
My dad´s birthday, congratulations dad!!
So I´ve decided that the burning and chapping thing is a reaction to the new facial creams and soap I just bought, I totally refuse to believe that the hormones would be so cruel, aren´t women supposed to be the most beautiful when they are pregnant, the glow of life and all that, well there´s nothing beautiful about pimples, and dry and chapped red face. And if this continues my baby will have a mother without a face since I´m sure my face will fall off soon.
Thursday February 16th
Ok so what is this!!!!! So I´ve started getting pimples again like a teenager, even on my chest I have bumps and that´s never happened before, I can live with the huge "tumors" on my chin and bumps on chest but today my face just feels like I held it over a fire for too long. I´m all red and dry and chapped and feel like I have a 2nd degree burn on my face. It can´t be a part of the pregnancy.
Friday February 10th
This week not much happened, continued with the whole thing of being nauseous and tired, my husband is extremely patient and cooks for me and rubs my feet and is all around wonderful. Started getting heartburn whenever I was lying on my side, Dennis had read somewhere that it is better to lie on your left side if you have heartburn so we switched sides and what do you know he was right. So now I sleep on "his" side and he on "my" side of the bed.
Friday February 3rd
Ok who was the genius that named this morning sickness, it's not just in the morning, actually it's more at night, whenever I lie down or if I eat to much (now someday's eating to much means eating a "whole" banana) or if I don't eat every hour or when I sit down, every time I try to go to sleep. Actually when I'm least nauseous is in the morning, so what's with the "morning" sickness thing?? It's very deceiving. But besides the nausea thing all day and most days, and being more tires than usual we've been doing good.
Wednesday February 1st
Our first visit to the doctor! Really we weren't even sure what would happen at this visit. After a short wait and a lot of filling out paperwork, I go in with the nurse and she gets my height (5'4"/165cm), weight (149lbs/67kg) and blood pressure (118/69). Then we go over some family history and I have to pee in a cup for her and she tells me I have to go to base to get my blood work done. Then she takes me to a room and tells me the doc will be right in and if I want my husband there with me I can get him. I quickly call for Dennis and we sit and wait for the doc to arrive, finally he comes in and I immediately like him, he's nice, seems laid back but know his stuff, he tells us about how things usually go and answers our questions. Then there's the time for the exam. . . . now I have to undress and lay on the table with my feet in the stirrups and this all feels all kind of weird with Dennis in there "could you please stand by my head" I guess then it wasn't so bad, but the doc comes in starts the sonogram and "whomp there it is" our first view of the little "coffee bean" although the doc says he's more of the size of a gummy bear now, about 21mm or 0.8". Our eyes are fixed on this amazing thing and we don't even blink. The doc prints us out a picture which you can see here above and we're just smiling like idiots. According to statistic we have 98% chance of everything going as planned and then the doc says that I'm not 8 weeks like former estimate calculated but 9 weeks (according to the size of the fetus) and my due date should be September 8th.
After getting a time for our next appointment we left the docs office to get something to eat, since we had previously decided to tell the family after the first visit and after seeing a pic we started sending messages to our immediate family so they could join us in our happiness.
Tuesday January 24th
This morning we went to a New Parent class on base, this is something that the military does to help out new parents. It's basically a lecture where we're introduced to what happens in regards t insurance and so forth, also they tell us about what to do and not to do, eating healthy and all that kind of stuff. We got a WHOLE bunch of magazines and coupons for baby related stuff. There will be more classes as I'm further along in the pregnancy, even one where we can practice putting on diapers (our friends just went through this, she's due in April). Not that I can still remember changing diapers on my brothers so I think I'll be alright there.
Saturday January 21st
Been feeling very nauseated lately, I'm nauseous when I go to sleep, when I wake up, if I'm hungry, if I'm full. . . . just no getting away from it. And I get REALLY hungry at times and I eat like an apple and then suddenly I'm so full that I feel like I ate a whole horse. This happens like every hour. Ooh the joy of being pregnant right? Not that I can complain, I haven't puked at all so thank God for small favors right. I've started calling it "coffee bean" since on the internet (the almighty source for everything) it says it should be about the size of that.
We also decided that since my mom knows it's only fair that Dennis can tell his mom, as long as she promises not to tell anyone. It was done and she screamed for an half an hour (no just kidding, she was very excited though).
Thursday January 19th
Have an appointment this morning with my doctor on base regarding to OB referral, I had just seen her in mid December and she had asked me if I was trying to get pregnant, to which I had replied that "we were working on it" So when se saw me today she looked at my chart and smiled, "that was fast" . We got a referral to Dr. Tilghman downtown, a doctor whom a friend of mine had recommended and then a prescription for pre-natal vitamins. So now it's just to wait for the 8th week for our first baby-doctor visit.
Saturday January 14th
Talked to my mom today, talked for awhile and I must say it's not easy not saying anything but I thought I was doing ok and we're about to get off the phone when she asks me if I'm on schedule with my "monthly thing". Damn it!!!! Now I can't lie to my mother can I, so I try to evade the subject but there was no avoiding it, so I finally I just say that we're not telling anyone anything. She let's me get away with that but we both know that she knows and in a way I'm glad that she knows.
Friday January 13th
Yesterday I applied for a job at a vet-clinic close to my house, I asked for a part time job and I figured I could work for several months despite finding out I´m pregnant, no reason to sit at home and be bored. Well today I got hired, apparently I have more than enough experience and they do not have a problem with me being pregnant.
I realize that I have to change my workout routine now that I´m pregnant, no more heavy weights or getting buff, plan is to stay fit and healthy and then I continue with the rest of the plan after the baby is born. I can put off my dream of recovering my six pack for another year or so.
Monday January 9th
Me and Dennis go to the hospital and ask for a pregnancy test, the lab draws some blood and tell me to call after 1pm. And the results were. . . . positive, now I'm officially pregnant, it says so on government paper now. Monty and Lina were told yesterday since we hang out with them almost everyday and it'll be difficult to hide the changes from them, suddenly I wasn't ordering my eggs over easy or my steak medium rare. And now I can't have sushi until next fall either. Not fair.
Saturday January 7th
Still kind of can't believe it so I figure I'll test it again, the test pack comes with two tests anyway.
Yeah it was still positive, no denying it. On Monday I'll have to go to the hospital on base and get a blood test.
Friday January 6th
Ok I´m one day late, have to check today, no point in waiting. Already had the pregnancy test since couple of weeks ago me and Dennis had picked it up at WalMart, more as a joke than anything else cause we said we better be prepared . Well the test was POSITIVE!!!! And here I am home alone with this great news and I can´t tell anyone. . . . . so frustrating!!!! Of course I had to tell the father-to-be first but he was at work for few more hours. . . . darn it, this was driving me crazy. I sent Dennis a message telling him that he better hurry home after work cause I had a present for him, had to make sure he'd be home as soon as possible. I tried to make time pass by looking at sites about pregnancy and calculate the estimated due date, according to pregnancy.org I was 4 weeks 2 days and my due date was on September 15th, that seemed reasonably correct.
Finally Dennis arrived!!! I'll never forget the look on his face when I told him, it was amazing the look of surprise and joy and disbelief all at the same time.
All we wanted to do know was to tell everybody but we decided to at least to wait until the first doctors appointment, boy that was difficult decision.
1st week of January 2006
I start this year off with the sneaky suspicion that I might be pregnant, don´t have anything to back it up yet, so I decide to wait until the end of the week and see if I´m late and check it then if so, no reason to get over excited right?!!! |
