So, this is a little premature, but i figured it would be fun. We already have our boy's name still picked out waiting to be used from last time - Nolan Jay.
But, we need a girl name.
So far my favorite is Isabel (after my grandmother), but steven says, "We have a Grey and you want an Izzy? Too many Grey's Anatomy characters." Boo!
We both like Madison (Maddy) but it's like #2 on the Social Security list, so i'd rather her not be in a class with 15 other ones.
We (steven, rather) prefers we stick with middle names that rhyme with Mae, so that's Rae, Kay, or my favorite(yes, that is sarcasm)-Day/Dei ("How about Sunny Day?", Steven says). Yuck. We will not use Lay :)
Any suggestions? What do you like?
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
She might look like her Daddy
But that kid is all me!
Last night I was upstairs and steven was feeding gracie. I got her lambchops for dinner. Yes, lambchops. I love them, so hopefully she will too. Steven smelled it and thought, “No way is she going to eat this.” Well, she did. All of it. Without any ugly faces or fussing.
Maybe next time I’ll let her dip it in some mint jelly:) I am a little jealous since she’s currently eating better than me.
Yesterday I brought her to a new doctor because I’m so tired of her runny nose and congestion. My current doctor gave her zyrtec and cingulair-big drugs for a little baby. The new doctor said to change her to soy formula because it’s probably a milk allergy. Makes sense since I had to stop drinking milk when I was breastfeeding. Thinking about it, my old doctor told me to do soy last time I was there, but I was still bfing and not ready to quit. So, I’ll be sticking with my doctor for now. But I’m still glad I saw what else is out there-especially since I’ve got another one on the way.
So, poor baby can’t drink milk-which is insane since I could go through a gallon myself in a couple days, but lamb-bring it on.
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It’s only been one day, so I’m not sure if it is coincidence, but her nose isn’t runny today. She’s still a tiny congested, but it’s better already.
Last night I was upstairs and steven was feeding gracie. I got her lambchops for dinner. Yes, lambchops. I love them, so hopefully she will too. Steven smelled it and thought, “No way is she going to eat this.” Well, she did. All of it. Without any ugly faces or fussing.
Maybe next time I’ll let her dip it in some mint jelly:) I am a little jealous since she’s currently eating better than me.
Yesterday I brought her to a new doctor because I’m so tired of her runny nose and congestion. My current doctor gave her zyrtec and cingulair-big drugs for a little baby. The new doctor said to change her to soy formula because it’s probably a milk allergy. Makes sense since I had to stop drinking milk when I was breastfeeding. Thinking about it, my old doctor told me to do soy last time I was there, but I was still bfing and not ready to quit. So, I’ll be sticking with my doctor for now. But I’m still glad I saw what else is out there-especially since I’ve got another one on the way.
So, poor baby can’t drink milk-which is insane since I could go through a gallon myself in a couple days, but lamb-bring it on.
~~~
It’s only been one day, so I’m not sure if it is coincidence, but her nose isn’t runny today. She’s still a tiny congested, but it’s better already.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
8 wk Dr appt
This was written on May 28th-just getting to posting. For those who get my emails, there is an update at the bottom.
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So, this morning started off terrible. From 3am-7am I felt like I had to pee-BAD. Every 2 minutes…it was a bad pressure on my pelvis. I was sure something was wrong…
At least today was my dr appt. I go for ultrasound then see dr. I got CC (she’s fine, but I just prefer Michelle-she’s more experienced and personable). Everything looks fine, baby’s got arm and leg buds and a heartrate of 179. High-which it was for gracie. It’s the reason dr peek thought it was a girl (that and she said girls are tougher-and we all know that’s true). So, now I’m convinced it’s a girl. Never fear, we will find out this time. There’s a sac w/ fluid in it behind the baby’s sac. CC said not to be concerned, but she did ask me if I was bleeding(which I’m not)…I think she might have thought it was another baby at one time??? I asked the dr and he said no worries. Baby was measuring a little smaller 8w2d, which she said probably won’t change my due date. Dr k changed it, though…Jan 5th.
I text. I read. I wait.
Nurse calls me in and does the whole prenatal history workup. Love explaining to people that I’ve been pregnant 4 times and have 1 child. I tell her about the pee and she has me go to lab to run tests. I’ve lost about 6 lbs since my last period. Go ahead and hate the puker again. Puking is not fun, by the way…neither is not being able to eat one of those delicious home baked white chocolate cookies after dinner because I have heartburn:(
So, I go in the exam room and she says to strip. WTH? She just said I had a pap in dec. She says, “Dr K wants to do a full exam on you.” Great. He comes in and asks about my book. 3rd in the twilight series. He read them, too…and was annoyed with some of the movie. He actually had to stop himself and say, “but you’re not here to talk about books.” :)
He looks over my chart and u/s pics, says everything looks great…says, “you know, you really defied the odds. After having 3 ectopics, the chance you would have a normal uterine pregnancy is slim.” I add, yeah and I’ve got ½ my insides, don’t always ovulate and I’m still breastfeeding! It’s a friggin miracle. I said, yeah, I can’t wait to start getting the comments, “see, if you stop thinking about it, blah, blah..” he said, “Thinking about it has nothing to do with it!” Thank. You.
1st he checks my breasts so then I start to tell him about my mom…but 1st he smiles(almost chuckles) and says “you’re leaking” Uh, yeah, because I just stopped bfing last week. Duh. Says my body’s at odds-prolactin going down from weaning, but going up from pregnancy. So I’ll probably produce milk during my entire pregnancy. Oh joy. The good news is that he says I’m doing my best to reduce my risk of breast cancer by having babies back to back and breast feeding. Hopefully there’s more weight to the breastfeeding theory, since we all know my mom had 5 babies back to back-and we know how that turned out.
Everything was good, except the lab results came back and I have a urinary tract infection. Boooo! But at least I got meds and It’ll stop. It’s not some crazy prego thing that’ll I’ll just have to suck up and deal with.
Got the big bag of books, hospital stuff and sample prenatals. I think I’ve been on prenantal vitamins for 3 years. Got the testing consents and told him i’d have to discuss with steven. Who of course said, “no. This is just like the last time. What would we do about it?” To which I reply, “This is not like last time. This is not a planned pregnancy.” Yes, I am a monster. Will blog about that later…
~~~
So, it's been a few weeks and i decided not to do the prenantal testing, but the more and more i thought about it, the more worried i got. I just have a really bad feeling that something is wrong with my baby:( God, i hope i'm wrong. Steven is still against the testing because then i'll just have more to worry about if something is wrong. But, if the results are good, then i'll be calmer, happier. So today i decided to get it done. I go next week.
My mom also helped my decision...well, actually, she told me to stop worrying. The only reason i feel like something is wrong is because i was so scared when i got pregnant, i wished i wasn't :( She said, "Do you know how many times i wished i wasn't pregnant?" :) Brought a smile to my face. Wishing doesn't make it go away :) And she's got a pretty good track record. Sure some of us are screwed, but none of that had to do with her pregnancies or births.
~~~
So, this morning started off terrible. From 3am-7am I felt like I had to pee-BAD. Every 2 minutes…it was a bad pressure on my pelvis. I was sure something was wrong…
At least today was my dr appt. I go for ultrasound then see dr. I got CC (she’s fine, but I just prefer Michelle-she’s more experienced and personable). Everything looks fine, baby’s got arm and leg buds and a heartrate of 179. High-which it was for gracie. It’s the reason dr peek thought it was a girl (that and she said girls are tougher-and we all know that’s true). So, now I’m convinced it’s a girl. Never fear, we will find out this time. There’s a sac w/ fluid in it behind the baby’s sac. CC said not to be concerned, but she did ask me if I was bleeding(which I’m not)…I think she might have thought it was another baby at one time??? I asked the dr and he said no worries. Baby was measuring a little smaller 8w2d, which she said probably won’t change my due date. Dr k changed it, though…Jan 5th.
I text. I read. I wait.
Nurse calls me in and does the whole prenatal history workup. Love explaining to people that I’ve been pregnant 4 times and have 1 child. I tell her about the pee and she has me go to lab to run tests. I’ve lost about 6 lbs since my last period. Go ahead and hate the puker again. Puking is not fun, by the way…neither is not being able to eat one of those delicious home baked white chocolate cookies after dinner because I have heartburn:(
So, I go in the exam room and she says to strip. WTH? She just said I had a pap in dec. She says, “Dr K wants to do a full exam on you.” Great. He comes in and asks about my book. 3rd in the twilight series. He read them, too…and was annoyed with some of the movie. He actually had to stop himself and say, “but you’re not here to talk about books.” :)
He looks over my chart and u/s pics, says everything looks great…says, “you know, you really defied the odds. After having 3 ectopics, the chance you would have a normal uterine pregnancy is slim.” I add, yeah and I’ve got ½ my insides, don’t always ovulate and I’m still breastfeeding! It’s a friggin miracle. I said, yeah, I can’t wait to start getting the comments, “see, if you stop thinking about it, blah, blah..” he said, “Thinking about it has nothing to do with it!” Thank. You.
1st he checks my breasts so then I start to tell him about my mom…but 1st he smiles(almost chuckles) and says “you’re leaking” Uh, yeah, because I just stopped bfing last week. Duh. Says my body’s at odds-prolactin going down from weaning, but going up from pregnancy. So I’ll probably produce milk during my entire pregnancy. Oh joy. The good news is that he says I’m doing my best to reduce my risk of breast cancer by having babies back to back and breast feeding. Hopefully there’s more weight to the breastfeeding theory, since we all know my mom had 5 babies back to back-and we know how that turned out.
Everything was good, except the lab results came back and I have a urinary tract infection. Boooo! But at least I got meds and It’ll stop. It’s not some crazy prego thing that’ll I’ll just have to suck up and deal with.
Got the big bag of books, hospital stuff and sample prenatals. I think I’ve been on prenantal vitamins for 3 years. Got the testing consents and told him i’d have to discuss with steven. Who of course said, “no. This is just like the last time. What would we do about it?” To which I reply, “This is not like last time. This is not a planned pregnancy.” Yes, I am a monster. Will blog about that later…
~~~
So, it's been a few weeks and i decided not to do the prenantal testing, but the more and more i thought about it, the more worried i got. I just have a really bad feeling that something is wrong with my baby:( God, i hope i'm wrong. Steven is still against the testing because then i'll just have more to worry about if something is wrong. But, if the results are good, then i'll be calmer, happier. So today i decided to get it done. I go next week.
My mom also helped my decision...well, actually, she told me to stop worrying. The only reason i feel like something is wrong is because i was so scared when i got pregnant, i wished i wasn't :( She said, "Do you know how many times i wished i wasn't pregnant?" :) Brought a smile to my face. Wishing doesn't make it go away :) And she's got a pretty good track record. Sure some of us are screwed, but none of that had to do with her pregnancies or births.
Monday, June 8, 2009
6 month pics
Big girl chair
V gave us this awesome toy. Thanks, V!
Gracie with Snowflake's u/s pic (Name courtesy of Jen.)This is the pic i used to make our Mom's Mother's Day cards.
Sleepy Grits
At the park
With the girls
Cindy Lou
Mom trying to catch the Lil Barefoot Bandit
There. That's better.
1st time on swing :)
Monday, June 1, 2009
Unf****in' Believeable
So, finally i told work, so i get to post. And you all know that i tell it like it is, so here's what it is (at least when i 1st found out-written 5/7):
I'm pregnant! Feels so strange to write the words. I'm scared. I have a 6 month old! I have one ovary, one tube, don't always ovulate and I'm still breastfeeding. I'm not supposed to get pregnant!?! Can't wait til Gracie's of age so i can tell her YES, you can get pregnant by having sex just one time:)
I know it's a miracle, and i will come around, but wow-watch what you wish for. I missed being pregnant and look what happens. I'm worried about so much (most is irrational):
-people will think i'm crazy w/2 under 2
-my (childless) friends will be pushed further away
-money (daycare for 2 is 1/2 my salary)
-work (i already haven't been the best employee since i've had gracie, now what?)
-my sanity, and how on earth can i love another baby as much as gracie...especially one that wasn't planned :(
-the health of my baby...since i hoped that it wasn't true:( i know, i'm the WORST
-being a "fertile"
Yesterday(5/6) i had an u/s and it's definitely in the uterus where it's supossed to be and there was a slight flicker of a heartbeat. I'll go back in 3 weeks.
I'm pregnant! Feels so strange to write the words. I'm scared. I have a 6 month old! I have one ovary, one tube, don't always ovulate and I'm still breastfeeding. I'm not supposed to get pregnant!?! Can't wait til Gracie's of age so i can tell her YES, you can get pregnant by having sex just one time:)
I know it's a miracle, and i will come around, but wow-watch what you wish for. I missed being pregnant and look what happens. I'm worried about so much (most is irrational):
-people will think i'm crazy w/2 under 2
-my (childless) friends will be pushed further away
-money (daycare for 2 is 1/2 my salary)
-work (i already haven't been the best employee since i've had gracie, now what?)
-my sanity, and how on earth can i love another baby as much as gracie...especially one that wasn't planned :(
-the health of my baby...since i hoped that it wasn't true:( i know, i'm the WORST
-being a "fertile"
Yesterday(5/6) i had an u/s and it's definitely in the uterus where it's supossed to be and there was a slight flicker of a heartbeat. I'll go back in 3 weeks.
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