Friday, October 22, 2010
Hello third trimester!!!!
I am finally in the home stretch of pregnancy! 11 more weeks until we get to meet our precious Mayleigh and I am beyond excited. We are in the midst of doing some "nesting". Cleaning the house and fixing up the nursery. All of the pieces are there, we just need to put them in place!
We were finally able to get a picture of Mayleigh's face, although it is still very blurry due to her face being so close to the placenta. She is doing well and growing right on schedule. According to my doctor, I am doing well also. I feel so blessed to have had such a great pregnancy so far!
I am looking forward to the next few weeks. Just about every weekend from now until December will be filled with baby showers and a maternity photo shoot by a friend. Time seems to be going so slow but so fast at the same time! Before I know it, it will be December and I will be preparing for this little girl to come in to the world!!!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
I have officially popped
So here I am at 26 weeks. I have started going to physical therapy twice a week now for my back pain and and a chiropractor once a week to help with my alignment. Between the two, we have discovered that my right hip is rotated forward and out of alignment which is why I have had this sharp pain in my right SI joint for the past 4 months. So I am hoping between regular adjustments and continuing my physical therapy to strengthen my lower back muscles I may finally find some relief and walk like a normal person again! I LOVE my chiropractors office because they have a house massage therapist who is AMAZING. I had the best massage today that I have ever had in my life. She was wonderful! The best part is that it is covered by my insurance, so I can get at least a little relief for a much smaller price than going to a spa or something.
Fall is in the air and I am LOVING it. The cooler weather is making being outside with the kids much easier and I am looking forward to start going for walks in the park without getting sick over the hot air!
Things to look forward to this fall....... leaves changing, awesome weather, homecoming, maternity photo shoot, baby showers and Thanksgiving!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Whoah, baby!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Recent purchases
Monday, August 23, 2010
Half Way There
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Sweet little baby girl
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Overdue updates
First of all, this looks amazing and I must have one. I'm officially not allowed to sleep on my back OR my stomach now. Something about cutting off blood to the heart if you sleep on your back and squashing the baby if you sleep on your belly. Unfortunatly, it hurts my back to sleep on my side. Again, I have GOT to get this pillow! I think this will be the first purchase I make with my next paycheck!
That being said...I feel great! Second trimester has definitly been a honeymoon period. Despite my growing belly, I have a little more energy, I'm finally hungry without the sick feeling and I'm anticipating feeling that first flutter! I thought I may have felt one yesterday, but wasn't quite sure.
I just spent a week in Ohio and Kentucky with my family; a much need vaction with lots of TLC from my momma :-) Oh, dear! I think I just felt a fluttler. Woohoo! Anyhow, we had a fantastic time. Watched the yankees play the indians, ate a LOT of yummy food, satisfied many of my soul food cravings and got to see my extended family in KY. We celebrated 3 birthdays at my aunts house and had a lovely bridal luncheon for my cousin Anne Bennet. I was so sad to leave, but I will be traveling back to KY at the end of next week for ABC's wedding!!!
In other news, I got my first pair of maternity pants last week and boy do I LOVE them! So comfortable. I feel like my belly is growing every day!
Every Wednesday feels like a giant milestone in my pregnancy. I am 18 weeks today and I can not WAIT for next wednesday because we will have our ultrasound to *hopefully* find out what the sex of the baby is! We've got our girls name picked out, now if only we could settle on a boys name!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Hello second trimester (officially)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
I love free stuff
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Rainbow Baby
Friday, June 25, 2010
NOM NOM NOM
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
You know you're pregnant when...
There were over 2oo posts but these are my top 10 favorites:
You know you're pregnant when...
*"you're husband looks at you adoringly and you want to slap the crap out of him"
*"you're starving but the thought of any and all food makes you want to puke"
*"when you gas is so bad you start farting in your sleep and it wakes you up"
*"when you've trained yourself to pee before you puke to avoid simultaneous pee/puke action"
*"you really want your husband to cuddle with you but at the same time you wish he would just go to the next room and leave you alone"
*"you spontaneously combust into tears in your husbands arms because you havn't felt good for days, then scream at him for hugging you to hard"
*"you fall flat on your face on the hard bathroom floor becaues you were half asleep getting up to pee"
*"you would rather puke and get it over with than feel nausous all of the time"
*"the thought of eating anything makes you sick, even if you're starving"
*"you're husband can't do anything but laugh when you're a crying uncontrolably because he doesn't know what he can do to help you, and it's probably because you look totally rediculous balling over your pretzels going stale"
I wish I could post more, but there were so many to choose from! 12 weeks today! Next prenatal pointment next wendesday, I'll get to hear the heartbeat!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Starting to feel like myself again!
No major baby update for this post, but I would like to share that I am finally *starting* to feel like myself again. I am having many more good days than bad days. My appetites is slowely coming back for certain foods like fruits. (All I want lately are peaches and pears) and the nausea is, for the most part, almost all gone! The only thing that is still lingering is my moodiness. One of my students parents told me that I would have a girl because I've been so irritable haha. She said it was all of those "girl parts" developing that make your emotions go crazy. Not sure if there is any truth to that but I got a good laugh out of it!
I am so excited to have my next prenatal visit on the 30th because I will get to finally hear the heart beat and hopefully get my next ultrasound appointment set up to find out what the sex of the baby is! I'd really like to find out before my birthday :-) We have a couple of names picked out for either boy or girl so I'll be so excited to find out what it is to finally settle on a name! All I am going to say for now is the initials for a boy: CJM and for a girl: TAM
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Am I EVER going to want to eat again?!?!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Time to spill the beans about our little bean!!!
Monday, May 24, 2010
We have a little bean!!!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Blessed Again
Two weeks ago, I got to ask Trenady to thank her Angels for me :-)
So here I am..... pregnant!!!! We are excited beyond words about our new little baby.
I can't WAIT to tell my family (and share this blog with them). I have to wait THREE MORE WEEKS to even tell my mom! Being their first grandchild, I want it to be so special when I tell them! Anyhow, they are coming to visit in three weeks, so I have plenty of time to think of a special way to tell them the news! (I'll have my first ultrasound by then too!)
Understandably, I am still nervous because of my previous miscarriage; but I am trying to stay hopefull and positive. Everything seems to be going smoothly and on course. I am feeling good, just tired and a little sick but so so so so so so so so so happy!
So here it is, a blog for my friends and family to track how my pregnancy and beyond is going. Thanks for being here for me. Love you all :-)