199 Days to go!

This time is really flying by now! Less than 200 days until our little one is here! I have been so busy with other things that I haven't had time to just relax and be pregnant! We are doing a lot of remodeling right now in our home to make room for baby so once that is done I think we will really start to feel ready!

We have had a very unfortunate last couple of weeks. Friday, August 15th my dads Uncle Joe passed away. He had cancer and the last few weeks were really bad so it is good that he is in a better place where he is much more comfortable and not suffering but we will still miss him dearly, especially at Sunday dinners. Then Saturday, August 22nd my step mom Mary Ann's dad passed away. He had held on for a long time and always seemed to pull through when he got sick so his passing was really hard. We really miss him, family get togethers will just never be the same. So 2 funerals in 2 weeks was no fun!

With our schedules changing we also had to push back our 2nd ultrasound appointment to today! It has been 5 weeks since our last one so I can't wait to see how much the little one has grown! I will be posting tomorrow with pictures!

11 Weeks

This is crazy, I mean I'm really popping out but a lime! Little one is growing fast!

Baby's now the size of a lime!
Your fetus currently enjoys a 1:1 ratio between body and head, and has skin so transparent that blood vessels show right through it. But fingers and toes are no longer webbed, and hair follicles, tooth buds, and nail beds are forming -- setting up a significantly more attractive future.

So I celebrated my 11 weeks by moving my little sister Abbey into her freshman year of college. Well I mostly pointed my finger and put my two cents in where it wasn't asked! I truly felt like her mother, so proud and can't believe my baby is all grow up! Now my other sis Holly tomorrow! At least she'll only be in Cleveland now and not in California! It will be so nice to have her in driving distance! I love all my babies! :)

Emergency Room Scare

So I have been feeling really dehydrated lately but I thought it was just a pregnancy symptom. Well as I was traveling home to make myself some lunch yesterday, I call my mother and who asks how I have been feeling and I tell her about the ridiculous hangover feeling. She then scares the crap out of me saying constant thirst is a sign of high sugar and that I might have developed gestational diabetes. So I then go to my grandmas to have her take my sugar and sure enough its a little high at 156 (it should be between 80 and 100) .

I got scared but my grandma and Aunt Missy calmed me down saying it would be alright I might just have to watch what I eat. So then I'm calm again and I go back to work and tell my coworker what happened. He suggests I call my doctor just to make sure everything is alright and I figure they're just going to say you'll be fine, see you Monday. Nope, they tell me to go straight to the emergency room and get an IV. Of course I freak out because to me, you're only suppose to go to the ER when something is really wrong. I guess dehydration is serious! So my coworker then takes me to the hospital since I'm in no condition to drive and they fix me all up! My sister Holly and Dad came in to make sure I was okay and lucky by that time my sugar had dropped to 88 and everything looked completely normal! Just a little scare!

Note to self: 64 ounces of water a day is not enough, you must drink more!

Week 9

Aw The Bump says: "Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!"

We have our next ultrasound Monday morning and I can't wait to hear the heartbeat with a Doppler! I really thought I felt it last night but couldn't tell if it was just mine. Definitely have a little bump now though! I will have to take a picture tonight and post it to see my belly growing progress.

This morning I woke up really dehydrated which just felt like I had a horrible hangover! It's not fun waking up with a hangover feeling knowing you haven't drank in a long time! Then drinking water made me want to puke so I drank the strawberry-banana smoothie I made last night. Very good!

Updates in Week 8

Bloating or maybe a little baby belly, nausea mainly in the evenings, lower back pain, and irregular sleep patterns are all with us now! I'm not sleeping very good at night, waking up a couple of times a night without being able to go back to sleep but I do love my afternoon naps. When I get home from work I like to lay down for a couple of hours but if I sleep too long my tummy hates me for it! I'm nauseous and can't really eat but I know I need to. Not a fun feeling so crackers and peppermint tea have been getting me through it. Then I drink a cup of chamomile tea to go to sleep which works for a few hours.

To help with the back pain I started to do a prenatal yoga video (which reminds me I need to do again tonight) and I think after I get used to it I will feel much better. Last Saturday morning Nikki, my future sister-in-law came over to help me through it for the first time since she is very experienced at yoga and boy am I glad she was there! She really helped me a lot with positioning!

I am getting excited about nursery stuff now! My dad and stepmom have offered to buy our crib so now we just need to figure out what color we are painting the room and start looking! I want to actually play around with the cribs in store to make sure they are good (having an experienced new mom like my stepsister will really help here!) but I think it's going to be a dark wood like expresso or chocolate color. I really like these nursery designs below so far, tell me what you think by leaving a comment!

Possibilities for a girl

Dwell Studio Garden

CoCaLo Serene

Favorite so far if we have a boy

CoCaLo Sports Fan

A couple gender neutral favorites

CoCaLo Moremi

Potterty Barn Kids Sweet Lamb