AH HA!

I have figured out why I have had trouble sleeping. I'm hungry; but not just normal "I could go for a bit" more of a stomach pain that won't got away unless attended to. So this is what's causing me to wake up AND keeping me from falling back asleep. Good news is, I'm adapting. I don't feel all that tired today...yet. We'll see how I feel after lunch.

Sleep

Last night I slept better. Not great but better. Not sure why I haven't been sleeping as well but I'm assuming it's exercise and diet. I'm going to go on a walk today with my sister and dad and hopefully eat better then I did yesterday. I have to start bringing fruit to work. I just get so hungry that I'll eat pretty much whatever is quickest.

Not to much new news. Just a lot of excitement. I'm sure I'll know a ton more after our first ultrasound. If all goes well, we'll find out the sex of the baby shortly after Thanksgiving.

Midwife

Monday night Dave and I watched the Soloist. It reminded me how much I enjoy music. I went to Pandora today and did a station on Dario Marianelli. Very clam music for sure. I love it.

Yesterday was crazy. I had a morning breakfast for our "Day of Caring" event, and my cell phone died on the way, so I didn't know where I was going. Had a lunch event and then the doctor.

We met with a midwife yesterday at Lowcountry OBGYN. Both Dave and I like her and as of now, we're going to stick with her. We have our first ultrasound on Tuesday September 8th at 2:00PM. She gave us the option of doing it earlier but we wouldn't get as much information and our insurance only covers 2 ultrasounds in the pregnancy. It's killing Dave, but we did decide to wait. She answered a lot of our questions, including my clearance to continue karate. (YES!) She told us to spend time as a couple and enjoy ourselves. After we left we went home and changed and went to the new Pier under the bridge in Mount Pleasant. We sat on the pier at one of the tables and read over some of the literature the midwife gave us.

I have weighed myself every day this week and have been exactly the same weight....which begs the question why don't my clothes fit? Almost all my pants are too tight. (can't say they all fit perfect 2 months ago but still) So it's dresses for now.

Kite-surfers

Yesterday we went to the beach, me/dave/mom/dad. It was beautiful out, and there were kite-surfers everywhere! A sport I could totally see myself doing....but not pregnant. After the beach Melissa and Mike and Stella met us at Mom/Dad's for a cookout. Dave made steak and it was SOOO GOOD. I got to feed Stella and so did Dave. She threw up on both of us. :) She's just getting us ready.

My dad got to hold her for the first time, he was telling her all about the history of the baseball. I think they moved into how to make french toast later in the conversation. (all very important thinks for a 6 week old to know)

The only thing that's going on with me is the back pain. I kinda feel like i got hit in the back of the kidney on my left side. I'm assuming it's mostly from sleeping funny. I've had a hard time sleeping the last week or so. It's also been really hot in our room so that might have something to do with it. Other than that, i'm good. No sickness.....yet. And so far my mood has been ok (but you'd have to ask Dave on that one)

Are you Sure?

Last night I went to the restaurant (my night job) and told the boss about the bun in the oven and that I have to quit. I really like working there, but I'd rather spend the extra 45 hours a month with Dave. I really want to get on a healthy schedule, cooking better meals v.s eating dinner at 10PM when I get home from work.

I also told one of the girls that works there who is also pregnant, she was pumped. We even had a preggo's unite moment and shared a cheeseburger. Tracie (boss lady) asked me if I was for sure on being prego, I said i took two tests. As soon as I got home last night I took another test...yup still pregnant.

I was looking forward to the beach today, but it's raining. So maybe tomorrow.

I did spend some time today looking at crib sets online..:)

Bump

My Dad says we have "bumps" throughout the day. Some big, some small. I had a bump yesterday due to an issue at work. The short of it, someone found my personality to be somewhat abrupt and overpowering in a company training session. BUT after an hour of venting to Dave (while getting him worked up too) I felt much better. I bounced into work this morning thinking, life is pretty damn good. No need to worry about what one person thinks of me.

I started off eating right...then it went very wrong. I had some grapes and a pepper for an afternoon snack. Then on our way back from picking up my shoes at the shoe repair guy, we stopped at McDonalds. Yes, it was good, but i'll pay for it. I actually had someone (the security officer at my work) ask me if I was expecting yesterday b/c she said i was showing. That's not baby, that's fat. :) haha. I'm sure had i not been pregnant that would have ruined my day. There is no way i'm showing, but i am bloated like a mother! So who knows.

I talked to my friend this morning on my ride in (one of the few close friends that knows). I can't stop smiling. I want to decorate the nursery, pick out all the little clothes, and all that stuff. I'm so excited! I have always had this picture in my mind of me and Dave walking around downtown with a kid on his shoulders and one in a stroller. I told him he HAS to be faster then them! This is key. I've seen some crazy fast kids take off at the beach. Man, little legs can really move.

All and all, really looking forward to tomorrow, a full day with nothing planned but reading up in our new book and hanging with Dave. (maybe the beach!)

time

I think I came to the realization last night that my second job, might have to get the boot. I really want to get myself on a schedule, both with food and sleep (and hopefully exercise). To do that I'm going to have to give up the night job. I really do love it there, but I also want to enjoy being pregnant, and having time with Dave pre-baby. So I'm pretty sure I've made my decision.

I'm trying to stay focused at work, but it's hard. I'm anticipating next week will be a little easier.

Excited

So yesterday I couldn't concentrate at all. I spend the entire day signing up for baby sites and reading as much as I could. I joined babycenter.com and ended up joining a group for April 2010 babies. The due date calculator says' i'm due April 18th. We'll see how close it gets.

I spent 45 minutes on the phone with BlueCross trying to get a lay of the land. I think i got it down, but i do admit I wasn't 100% paying attention when she side tracked and started telling me about her pregnancy. Turns out our "year" starts in November which is good. That means our deductible starts over Nov 1, so most of the visits will all be grouped together.

I also learned about midwifes v.s doctors. Most people I talked to leaned towards Midwifes. So we have an apt to meet one next week. We'll see if we like her. I hear they are much more supportive, and spend more time with you. But again, we'll see.

Today I have actually gotten some work done...some. I think I'm going to just set aside a hour a day to do research. If i don't cap myself I could be on babycenter and pregnancyweekly for 8 hours straight.

I also went out yesterday and bought some prenatal vitamins. My regular girl at publix checked me out so I said shhhhh she rang them up. She gave me a big smile and said, this is a good thing right? I gave her a big smile and nodded.

Lack of Information

I called the OBGYN yesterday to make my appointment. Turns out they don't want to see you until your 6-8 weeks. Ok, but what do i do till then? I had to ask to leave a message for the nurse. When she didn't call me back a few hours later, I called my family doctor Dr. Hunter. Dr. Hunter's nurse Shelby called me right back. She was amazing, gave me all kinds of info on what not to eat. She told me some things to look for and look out for. She even explained to me why they don't see you until your 8 weeks pregnant. That's all I wanted, someone to talk to.

Finally at 4:30 the OBGYN nurse called back. She said we'd talk about everything when i came in, i'm thinking but i'm pregnant NOW, I want to know more. In this day everyone has email. All she had to do was say, what's your email, let me send you some information right now and some common questions. How hard could that be. I understand they do this every day, but i don't. She didn't seem very educated either. She didn't mention half the things Shelby told me.

Dave and I talked about it last night and he was very unhappy with the lack of information as well.

We went to southend last night to see the 3rd floor where my birthday party will be next month. Then we all (mom/dad/liv/me/dave) went to Social for dinner. Mom went to the book store yesterday and got me the new edition of "What to expect when you're expecting". We read a little when we got home about the different options in child birth. We still have no idea what we're doing, but we have some time to get on our feet.

August 16...

August 16, 2009 will be one of those dates I'll just always remember.

Last week I got on G-chat and sent an identical message to five of my girlfriends, including one of my sisters. The question, how long is your cycle? Most of them said 4-5 weeks. I did some research on the net, average women is 28 days. The range is 24-35 days. That said, Saturday (8/15) was day 35 with no period. So on day 36 I took a pregnancy test at 8:30AM in the morning. I was actually pretty positive i wasn't pregnant. Most women come off the pill and it takes 6 months to a year to even get on a normal period cycle. So here I am half asleep, Dave is already downstairs when the second blue line starts to peek through. Somewhere between panic, excitement, and disbelief I ran to the stairs and told Dave he needed to come back upstairs. He rounded the corner into the bathroom, saw me standing over the test looking intently down at it. With a few words I'm not really going to repeat he said Holy S, are you pregnant! I looked up and said I think so. He looked like someone just gave him a cupcake, he lifted me up and and kissed me. We're having a baby.




First Test at 8:30AM

Second Test at 3:30PM