Sometimes I ramble....

January 31 2013

It's already the end of January?! really?!  Crazy!  I am a little overwhelmed by the fact that in 2 weeks I will have single digit weeks left in this pregnancy, I still have a to do list of like 124903243432 things before I am ready for Lily to be here..Yikes!

On that note, I had my first official meltdown last night.  Matt said he was really impressed I made it as long as I did without freaking out, he was expecting it much sooner and much more often.  Sometimes I read these mommy blogs and then my brains start to exaggerate and then I freak out.....probably would do best if I avoided the mommy blogs and just went with the flow, but when I have no idea what to expect and whats happening to me is very difficult not to try and read what is normal/what has happened to everyone else who has been through it already.  Anyways, after about 15 minutes of freaking out last night I am back to normal!  I am also coming to the realization that no matter how much I read about it and how much I try and prepare myself for it, delivering a baby is just going to be gross (is it bad to say that as a mom?) but at the end of it Lily will hopefully not be as gross :)  Just kidding i know she won't be! 

I had to go to the doctor 3 times this week, I am pretty sure they are going to give me a reserved parking spot soon.....

I had a regular check up on Monday, everything was normal and my blood pressure was something around 118/64 which is definitely more normal for me so that is good.  I havent gained any weight from my appointment two weeks ago which I am pretty pleased about, I have changed my diet to include much more veggies and fruits and much less crappy junk food  just preparing myself for what real life eating is like when you can't use pregnancy as an excuse :) 

I had to go to the hospital on Tuesday to get preregistered and get my blood drawn for my rhogam shot.  So I had to get a rhogam shot because I have B negative blood.  Every woman who has rh negative blood is required to get the shot around their 28th week.  The reason is that if Lily has rh positive blood and I didn't have the shot and something were to happen where her blood got into my system my body would try and fight hers which would not end up well for either of us.  The good news is I am not preregistered with the hospital so when I go into labor I should have much less paperwork to fill out when we get there.  The bad news is the guy who took my blood was not as good as the woman who does it in my doctors office, I have a bruise and scratch :(

On Wednesday I had to go back to the hospital to get the rhogam shot.  Seems silly that they can't get it all done in one day, but they have to retest my blood from tuesday to ensure I am rh negative before they will administer the test and I guess that takes a while.  I did not like that my shot was given in the same office where patients come for dialysis (positive I did not get that right), it was hard to be happy when there were 3 people in beds next to me hooked up to so many machines and just laying there.  Anyways, I was expecting the shot to be similiar to the flu shot, false!  Well I should inform you that I have a slight fear of needles and shots, weird considering how many piercings I got in college but those were by choice not by force.   This thing was like triple the size and it had to go in a muscle!  I was given a choice between my butt or my arm, I would like to meet the person who electively chooses to have a shot in the butt?!  The shot literally took like a minute to do but I had to wait around for 30 minutes to make sure I didnt have an allergic reaction or anything.  

Now I am free from the doctor until February 13 which is my next regular appointment.  Hooray!  

We have a big weekend at our house.  On Saturday we have painters/workers coming to paint our nursery and our bedroom...they are also going ot fix our leaky faucets, fix a hole in our wall and put our laundry door back on!  I am mostly excited about painting  the nursery, we went last saturday and got the colors, we (I) picked the color 'Cuddle' (awwwwwwwwwww so what if I picked it because of the name) which is a lite yellow....it is going to be so good!

I think this novel is long enough....until next week!

How far along? 28 weeks,6 days!!!
Weight gain/loss? I just try not to think about it....definitely up more than I thought or hoped I would be.  I have decided once Lily has made her appearance I will use this blog to document life as a first time mom trying to get back in shape! 
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks? Still holding strong....I have been putting lotion on in the mornings though so that might be helping
Sleep? It's uncomfortable!  
Best moment this week?  Picking out the nursery color :)
Movement? Lots and lots of movement!!!!  Lily is still breech, i only know this because her favorite punching/kicking bag is my bladder 
Food Cravings? Pineapple!  But nothing else really....
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? Still in....it may be fighting a losing battle though
What I miss? Now that spring clothes are coming out, I wish I was back to a normal human size so I could shop!
What I am looking forward to? Getting our nursery painted and getting it decorated!!
Milestones?  Rhogam shot done!  It's been freaking me out since i found out I had to get it back in my first trimester.....luckily I survived, I do feel like it was touch and go there for 30 seconds or so.  I wish they gave stickers or lollies after the shot, I don't think the nurses understand the accomplishment that is achieved, I will bring it up when i go back for my delivery.

Over 66.67% baked!

January 24 2013

Nothing exciting this week for the pregnancy....I can tell Lily is getting bigger because her kicks and punches are getting more intense.  It is the weirdest feeling but so cool at the same time, hard to explain.  

I got a new car on Saturday!!!  2013 Altima, it is beautiful :)  I spilled my coffee in it this morning :( whomp whomp  I have never spilled coffee before so it only makes sense that the first time I do it is 5 days after I buy my first car.....luckily black leather is no match for coffee! 

Lily is still breech, that means her head is still up and her feet are down.  The doctor said she will likely flip between now and 36 weeks so fingers crossed that happens....if she doesn't flip its a c-section for me.

My next appointment is on Monday, but i don't think anything exciting will happen just a check up.  I have to schedule getting a shot next week as well since my blood is rh negative (there is a medical term for this shot, but i have no idea what that term is), the shot protects my body from getting infected if Lily turns out to have rh positive blood.  Since I have reached my third trimester I have appointments every 2 weeks now until I get to 36 weeks, then we move to once a week!  

Yikes, less than 3 months away from D-Day where has the time gone!

How far along? 27 weeks,6 days!!!
Weight gain/loss? I just try not to think about it....definitely up more than I thought or hoped I would be.  I have decided once Lily has made her appearance I will use this blog to document life as a first time mom trying to get back in shape! 
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks? Nothing yet..::knock on wood::
Sleep? It's uncomfortable!  I wake up with hip pain most days...
Best moment this week?  Meg's baby shower, it was fun to plan!  
Movement? Lots of movement!!!! I am starting to feel it on the outside too so soon matt will get to feel it!
Food Cravings? Not craving anything in particular, trying to incorporate more fruits and veggies.  I read that Lily's taste buds are working now so if I eat good food from now on then she will grow up liking good foods.
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? In...barely
What I miss? Exercise!
What I am looking forward to? Getting our nursery painted and getting it decorated!!
Milestones?  3rd and final trimester woohoo!

Making the climb back up to Cloud 9!

January 17 2013

It's been a good week for Lily and I.  We have been resting a lot, we did the 24 pee test on Sunday and on Monday we went to the doctor for a follow up.  I haven't gotten my test results back but my blood pressure while I was at the doctor was 122/78 :)  The doctor said as long as the test results come back okay, it was probably just a stressful few weeks that led to my high blood pressure and I should be fine to resume life as normal!  Hooray!!  I should hopefully hear back from the doctor today with the results, all my fingers and toes are crossed!

Yesterday we had our follow up ultrasound to check out the kidney issue that was found at our 20 week ultrasound.  We had a super nice ultrasound technician, the same one as last time, and she said she couldn't find anything wrong with little lily....she was the picture of a normal healthy baby!!!!!  Woohoo!  Lily weighs 2lbs 2ounces (I dont know the abbreviation for ounces, is it oz?) which is in the 53rd percentile ever so slightly bigger than average but if she takes after my side of the family then she is bound to be a big baby anyways.  No signs of anything wrong with her kidneys or any other organs.  Her heart rate was 147bpm which is good.  Since our technician was so nice she even gave us a look at Lily in 4D, normally you have to pay extra for that but we got a sneak peak for free :) Below are two of the pictures we got, one is just normal and the other is in 4D.

4D!  her left eye, nose and mouth!  She kept moving out of the picture whenever  the tech tried to get a good shot so this is the best we got on film....

Profile shot...funny thing is her foot is up by her forehead....you can see her leg extend from the right side of the photo up and the little drop down part above her forehead is her foot.  I wouldn't say it looks comfy but whatever floats your boat Lily!

Since Lily is a healthy little girl we don't need a follow up ultrasound, which means these are the likely the last images of her before she is here live and in person! Crazy how time has flown by!!!!!  

I am now on two week appointments, so I go back on January 28 for my next appointment.  I also have to get a shot around that time at the hospital since I have RH negative blood.  I think from here on, assuming my test results are normal, all they will do at the doctors is make sure Lily and I are both growing at a healthy rate.

At most, we have 13 weeks until Lily is here!  Although my dad thinks she will make an appearance on April 6, I had a heart to heart with Lily last night about how if she is going to come early she should plan for a weekday so I at least get out of work haha.  I guess we will have to wait and see!

How far along? 26 weeks,6 days!!!
Weight gain/loss? I am up, just up....already starting to plan how I am going to get back down after birth.  I can not wait until I can go back to working out again....words I never thought would come out of my mouth (or words I never thought I would type)
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks? Nothing yet..::knock on wood::
Sleep? It seems I have turned into a light sleeper, Matt has been struck with the flu and the last couple of nights I have woken up every time he has coughed or moved...also max has this new thing where he sleeps on the bed for an hour then gets off stretches licks the carpet for a few minutes then sleeps on the floor for an hour, then he repeats this process all night and adds in a few trips to the toilet to drink the water....really dog?   
Best moment this week?  Everything being normal at my doctor appointments, I love normalcy!
Movement? Lots of movement!!!! I am starting to feel it on the outside too so soon matt will get to feel it!
Food Cravings? Fruit!!!!
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? In but a very stretched in
What I miss? Exercise!
What I am looking forward to? Meg Mack's baby shower this weekend!
Milestones?  Lily is over 2 lbs, she is healthy!

Forced to remove my rose-colored glasses...

January 10 2013

Things were going so well and so easy.....

I went to the doctor to do my glucose test this morning.  When i got there my blood pressure was 130/96, too high.....My doctor came back 30 minutes later and redid it and it was 122/80, still high but not bad

I have been placed on level 1 bedrest, means I have to work part time and relax when I am not at work, no more walks for max, lots of time spent laying down on my left side...

I have to do a 24 hour urine catch (or something like that) which means I have a large jug that I have to collect my pee in from sunday morning to monday morning. They are going to check and see how much protein is in my urine and some other substance.  If it is normal, I can go back to life as normal just be careful not to over do it.  If it is not normal, well things can get interesting, serious bedrest, blood pressure meds, and possible early induction :(

I am trying very hard not to freak out, but I am on the verge.  Please keep little Lily and me in your prayers for the next few days....hopefully we will be a-okay and Lily can stay where she is a few more months!

How far along? 25 weeks,6 days!!!
Weight gain/loss? I am up, just up.
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks? Nothing yet..::knock on wood::
Sleep? normal
Best moment this week?  Everything before going to the doctor this morning
Movement? Lots of movement!!!! I am starting to feel it on the outside too so soon matt will get to feel it!
Food Cravings? Fruit!!!!
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? In
What I miss? Normal pregnancy.....I don't like being abnormal
What I am looking forward to? Being healthy again
Milestones?  No good ones :(

2013: The year of the Lily! :)

January 4 2013

I seem to have gotten a little behind on updating this.....sorry blog followers, my new years resolution is to be a better blogger!

So what has happened in the last two weeks?

Had a great dinner with my cousins and the kids!  So cool to have everyone together and see the next generation growing up!

Girls and their babies....

Couples...there are two babies in this picture (Congrats Andrea!!!)

My mom and sister and cousins threw me a surprise mini bib shower!  I was totally surprised, which rarely happens since I am such a snoop but I got lots of good bibs, I may be stocked for the first year unless Lily inherits my eating habits...may need a few more!

The loot!!

And......

ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE HAVING A GIRL!  AHHHHH YAYAYAYAYAY! We cut the cake on Christmas Eve, I believe everyone was a little shocked.  Literally everyone we asked predicted it was going to be a boy, including my doctor!  But we are over the moon excited to welcome

Lilianne Sara Simonetti

into our little family in April. She will be in a lot of good girl company in this family with girls outnumbering boys 5 to 2!  Lily's name has special meaning to both Matt and I as it is a tribute to two women who helped make us who we are today, my grandma Anne Grubb and Matts Nani Sara Bioux.

Lots of other things happened in the last week but I didn't capture pictures to post about them, so I will just list them below:

- I went back to the doctor to have my blood pressure re-evaluated...still a little elevated 130/80 but at home is measuring normal so the elevated one at the doctor may be part of my fear of doctors creeping in.

-Charlotte!  We got to spend 5 whole days with my family, it was great to catch up with everyone, especially Charlotte, she is so big! We learned our condo hits capacity at about 4 adults and a baby....next time we host hopefully we will be in a bigger house!

-Christmas!  Great food, great gifts, great family, the whole day was great!

-New Years!  We went to a party at my friend Jaime's house, I ate about a pound of pineapple plus lots of other delicious food....I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to stay up until midnight, first time since becoming pregnant!

-Dinner with my hookers!  Last night I went to dinner with Molly, Sarah and the long lost Erica!  So great to catch up with everyone, so crazy that 6 years ago our biggest concern was what we were going to wear to highlawn and now one of us is pregnant, 2 of us are married, 1 is engaged and one has 8 months left in Somalia before moving in with her soulmate!  Life has certainly taken us places!!  

-VIABILITY!!!!!  I hit 24 weeks, which means if I were to go into labor right now Lily would most likely survive....spend a lot of time in the ICU but still survive :)  hooray!  

Phewwwwwwwwww!  Busy busy two weeks!  Next week (I think) I have my glucose test for Gestational diabetes, I am really looking forward to drinking that highlighter orange liquid..........On January 16 we have our follow up ultrasound to make sure Lilys kidney issue is getting better/gone, fingers crossed!

How far along? 25 weeks!!!
Weight gain/loss? Christmas was a binge fest......
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks? Nothing yet..::knock on wood::
Sleep? I got a snoogle for Christmas, best pillow ever invented!  I have slept through the night since using it!  I highly recommend!
Best moment this week?  Everything in the last two weeks has been the best!
Movement? Lots of movement!!!! I am starting to feel it on the outside too so soon matt will get to feel it!
Food Cravings? Fruit, pineapple and apple and grapes and everything!
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? In but yesterday I had to take my belly button ring out :( it was pulling too much, a sign that I will soon be losing my innie, EK!
What I miss? Nothing!
What I am looking forward to? Getting started on the nursery!
Milestones?  VIABILITY!!!!!!!