I'm 27 weeks today, and it's the last week of my 2nd Trimester!! Insane.
As I cruise into my 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy here are some updates from this past week:
1. I passed my glucose test! I don’t have gestational diabetes!! Yay!! Not that I really thought I would, but the fact that they even test for it and then I have to wait for the results is nerve racking, you know?
2. Wyatt has a 3rd cousin on the way due in February!! Yay!
3. I was checked into triage this week at Mary Birch. I hadn’t felt Wyatt in almost a day and I started to get concerned. So I did what I was supposed to and called my Dr. After checking my chart, they told me I had anterior placenta (brand new information to me) and then told me to go to the hospital. Scary!! After checking into triage and being hooked up to be monitored I got to listen to his perfect little heart beat for about an hour. He was just fine, whew! Apparently I will not be able to feel him as much since my placenta can block or muffle the kicks but should still feel them when he kicks other places and just need to be monitoring them more closely. I’m kind confused by this though because wasn’t my placenta always there? Why was I able to feel him so strongly before and not now? Isn’t he getting stronger not weaker? Doc will be getting an ear full of Q’s next time for sure.
4. David and I started our Childbirth Preparation Classes this week. Looks like we will be learning a lot about labor and delivery. At every class we will be practicing our breathing. We’re already failing that portion…every time she announces a contraction is starting we take a deep breath to start and our partner is supposed to count it out for us. Well my partner, Mr. Musician can’t help but put a beat to it and I start laughing…I’m very sure it’s not going to be that funny in actual labor when I’m having a real contraction :)
5. Invitations for my first Baby Shower went out! I'm so excited to celebrate Wyatt with everyone and party!!
6. I also think I had my first Braxton Hicks Contraction today. I felt a tightening in my belly and when I touched it, it was rock hard in that spot…then went away. Hmmm...
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Daddy2B
Although, we’re not technically parents yet, we are expecting our baby boy in the next couple months. For Mother’s Day many, many people said Happy Mother’s Day to me, and I must admit I loved it. Initially I didn’t think moms-to-be actually celebrated. But given that I am pregnant - I have started to jump into the mom role; making major adjustments to my life physically; in my food, exercise, alcohol/caffeine and overall lifestyle, planning for the future, attending more doctors appointments in the last 6.5 months than I have in the last 10 years (not to mention the gallons of blood given), registering for all the necessary baby goods we’re going to need, signed us up for birthing classes, chosen a pediatrician, researched daycares, prenatal yoga, etc, etc, etc…
For Father’s Day today I honor my little Daddy2B for all the wonderful things he has done for our soon to be family of three. Although I’m the one with the 24/7 reminder growing inside me, David has done his fair share in his own way. Top of the list is taking care of me during the so called “morning sickness” period, cooks dinner every night (including making special meals for me, like random requests for pancakes), foot massages, runs to the store for whatever I’m craving, helped me completely clean out the back bedroom (now nursery), painted the nursery, rubs my belly (he loves feeling his son kick), put the crib together and my personal favorite – constantly whistles and tells me how beautiful I look (which he never even did before I was pregnant so it means that much more to me).
So as he goes on living his life the same for now while I continue growing the little peanut; by playing golf, surfing, going out and watching TV…I am so thankful for my wonderful husband and it makes me so excited that my Daddy2B will get to share all his favorite things one day with his son. I love my boys!
Preparing for Wyatt; painting his nursery (how cute is he?)
For Father’s Day today I honor my little Daddy2B for all the wonderful things he has done for our soon to be family of three. Although I’m the one with the 24/7 reminder growing inside me, David has done his fair share in his own way. Top of the list is taking care of me during the so called “morning sickness” period, cooks dinner every night (including making special meals for me, like random requests for pancakes), foot massages, runs to the store for whatever I’m craving, helped me completely clean out the back bedroom (now nursery), painted the nursery, rubs my belly (he loves feeling his son kick), put the crib together and my personal favorite – constantly whistles and tells me how beautiful I look (which he never even did before I was pregnant so it means that much more to me).
So as he goes on living his life the same for now while I continue growing the little peanut; by playing golf, surfing, going out and watching TV…I am so thankful for my wonderful husband and it makes me so excited that my Daddy2B will get to share all his favorite things one day with his son. I love my boys!
Preparing for Wyatt; painting his nursery (how cute is he?)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
99 days!
I’m not good at waiting…I think I’ve repeated that over and over in other posts. I mean I was the kid that shook her packages cause I couldn’t wait until Christmas morning for goodness sake. I don’t do that anymore of course :)
But today, I looked at my pregnancy countdown and I’m at 99 days left already!! Double digits! I can’t believe it! When I first put that countdown on my blog I had like 220 something days and now I’m at only 99 days left! I was told when I hit the half way mark time would just fly and they weren’t kidding.
I’ve had so much on my mind lately and it’s a miracle I get any sleep, and even more of a miracle since I have to occasionally pee in the middle of the night. A lot of prayer requests are in order, many I can’t put on my blog for the privacy of those involved, but here is one in particular that has touched my heart. My good friend Amy’s cousin delivered her baby boy at 26 weeks gestational. Please pray for their family as they go through this difficult time. You can follow their journey here: Jackson Vogt
Please pray for me and Wyatt as we countdown these remaining 99 days.
Side note: I totally thought I saw David Cook from American Idol Downtown at Horton Plaza today...totally second guessed myself and just kept on walking. So this afternoon after I mailed out my proposal I Googled his concerts. Oh, yeah, he's just playing at Del Mar Fair tonight! Damn, I totally saw him and didn't say anything! Like, "I was totally rooting for you" (even though I never voted, but who cares right, he won!) ok, that's it, just had to share my star sighting. Gosh, I don't even own his CD, I feel like I should go buy it now or something.
But today, I looked at my pregnancy countdown and I’m at 99 days left already!! Double digits! I can’t believe it! When I first put that countdown on my blog I had like 220 something days and now I’m at only 99 days left! I was told when I hit the half way mark time would just fly and they weren’t kidding.
I’ve had so much on my mind lately and it’s a miracle I get any sleep, and even more of a miracle since I have to occasionally pee in the middle of the night. A lot of prayer requests are in order, many I can’t put on my blog for the privacy of those involved, but here is one in particular that has touched my heart. My good friend Amy’s cousin delivered her baby boy at 26 weeks gestational. Please pray for their family as they go through this difficult time. You can follow their journey here: Jackson Vogt
Please pray for me and Wyatt as we countdown these remaining 99 days.
Side note: I totally thought I saw David Cook from American Idol Downtown at Horton Plaza today...totally second guessed myself and just kept on walking. So this afternoon after I mailed out my proposal I Googled his concerts. Oh, yeah, he's just playing at Del Mar Fair tonight! Damn, I totally saw him and didn't say anything! Like, "I was totally rooting for you" (even though I never voted, but who cares right, he won!) ok, that's it, just had to share my star sighting. Gosh, I don't even own his CD, I feel like I should go buy it now or something.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Self Control
Self Control, it’s just oozing out of me, seriously.
When I found out I was pregnant I bought nothing. I swear.
Then when I found out at 15 weeks that we were having a boy I bought 2 little onesies at Old Navy.
A couple of weeks ago I went to register at Babies R Us and bought an adorable little stuffed giraffe. You would have bought him too, so cute.
All these items came with some serious contemplating of course because if you know David…at all…you know he gave me a mini eye rolling. But I know deep inside he’s super proud of me…only 3 items in over 6 months…I think I deserve a recovered shopaholic award or something.
This weekend however, when the cutest little camo slip-ons just like David wears were presented to me I had zero self control…because seriously how cute are my boys gonna look in these matching shoes? (sorry, David’s are a little nasty, he wears them all the time, but you needed the visual right?).
So, other than my mini loss of self control, I had a fabulous weekend in Palm Desert. We ditched the San Diego “June Gloom” and I got to lay by the pool drinking my virgin mango margarita, read trashy gossip magazines, and got a much needed pedicure.
I even overheard a few conversations that me and my belly sparked with a couple groups of ladies, one older group in particular that went down memory lane with each other about their own pregnancies…blew me away when their teenagers showed up. Had I been a crazy teenager, I could have been my own MTV episode of 16 and pregnant and have my very own teenager right now. (you’re welcome mom, aren’t you glad I made you wait to be a grandma?)
See, self control.
David and I in Palm Desert (25 weeks pregnant)
When I found out I was pregnant I bought nothing. I swear.
Then when I found out at 15 weeks that we were having a boy I bought 2 little onesies at Old Navy.
A couple of weeks ago I went to register at Babies R Us and bought an adorable little stuffed giraffe. You would have bought him too, so cute.
All these items came with some serious contemplating of course because if you know David…at all…you know he gave me a mini eye rolling. But I know deep inside he’s super proud of me…only 3 items in over 6 months…I think I deserve a recovered shopaholic award or something.
This weekend however, when the cutest little camo slip-ons just like David wears were presented to me I had zero self control…because seriously how cute are my boys gonna look in these matching shoes? (sorry, David’s are a little nasty, he wears them all the time, but you needed the visual right?).
So, other than my mini loss of self control, I had a fabulous weekend in Palm Desert. We ditched the San Diego “June Gloom” and I got to lay by the pool drinking my virgin mango margarita, read trashy gossip magazines, and got a much needed pedicure.
I even overheard a few conversations that me and my belly sparked with a couple groups of ladies, one older group in particular that went down memory lane with each other about their own pregnancies…blew me away when their teenagers showed up. Had I been a crazy teenager, I could have been my own MTV episode of 16 and pregnant and have my very own teenager right now. (you’re welcome mom, aren’t you glad I made you wait to be a grandma?)
See, self control.
David and I in Palm Desert (25 weeks pregnant)
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Don't scare me like that!
Friday I hit 24 weeks of being pregnant! I can’t believe it…actually, I can, the proof is in the belly.
But seriously, It feels like just the other day I found out I was pregnant and now I am 6 months pregnant, it’s crazy.
On Monday I had my first little scare…Wyatt, decided he didn’t want to be “thumper” that day. Not ok.
Luckily I didn’t fully realize it until after lunch and had a doctor’s appointment at 3pm where I got to hear his heartbeat and everything, not to mention it was my glucose testing day. He perked right up shortly after I downed that bottle of sweet nastiness. Little trouble maker had me worried there for a while. David and I have been working on his nursery and I was moving stuff around the night before…I scared myself into thinking I had done something wrong. Lesson learned I will not be moving and lifting from this point on.
Pregnancy has been great. In the 1st Trimester I never really got “sick” just nauseous for a month and half, and had some awesome and interesting changes to my body. In the 2nd Trimester I have gotten a few leg cramps in the middle of the night, random bouts of insomnia - which is completely normal when I have too much on my mind, interesting cravings like “crazy bread”, learned that I need to clear my belly of the car door when opening it and finally…even though I feel like I have a “I’ve been sitting in a 3 hour movie full bladder” it’s not really. I’m bracing myself for the 3rd Trimester, I hear it can be a doozy.
My favorite part so far is obviously feeling the little one wiggling and kicking around. I can only imagine it’s second to the first time I will be holding him in my arms.
Two things I'm nervous about as I near the end of my 2nd Trimester: I'm getting huge, or at least I feel huge. My Dr. helps reassure me and my 5'2 frame that I'm measuring right on target...I'm just short and the only way for him to grow is out. I fear I am literally having David's baby, a whopper at 10 pounds 7 ounces. Lord help me!
The other thing, pre-term labor. Knowing quite a few people that have delivered pre-term lately, it makes me nervous. I'm staying positive though. Wyatt and I can do this!
Here is my 24 week belly picture. I know, WOW!
But seriously, It feels like just the other day I found out I was pregnant and now I am 6 months pregnant, it’s crazy.
On Monday I had my first little scare…Wyatt, decided he didn’t want to be “thumper” that day. Not ok.
Luckily I didn’t fully realize it until after lunch and had a doctor’s appointment at 3pm where I got to hear his heartbeat and everything, not to mention it was my glucose testing day. He perked right up shortly after I downed that bottle of sweet nastiness. Little trouble maker had me worried there for a while. David and I have been working on his nursery and I was moving stuff around the night before…I scared myself into thinking I had done something wrong. Lesson learned I will not be moving and lifting from this point on.
Pregnancy has been great. In the 1st Trimester I never really got “sick” just nauseous for a month and half, and had some awesome and interesting changes to my body. In the 2nd Trimester I have gotten a few leg cramps in the middle of the night, random bouts of insomnia - which is completely normal when I have too much on my mind, interesting cravings like “crazy bread”, learned that I need to clear my belly of the car door when opening it and finally…even though I feel like I have a “I’ve been sitting in a 3 hour movie full bladder” it’s not really. I’m bracing myself for the 3rd Trimester, I hear it can be a doozy.
My favorite part so far is obviously feeling the little one wiggling and kicking around. I can only imagine it’s second to the first time I will be holding him in my arms.
Two things I'm nervous about as I near the end of my 2nd Trimester: I'm getting huge, or at least I feel huge. My Dr. helps reassure me and my 5'2 frame that I'm measuring right on target...I'm just short and the only way for him to grow is out. I fear I am literally having David's baby, a whopper at 10 pounds 7 ounces. Lord help me!
The other thing, pre-term labor. Knowing quite a few people that have delivered pre-term lately, it makes me nervous. I'm staying positive though. Wyatt and I can do this!
Here is my 24 week belly picture. I know, WOW!
Monday, June 1, 2009
What's in a Name?
This past weekend David and I flew to San Francisco with my mom for her birthday. We had a fabulous time and this little girl did some serious hill walking. I should get a medal...seriously. If you're ever in SF and get off the cable car at California and Jones and walk down and then back up that hill, you'll think I'm amazing. David and I didn't get to bike the Golden Gate Bridge this time but I'll be ready next time when I'm not so front heavy.
Happy Birthday Mom!
(freezing on Pier 39)
After a weekend of crazy kicking from "thumper", David and I caught the little ninja in the act and actually saw my stomach moving when he was kicking. It was the coolest thing to see that he's gotten so much stronger in just a week. And while we're on the subject of "thumper"...I think I'm done giving him little nicknames. I figure since his dad calls him by name everyone else can too. Our baby boy will be Wyatt Parker Smith. For those that don't know, his first name, Wyatt is David's middle name and also David's dad and grandpa's. His middle name, Parker is my maiden name.
So come September we'll be welcoming WYATT PARKER SMITH!!!
Happy Birthday Mom!
(freezing on Pier 39)
After a weekend of crazy kicking from "thumper", David and I caught the little ninja in the act and actually saw my stomach moving when he was kicking. It was the coolest thing to see that he's gotten so much stronger in just a week. And while we're on the subject of "thumper"...I think I'm done giving him little nicknames. I figure since his dad calls him by name everyone else can too. Our baby boy will be Wyatt Parker Smith. For those that don't know, his first name, Wyatt is David's middle name and also David's dad and grandpa's. His middle name, Parker is my maiden name.
So come September we'll be welcoming WYATT PARKER SMITH!!!
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