Doc Appt. 5/28

I seen the high risk doctor today and he was so nice! I think I like him more than my regular doctor, hehe. He explained everything and some and also said since my numbers are staying at the high end of the range I should go on medication. He offered me 2 different types but since I'm familiar with Metformin he prescribed me that. I go back on 6/15 to see him again and said I'll see my doc, then see him etc.. I'm fine with that and also my old doctor will be doing the c-section so thats good. He also let me peek at the baby since it had been a long time. He was adorable! I could not believe what I was seeing and hearing and I'm glad I took Audrey too cause she got her own picture of him. I really thought I was going to get an estimate of his weight but totally forgot to ask cause I was so distracted and fascinated by everything else. His head is down and his legs are up under my boobs like I had figured, there's times that he lays straight across my stomach and you can feel his butt/back right across my stomach. He also asked if we should make sure he's a boy (after asking me if I knew) so I said, YES! cause I forgot about that! and sure enough, we seen his big package floating around so now I'm fully confident and 100% sure that theres a penis growing inside of me :-)

If you look at the picture above you can see his big lips and chin! I could not believe that! he has those baby lips that I LOVE! Also, I got to hear his heartbeat which I've heard alot before and for the first time I heard him breathe! its called practice breathing that they do to mature their lungs, I didn't even know that was possible. But overall, it was a great appt. and now we have 9 weeks and 2 days to go!

Old Ultrasound 3/3/09

Here's an ultrasound that I had in March and I'm barely posting the pic because I kept forgetting to do scan it. But that was the day I found out we were having a boy and most importantly that he was healthy and growing the way he should.

17 weeks and an annoucement!

17 Weeks Pregnant

17 weeks and feeling loads better than before. Sleeping hasn't been an issue cause I've been going to bed late so I fall asleep really fast. I had my BIG ultrasound today and we're having a little BOY!


I wasn't surprised cause I already knew it was a boy. Naty and everyone else were so excited. Steph went with me to the u/s and we got to see his little Weenis. I'm very sure that he's a boy---ALL BOY! So he will be Nathaniel but not sure about his middle name since Naty isn't really digging Xavier, we'll see.

But I got new pis of him so I'll have to scan them soon. AAWWW I'm so in love with this boy and I haven't met him! He already has big cheeks. I'm so HAPPY!

After my u/s I had some blood work drawn. I honestly don't know why I agreed to it, it's really dumb if you ask me. It's just a risk test but doesn't make ANY sense. Whatever! Ok, well I better go to BED, I'm so tired and this little boy is moving still. He's getting stronger everyday.

Doc Appt. 2/26

I just got back from seeing my doctor and everything went well. He had a hard time hearing the heart, probably cause of my fat stomach but it was ok cause he brought out the ultrasound machine. I seen the baby moving a little bit but he said he/she was asleep. The doc started moving my belly to wake him/her up but no luck, he/she started to move it's hands over his/her face and I seen the heartbeat going strong. Audrey got a little mad that she didn't get to see the baby cause she was sitting on the other side of the machine, LOL. That happened last time too so she's mad. The doctor continued to measure my uterus and it was measuring really good. It's way above my belly button so it's growing!! So I see the doctor in 4 weeks and all is well. Thank you God!

Ultrasound 1/29/09

I had an appt. yesterday and everything went well. I guess I'll be getting ultrasounds everytime I go, my doctor is really cool and young so I'm loving him right now. He's listened to everything, all my complaints, nonsense and jokes, LOL. He's really down to earth and very helpful. Oh and his name is Dr. Tsai, BTW. I was measuring 12 wks and 4 days which would change my EDD to 8/8/09, AGAIN, but he said don't worry about that, we're sticking to 8/9/09 and that's it. I had to take Audrey with me but she was sitting on the other side of the U/S machine so she couldn't see the baby waving and moving like crazy. Dr. Tsai said, "that's one healthy baby," just because of how hyper it seems to be, I feel like it's a boy even more! But we'll see on March 3rd, that's 5 weeks away! that will come and go in no time.

He wanted to know if I'm eating well cause I've lost weight, that was a big surprise cause I eat like a pig. I know that can catch up to me so I thought I'd attempt to look at my diabetes crap again, blah. I keep saying I'm gonna start and I haven't. I somewhat did it today but I've only had breakfast today, hahahaha.

So the baby looks really good, we're really happy and Naty confessed that this is the first time that he's been this happy about us having a baby. I was really happy about that since this was a huge surprise. I think it has a lot to do with our maturity level and how we're better off than we have been in the past.

My next appt. is Feb. 26th at 10:45am
NOTE: Baby measured 6.44cm, growing fast!

Ultrasound 1/19/09

Here's our baby!

Naty got to go with me again since he didn't work for MLK day and it just made it more exciting! We got there a 1/2 hour earlier because I didn't want to miss my appt., LOL. You know Naty wasn't happy about that one! So they finally called my name and the guy who was going to do my ultrasound was really nice and just told me, lay down, LOL, I was like...uuhh ok! and in the background putting on the ritz was on, WTF? I felt a little dumb listening to that song while he was feeling me up! hahaha, so I'm just praying he doesn't do the vaginal one on me cause I did not want him up those mighty waters so thank GOD he was able to see the baby very clearly with an abdominal one. So he's clicking away, pressing away and he got close to my right ovary and pressed down so hard that I screamed, I'm not sure if it has to do with my previous surgery but I'm still sore on my right side, it's probably from all the trauma I've gone through on that side. So he's like, "Oh I'm sorry! was it pain or because you have to go to the bathroom?" I said, "NO, ITS PAIN" then he said he would ease up and he did. So that's when he asked if I had family there with me to bring in and I said, "only if its good news," and he said, "oh yeah, its great news, there's a baby in there so no worries," ok. So thats when he brought Naty in and he showed us our hyper child! The first thought that came to mind was, "oh no!" LOL! Naty and I were like, "oh man, I'm scared already" this baby was flipping, moving it's arms and legs and just super active. Then we got to hear the heartbeat! Oh man, that was amazing, I've been through this before and it still felt amazing. I held back the tears cause I didn't want to look dumb in front of Naty but I know he wanted to cry, hahahahaha (we're weirdos).

So the baby is looking great, he/she measured at 11 weeks exactly (3 days off from original EDD), I have a new EDD of 8/9/09, and he/she is 4.22 cms already! that's BIG.

No Ultrasound Pics :-(

Everything did go well but no pics to share :-(

At first my doctor did a vaginal ultrasound (u/s) and he was just moving around way too much and it made me hurt. He was searching and searching and says, "well....I don't see the baby but it can be because your uterus is in an odd position or it can be a very early pregnancy," when I heard that I didn't get scared at all. Mostly cause I know I'm pregnant and I know I have something in me! I wouldn't be as gross feeling as I have been if there wasn't anything in there. So he said, "lets try the belly u/s" so right away he found the baby but the quality of the u/s machine wasn't good at all. He wasn't happy with the pictures it was taking and how Un-clear it was so instead he said he'd schedule me an ultrasound with the good equipment and the professional x-ray people. He said as of what he can see with his eyes it looks like a 7 week embryo and can see the heart beating and its in my uterus so everything is good. I really wanted to hear the heartbeat but he didn't turn the machine on so instead I have to wait till friday when they call me with another appt. to see the radiologist. I was satisfied with the appt. but Naty wasn't, LOL. He said he left work early for nothing, whatever! LOL

I also had some painful tests done down there that made me shed a tear.

So I have a feeling my EDD will be pushed back a week, so its no big deal. I'll let you know what happens next.

My First Appointment

This appt. wasn't with a doctor but with a nurse that had me fill out a million and one forms and give 7 tubes of blood, 2 containers of pee, a arm full of reading material and my new prenatal vitamins. It honestly went very well and it got me pretty excited for what's to come.

My first ultrasound and doctor appt. will be on Dec. 31st at 1:20 pm, so that means Naty can go with me since that's a holiday for him! yayy!! (I didn't know they were open on New Year's Eve) They are going to do a vag ultrasound and we'll get to hear the heartbeat too!

Then my 2nd ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby is on March 3, at 8:45am. I'm thinking of changing that cause that is super early but then its 3 months away and I'll probably won't be able to sleep anyway.
The kids are starting to ask questions cause Naty and I say something and then one will ask, "does that mean that you're gonna have a baby?" and we just look at each other and laugh. They are gonna be so happy when they find out! I'm thinking of getting them big brother and big sister t-shirts to wear and that is how the family will find out, still not sure but I'll come up with something!

My first prenatal vitamin that I just took.