It's hard to believe that we're getting into our 3rd trimester now! We officially start seeing the dr every 2 weeks now. (TIME FLIES!) I'm at work, and unfortunately have to keep cutting my workload down. The spotting has lessened but unfortunately, I've got swelling that's pretty bad down my right leg. So I have to take it easy. The good news is that Grace is doing good. She has quite a strong kick and head butt. Her heartbeat is also very strong. At my next appointment I will have my gestational diabetes test, which will be so much fun of course. I have gained 14 lbs total. Most of which has really been in the last 2 months!! So will about three months left, it's going to be exciting.
The date is set for our shower; Oct. 24th and the invitations for our shower have gone out. So pretty much everything for that is set, we just have to order food. Which will obviously have to wait until we have an idea of how many people are coming. Our registry is ready and up to date. (Babies R Us & Wal-Mart.)
I'll probably have more frequent updates with my appointments being closer together now.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The good news is.....
everything is good with baby Grace, and I can still work. The bad news is I'm still spotting. They're hoping that the placenta continues to travel upwards and the spotting will stop. I have to take it easy as much as possible, which working with Autistic kids, you can guess how easy that is. : )
I gained 8 lbs since my last appointment which everyone was happy to hear! (Except me of course.) Grace is definitely an active little thing! She is constantly moving around in there. We go back and see the dr on September 21st. And we're hoping that things are low-key until then!
We officially have a date for our baby shower now, it is going to be on October 24th from 12:30 to 3:30. Invites should be going out soon.
Other than that, I'm pretty sure that's all that's been going on in our life. (Baby-wise that is).
Of course we'll keep you updated with any spectacular news that may come up.
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I gained 8 lbs since my last appointment which everyone was happy to hear! (Except me of course.) Grace is definitely an active little thing! She is constantly moving around in there. We go back and see the dr on September 21st. And we're hoping that things are low-key until then!
We officially have a date for our baby shower now, it is going to be on October 24th from 12:30 to 3:30. Invites should be going out soon.
Other than that, I'm pretty sure that's all that's been going on in our life. (Baby-wise that is).
Of course we'll keep you updated with any spectacular news that may come up.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Stress-free weekend followed by a STRESSFUL day!
So this past weekend we went camping and had a nice relaxing weekend before the school year starts back up on Wednesday.
We got back from camping on Sunday night, I had a horrible pain in my left side. At about dinner time I ended up with a decent amount of spotting. I waited til Monday morning and the spotting was still there. I had been feeling Baby Grace move all weekend, but I wasn't feeling anything yesterday. I called my dr and was told to go to L&D for an evalution. Because of the low-lying placenta they think that's what was causing the spotting. The pain could have been caused by a mountain of things. The hooked me up to the monitors and right away we could hear the heartbeat. It was an enormous relief. Of course then she was moving like crazy! They did an ultrasound and things looked good. So after a urine sample they discharged me and sent us home. I have been told to relax until next Monday (which is when we go back for a check-up with the dr). Only problem is that I'm supposed to go back to work on Wednesday. So we'll see how that all goes. Today is a day of bedrest though. Which is a little boring already, but whatever it takes to make sure everything's ok. : ) I'll keep everyone updated with anything else that comes up.
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We got back from camping on Sunday night, I had a horrible pain in my left side. At about dinner time I ended up with a decent amount of spotting. I waited til Monday morning and the spotting was still there. I had been feeling Baby Grace move all weekend, but I wasn't feeling anything yesterday. I called my dr and was told to go to L&D for an evalution. Because of the low-lying placenta they think that's what was causing the spotting. The pain could have been caused by a mountain of things. The hooked me up to the monitors and right away we could hear the heartbeat. It was an enormous relief. Of course then she was moving like crazy! They did an ultrasound and things looked good. So after a urine sample they discharged me and sent us home. I have been told to relax until next Monday (which is when we go back for a check-up with the dr). Only problem is that I'm supposed to go back to work on Wednesday. So we'll see how that all goes. Today is a day of bedrest though. Which is a little boring already, but whatever it takes to make sure everything's ok. : ) I'll keep everyone updated with anything else that comes up.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
20 week update!!
John and I went for our 20 week ultrasound yesterday morning. The baby is looking very good. And we found out we're having a GIRL!! We are very excited to know that the baby is doing well.
I had to go today for a 2nd ultrasound because the tech forgot to look at something. It turns out that I have a low-lying placenta. It's nothing serious though. I will go back at about 30ish weeks to have another ultrasound to see where the placenta is. 9 times out of 10 it moves before 30 weeks. I will be going back to see my doctor on the 24th, where she will give me more information. Otherwise everything is looking good. Baby's measuring perfectly. She is very active, and apparently doesn't like to have her picture taken. She also has a great right and left hook. We got to watch her punch my insides like she was a pro boxer. In the pictures they gave us you can see her little arms and legs and her lips and nose. They showed us a view that you could see her whole face, although they didn't give us a copy of that one. It was surreal to look at the pictures from our 10 week ultrasound and compare them to the pictures from yesterday. Hard to believe that in those 10 weeks you can actually see a human being in my belly. It's almost as equally hard to believe that I am halfway through this pregnancy.
I have started feeling little movements which is very weird, but amazing at the same time.
We are looking at early November for our baby shower. I think that about updates the last couple weeks! :)
Hopefully by the end of December we will welcome Baby Grace Catherine Neumann into our family!
I had to go today for a 2nd ultrasound because the tech forgot to look at something. It turns out that I have a low-lying placenta. It's nothing serious though. I will go back at about 30ish weeks to have another ultrasound to see where the placenta is. 9 times out of 10 it moves before 30 weeks. I will be going back to see my doctor on the 24th, where she will give me more information. Otherwise everything is looking good. Baby's measuring perfectly. She is very active, and apparently doesn't like to have her picture taken. She also has a great right and left hook. We got to watch her punch my insides like she was a pro boxer. In the pictures they gave us you can see her little arms and legs and her lips and nose. They showed us a view that you could see her whole face, although they didn't give us a copy of that one. It was surreal to look at the pictures from our 10 week ultrasound and compare them to the pictures from yesterday. Hard to believe that in those 10 weeks you can actually see a human being in my belly. It's almost as equally hard to believe that I am halfway through this pregnancy.
I have started feeling little movements which is very weird, but amazing at the same time.
We are looking at early November for our baby shower. I think that about updates the last couple weeks! :)
Hopefully by the end of December we will welcome Baby Grace Catherine Neumann into our family!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
17 weeks down....lots more to go
So we went to the dr again on Monday and everything is looking good. We have a super active baby on our hands. He/She kept moving from the doppler (which allows us to listen to the heartbeat.) Everytime the doctor would find the heartbeat Baby N would quickly move in another direction. At first he/she was kicking at the doppler which also makes it difficult to hear the heartbeat. But once we finally were able to listen all was going well. The heartbeat was very strong, it was about 150bpm. :)
We were also given our paperwork to make our appointment for our 20 week ultrasound. We are going on Monday, August 10th at 7:45am! :) Hopefully our active little peanut will cooperate for Mommy and Daddy and we'll get to announce whether we're having a boy or girl. We will also announce to everyone our little peanuts name. I'm so excited!! :) We're almost halfway done. Hard to believe.
Other than the sometimes excruciating back pain that I have, which fun fun is normal, everything is going great. I will try to update more often. I'm still not feeling a whole lot. Little things every now and again, but nothing consistent.
Check back soon for more updates. :)
We were also given our paperwork to make our appointment for our 20 week ultrasound. We are going on Monday, August 10th at 7:45am! :) Hopefully our active little peanut will cooperate for Mommy and Daddy and we'll get to announce whether we're having a boy or girl. We will also announce to everyone our little peanuts name. I'm so excited!! :) We're almost halfway done. Hard to believe.
Other than the sometimes excruciating back pain that I have, which fun fun is normal, everything is going great. I will try to update more often. I'm still not feeling a whole lot. Little things every now and again, but nothing consistent.
Check back soon for more updates. :)
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
So we're gonna have a baby!
The title of this post pretty much says it all! We're having a baby!! I'm about 15 weeks along. Glad to be out of the first trimester and done with the nausea. I'm feeling good, exhausted all the time but overall, feeling good.
For those of you wondering; yes I am showing. Thought it seemed a hair early to me to be showing already, my doctor says its not, and was sad to see I only gained a pound from my last appointment. (I on the other hand was not!)
We had our first ultrasound at about 10 weeks. We got to hear the extremely fast heartbeat; 171 bpm, and we got to see what looked like a blob on the screen. :) At our last appointment we heard the heartbeat again, but this time we were able to record it! So now we can listen to it whenever we want which is fantastic! We are seeing the doctor every 4 weeks for now. At our next appointment we will schedule our 20 week ultrasound which is when we will hopefully get to find out if we're having a boy or girl. We should be able to post those ultrasound pictures at that time.
John is still recovering from his back surgery and going to school. He has less than a year of school left! YAY!!!!!!! Other than that; there's not much else going on right now. I'm working summer school, which is thankfully almost done! Then I will have a few weeks of R&R before the regular school year starts up.
That's all I've got for now for updates! TTFN!!
For those of you wondering; yes I am showing. Thought it seemed a hair early to me to be showing already, my doctor says its not, and was sad to see I only gained a pound from my last appointment. (I on the other hand was not!)
We had our first ultrasound at about 10 weeks. We got to hear the extremely fast heartbeat; 171 bpm, and we got to see what looked like a blob on the screen. :) At our last appointment we heard the heartbeat again, but this time we were able to record it! So now we can listen to it whenever we want which is fantastic! We are seeing the doctor every 4 weeks for now. At our next appointment we will schedule our 20 week ultrasound which is when we will hopefully get to find out if we're having a boy or girl. We should be able to post those ultrasound pictures at that time.
John is still recovering from his back surgery and going to school. He has less than a year of school left! YAY!!!!!!! Other than that; there's not much else going on right now. I'm working summer school, which is thankfully almost done! Then I will have a few weeks of R&R before the regular school year starts up.
That's all I've got for now for updates! TTFN!!
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