Third trimester!

Holy cow, less than 3 months to go! 89 days, actually, until my EDD. I have a feeling she's coming early though. She was already measuring so big that I doubt they will let me go the whole time, but we'll see. Just a hunch! I can tell she's growing like a weed though, because she's putting pressure on different areas now (i.e. ALL of them). It's definitely hard to breathe most of the time, and this morning I'm pretty sure I patted her on the head when I woke up. Haha! '

I'm definitely getting to the point in the pregnancy where I can't wait for it to be over and for her to be here. I'm so tired and uncomfortable 24/7, and I know I will be just as tired when she gets here, but at least I'll be able to see her!!

My baby shower is in 2 weeks, a couple days after I finish school for the semester. What I was thinking, taking school... omg. It's been crazy hard, but I can see the finish line! And then I can celebrate with a shower! I may or may not be checking the registry every day... I really need to stop, haha, I want to be a little surprised! It's so weird to have a party where people just give you things for the baby, but it is definitely appreciated. People have already been so generous; a friend from HS gave us oodles of clothes, and Matt's cousin's wife Mollie gave me a bunch of maternity shirts, which literally saved my wardrobe from sad and pathetic.

We also have the Vegas trip to look forward to in mid-May, which I'm starting to think is going to be a bit (ok, a lot) more slow paced than I had originally intended. My poor feet and lungs can't take a lot of walking... so I think we will just pick one or two things to do (in addition to my dad's wedding of course).

Really, I'm just trying to get through the next two weeks until school is out. Then hopefully my stress level will go down and I can focus on getting ready for the baby!! Maybe I'll start sleeping better too (HAH)

25 weeks

So today is just about 3 months away from my due date, which is crazy! Just last month it seemed like it was going by so slow, but now that April is here I'm in full on OMG mode. Only 4 more weeks of class left, then 2 weeks after that until we go to Vegas, and then there are less than 2 months left! Wow.

Not a whole lot to report; we did have a bit of a scare a couple days ago though.Gwen stopped moving around for a few days and it had me pretty worried, especially when a 'kick count' got me only 2 kicks on the whole hour! The nurse I talked to had me come in to be checked out, we listed to her heartbeat (still strong), and got an ultrasound. She looks great! She's all folded in half and moved around when the ultrasound tech was working on me (figures) but apparently she's just a lazy, quiet baby. I'm still not feeling her move more than a couple times every few hours, but I'm not worried anymore. Everything looks fine, and she is measuring over 2lbs already! She's gonna be a big baby!!

I also think she has shifted up into my chest a bit, because it gets really hard to breathe at times and feels like something is pressing up into my lungs; not very comfortable!

Week 23ish Update

Not a whole lot to update! We did a bunch of work on the nursery, and I'll add pics of it at the end. We morphed it a bit because we kept finding cute things that didn't fit the robots & rockets we were originally going for. Now it's got night/space on one side and day/robots/flowers on the other. It's cuuuute :)

Baby is starting to be crazy active. She used to just kick during the morning and night when I was half-asleep, but now I'm feeling her almost all day. I hope she's sleeping when I sleep! Matt hasn't been able to feel her kick yet, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time because the kicks are STRONG!

We're about 6 weeks out from the baby shower, 8 weeks from our vacation to Vegas, and less than 4 months until baby gets here!! Time is going by so fast because I'm busy with school and work, I hope I can find things to occupy my time once school is out.

It's a... GIRL!

We had our gender scan yesterday, and baby is officially a girl! We have named her Gwendolyn, and I am so freaking excited! So is Matt lol! We had our appt yesterday afternoon, and it was the longest day of my life, I'm pretty sure :p And then the appt was 30 minutes late, so I'm sitting there with this insanely full bladder going OMG OMG OMG. It was ridiculous! We had a much nicer ultrasound tech this time, and really enjoyed the experience. Little Gwenny was very stubborn, and took quite a bit of prodding before she would show us her bits! Good girl, start that modesty early ;)

Matt said he thought it was a boy, but I had a feeling going in that it was a girl. I'd had a couple dreams about it being a 'she,' and found myself planning more 'sparkly' decor for the nursery. Turns out I was right! Funny eh? Everything looked good with baby, and now we are in full on 'Holy cow this is actually happening!' mode. It was amazing to see her little arms move on the ultrasound, and how much she looks like a baby now! She is beautiful already. Everyone is very excited for us, and we love all the support we are getting.

I've also started feeling a lot more movement! I was worried because she had been quiet for a few days, but yesterday and the day before she moved like crazy! Matt put his hand on my belly and apparently she just LOVED that, because she went bananas; it was the most movement I'd felt out of her. Made my heart happy!

I can't believe I am over halfway done with my pregnancy! I'm finally starting to enjoy it. :)

18 and counting

Almost halfway there! And in 2 weeks, we find out what the tadpole is! I'm feeling better every week, it seems like. My energy level was muuuuch better this weekend; I actually managed to do homework and get some organization done! We added a 3rd shade of blue to the nursery and it looks great. We also have a bunch of art up. I'm not going to do anything else until we find out the gender, because I don't want to boy it up a ton and find out it's a girl.

 

And I'm not sure, but I think I *MIGHT* have felt the baby move last night! It felt like something in my stomach turned over with a little :flomp:. I felt the same thing this morning. Hopefully it's the baby and not gas :p 

First Scare!

Soo yesterday was a bit stressful, but it ended well. On monday I noticed that my feet had started swelling, so I put them up on pillows. Tuesday morning they still hadn't gone down, and my left leg was starting to feel weird. Whenever I took a step my left foot felt tingly and sorta squishy. I managed to convince myself to call the nurse's line, because I was worried it was early preeclampsia or something like that. The nurse said I should come in right away, which of course freaked me out, and on my way to the car, she called back and said I was being sent for a doppler (ultrasound) of my leg to make sure I didn't have any blood clots. At this point I'm REALLY worried, but I go to the appt and get it done. I call Matt on the way and get him nice and worried :p They don't tell me anything either way after the doppler, so I head back to work and wait for results. About an hour later they call and say it was clear (YAY) but they still want me to come in. I'm seeing a different doctor at the moment because my usual OB is out on maternity leave. He's very nice and says basically that my pelvic area is filling up with baby, which is in turn pushing on various nerves and blood vessels, which is why my legs are doing wonky things. He tells me there is nothing to worry about and let's me hear baby's heartbeat, which sounds great! I'm so glad it was nothing, but I'm glad I called, because it could have been serious.

I was so worried the whole time that something was wrong with baby, and I'm overwhelmingly relieved that there isn't. We also got to schedule our gender scan for Feb 27th, which is awesome!! Can't wait to find out!

16 weeks

So, clearly I suck at updating a blog weekly. I've just been too freakin busy lately!! School started up earlier this month, and I'm already pretty overwhelmed. I'm starting to wonder if it was a terrible idea to attempt baby, school, and full-time work! If it proves too difficult, I might end up taking a semester off to retain my sanity and spend more time with the bebe. I would hate to be an absentee mom those first 4 months. However, I do have an exceedingly helpful and wonderful husband who I'm sure would keep me from losing too many marbles.

I can't believe I'm 4 months already!! And yet, there is so far to go!! We still don't know what tadpole is. :( I have a checkup on Friday, and then it's 4 more weeks until I can put a gender on the poor thing. It's getting harder to find gender-neutral clothing and decorations. I bought a super cute sparkly robot print at Hobby Lobby last week, and I think once we find out the gender we are going to design a decal for one of the walls. Would hate to have a boy astronaut if it's a girl! :D I've started to have a lot more energy than last month, but the physical stuff still sucks. My tension headaches aren't helped by the stress at work or with school, so I've been suffering a bit with those. I've started to really *feel* the pregnancy. It's awkward to bend down or stand up suddenly, and I find my belly getting in my way :p The hunger is so-so, but I'm still pigging out when I want to. Deal with it, people.

I have to say, the hardest part of being pregnant has to be the mental aspects of it. I've had anxiety and depression on and off since I was a teenager, and man, are they ramping up big time with this baby. I worry about everything, I cry over nothing, and I snap easily. It's been a lot harder to deal with little issues, and I can tell my lovely hourly mood swings are back full force. It's been very hard to deal with, and I'm hoping to find some ways to cope so that I can get through the next 6 months :p

That all being said, I WANT THE BABY HERE NOWWW. I want to read it books and play with it and watch it smile at me and I'm even excited for the middle of the night crap. I just want the baby to be done cooking and here for us to love!

13+

I realized that I forgot to write about the holidays! We had 9 glorious days off. We went to Austin for the day to try Salt Lick BBQ, which was awesome, and then went to the Texas State History Museum and Blanton Musuem of Art. We also wandered around outside the Capitol building a bit. It was great, but tiring, especially since we (mostly Matt) spent the whole day before digging post holes because part of our fence fell down :( It happened on the night of the 25th, and it was a good 24 foot section. It suuucked. Not what we were planning on doing over break, but two days and a lot of help from Matt's brother and it's back up! Glad we didn't go to San Antonio, because we wouldn't have seen it until we got back, and would have spent the money!

13 weeks

I'm 13 weeks as of Sunday, which means I am officially out of my first trimester and into my second! Hopefully this means I will start to feel better soon. I already have more energy, but it is being counteracted by the horrible cold + hip pains I've been having. Apparently congestion can be a problem during pregnancy, and holy cow, am I experiencing that. It sucks that you can only take so many different meds while pregnant...I could really go with a dose of my Flonase right now!! Honestly, I feel rotten and I hate to complain about it, but it blows. Crossing my fingers that things start to level out soon! I got a prescription for my tension headaches, which have been a nightmare to deal with since I can't have my muscle relaxers or vodka :p

We did have a great appt on Friday, where we got to hear the heartbeat and were told that all my blood work came back ok. I found out my blood type is A+, which is something I never knew. Doctor said my blood pressure was good, and my weight is good..but I don't believe her on the last one. As of today I'm up 11 pounds at week 13...a bit more than I'm supposed to be. I've started keeping track of my calories, not to diet, but just to make sure I don't overeat. It's easy to when I'm this hungry!

My belly is starting to look like a baby bump and less of a bloat, which is pretty cool. Matt is taking such good care of me and the house that it's ridiculous. I've really slacked off on cleaning and cooking, and he has taken over without any complaints. He's an awesome husband. :) I feel guilty about it, but I know I need the rest...