21 week Ultrasound!!!! So yesterday BD and I went for this special ultrasound that looks at the babies organs and their function/development. This is the appt that you are suppose to go to with 32oz of fluids in your bladder so they can get a good picture of your cervix (not the uterus). I am not sure about the rest of you but it is VERY uncomfortable to have THAT much liquid in your bladder, trying to stand up to walk, AND having a baby kicking you at the same time. I just hoped to God that I didn't sneeze or it would have been trouble, trouble. So when I got in there the lady saved me by saying that I could go to the bathroom because she didn't care if my bladder was full or not...that she would be able to get a good picture of the cervix anyway!!!! BD had the nerve to keep saying you just could not hold it huh? What an asshole thing to say...I mean you try to lay flat on your back with a FULL bladder and let someone put pressure on it and see if YOU can hold it. I love how he has all this wisdom about pregnancy, what a pregnant woman goes through, and what a pregnant woman feels when the last pregnant woman he was around was his mothers with his younger brother...about 25 years ago!!! And add the fact that he is not a woman. Women feel differently then men and worry more than men...ESPECIALLY when it comes to their child. Sometimes I just have to block him out. But I have a feeling that the next time I am pregnant he is going to act the same way...which is pitiful because that means that he didn't learn anything from this pregnancy. But oh well...not my problem.
Back to the ultrasound... Aiden was doing really well and not flopping around like he normally is until the lady put the ultrasound thinggy on his head. Then all heck broke loose. Aiden was kicking up a storm and no longer cooperating with the tech...lol.. It was really cool for BD to SEE how Aiden kicks my butt!!! You could see his legs kicking and arms punching...lol. Then he turned around and spread his legs so we could see ALL his business. The lady said well...he is definately not shy. I don know if he gets that from me or BD...I would have to say me...lol. So all in all it was a wonderful experience. I have attached the profile picture to this entry and the spread eagle picture to the gallery.
I also have to note that i have not yet woken up unrested with a back ache since getting my pregnancy pillow!!!!! What a fabulous invention!!!!!! And as I lay here propped up in bed by my fabulous pillow Aiden is flip flopping away. I think that this is payback from me waking him up with the babyplus lession. He was NOT happy about hearing that thing at 9am and he let me know it!!!!!
I also found the photographer that is going to take my maternity and newborn photos and I am so excited about it!!!! Her web site is www.georgialane.com...she is also going to do my announcements (she has a fabulous selection). We are going to do the shoot in June when I am big as a house and then do the newborn shots as soon as Aiden's umbilical cord stump falls off. Of course BD feels as though he can take the pictures with his new fancy camera. And he is more than welcome to take as many pictures as he wants. But this is something that I want documented professionally...and I don't quite understand why he does not see that. Maybe it is the male ego. I told him that I wanted him at the shoot so he can be in a couple of the pictures and he got shitty. It will be his loss because he will look back on the beautiful shots and feel ridiculous for not being there with me to experience this milestone. But I am not going to worry about it. So until next time...
2008-04-12 (21 weeks)
Maternity Pillow Review... Okay so I got my pillow yesterday and could not wait to go to bed last night. Especially after waking up yesterday with horrible back pain...AGAIN!!! So I read a few of the positions that the pillow can go in and then went to bed. That was the BEST sleep that I have gotten since becoming pregnant!!!!! The pillow wraps around my whole body so I have plenty of back support and rollover prevention. And there is enough padding in it for me not to have any other pillows in bed with me. WHY didn't I buy one of these sooner. For all you newly pregnant mommies to be...GO GET ONE NOW!!!!!!! Believe me I am saving you many sleepless nights and back aches. I did still toss and turn but I found a comfortable spot right away and never broke sleep.
Of course I was still getting up like 3 times to go to the bathroom but I IMMEDIATELY fell back asleep when I got in bed. The pillow I got is the Leachco All Nighter. I ordered it from amazon.com for $54 (worth EVERY penny) but you can also go to their website to get a better idea of how the pillow works. www.leachco.com. They have a few varieties of pillows...the description for the All Nighter was perfect for me.
So BD's Grandmother and sister are coming in town today (not sure why) so we are going to go over his dads house a little later and then got o dinner. This will be the first time his sister and Grandmother have seen me with a belly. I guess that means that I should not wear something that conceals my pregnancy. What is funny is that I never TRY and conceal my pregnancy but people are shocked when I say that I am almost 6 months pregnant...am I THAT small? I know that a couple of my maternity items make it look like I am not pregnant but I like the look of my belly so I don't want to hide it...lol. I am sure that there will be plenty to tell after the dinner...so until next time.
2008-04-10 (20 weeks)
Maternity Pillow... Okay...so I am sure that most of you mommies to be have had NUMEROUS sleepless nights since finding out that you were preggers...and it just gets worse and worse. Well the smart mommies to be get a maternity pillow right away. And the "I can figure this out myself" mommies like me continue to suffer. .Well I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!!!! I cant take it anymore. I either half way sleep through the night but wake up stiff with serious back pain or not sleep at all at night and STILL wake up with horrible back pain. My makeshift maternity pillow is not working. So on Wednesday I ordered a very nice maternity pillow that got good reviews (I will write mine later) and chose 2 day shipping...so I should get it tomorrow. I am so excited that I don't know what to do with myself. Because of my back pains I am sitting in bed right now with a heating pad on my back...and if I could sleep with it on my back I would. I even slept sitting up this morning for like 2 hours...that was the ONLY sleep that I got all night.
On to other issues...and this one is embarassing but a part of being pregnant so I have to share. I find that sometimes when I sneeze I urinate on myself a little (thank GOD I am wearing panty liners everyday due to the mommy discharge). It is so weird...and it just started in the past week or so. I mean I already go to the bathroom 100 times a day and about 10 times at night so I cant imagine where it is coming from but SURPRISE!!!!
So here is my review of the BabyPlus so far. I have NO IDEA if it is relaxing my baby or making him smarter, but what it does do is make him move around every time I turn it on...which makes me relax a little because I know that he is still alive and kicking in there. I know that I am suppose to be positive but I am a first time mommy and I am paranoid about everything. And I am sure that when he joins us this summer I will still be this way. I am sure that I will check his crib every hour to make sure he is still breathing and want to hold and stare at him all the time just so I know that he is real. BD thinks that I am crazy...but if he had a HUMAN inside of him ( as analytical as he is) he would be paranoid about EVERY thing just like me. Like I didn't feel Aiden move last night before I went to bed and I don't remember feeling him move this morning. So when I came home to get my laptop I had to shake my belly so he would wake up and move for me..and he did. And then I felt better. Well now it is time for me to begin another sleepless night...tomorrow I get refuge from my sleepless hell...but until then...
2008-04-06 (20 weeks)
Half way to the finish line!!!! So I got back from my vacation last night and I had a great time!!! And it seems that we left in the nick of time because it was pouring down raining when we drove off. I did get Aden some very cute clothes while there as well as a slight...and I mean slight...tan. I heard that pregnant women tend to tan and burn faster due to all the hormones and it was true...i was out there for like 15 minutes and got some color. I was scared of Aiden boiling in my belly so I didn't stay out long...lol. I have attached some pictures from the trip in the gallery.
When i got back in town I was able to see my fabulous Godfather, who was in town from Minnesota, and meet the new (but blast from the past) woman in his life. I always feel as though my opinion of the women he dates is very important to him...well I LOVE this one. She is very down to earth and is OBVIOUSLY very smitten with my Keith...but who in their right mind would not be!!!! For the first time in my 28 years of knowing Keith did I see him be affectionate with a woman in public..but they were affectionate with each other and it was very cute!!! They are going to come back down for the baby shower and I am very excited about that.
So as of yesterday I am 20 weeks pregnant...so only about 20 more to go and I think that they are going to fly by. I have so much stuff that is going on with work between now and August 1st that i don't know where to begin. But it will definately keep me busy. BD was just laying in bed with me and I told him that he may be able to feel Aiden move if he put his hand on my stomach (because he was rolling around as usual). Well he put his hand there and sure enough he felt his son move for the first time. How cute. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and I am looking forward to hearing his hear beat. And then next week we have another appointment where we get some kind of high tech ultrasound where they look at the development of his organs and stuff like that. Pretty neat. They want for me to drink 32 oz. of water before I go so my bladder is full!! I hope I don't pee on myself waiting for them!!!! I have attached a picture that my mom, brother and I took when we got to Destin on the beach...until next time!!!!
