Yep... Baby S is going to be grounded when he/she makes his/her appearance in the world. This morning sickness is no joke.
On that topic I want to talk about morning sickness. Who decided to call it morning sickness. It was probably a male doctor or something. Morning sickness for me is not just in the morning. It is an all day sickness, wake up in the middle of the night sickness, gag when you smell anything sickness, terrified to go to the grocery store sickness. Yeah its lots and lots of fun.
The one nice thing is that people have given me all kinds of advice. I have heard everything from tea, to sprite, to sour candy, to crackers, to ask the doctor for medication. Everyone feels the need to remind me that it will be all worth it in the end. I get that. I do. But right now the puking, definitely over it.
The insane naseua started for me at around 6 weeks, 4 almost 5 weeks later.. it's still going strong. I have lost weight and have finally started to gain some of it back. I started this pregnancy at 114 pounds, went down to 108 and now am finally back up at 113. I'll take it I guess.
I will say I have never had a cleaner toliet. My husband is awesome and helps out there. And I have learned where the restrooms are in pretty much every public place we visit. So there are some positives. But Baby S is still grounded. haha.
Hope everyone is doing well!
JMS - ilu!!!
XoXo
Amanda and Baby S
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Decisions.. Decisions...
Woah... apparently having a baby involves lots of decisions.
I mean just in the few days Jack and I have been looking into things we tried to make a list of the decisions we would need to make. I wonder why babies don't come with instruction manuals or lists or something. haha
So far in just a few weeks Jack and I have had a lot of things to think about.
First we need to see a perineonatalogist ( I don't even have the slightest idea if I spelled that right). We need to know complete family history and basically the genetcist (which is the short way of describing the specialist). Its partly because of my condition and partly because of some concerns that my doctor has. I think it will be okay. We have done a ton of research and have a lot of questions ready for the doctor.
We then have to figure out things like :
to circumcise or not (we decided to circumcise)
to delay vaccinations or not ( we have decided not to)
to formula feed or breast feed (drs made the decision for me to formula feed... I need to go back on my medications as soon as possible)
to cloth diaper or disposable diaper ( we decided on disposable for the convience of me being on my own a bit... more to come on that later)
what peditrician to use
what to name the baby ( we have a girls name and a first name for a boy..but no middle name)
Who will be the godparents ( almost sure on that one... just have to ask them)
How to decorate a nursery ( think I have an idea.... but really not sure)
Strollers to buy
What crib to get
And all other kinds of things. Its insane the amount of things you need to figure out. Jack and I just wish there was a list somewhere. A cheat sheet of some sorts.
All kinds of stuff to figure out. We have researched like no one's business and continue to do so. This having a baby thing is hard work.
Oh and my child is apparently not in the "mommy shouldn't have morning sickness" camp. Thanks Baby S.
So now comes growing a healthy baby and researching all kinds of kid stuff. Always a fun time.
Hope all is well with everyone!!
JMS - proud of you...ilu
XoXo
Amanda and little Baby S.
I mean just in the few days Jack and I have been looking into things we tried to make a list of the decisions we would need to make. I wonder why babies don't come with instruction manuals or lists or something. haha
So far in just a few weeks Jack and I have had a lot of things to think about.
First we need to see a perineonatalogist ( I don't even have the slightest idea if I spelled that right). We need to know complete family history and basically the genetcist (which is the short way of describing the specialist). Its partly because of my condition and partly because of some concerns that my doctor has. I think it will be okay. We have done a ton of research and have a lot of questions ready for the doctor.
We then have to figure out things like :
to circumcise or not (we decided to circumcise)
to delay vaccinations or not ( we have decided not to)
to formula feed or breast feed (drs made the decision for me to formula feed... I need to go back on my medications as soon as possible)
to cloth diaper or disposable diaper ( we decided on disposable for the convience of me being on my own a bit... more to come on that later)
what peditrician to use
what to name the baby ( we have a girls name and a first name for a boy..but no middle name)
Who will be the godparents ( almost sure on that one... just have to ask them)
How to decorate a nursery ( think I have an idea.... but really not sure)
Strollers to buy
What crib to get
And all other kinds of things. Its insane the amount of things you need to figure out. Jack and I just wish there was a list somewhere. A cheat sheet of some sorts.
All kinds of stuff to figure out. We have researched like no one's business and continue to do so. This having a baby thing is hard work.
Oh and my child is apparently not in the "mommy shouldn't have morning sickness" camp. Thanks Baby S.
So now comes growing a healthy baby and researching all kinds of kid stuff. Always a fun time.
Hope all is well with everyone!!
JMS - proud of you...ilu
XoXo
Amanda and little Baby S.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Big News
So the secret is out!!!
We are pregnant!!!!!!!
We couldn't be more excited! And now I can blog again because I don't have to worry about blowing the secret. haha.
Apparently our little one was saluting us. He/she is already a mini Marine. haha.
Anyway just to give everyone a little background as to our story. Jack and I have been married for almost 4 years (in May it will be 4 years). We always knew we wanted kids and started trying pretty much right away.
Unfortunately it did not come as easy for us as we would have liked. Almost 4 years, countless doctor's visits and every trick in the book later we got pregnant in September of 2010. Around that time personal tragedy hit us with the death of a family member and the death of a friend. We were heartbroken. We found out about the pregnancy about 1 week after receiving all that news. God at that time apparently needed another angel because we lost that pregnancy. We were devastated and doctors told us it was normal and okay.
Further appointments with doctors had us questioning if we would ever conceive on our own. Doctors were not hopeful and therefore we were not as well. As painful as it was, we began to accept the fact that we would have to go through alternative routes to have a family.
During this struggle Jack and I learned how blessed we truly are. We had many friends who would listen and just be there with us as we processed the information. We had a dear friend offer to be our surrogate, which of course was beyond touching. We were blessed to be asked to be godparents again. All of these things helped us to get through what we believed was our personal tragedy. We were able to relax and stop worrying about trying.
Apparently that is what we needed. Against all odds and to the amazement of our doctors and us, we are pregnant!! The weekend before Valentine's Day I was feeling especially tired and thought on a whim to take a test. We always have tests in the house so I took it thinking nothing of it. I saw the first test (the + one) and took a picture and sent it to Jack. I told him "looks like another negative" Dumb me was looking at the control line. He replied with "Look again". We were excited but not yet. I took a digital the next morning and the yes popped up right away.
So Valentine's Day I go to the doctor. They do blood work and sure enough we are pregnant. There started the modified bed rest. And the secret keeping. We didn't want to tell anyone right away because we didn't want to have to go through untelling. That is the most painful thing of all. As each day progressed and each day our baby grew more and more, we got more and more excited.
Today we went for a sonogram and saw our baby and heard our baby's heartbeat. His/her heart rate is currently 173! Very active little bug we have there.
The best news of all, our doctor told us the risk of miscarriage is now less than 3%. We are ecstatic!
So now on to growing our little baby and anxiously awaiting October!! Look for more and more blogging!! While... if I can get the morning sickness to go away!
Hope everyone has a great week!!!
JMS- So very excited for our next stage together!!! ilu!!!
XoXo
Amanda and little baby S
We are pregnant!!!!!!!
We couldn't be more excited! And now I can blog again because I don't have to worry about blowing the secret. haha.
Apparently our little one was saluting us. He/she is already a mini Marine. haha.
Anyway just to give everyone a little background as to our story. Jack and I have been married for almost 4 years (in May it will be 4 years). We always knew we wanted kids and started trying pretty much right away.
Unfortunately it did not come as easy for us as we would have liked. Almost 4 years, countless doctor's visits and every trick in the book later we got pregnant in September of 2010. Around that time personal tragedy hit us with the death of a family member and the death of a friend. We were heartbroken. We found out about the pregnancy about 1 week after receiving all that news. God at that time apparently needed another angel because we lost that pregnancy. We were devastated and doctors told us it was normal and okay.
Further appointments with doctors had us questioning if we would ever conceive on our own. Doctors were not hopeful and therefore we were not as well. As painful as it was, we began to accept the fact that we would have to go through alternative routes to have a family.
During this struggle Jack and I learned how blessed we truly are. We had many friends who would listen and just be there with us as we processed the information. We had a dear friend offer to be our surrogate, which of course was beyond touching. We were blessed to be asked to be godparents again. All of these things helped us to get through what we believed was our personal tragedy. We were able to relax and stop worrying about trying.
Apparently that is what we needed. Against all odds and to the amazement of our doctors and us, we are pregnant!! The weekend before Valentine's Day I was feeling especially tired and thought on a whim to take a test. We always have tests in the house so I took it thinking nothing of it. I saw the first test (the + one) and took a picture and sent it to Jack. I told him "looks like another negative" Dumb me was looking at the control line. He replied with "Look again". We were excited but not yet. I took a digital the next morning and the yes popped up right away.
So Valentine's Day I go to the doctor. They do blood work and sure enough we are pregnant. There started the modified bed rest. And the secret keeping. We didn't want to tell anyone right away because we didn't want to have to go through untelling. That is the most painful thing of all. As each day progressed and each day our baby grew more and more, we got more and more excited.
Today we went for a sonogram and saw our baby and heard our baby's heartbeat. His/her heart rate is currently 173! Very active little bug we have there.
The best news of all, our doctor told us the risk of miscarriage is now less than 3%. We are ecstatic!
So now on to growing our little baby and anxiously awaiting October!! Look for more and more blogging!! While... if I can get the morning sickness to go away!
Hope everyone has a great week!!!
JMS- So very excited for our next stage together!!! ilu!!!
XoXo
Amanda and little baby S
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Ugh....
So I know its been far too long since I have posted. I stink. We have a lot of stuff going on right now and some medical stuff that is taking up most if not all of my attention. I promise once things get back on track I will be posting regularly again. I just need to get this medical stuff under control. And once I do, I promise I will explain it all.
Hope all is well with everyone!
JMS - ilu and am super proud of you.
XoXo
Amanda
Hope all is well with everyone!
JMS - ilu and am super proud of you.
XoXo
Amanda
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Day 20...
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere I would like to travel....
Australia!
How amazing would that be. I mean seriously that would be great!
Day 19
Day 19 - A picture of me when I was little
I don't have any on the computer....so a picture of me and my nieces. They are little. Granted I look nothing like them, but still. haha
I don't have any on the computer....so a picture of me and my nieces. They are little. Granted I look nothing like them, but still. haha
I know...
I know I am bad and kind of left blogging for a bit. Lots going on. Apparently Bentley has allergies. Yeah...allergies...and the expensive shots... not working. No fun.
Today is a shopping days with the girls...and then I promise promise promise to get back into my blogging.
haha
Hope all is well with everyone.
JMS- ilu
XoXo
Amanda
PS Ikea.... is scary... that place is nuts. Woah.
Today is a shopping days with the girls...and then I promise promise promise to get back into my blogging.
haha
Hope all is well with everyone.
JMS- ilu
XoXo
Amanda
PS Ikea.... is scary... that place is nuts. Woah.
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