be sure and tell em....

large marge sentcha.

yeah, i feel like it about now. doc appt today. says i'm measuring 30 weeks... even though i am only 28. i am pretty damn big though.

doc says olivia is healthy, doing good, and everything is on track! next week, i have a childbirth class, as well as booking a hospital tour so that i know what to do when the time comes!

it seems like it's all getting so close. i have two and a half months until she gets here... and it's scary yet so exciting. i cant wait to meet her! the one who has been kicking the crap out of me for the last few weeks. lol

quick timeline of pics so far!

8 weeks.



12 weeks.



20 weeks.





28 weeks.

4,3,2,1.....

the countdown starts.

well after moving my due date back so i have even LONGER to wait... i'm finally at 28 weeks. third trimester. i have an appt on thurs which should be good. hopefully i can talk the doc into an ultrasound to see how the heck she is sitting in there.... she moves and kicks all the time, but always in the same spot.. it's like i swallowed super glue and she is just stuck there...

heartburn is still driving me crazy. i've moved on to zantac, which i should be buying stock in. headaches still the same. i feel like an old woman or a puppy, because i pee every 2 minutes. it's especially nice when she gives a good heave ho to the bladder and i pee places that god did not intend... like my jeans, for instance.

not really getting so nervous about delivery. i've done it before, and i can do it again. i know that after almost 16 years, my body has forgotten it's role in all this, and may make things a little more difficult, but hopefully it will be okay.

other than that, not much else new. just cant wait to meet the little bugger!

appts and such

had my appointment last week.

kind of a shock to learned that i had gained 8 pounds since my last one. that's not really something i wanted to hear.

also concerned me that they said my uterus was measuring at 29 weeks... and according to my ultrasound,olivia is measuring 10 days small.

i really dont see how thats possible.... i could just have a petite bebeh.... because otherwise, i would have ovulated 24 days after starting my cycle... which is really long and ridiculous. but..... what do i have to go off of besides an ultrasound? i guess we'll see if they are right towards my due date (which is 2/24 now)

anyways, back to the weight gain and such.... it could have been because i ate about a cup of sunflower seeds per day, and about 5 sodas.... i know, i know... bad ellie, right? well doc says she's keeping an eye on it from now on. and then next day, i went and had my gestational diabetes test. 1 hour glucose. holy crap that tasted like shit! but i downed it all at once... felt queasy and sat there for an hour until my blood draw.

they should call me with the results soon. i kind of put myself on a little diet at home.. just cutting out stuff like fast food, soda, etc. hopefully that should at least keep me at the weight im at for a while. i weigh enough, baby hardly weighs anything, and she'll be fine.

my fear is having GD and having to SEVERELY restrict my diet. but i guess we'll see!

so excited to go to my mom's this week! i cant wait to see her! i'll be there for about 4 days, and we're having a small baby shower up there, which i cannot WAIT for!

anxious

i'm so incredibly anxious. i have this little human being inside of me... constantly kicking and moving and letting me know she is there. i am just anxious as hell to meet her.

25 weeks today.

long overdue

update... not baby... he he he.

i have no idea what i updated on last time. so i may just repeat myself.

i'm 22 weeks along now! holy cow. speaking of cows, i definitely feel like one. i've only gained 10 pounds so far, but i feel so much bigger!

out little girl weighs about a pound already! she is growing so big!

went for level 2 ultrasound yesterday, where they make sure she has 10 fingers and 10 toes, and a healthy heart and organs and such. doc said everything looks great and that she is a girl! he he.

she is moving around and kicking up a storm, although i'm not feeling it as much as i should because the doc informed me yesterday that i have an "anterior placenta"... which basically means that the placenta is laying in front of her and she is kicking that so it cushions what i feel. it's soft, but i definitely do feel her!

as far as *I* go, nausea is pretty much non existant. had a touch of it last night, but didnt have to take anything. only thing i really have, is horrible heartburn and headaches on a daily basis. tums and tylenol... tums and tylenol.

at the appt, doc said olivia was measuring a week behind. she was at the first u/s too, so not sure if she's just a small baby or if my due date will change! i guess we'll see a little later though!

foodie

so with some of my symptoms starting to subside, and new ones cropping up, my pregnancy is not as easy peasy as i figured.

nausea is slowing fading, although not completely gone. getting a little more energy back, which is neat.

heartburn is ridiculous. and i have NO desire to eat.... at all. i'm losing a little bit of weight and kind of concerned that i'm not giving her enough nutrition.

the one GOOD thing i can truly say makes me happy, is that i feel her moving around every day. knowing that she's in there and healthy and safe makes me heart so warm.

hubby is being so amazing. he talks to her, and is working hard on fixing up the things she'll need and customizing things for her. he is going to be the best father ever.

i cant wait for olivia jo to get here!

it's a....

GIRL! we had an ultrasound last week and it looks like a healthy baby girl! she is moving all around, being a little acrobat. she is so precious already and i cant wait until she gets done cooking and gets here!!!!!!!!!!

i'm still full of symptoms. it's kind of ridiculous. sneezing is a new one. i sneeze, literally about 20 times a day.... soooo annoying. and if i'm lucky, i get the added benefit of peeing on myself while i do so.. yayyyyy.

nausea is still there... i have my good days, when i only need 1/2- 1 zofran.. and my bad days (rare) in which i may need three.... headaches are still here. heartburn has me up to about 10 tums a day. exhaustion is still hanging around, although i can get out for a little more at a time now. yesterday we went to lowes and the grocery store... and by the end, i was ready to collapse, but i made it! LOL. again with the second coming of puberty. new zit every day... lol. which is awesome.

even through all these symptoms, i'm so excited about this little girl! hubby has been working on her changing table and crib, and is getting ready to paint them and customize them for her.

we have given the baby a name. her name is going to be olivia jo. jo, you ask? yes... jo. lol. jo is part of my grandmother's name, who passed years ago... amazing woman. and jo is also my mother's middle name. :D

i think it's a beautiful name and i cannot wait to meet her!