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Today I went out with Brian. We saw Book of Eli (don't see it). That's all I'm going to say about that movie. But it was nice to go out.
What was funny is we left for the movie shortly after the Daytona 500 started. I returned home nearly 4 hours later and the race was still on. And it ended great as well.
Do I think Dale Jr. has a chance at the championship this year? No. But I think he'll do better. Bonus would be him winning it though. I just don't get my hopes up.
The baby is beating me up from the inside. She's especially active at night which to me means she'll have to be trained at birth to sleep at night, not be awake.
Tomorrow we're doing a Toddler Chef cooking thing. Hopefully the kids enjoy it. Then I'm babysitting for a friend, much to the pleasure of my mother. LOL! But it shouldn't be long.
I was going to write an interesting post, but nope I have nothing interesting to write at the moment.
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Oddly enough with this pregnancy I haven't been able to figure out how many months I am. I think I'm five months. The one thing I know for sure, I'm 21 weeks tomorrow.
Saw the doctor today! Heartbeat sounded good. Doctor seemed please.
Lost 4lbs as well. I'm hoping to continue to lose as well. I know some people are thinking, WHAT?! But I'm obese I could stand to lose the weight. The baby is measuring fine, actually big, so the baby isn't suffering since I'm losing. Actually I think the baby is benefiting.
I asked her what my glucose number was when I did my glucose test at 10 weeks. She said 107. 130 is when you hit the high and above normal range. I'm happy, 107 is better than when I was pregnant with Kaylee. So that's great. Hopefully at 26 weeks I will pass that one hour as well.
My blood pressure, which always worries me, was 120/74. Back down to where I was pre-Kaylee. My blood pressure has never been high, but since Kaylee it went up a bit to 130s/80s. So I'm glad to see it back down to where I'm used to seeing it. This might be because of the weight loss. Or maybe because I'm not eating as many things with salt in them and I'm drinking more water? Eh, who knows. But it's low. Blood Pressure issues scare the shit out of me. Mainly the fact that you can have a stroke and die. I'd prefer to live.
I talked to the doctor about my heartbeat issues and I feel better now. I think part of it is anxiety, you can have attacks even without feeling the emotions, and also just hormones. I do notice it only happens for a few days a month and she says you have rushes of hormones each month, almost like PMSing. That's when this happens. She said as long as I don't faint, it should be a problem. So I feel better.
I asked about my birth plan as well. With Kaylee I never got to go over it. It's nothing huge, I just told her I'd rather not be barking orders out at the hospital. She said to bring it in next time and we'd go over it. She said no problem with wanting to go over it early, she totally understands.
I'm sure I had other questions but I didn't write them down. I didn't ask about alternatives to Epidurals and Spinal Blocks, mainly because she said we'd go over the birth plan next time. So when we go over that I'll talk to her about alternatives.
I'm feeling the baby daily, especially at night. She says that's how it goes. LOL! I said yeah I'll have to retrain this baby when she's born. LOL!
Baby Registry
I should just create one here on this site, lol! Because not everything I want comes on the same site but most are on my Babies R Us register.
For instance this Packin' Smart 5 Tier system is so very cool. You could pack a whole days worth of formula in it. So very cool.
Then there is this Baby Leg Warmers. So cute!
There are a few other things that I can't remember right now, one I know is far too much money anyhow.
Tomorrow I see the doctor by the way. We'll see how things are going.
Perfect Baby Shower Cake…
I came across what would be the perfect baby shower cake this time around. It's just sooooooo cute!
It’s a Girl!
So we found out we're having another girl! WOOHOO!
Annabelle "Belle" Mae
So Annabelle is typically spelled Anabelle but I don't like how that looks. So I'm going with the Annabelle.
Annabelle:
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: Grace, Loveable
Mae:
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Form of Mary, bitter
Are You Serious?
Sometimes on the pregnancy boards you get some of the oddest questions. And not to make light of the concern but sometimes you have to wonder how these people managed to get pregnant. One day there was the troll who asked if having sex could impregnate her daughter in the womb. LOL! Can't tell you how many people said yes just for fun. But that was a troll, we knew it. The question was just far too stupid.
But there are others, that are out there, but from serious concerned mothers. Things like "I ate a turkey sandwich, is my baby okay?" "I had cookie dough, is my baby dead?"
Seriously people a lot of the eating guidelines are there are just that guidelines, they aren't law and if you break them your baby will probably be fine. Why? Because we live in a country that has a pretty good regulated food system. If you lived in a 3rd world country, then you could be concerned.
Then the woman who clearly have no thought for their husbands at all come out and that is what bothers me mother. The utter lack of respect for his family, the constant complaining. And then when people give solutions to problems, the "Oh that won't work." You're either a victim or you aren't. Make a decision. My MIL is quirky at best, but frankly who cares, she's my husband's mother and deserves some respect.
That's always pissed me off, woman placing their mothers above their husband's mother's. I mean even to the point where they've literally cut off the husband's side of the family. I understand, I'm attached to my mother, but my daughter still sees my husband's mother at least once a week (she lives like 2 hours away). My philosophy, the more people to love her, the better.
Sometimes it takes a little give in a relationship. The realization that it's not all about you or your feelings. And that you'll have to suck it up, and do what's best for your family as a whole, like it or not. I think women have become overly selfish these days in general. Dr. Laura would say that entitlement has increased like ten fold in this nation. I'm not sure if it's feminism, Dr. Laura would say so, but something has changed. Everyone is out for themselves, their betterment, their happiness, and if it doesn't benefit them, then forget it they're not doing it. Pure selfishness.
12w6d (I think)
So the NT scan was perfect. We discussed the Amnio and I think I've decided not to do it. I don't see the point. The Amnio won't tell us if the baby has the disorder, only if it carries the gene which doesn't mean it will have the disorder. So what's the point when you're going to have to wait anyhow.
They changed my due date to July 1st, 2010. July 1st was when Kaylee was supposed to be born. What this tells me is I'm a late conception person, hoping this means it's a girl again. I go back at the end of January for the gender scan.
Here are some pictures:
Baby Check
So my appointment with the doctor was today. I don't typically ask many questions, she asked how I was feeling. My blood pressure as 130/84 (I attribute this boost to the amount of pain I'm currently in) and I've lost another 2 to 5lbs. She tried to find the baby's heartbeat with the doppler but being 12 weeks 5 days, that isn't typical to find it by doppler. At my next appointment she'll be able to do it that way so no more u/s after today's. She did do an u/s but no picture was given, because the picture was really crappy. She mainly looked for the heartbeat, and made sure it was normal (didn't ask what it was). She showed me the baby and then said see you in four weeks. So that's that!
I'm going in for an NT scan on Friday which should be done with a more powerful u/s machine. I may or may not get pictures, I have to ask I think and I may not ask. But we'll get a full body scan done, they'll measure and make sure everything is good.
Feeling better…
Either it's the fact that I'm 12 weeks along and symptoms tend to wear off around this time or because last night I managed to fall asleep before 10:30pm and slept until 9:30am. Probably that's what helped.
Oddly enough I also haven't taken my Coconut Oil pills for the past two nights. I had no issues last night at all, actually slept better than I have in a while. I can't swallow the pills anymore so it's kind of something that I need to do anyhow.
My heartburn is a bit worse but hey whatever, apparently it will continue to get worse or stick around the further along I go. LOL! Guess you can't win on everything.
The Christmas lights stopped working, not sure why though. I couldn't see any reason for them not to work.
