Prego part 3 :)

Hey! In the last post, I told you a lovely story of me being in the hospital for a stomach infection, but I failed to mention that part of the exam they did was to listen to the baby and make sure everything was good, but it took them FOREVER to find her heartbeat! well, it was only a few minutes, but it felt really long to me, for just a few minutes I had just a slight glimpse of what it's like to really worry about your child, and I just want to give a shout out to those parents that have a child in the hospital, or having struggles, or even lose them. you are very strong and I look up to you immensely.

ok, so third tri! at first, it wasn't much different from 2nd tri, I still wasn't too uncomfortable, or anything like that, but as it progressed, I started feeling a few different things :) things were getting a little harder each day :) but not too bad :) at week 30 I had my glucose test, and the drink wasn't bad, but when we got there to draw blood, it got a little fun :) I am a smaller person, that doesn't have to much extra blood to give :) so the first time I got blood taken in first tri it was only 1 vial, and I got very light headed. so this time they took 3 vials, and my husband and brother had to carry me into my house :) and I was kind of out of it until they got some food in me :) so that was nice ;) haha can I just give some props to Daniel, he has just been awesome through this whole thing! rubs my feet and back when they hurt, gets up during the night to get milk for my heartburn, hugs me through all my crying and complaining when I was sick, reassuring me through worry, I cant imagine a better husband for me and a better father for our baby :) theres a really cute saying that I love

At this point, I am feeling her kick all the time! which I totally love!

This picture is just barely out of 2nd tri :)

ok! so we are getting into summer, and at around week 28-30 ish I was starting to have harder and harder time standing without feeling really light headed, and my wonderful boss and coworker at the best job ive ever had, were so awesome about letting me sit, making sure I wasn't alone, and helping me with my hours :) Brigham City Seagull Book is the best!!!! Thanks to all of you! But as it got harder and harder, I realized I needed to take a break and rest. so sad! but ill come visit!

So around 32 ish weeks we settled on a for sure name!

So excited! also, while this is going on, I am discovering a wonderful thing called swelling in my feet! and an even more wonderful thing called I CANT FIT ALMOST ALL OF MY SHOES ANYMORE!!!!!! my life may have stopped for a few minutes with that realization ;) just kidding, but in all honesty, I love putting outfits together, and when your selection goes from  pretty big to pretty small, it can be hard. am I totally superficial or what? that sounds terrible, but by 34 weeks only 1 pair still fit! and everybody likes variety right? and anyway after feeling like I was walking in jello for a few weeks is reason enough to let me go buy new shoes after the babe come right? haha. well swelling wasn't very bad because I did two things, one- I relaxed with my feet up as much as possible, and I drank tons of water! sounds strange, but the more water you drink, the less you retain :) so that helped me quite a bit :) now I know you all really want to hear more about the lovelies of pregnancy, but I have to share this!

This perfectly describes my feelings :) This was something new to me too! They can be uncomfortable, but not anything bad :) So at 36 weeks, we moved into a new apartment! not really something I would recommend. it's not terrible, but it does make the swelling, back pain, and discomfort worse. I didn't move anything, haha I was even told by my bff lyssa's mom that the only moving I should be doing is lifting a fork to my mouth :) she cracks me up! but we finally got everything organized, and cleaned! and the nursery is almost done! pictures soon! but for now, im just a few weeks away! and the doctor says Im not dilated yet, so we will be awaiting her grand arrival soon! Then ill have a post about that of course! btw, thank you to everyone who has been of help to me during this! I really appreciate all of you! the showers, gifts, concerns, those who helped us move, all of you have been wonderful! heres a pic of a shower last week :)



Prego part 2 :)

So! this is where it gets interesting! the first week of 2nd trimester, my sister got sick with a stomach infection, now I never knew that pregnant girls catch sickness way easier than most. the immune system drops so it wont take the baby as a threat and attack it. so being pregnant makes you very vulnerable and humble :) anyway, so my sister's came and went, and as much as I tried to avoid it, I caught it. So remember in the last post I said I didn't get morning sickness? well, what happened during this sickness pretty much made up for it :) I was throwing up all night, could not keep anything down, and had THE WORST stomach pain I think ive ever had. around 4 in the morning, my husband decided to take me to the hospital. I am so grateful he did not take pictures while we were there, im sure I looked horrid. the doctors took me to a bed, ( I couldn't walk at this point) they even had to wheel me back and forth to the bathroom in a hospital gown. so lets just say I had no dignity left after this was over :) anyway, they put an iv in me, which stopped the vomiting, to hydrate me, then took some blood, and I laid there for a few hours until they came back and told me what was wrong, they gave me medicine for the pain and sent me home. so for the next few days I had a fever and was extremely weak. it took me a full week to get my strength and appetite back. so that was fun, then I got to go to the doc the next week to see the baby move!

Then the glorious news came!!!! We found out we are having a girl! yay!!!! I was wanting to post pictures but it's not letting me, so after that I got pneumonia :) lucky me! that took a lot out of me too. I had a lot of relaxation time haha :) another thing that happened during my second tri was in the walmart parking lot, I was waiting for my husband and I felt some kind of butterflies in my stomach, or muscle spasm or something... and come to find out it was our baby's first movement!!! talk about exciting! when the movements got more intense I would just lay there and feel/watch her move :) feeling like no other! during this whole time, Daniel was in salt lake for a lot of the time, for an internship, so there was a lot of time spent with chocolate milk and watching what to expect when youre expecting :) best movie ever! 2nd trimester had a lot of ups and downs from felling first movements, to not being able to fit normal clothes anymore :) but I think it wasn't until 3rd tri that I really started learning a lot about myself and others ......stay tuned :)

 

Prego part 1 :)

OK, so! I wanted to share my experience through this awesome time in my life, but realized that is wasn't going to work in one blog :) so I have split it into 3 parts!

So lets start from the beginning! November 2013, I had been getting negative pregnancy tests for over 6 months. LOTS of false alarms :) some of us just take longer I guess :) well, I had taken enough to know that its best if you take a test in the morning. so I had woken up at 4 in the morning and figured why not? I had been late AGAIN, but this time there was a reason! after so many false alarms I just didn't think it would be much different. But boy was I wrong! Finding out news like this is a lot like being proposed to...kinda paralyzes you for a few min.

So I couldn't go back to sleep with so many thoughts going through my head, so I wake Daniel up, tell him, and we set up an appointment for our doctor for that day! He gives the good word and congratulates us! Then we decide to tell our fam for Christmas! here is how that went.....

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I'm sorry if you cant see it, but everyone was SUPER excited....and then.....I had some morning sickness:( I was super lucky because during my whole first trimester that was the only time I had morning sickness was Christmas morning, the rest of the first trimester was pretty nice :) the only other thing that was a bit of a struggle was that early on in the pregnancy, I was told that going for a walk was the most exercise I could do. I LOVE exercise and I had a hard time with that, because I was constantly gaining weight, but I figured out how to take a breath and be ok with it :) after all.....gotta do whats best for the babe :)
 Here is me at 15 weeks :)

And that's part 1! Stay tuned for part 2!!! (it has a bit more)