***For those that followed my wedding blog you may remember a post on having the stomach flu... well that was my 5th blog... and now here I am surviving a terrible stomach flu and writing my 5th blog on this countdown!!***
Talk about a CrAzY week! It all started on Tuesday morning at 4:30 AM when my little Lucy woke up from a bad dream and came in my room. As soon as she snuggled in next to me I could feel the heat off her body and knew she had a fever! I scooped her up and carried her back to her room, took her temperature, gave her some Tylenol and then I stayed with her til she fell back to sleep(by that time it was pretty much time for me to get up for the day and get ready for work). Cary woke up also not feeling well so Lucy and Cary both stayed home for the day and I went in to work. The next day was almost like ground hogs day because again at 4:30 I hear Lucy opening our bedroom door so I got right up and met her as she was walking in to take her back to her room so she didn't disturb Cary. I laid with her til she fell back to sleep and then again was in the position where I might as well just get up for the day.. Lucy was still running a very high fever and luckily Cary's parents were able to come in and watch her for the day while I worked and also went to the doctor which I will talk more about later.. As Wednesday went on Lucy got better and better and by the time I was off work she was full of energy and her usual orneriness so I was pretty sure school would be in her cards for the next day. Thursday morning, 4:30 AM, I hear crying coming from her room and slowly getting closer to my door. I again meet her at the door and find a very upset girl because she had just pee'd the bed (probably from all the fluid we had her drinking all day Tuesday and Wednesday). I get her cleaned up, pulled out her little mattress(we had this under bed from when she was first getting potty trained so if she pee'd the bed we wouldn’t have to make up her big bed in the middle of the night) and got her back to sleep before stripping her bed and starting the laundry. Again, by the time that was done it was time for me to hit the shower... I tell you what, 3 days of getting up at 4:30 had me pretty darn tired, but that was nothing compared to the tiredness to come...
On Monday, Alyssa, her friend Hailey, my mom, and me decided to make plans to see Breaking Dawn at midnight on Friday and I went ahead and bought our tickets online... no backing out after you buy tickets! Without knowing the week I was about to have I didn’t think it would be a big deal, but had I known the lack of sleep I was going to experience I definitely wouldn’t have bought myself a ticket! Anyway, it was too late for that kind of thought and Thursday came and I was exhausted, but I stayed up with the other gals and it was a GREAT movie! When Friday morning came I woke up feeling like complete crap, but figured it was just from being tired so I got ready for work and went in. BY 10 AM I had been sick 3 times and decided enough was enough and talked to my boss about going home. (I had planned on taking my half day for the week anyway so I only left 2 hours earlier than I had planned) When I got home I got sick again, and then laid down and fell asleep to wake up about two hours later to horrible pain in my stomach. I ran to the bathroom and started throwing up and knew I wasn’t just tired, I had the stomach flu! After doing this all day I finally called the OB doctor and asked if I could do anything to help myself or if all this throwing up could hurt my baby and she assured me that I wasn’t hurting my baby, but needed to get some fluid back into my body.. However my inability to keep ANYTHING in my body was worrisome and she thought a hospital stay with an IV and drugs to reduce my nausea were my best bet for keeping my baby hydrated... I asked her if I could try anything else first (ER + Hospital stay = $$$$$) and her being so awesome and smart prescribed me some drugs I could take from home to reduce my nausea so I could attempt to hydrate. Being as sick as I was I had no way of getting to the pharmacy... I was already so weak and sick I couldn't stand up because of dizziness so I had to crawl to the bathroom every time I had to throw up because every time I threw up the other end(SORRY!) had an equal reaction, so I had to be on the potty and throwing up into the trash can.. (Again, sorry...TMI, I know, but hopefully only understanding women or men who have a strong stomachs are even reading this!!)... Anyway, Cary was off from work at 5 so he was able to pick up my drugs on his way home and by about 7 PM (after the meds took affect) I was no longer crawling to the restroom every 20 minutes and was able to drink some 7UP, a little Gatorade/water mix, and I ate about 5 saltines. This seemed to stay down til this morning and while I am still not throwing up I cannot get very far from my bathroom or be on my feet for more than a little bit at a time due to being queasy and dizzy I at some toast and drank some Gatorade and neither took long to get rid of... my body isn't quite ready to let in much..
It is hard to believe what the flu can do to your body in such a short amount of time. On Wednesday I went to the doctor and was weighed and had gained 8 lbs since my first OB appointment and this morning I had lost 10... My pregnant belly looks all shrunk down and I miss it :( I know that it'll only take a day or two of being able to eat normal and it will be back, but right now I just feel so blah... Ok, enough of the poor me sob story and back to my Baby Co. Everything at the doctor on Wednesday looked good and normal, I had some blood drawn for the Quad Screen test, peed in a cup and listened to the heartbeat :) All was good and the best part of the whole appointment was the end when Cary and I got to go out to the receptionist and schedule our Ultra Sound!! It will be our 20 wk ultra sound and we will get to find out the sex of our little one and we are so excited! It is only about 2 1/2 weeks away and on December 7th, assuming I can get a hold of all my sisters, brother, and both set of parents I will be making the announcement on what we're having!! I am carrying high, my love handles are (were) big, I am craving salty food over sweet, the ring test is going in a circle and one chinese birth chart says girl and the other says boy... anyone want to make a guess?!
Til next time!
-Lexi
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
BLOG 4:Girl Gone Wild!!
Probably a better title would be “Emotions Gone Wild”, but it just wouldn’t have caught the same attention.
So, I am pretty well passed the dog days of pregnancy with the constant nausea and on to some crazy mood swings! I am ultra sensitive and the littlest things can sometimes set me off. The emotions really started to run wild this week and in my line of work it is very important that I keep it together. No matter how I feel I must greet my customers with a smile and make them think whatever they need is the most important thing and that I want nothing more than to fulfill that need or solve that problem. Sooo this can get extra exhausting for a pregnant emotional woman and Wednesday was one of those days that left me with zero “keeping it together” capability. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty sensitive and tired so fortunately I had put a dinner and the crock pot and didn’t have to cook. We all ate dinner and then I went into my room to change for my evening walk and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and was mortified! I had just put on a sports bra that was definitely overly tight due to the recent rapid growth in my chest and I had a roll! On my back! Under my bra line! NOT COOL! I immediately began to cry and found myself in Cary’s arms listening to his reassurance of how “beautiful” I am and “wonderful” I look. I finally got calmed down and then Alyssa (my little sister) showed up to walk with me and asked me if I had been crying and I immediately burst back into tears as I told her my horrible news of the roll under my bra on my back! Thursday was an easy day for me for the most part.. I was somewhat busy at work, but I knew that once 5 o’clock hit I would be home for a 3 day weekend (Bankers Hours are great when it comes to getting extra holidays!). So then Friday came and I got to spend the morning and early afternoon with my other sister Angee and her youngest daughter and had an easy going day of shopping and then cleaning and then in the afternoon I went to Sam’s Club and Grocery Shopping and honestly I was shot! The night I made dinner and Alyssa came over for dinner too and then we played Just Dance and Alyssa has crazy long arms and accidently, barely hit me and I just felt so sensitive and it felt like it hurt a lot even though I don’t think it really did and she started laughing and I started crying and had to go upstairs because I was just sensitive and I knew it was just me. Saturday was cool though, Lucy and I went and visited my parents and pretty much just relaxed all day and then last night we relaxed some more and I had no outbursts of tears and then today I didn’t cry but I felt like I was going to because Cary forgot to stop at JC Penney for me.. I tell you.. being pregnant is tough on a woman!
Outside of being overly emotional my pregnancy is going great! I still listen in on the baby about once a day or so for a minute or two because the lazy little guy/gal is always in the same spot so I can find them super fast with my dopppler! I am up to 8 lbs gained on a bad day and have yet to feel the baby move. We have an appointment on Wednesday afternoon and then we will schedule our gender scan and I definitely am excited to know what kind of a baby is growing in my tummy! Cary and I also have our names picked out, but don’t ask because it is a secret! Cary also wrote his letter to Baby Co recently so I still have to try to talk him into letting me put it on my blog. With the wedding blog he did a little paragraph for me describing his experience and as of right now I think I’ll wait til this crazy emotional phase passes before I let him loose on here! I don’t need self provoked water works!! I think that is it for tonight!
-Lexi
So, I am pretty well passed the dog days of pregnancy with the constant nausea and on to some crazy mood swings! I am ultra sensitive and the littlest things can sometimes set me off. The emotions really started to run wild this week and in my line of work it is very important that I keep it together. No matter how I feel I must greet my customers with a smile and make them think whatever they need is the most important thing and that I want nothing more than to fulfill that need or solve that problem. Sooo this can get extra exhausting for a pregnant emotional woman and Wednesday was one of those days that left me with zero “keeping it together” capability. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty sensitive and tired so fortunately I had put a dinner and the crock pot and didn’t have to cook. We all ate dinner and then I went into my room to change for my evening walk and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and was mortified! I had just put on a sports bra that was definitely overly tight due to the recent rapid growth in my chest and I had a roll! On my back! Under my bra line! NOT COOL! I immediately began to cry and found myself in Cary’s arms listening to his reassurance of how “beautiful” I am and “wonderful” I look. I finally got calmed down and then Alyssa (my little sister) showed up to walk with me and asked me if I had been crying and I immediately burst back into tears as I told her my horrible news of the roll under my bra on my back! Thursday was an easy day for me for the most part.. I was somewhat busy at work, but I knew that once 5 o’clock hit I would be home for a 3 day weekend (Bankers Hours are great when it comes to getting extra holidays!). So then Friday came and I got to spend the morning and early afternoon with my other sister Angee and her youngest daughter and had an easy going day of shopping and then cleaning and then in the afternoon I went to Sam’s Club and Grocery Shopping and honestly I was shot! The night I made dinner and Alyssa came over for dinner too and then we played Just Dance and Alyssa has crazy long arms and accidently, barely hit me and I just felt so sensitive and it felt like it hurt a lot even though I don’t think it really did and she started laughing and I started crying and had to go upstairs because I was just sensitive and I knew it was just me. Saturday was cool though, Lucy and I went and visited my parents and pretty much just relaxed all day and then last night we relaxed some more and I had no outbursts of tears and then today I didn’t cry but I felt like I was going to because Cary forgot to stop at JC Penney for me.. I tell you.. being pregnant is tough on a woman!
Outside of being overly emotional my pregnancy is going great! I still listen in on the baby about once a day or so for a minute or two because the lazy little guy/gal is always in the same spot so I can find them super fast with my dopppler! I am up to 8 lbs gained on a bad day and have yet to feel the baby move. We have an appointment on Wednesday afternoon and then we will schedule our gender scan and I definitely am excited to know what kind of a baby is growing in my tummy! Cary and I also have our names picked out, but don’t ask because it is a secret! Cary also wrote his letter to Baby Co recently so I still have to try to talk him into letting me put it on my blog. With the wedding blog he did a little paragraph for me describing his experience and as of right now I think I’ll wait til this crazy emotional phase passes before I let him loose on here! I don’t need self provoked water works!! I think that is it for tonight!
-Lexi
Thursday, November 3, 2011
BLOG 3:Can You Hear Me Now???
According to my pregnancy app on my phone my unborn child has made a developmental milestone and can now hear me!
So if you ever see me walking around like I'm talking to myself most people that know me wouldn't be all that surprised because I tend to talk a lot(even in my sleep).. Well now just know that I am helping my little Baby Co's brain develop by constant stimulation! When I was pregnant with Lucy I talked to her all the time before she was born and even read to her and listened to classical music... especially when I started being able to feel her move I just never felt alone and always like I had someone to entertain! Now I have a little social butterfly so maybe all that talking early on helps? Either way, it gives me an excuse to talk and I'll take it!
As my belly continues to grow so does everything else! This being pregnant business does not have me feeling very attractive these days, but of course it is all part of the process and as long as a healthy baby is the result it is 100% worth every inch I grow and every pound I gain! So far the lbs are not too much... since my 1st appointment I have gained roughly 4lbs, but it looks more like 10 with all this bloating that is “common” in pregnancy! My pregnancy app also tried to tell me that this bloating helps bring on the pregnancy “glow”, but I COMPLETELY disagree with that! The only thing glowing these days is the microwave...I’ve found microwave popcorn is the one thing I am wanting all the time! I am even munching on a bag right now while I type and am regretting it as my keyboard gets kind of buttery! At least popcorn is fairly low in calories unlike my pregnancy addiction with Lucy which was pizza rolls! I haven’t even had a pizza roll since then because it contributed to my 70lb gain I had with that pregnancy! Fortunately I now know what kind of damage you can cause by eating crappy and I am making an effort to not over indulge... although I will admit I do allow myself some things I wouldn’t have prior to being preggers from time to time..
So I am pretty pumped to say I found a coupon for a free 3 month rental of a fetal heart monitor and have been able to listen to my little baby’s heart beat at home. I was reluctant to get it at first because I have heard from other mom’s that they had trouble finding the heartbeat from time to time and it would cause them to panic when it wasn’t necessary. My only word of advice is getting a good one! Don’t bother buying a cheap one that won’t work anyway... Instead, rent a really nice one (if you can’t find a coupon you can rent them for as little as $12 a month)! The nice FDA approved Dopplers are easy to use and most women can regularly find the heartbeat as early as 10 weeks while a lot of the cheap ones don’t even work till you are late in the 2nd trimester! It is so nice to have a little reassurance in-between appointments and I’ve been an extra worrier lately so I definitely appreciate the peace of mind. I will definitely be sending mine back after the free offer because I think once I can feel the baby move regularly I will have the daily reassurance I need!
Speaking of baby movement... I would really like some feedback on this... I am 15 weeks tomorrow and I have yet to feel a flutter! Granted I haven’t really tried to lay still and feel it, but that is because lying down usually puts me right to sleep! How early did you other mom’s feel it?! I think I was closer to 17 or 18 weeks with Lucy, but I’ve heard the 2nd go around should be earlier...
That is all for now!
-Lexi
So if you ever see me walking around like I'm talking to myself most people that know me wouldn't be all that surprised because I tend to talk a lot(even in my sleep).. Well now just know that I am helping my little Baby Co's brain develop by constant stimulation! When I was pregnant with Lucy I talked to her all the time before she was born and even read to her and listened to classical music... especially when I started being able to feel her move I just never felt alone and always like I had someone to entertain! Now I have a little social butterfly so maybe all that talking early on helps? Either way, it gives me an excuse to talk and I'll take it!
As my belly continues to grow so does everything else! This being pregnant business does not have me feeling very attractive these days, but of course it is all part of the process and as long as a healthy baby is the result it is 100% worth every inch I grow and every pound I gain! So far the lbs are not too much... since my 1st appointment I have gained roughly 4lbs, but it looks more like 10 with all this bloating that is “common” in pregnancy! My pregnancy app also tried to tell me that this bloating helps bring on the pregnancy “glow”, but I COMPLETELY disagree with that! The only thing glowing these days is the microwave...I’ve found microwave popcorn is the one thing I am wanting all the time! I am even munching on a bag right now while I type and am regretting it as my keyboard gets kind of buttery! At least popcorn is fairly low in calories unlike my pregnancy addiction with Lucy which was pizza rolls! I haven’t even had a pizza roll since then because it contributed to my 70lb gain I had with that pregnancy! Fortunately I now know what kind of damage you can cause by eating crappy and I am making an effort to not over indulge... although I will admit I do allow myself some things I wouldn’t have prior to being preggers from time to time..
So I am pretty pumped to say I found a coupon for a free 3 month rental of a fetal heart monitor and have been able to listen to my little baby’s heart beat at home. I was reluctant to get it at first because I have heard from other mom’s that they had trouble finding the heartbeat from time to time and it would cause them to panic when it wasn’t necessary. My only word of advice is getting a good one! Don’t bother buying a cheap one that won’t work anyway... Instead, rent a really nice one (if you can’t find a coupon you can rent them for as little as $12 a month)! The nice FDA approved Dopplers are easy to use and most women can regularly find the heartbeat as early as 10 weeks while a lot of the cheap ones don’t even work till you are late in the 2nd trimester! It is so nice to have a little reassurance in-between appointments and I’ve been an extra worrier lately so I definitely appreciate the peace of mind. I will definitely be sending mine back after the free offer because I think once I can feel the baby move regularly I will have the daily reassurance I need!
Speaking of baby movement... I would really like some feedback on this... I am 15 weeks tomorrow and I have yet to feel a flutter! Granted I haven’t really tried to lay still and feel it, but that is because lying down usually puts me right to sleep! How early did you other mom’s feel it?! I think I was closer to 17 or 18 weeks with Lucy, but I’ve heard the 2nd go around should be earlier...
That is all for now!
-Lexi
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