We did it!
After many hours of labor, 2 1/2 hours of pushing, and finally a c-section...
Sydney Olivia was finally born last night at 9:14 pm!! The bruiser weighed in at 10 pounds, 7 ounces (oh my goodness) and was 22 inches long. We will probably be in the hospital til at least Monday. I didn't Twitter much because there was lots of drama!! I'll fill you in soon. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!! We are all doing well.
Hey everyone, hope you're doing well.
Just wanted to let you know that I got the ok to release our baby's gender!!
If you want to find out what it is, you'll have to go here: http://insidedog.typepad.com
Hee hee!
20 week pregnancy update at http://insidedog.typepad.com
The time is flying by!
(Oh, and since you are my secret keepers over here, I need to confess that hubby and I found out the gender of the baby but we're not telling anyone yet. We're acting as if we don't know until he feels ready to spill. Out of respect to him I won't tell yet either. But I really, really want to!!)
Hope you all are well. xoxo, Manda
We had our 16 week checkup today and all was well. In fact, our baby was moving around so much the nurse had trouble getting an audible heartbeat over all the swooshing Little Buddy was doing in the amniotic fluid!! We had a very nice nurse today who explained everything and even laughed that our baby was so active now that we are going to be in trouble once he or she is born. After we finally heard the heartbeat she left the room and John turned to me and point blank asked "Do you think she was lying and that was actually your heartbeat?" I told him that she had no reason to lie, and that he shouldn't worry because I felt the baby MOVE for the first time while she had the Doppler on my tummy! That helped him tremendously. It was such a relief to feel that little flutter everyone's telling me I should be feeling around this time! I never for a second wondered if she had it wrong but I did wonder for a minute if something was wrong because she couldn't find the heartbeat right away. Once she explained what the sounds meant I was fine. I guess it's harder for him because he's worried about me and he's not experiencing all this in the same way I am (physically I just feel pregnant and have all the symptoms).
Going to the doctor is so freaking stressful! I wonder if there will ever be a day when we will be able to put the past behind us.
A more complete update over here.
Hope you all are well. Belated congrats to Kathy on her big, awesome fat positive!!
So last week (Thurs) I had a dream that we lost the baby. It was so real that I was upset all day. My husband met up with me on his lunch break and I just crumpled into his arms and bawled my head off. It was awful.
On a happy note, things are still going well. I'm 15 weeks this week. We had the triple screen two weeks ago and there was no phone call so that's good. Of course it's lingering in my head that they forgot to call me and something is terribly wrong. I haven't felt the baby move yet (that I can identify) so I'm waiting with baited breath for that to happen. I'm terribly guilty all the time about not being in good habits with my prenatal vitamins and so far no one has made me feel any better about it ... everyone says that you should take them no matter what, even if you barf.
Great.
More pregnancy updates over here.
Our ultrasound went AMAZING on Thursday! So much so that my husband was EXCITED to call our families and tell them the good news. He was sitting behind the technician while he was measuring the baby and I saw his eyes pop open ... he saw the baby moving around! I didn't see so much movement (I was blind on the table, dangit!) but I did see Little Buddy sucking his or her right thumb! Amazing. I got a printout but the guy ran out of paper so it's kind of cut off. I'll scan it in later. I'm so WORN OUT. My sister got engaged tonight and there's been lots going on since we broke the news.
There's no going back now, right? Please?
So now that the news is out, I guess I'm going to be talking about the pregnancy on my other blog. Please drop me comments over there as well! I'll still update here periodically but out of respect to those of you who are struggling with infertility or loss, my posts will be limited to pregnancy issues related to the miscarriage (as much as possible). Please feel free to read through the archives. I hope they lend you the same comfort that others lent to me when times were really tough.
DUDE I AM PREGNANT!
That is all I want to say to anyone and everyone lately, including strangers. It's kind of sad. Yesterday we voted in the primary and after I voted the lady gave me an "I Voted" sticker and then said "congratulations" and I was all "thanks!" thinking that she was congratulating me on voting and then she smiled and pointed at my belly and said "Congratulations for the baby. I can see it." I was kind of in shock for a minute but I said thank you and then she said the same thing to to John. He was all "thanks!" and skipped off and then I told him what he was congratulated for and he got deliriously giddy and silly all the way back to the car and made up a song that went something like: "Little Buddy, Liiittle Buddy! Little Buuuuuuddy! Woo hoo Little Buddy!!"
It was great and then I was all: "Do I look FAT?" and " And oh good grief I'm already showing and I'm only a little over three months. Waaaahhhh!" Then I congratulated myself on still wearing pre-pregnancy clothes (except for the bra, good lordy). And then I ate a fudge pop.
*one hour time lapse*
So just now John stomped in whining "I'm hungryyyyy" because we have no food in the house (don't blame me all I eat is cereal and Carnation Instant Breakfast). He said "I'm leaving in 30 seconds. Get dressed." Why did he tell me to get dressed, you ask? Well, it was probably because I was STILL IN MY PAJAMAS AT 4 PM. Good grief I don't even have a baby yet. One of the perks of working at home I suppose and let's not forget the whole "I'M PREGNANT YOU BIG MEAN BOY LEAVE ME ALONE YOU DID THIS TO ME WAAAAHHHH!" So put on some real clothes and off we went into LA traffic to Chipotle. Except somewhere in a tunnel by the airport I decided that not only was I not in the mood for Chipotle, I also decided that the thought of Chipotle made me want to VOMIT. I didn't say anything because the poor man was starving and there's no food in the house so as we were walking in to the restaurant (after 25+ mins in traffic after what is usually a 10 min max drive) I figured it was safe to tell him that I would not be eating any Chipotle now or possibly ever again. It all backfired and I was dragged back to the car because GOD FORBID my husband eat food and NOT feed his PREGNANT WIFE (I guess the whole "You did this to me!!!" thing is starting to sink in). We settled on El Pollo Loco and I got a salad and everything was going fine until I got something stuck in my throat and I started coughing gagging and boom all the sudden I'm on my hands and knees in a PUBLIC RESTROOM dry heaving my brains out. I managed to talk myself out of it for now but if I've learned anything from being pregnant it's that it ain't over until the Vomit Fairy says it's over. So tomorrow morning in the middle of my staff meeting I'll probably be dry heaving in yet another PUBLIC RESTROOM. Great.
I had a tough day today. I confided in someone I work with that I'm pregnant (a man) because of a project I'm assigned to in June (I'll be around 7 months) and basically he forced me to decide to not do it. I was just letting him know so he was informed!! I had a good long hormonal cry over it and then called my amazing boss -- who is a woman -- and she told me she was about to kick all their asses. We both agreed that it was actually probably better for me to bow out but it was handled like crap. Now the cat's out of the bag to my boss and I love her but she can't keep a secret. We have a staff meeting tomorrow and she promised to not let it slip ... let's hope so. BLAH I don't want to elaborate on it any more right now because I'm worn out on it, but I will say that I never, ever thought I'd get discriminated against for being pregnant. Dang, once again, I don't have the freaking plague!!
So anyway, tomorrow's the big ultrasound where they check the skin fold and probably do a blood test (vomit/faint scheduled soon after). And ... hopefully we'll get to make a few phone calls and drop our good news on everyone!! Yay!
Ok, off to sanitize.
So here's what I ate today:
Rice Chex
Grilled cheese and tomato soup
Cottage cheese with avocado
Crystal light peach iced tea
and for dinner ... Carnation instant breakfast
You can tell today was a good day because usually I'm eating Carnation Instant Breakfast three meals a day. I'm now toying with the idea of adding ice cream, fudge pops, and another CIB to my dinner. So when do I get to start eating large amounts of REAL FOOD? ARGH.
First of all, thank you all for your kind words of encouragement and support. I'm so happy to announce that the sonogram yesterday went AWESOME! We saw our Little Buddy and most wonderfully of all ... we saw that little heart beating strong. It was possibly one of the greatest moments of my life. John and I were just so relieved and overjoyed.
So without further ado, here's our little cutie!
I measured at 10 weeks, 5 days yesterday and they moved up my due date to August 16. Everyone seemed a bit shocked about that considering the first day of my last period! The doctor said that Thanksgiving would have been the day of conception but I don't think we had any fun that day. I'm pretty sure it didn't happen until we got home, but I was so excited I didn't argue.
We go back in two weeks for another sonogram and my first OB appointment. He said they'll measure the neck and some things like that to check for Down's Syndrome, etc. I think we'll break the news to the family around then since I'll be past the 12 week mark and beginning the second trimester. Holy crap! This is going by fast!
The morning sickness (at night) is still going strong. I had a lovely vomiting session on Monday right after I ate a huge meal at one of my favorite restaurants. Uggh. The grossness (nausea and heartburn combined, lovely!) usually sets in by 5 p.m. so I'm trying to get a lot of eating in early in the day. At least I'm back at home and we finally got past this first milestone. My stomach is starting to stick out so I have to be REALLY selective with my clothes so people don't start asking nosy questions.
AHHH!
