3 months to go

Well I've had a whirlwind of a week! Baby is good and I am good, well except that I will have to go take the 3 hr glucose test on Thursday. I'm not happy about that but I will take things as they come. I don't really have a choice, do I? I'm starting to go to the doctor every 2 weeks starting on the 13. I will get a chance to meet the other doctors in the practice in case my doctor isn't available when I have the baby. Yikes! Well at least I get to do that so it won't be a total surprise if that happens.

My wonderful friend Jenny has helped me come up with some ideas for the baby's room. We have a crib that has yet to be put together but at least I have an idea on what is going to go where in the room. Its amazing how much smaller a room becomes when you start adding furniture! Hopefully we will have it all ready for her when she arrives! Not like she's going to use it for a while, but still. I think all this thinking has kicked in my nesting phase. I've been more motivated to clean things and organize them, such as my closet and I actually hung things on the wall in our family room this morning! So hopefully this will help me get things in the house organized! We'll see!

Well, I hope all of you are doing well!

Love,
C and baby C

update

So we are now at 27 weeks. Baby has been moving around alot! It's so weird!! But I'm really enjoying being pregnant, although nothing has really changed. But I'm sure it soon will!!

Next week is the dreaded glucose test. I'm not looking forward to it at all. But I know it has to be done. I'm going to try not to be a nervous wreck until then! I've been watching my sugar intake and diet so hopefully my doctor will be happy with the results of that.

This weekend we went to Midland and had a really good time. It was fun seeing our friends and hanging out with family! But those trips always seem to fly by and I'm so exhausted by the end of it. Next time we go it will be for my baby shower on May 2nd! My best friend
Amy is planning and I'm so excited to see what she does. She's an amazingly creative person so I'm sure it'll be a blast!!

We FINALLY picked up our crib last night but it probably won't be put together for a few more weeks. J is going to have to get his Dad to help him because him and I just don't work well together when it involves assembling things. I'm slowly trying to organize my thoughts on decor for the nursery. We'll see how that goes!

I hope all of you are well. I'll update you next week when I find out about my test.

love,
C and baby

shy little me..

I think I have figured out why I'm having a weird reaction to being pregnant. I'm just not used to being the center of attention. I know it's short lived because in a few months, baby will be center of attention and not me. But still, it takes some getting used to. I am used to being the quiet one and I think that J and I work well together becaue he is always the loud one and usually the center of attention. I am a private person and I do want to share with all of you. I just don't know how to react to questions about the baby or what is going on because I'm not used to being asked and sometimes I just really don't know the answer. I think that I've always been the type that gets uncomfortable when put in the spotlight and sometimes it makes me come off snotty. I hope none of you feel that way. Its all just really overwhelming and I'm trying to take it one day at a time. Plus I'm a bit paranoid so talking about it makes me nervous about all the "what ifs." In any case, I'm trying my hardest not to be in the shadows.

Now that I'm done explaining here is an update...I'm feeling fine, baby is active and that is about it. The Glucose test isn't until the 31st and i'm sure I'll be a bit scared until then. We haven't started setting up anything yet for the nursery, mostly because we haven't purchased a bed yet. (My parents have given us money to do so, but things have just been a bit hectic and we haven't had the time) I have selected bedding, but that is about it. I'm hoping to get registered and get the bed at the same time and knocki it all out. We shall see what happens!

I hope this finds you all well and happy!

Love,
C and baby

24 week update

We had our doctor appointment yesterday. Everything with baby is fine but my doctor is concerned that my glucose levels and weight (a few pounds gained, not too bad) are up. It may have been the honey nut cheerios I ate before the appointment but next week I have to take my routine gestational diabetes test which consists of drinking a bottle of sugary fruit punch stuff and getting my blood drawn an hour after to see what my glucose levels are. If they are high, I'll have to take a 3 hr test after fasting. If I don't pass that, then I'll have to go see a nutritionist and monitor what my food intake is. If it can't be controlled through diet and exercise, I will have to start monitoring my blood sugar and taking insulin. The doctor said that if I do have it, it will go away after delivery but could mean that I am at risk for diabetes in general. And seeing that I am overweight and I have a family history of it, it very well could be a possibility. So please pray for me! I'm very nervous about it. But J and I decided right then and there (actually we had been talking about it the day before it even came up) that we need to step it up so we have both started monitoring our calorie intake and exercise. I'm glad he's doing it too, it's tough to do it alone! I will admit that I have upped my sugar intake the past few weeks, drinking sugary cream soda and indulging in too many bite size candy bars. So I'm cutting that out immediately! I'm upping my water intake and trying to stay away from anything overly sugary. I was doing fine before but I slipped a little as obvious by my weight gain. So I'm starting a new path and going to do my best.

Love you all!
C

More updates..

So it's been about 2 weeks since I've written anything so I guess I will to appease those of you that are getting onto me about it.

I'm still in the disbelief phase of pregnancy. Even though I feel her moving around and am noticing changes in my body, it's still surreal. I've been reassured that this is normal and totally due to hormones so I don't feel like such a freak! I'm trying to get excited, trust me! It'll come, I just hope that it's not the day before she is born! I think part of it is that I'm such a wallflower that the attention is something that I'm just not used to. I don't know that I ever will be but I'm working on it.

My best friend Amy and her husband John were up for the weekend just recently. We had a really great time but I was really worn out at the end of it! They have a daughter so they brought us three boxes of clothes that she can't wear anymore and a few other things, and they have more to give us! So seeing all that stuff did help me get excited, along with all the gifts that we've been getting. J is very bummed that the stuff that comes isn't for him. He said he'll just have to get used to it! So if any of you want to do something nice - send him something just for him so he won't feel left out. Maybe that is just the only child in him, but I'm used to having to share! haha!

My parents have decided to buy us a crib so we are really excited to get it. Maybe once that gets set up it'll feel a bit more REAL.

Anyway - other than that nothing special has been going on. Just working and thankful that I have a job. They laid off all the store hosts 2 weeks ago and it really scared me! But I guess whatever happens we'll make due. Its just something that is always floating around.

Next Dr appointment is Tuesday March 3 so I will let you know how that goes!

Love,
Christina

Freaking Out

Last night I had a weird dream. Anticipation I guess, about my eventuality of giving birth. Since I've never been through it I don't know what to expect. One of my friends just had a baby and she sent me a very informative email about all the stuff I will need going to the hospital. I guess that had something to do with it. But I dreamed the baby was very big - God help me if she is!! Aghhh!

I guess it's just one of those things that every woman dreads until she goes throug it. As my Mom and friends have told me your body does know what to do and will do it. You just have to be prepared. I plan on it!

It's just another one of those scary things that first timers have to anticipate. But I've also heard the end result is worth it! I believe it 100%.

Updates..

Yeah I know, I'm pretty lazy about this blogging thing. I knew that I would be. I should've warned you all ahead of time!

Anyway, we are at 21 weeks. We had our sonogram last Tuesday and everything is good. We are having a little girl! She was measuring at about a week ahead of what my due date is so the sonographer said it'll be sometime between June 22-26 at this point. She was in the breech position for most of the time so we had a time trying to find out what was between those legs. J said it was because she is a lady and that she didn't want to show us. I think she was just being stubborn! But after a while, she gave up and let us see! Poor Baby. She was mad for the rest of the day! I had the boy vibe for a long time but maybe that was just a hope. Not that I'm not excited as all get out to have a girl, I guess I was just trusting my vibe! But that is usually how it goes!

Sonogram pics are up if you want to see them : dropshots.com/Ladymontague (password is Prosper)

I am finally feeling those little movements and kicks. It feels like a mix between muscle spasms and bubbles. At first I really didn't recognize it but after the sonogram, I knew that was what it was! It was weird how I was clueless about it and then it just clicked. That is how it usually is with me though. It's exciting to finally know that she's ok.

I haven't started showing yet so I'm still anxiously awaiting the day that my bottom part of my belly evens out with the top part. Oh well, maybe it will happen, maybe not. As long as she keeps growing I'm fine with whatever my body does! I've been feeling good, just more tired and easily worn out. I'm still trying to organize the house and Sunday did finally get our closet cleaned out. Now I just have to hang up all the clothes I have thrown in the basket! I'm off tomorrow so I'm hoping to get around to getting some, if not all, those boxes in the dining room unpacked or at least try to figure out what to do with them. But thinking about it, it'll be just an empty space once all that is done. *sigh* Hopefully that'll encourage us to come up with something creative to do with the space! We have a small table that will go in there and maybe the other half will be a reading area until it becomes a playroom or something of that nature. Do people even use formal dining rooms for that purpose anymore?

I'm still not sure what I want to do for the nursery yet. I'm trying to keep it as simple as I can and not go too girly. I'm just not a pink lover, really. I have found some green and browns I like so that may be the colors. I'll have to consult my designer friends to get some ideas. But I did find some really cute pink sheets that were at Target. I don't know... I have found a crib and it's pretty resonably priced for a convertable one. Cribs apparently have come a long way from what they used to be. Most convert from a crib, to a toddler bed to a full size headboard. That is the way it should be! I do know, that more than likely, the baby's room will be the first room in the house to have a different color paint on the walls! I have all intentions of painting other rooms but there is just so much to think about right now I just can't even go there!

Well, that's it. I hope all of you are well!

Love,
Christina