Dr. Visit #3

Everything went great yesterday at the doctors office. I weighed in only a pound heavier than I was last month which was actually a good thing since the month before I had gained 5. That 5 was due to the fact that nothing but greasy, unhealthy, high calorie foods were calling my name 24/7 and carrots, etc made me want to barf! Clearly that has changed :) My blood pressue was 95/55 slightly low systolic for me, but doc said it was great. I was measuring 11 cm and Babys heart rate was "upper 140's-150's" and I just wanted to know the actual stinking number so I could go online and do all those weirdo sex indicators that probably arent right, but are fun for now or at least until we find out October 27th what the sex is! We cant stop calling it she/he for heavens sake! On our way home from the very upsetting Purdue game Saturday this came up in conversation: Jake "Hows he doing in there? Can you feel him kick?" and I replied without realizing until after the fact, "Shes fine, I dont think I have felt anything in there"!! Clearly we need to know the sex ASAP! 4 weeks will come fast enough and be our luck baby will be crossing his/her legs!

On another doctor note, I fired the group I was in and had my last visit there yesterday! Too insensitive for me-maybe if I had had 5 kids random comments would be funny, but they arent at this point and I feel like I have power to fire them so I did! Although I chickened out when the lady asked me to make the next appointment as I so kindly said, "actually I forgot my calender (knowing I didnt), can I call you to (not) make an appointment". Going in I was strong in that I was going to flat out say "I dont like the doctors here so I'm leaving, so huh!". Yeah right-it sounded good for the minute I was prepping myself, but I choked and it all went down hill. So, my next appointment is with my OB that I had before I was pregnant and would have stuck with her except for the fact that she wasnt showing on our insurance providers online. Well, never trust that becuase she is covered in network! Yay! She was so nice and kind when I saw her in March so I'm excited to go back at the next visit. Another huge positive is she will be delivering whether is 5pm or 2am unlike the other group-they rotate on call hours and whomever was on call delivered and between the 5 of the no relationship could ever be estabilished throughout the prenatal care. So yesterday was good day.

You know when you blow up a beach ball and you get to the last few breaths of air when its finally becoming tight enough to be able to hit across the room....thats how my belly felt yesterday! Not very comfortable and I just looked at Jake and said and its going to get way worse isnt it?! Like I didnt know. Cool that now I can see the baby belly, but a little weird to feel your own skin stretch and 'blow up' like that! Pregnancy, at this point, can be summed up in 2 words: cool and weird. And thats all for now...pictures of progress coming soon!

Until 1:30 pm

We had an awesome weekend with Britt and Matt down in Nashville. It was our second trip down there this summer because we had such a good time the first time we wanted to make it again while it was nice and I was feeling good. Yesterday, Jeanie and Rick took us all out on their boat for an afternoon in the sun (getting sunburnt I mean). Needless to say, I'm a bit scared of the boat-always have been, but we had a great trip downtown to Nashville and had lunch on the boat. It was a blast and a great way to end the summer as the warmer days wind down.

Jake loves boats times 10 or to infinity. It is one if his only 'wants' in life (outside of a motorcycle, and convertible) but it (and they) costs way more than most of mine together-funny how we work out!

We always brag about how nice the drive down there is being all interstate...until 1:30 pm today. Well, technically it started before then with a traffic jam because of an accident which held us back about 30 minutes. About 20 minutes south of Louisville our car died. And when I say our car died...I mean dead as we were cruising 75-80 mph it kind of just slowed to a stop thankfully without causing an accident. After calling roadside assistance and waiting over an hour and twenty minutes we were relieved to see a tow truck coming our way. Side note: we didnt see 1 police car the entire time we were waiting on the side of I-65. So when the truck had our car ready to go the guy said, "it might be a tight squeeze" as he opens the door to let us in the passenger door. Upon opening the door to a small (only a 3 person) cab truck we find his wife and 6 year old son in the front seat with him on her lap...I was trying to figure out where we were going to fit?! frustrated from the wait, hungry, and needing to use the restroom I dealt with it and was glad the truck had air conditioning. P.S. he wanted to smoke a cig in the truck-Jake was quick to say, no..my wife is pregnant or I would have gone off on the man and died from the smoke! After a ride to the airport and renting a car I went to the Audi dealership to pick Jake up and we head home. We left Nashville at 9:30 our time and got home around 5:45...when the trip down there only took 4.5 hours.

We did learn that the Chevy HHR's are not the car for us, but I think we alredy knew that I'm just trying to be positive about the whole situation since we still dont know what caused the problem. So for now the car is still in Louisville waiting for tomorrow when hopefully they can get the problem fixed only to drive back down and pick it up!

Thankfully we werent in an accident or hurt...we are glad to be back home again.

We love our dog...and have only had her for a few months. We talk about what we ever did before we had her! She keeps us busier than we used to be, but all in good times. Here are a few pictures of our awesome puppy, well technically shes not a puppy anymore.

On a walk with her dad on the trail behind the house. Notice she is so good she doesnt need a leash! Someone was walking by the other night while I was walking her and said, "looks like someones been watching the dog whisperer!"

Shes my cuddle bug...worried for when baby comes becuase I think she'll get jealous!

The family so far...to be continued in March!

Red Juice Update

Turns out we have a very territorial hummingbird that chases the other ones off! We noticed it after I blogged the first time when we saw him sitting in our only tree and "fighting" the other ones off. Apparently this is normal, but we would like to feed them all and not just him. Oh well, someones getting fed because the each feeder is a lot lower than it was on Thursday!

Our Red Juice Drinkers

My mom and Alan visited back in July and bought us a hummingbird feeder to stick on the kitchen window that faces the back yard. For the first month we didnt have any hummingbirds at all, but lately we've had so many that we purchased another feeder. The one my mom and Alan bought was hard to see from the screened in porch and deck so we found the perfect spot for the new one-on a thingy that the old homeowners used to hang a bird feeder. Side note: I wanted a bird feeder, but Jake said theres already enough birds out here and that we would only draw the nasty, black, mean ones closer to the house and it would cost a lot of money to feed all the birds in the neighborhood! I agreed since behind our house is an open pasture with a woodsy area filled with birds. We even sometimes see hawks (I think thats the bird) and other weird, not normal birds with long legs flying around usually landing on a dead tree behind the walking trail. Back to the hummingbirds...We were up at my grandparents and they said that this time of year they drink more to fill up and fly south on the wings of some bird (I cant remember which) and then in the spring/summer they hitch a ride back up and they swear they have the same ones every year. We've probably spotted 6-7 in a 5 minute period. They sit in our only tree in the back yard and wait, take turns to get to the feeders. They arent used to the new one yet, but hopefully they will understand its there too. This "bird" feeder is cheaper since I make the food as needed and out of water and sugar with a little food coloring-even though my mom said they will come if its not red-I just think it looks prettier! Sitting out here now, I havent seen one yet...bummer. I'll post pictures if I can snap one of them...those suckers are fast! Spoke too soon-theres one, gotta go!

Doctor Visit #2

At 4 weeks, July 7th, 2010

Week 8: August 8th, 2010

Week 13: August 30th, 2010

Tuesday I had my second prenatal visit which, thankfully, did not take as long as the first one! Everything is great with the baby, heart rate at 156-Jake thinks its a boy (as me how he knows-he doesnt).

I've put on about 5 pounds since my last visit and maybe 7 in the entire first trimester...which is normal considering gaining 1/2# each week. However, the doctor pointed out that, ever so smoothly, that my 5-7 pounds of weight gain is clearly not the baby since my uterus has not extended outside of my pelvic bone!! Thanks doc...I needed that & if you didnt already know..I knew that! I sort of laughed as the nurse looked at me before the appointment and said- "Are you even pregnant?". The first thing the doctor said after she looked at my chart she said "ahh..week 13, so you're in that is she fat or is she pregnant stage, huh?". I again tried to laugh and said, "well, that must be what happened to my waist!". I think I'll try another doc in the group next time-so far I'm 0/2 for personality-not a good sign.

By the way, maternity clothes are by far the BEST things ever! So much more comfortable than normal clothes that fit too tight in areas they didnt used to be as tight. My patients keep saying to me, "Oh is getting into those maternity clothes, huh?"...needless to say that some of the shirts I own may seem like maternity, but they are just a little fuller and noone said anything when I wore them before I was pregnant.

So excited for the next few weeks when the baby DOES start to show and people KNOW I'm pregnant.

Pictures to come soon! Progress isnt much, but its something.