Thursday, April 26, 2007

Welcome to the 3rd Trimester!

Well, I've officially entered the third trimester -- if you go by certain charts. Others say it doesn't start until Tuesday, but I'm sticking with today. I finally dropped the bomb on work, sort of. I emailed my supervisor and said we needed to discuss maternity related issues in the very near future. Now at least he knows we need to talk about it and I shouldn't be able to keep putting it off! I should have talked to him about it yesterday when we were in the car together all day! We were in far western Oklahoma doing some research. It's very ugly out there.

Today, I did research into potential pediatricians. I think I've found two good candidates that we will try to meet up with in June. Their offices were very friendly and each came highly recommended from coworkers.

I went and bought flowers for the yard tonight (I had a coupon that was expiring in the next few days). DH won't let me plant them though, so MIL and SIL, if you're reading, I need help, please. He says I can't even help (although the education class said I could garden as long as I wear gloves).

We're having dinner tomorrow night with some friends of Dh's. They have a little boy who was born in January and we haven't seen them since December.

Dh is late tonight (he's been late every night this week with work and sports) and I'm starving. I've been hungry all day -- some days I'm starving and other days, I just eat because I know I need to.

Beware of whining and general complaining . . . (bear in mind that the true object of this rant is completely unaware of my blog as he is "no longer my brother in law" -- no wait, his words were "you're no longer my sister in law") . . .

I was having a really good day today until . . . I tried to mettle in the affairs of others. I had very good intentions and IT IS MY BUSINESS!! This is the second time this week something like that has happened. But, I shall not bother to make suggestions, share my opinions, or otherwise try to help again. I've learned my lesson and I'm just gonna stay out of things. Sometimes families are very difficult and I would just like to move away with DH and the baby and be alone for a while. Other times, I'm afraid that things are just going to slip out of my mouth -- that I'm going to tell people how I really feel and stop being NICE. (I think I've got a few too many hormones raging at the moment and I'm hungry).

Okay, that was very therapeutic.

We have Healthy Pregnancy class on Saturday morning and then we're off to Atoka for a wedding. Not looking forward to the drive, but am looking forward to the visit. This will probably be one of my last drives down before baby, so I plan to enjoy it.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

25 weeks

Well, the trip to Bartlesville didn't go exactly as planned. I felt kind of sickly Tuesday morning (runny nose and sore throat). This only worsened through the day. By Tuesday night I was running a fever and was miserable. I might have slept two hours. And because I was worried about fever and the baby I was even more miserable. I managed to get my work done, somehow. I hope I didn't miss too much. I was so glad to get home. I was running a temp of 100.5 when I got home, but managed to get it down to 98.9 shortly after getting home. I still felt pretty bad until around 9:00 -- then the mucinex or something finally kicked in. I was able to sleep through the night which was wonderful.

I'm glad that I have no more out of town trips before baby. I go to Vici next week and then have to go Marietta sometime in May to survey an old jail and railroad depot. There will also be day trips to Elk City and Guthrie.

My first national register nomination was officially forwarded to Washington today. Yeah! I was definitely down on survey work after being in Bartlesville, but seeing the end of the survey process (a completed nomination) helped me to see that it is worthwhile. One shouldn't survey sick though! (My boss's advice was to "drug up" when I told him was sick -- like that's a possibility when you're 6 months pregnant).

Bloss asked me how much weight I've gained. I don't know, since I don't really pay attention at the doctor's office and I don't know what I weighed when I started IVF. I did measure my waist tonight, though. At the "widest" point I am now 43". My belly is coming awfully close to my bosom area. There's not much separating the two and that can be a little uncomfortable.

Monday, April 16, 2007

24 1/2 Weeks

24w5d to be exact, I think. We had a doctor's appointment today, that was pretty uneventful, except that I forgot my u/a sample in the car! Scott had to go get it and bring it in. I thought he'd try to hide it under his jacket or something, but no. I was laughing about it. He wasn't. But all ended well. We listened to the heartbeat. I expressed my pain complaints and that was it. Btw, did I mention that we don't have to pay anything to the doctor? We tried to pay them today, but they wouldn't take anything. Yeah!

Our sprinklers are finished, after a little drama on Friday. Apparently there was a problem with the connection and we had a leak. So, we were without water till Saturday. So we spent the night at the in-laws. Then there was baby class. Scott was feeling pretty crumby, so I had to do shopping for the niece that turned one's birthday. Not nearly as much fun.

After the appointment today, we registered at Babies R Us. Lots of fun (for me, I don't know if Scott enjoyed it as much).

Tomorrow I'm off for Bartlesville again. I hope to finish up my survey work there. But, I plan to put in very long days, so I can finish and have a little downtime on Friday. I need a pedicure! My nails are growing like crazy.

I signed up for a breastfeeding class -- I told Scott he didn't have to go, but the other ladies said they're making their spouses go.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Our Family/Maternity Photos are Ready!

My belly is huge! You don't realize how huge till you see it uncovered on the screen! And the photographer kept telling me how small it was. She's crazy! So, if you want the link to the pics, email me and I'll send you the page, username, and password.

24 weeks today. Yeah! But 14 to 16 weeks more seems like such a long time.

I was in Tulsa today for a Tulsa Preservation Commission meeting. Almost four hours in the car has done me in! I don't think I have the energy to cook dinner, but will have to find something. I don't want takeout. I'm back into that really hungry, my stomach is rumbling all the time mode. Not good. I'm so glad that tomorrow is Friday because I am very tired.

Our sprinkler system is supposed to be finished. The owner of the sprinkler company is supposed to demo it for us tomorrow night. Hopefully everything works well and it will be smooth sailing. We're suposed to have interesting weather from now through the rest of the weekend.

Friday, April 06, 2007

More ultrasound pics




Good afternoon. I finally had a chance to scan the rest of our u/s pics. Enjoy.

Today was also the day we took couple/maternity photos. Scott loved it! We should have photos sometime next week.

Now, we're just relaxing and enjoying our "vacation."

Thursday, April 05, 2007

23 Weeks


Okay, so I know it's super late and we should have put pics on earlier, but I encountered technical difficulties. I had to resurrect the old machine just to scan a photo. I promise to do the others tomorrow. I am attaching only the best one.

Everything went well -- the baby is measuring to be about 1 lb. 4 oz. and by development, is 23w4d. It's edd by the ultrasound is 7/31/07. Good news for me.

Baby was beautiful -- I think I cried through most of it! The tech avoided the lower leg area, just so there would be no accidental peeking. I want it to be a surprise at this point. I'm just not ready to know.