Week 19-20
IT’S A GIRL! Yay! Our gender reveal party was so awesome! Brittany planned the party at Mom and Dads house and it was perfect. Baseball themed, pink and blue, just perfect. We revealed the gender by cutting into a colored cake. So many great friends and lovely family were there to share in our surprise of finding out our little miracle will be Landry and not Brooks! Craig and I are so excited! I think we both thought that a boy would be more fitting to us as parents but both of us finally admitted we've thought this baby was a girl the entire time. I was a little worried that Craig would be a bummed out but he really hasn't been. I think he is more so worried about all the normal things Dad’s worry about when they have little girls but at the same time he is really excited. There is no doubt in my mind that little Landry will be her Daddy’s best friend and will have him wrapped around her little finger from day one! I keep telling him that she will want to be right next to him doing all the “boy” things that he likes to do. We are both a little nervous about Landry growing up and wanting to do very girly things though like dance and ballet, although we decided it might actually be easier on us because neither of us know anything about it and would be able to just show up and watch every time without having any expectations. Although that sounds kind of tempting, I keep insisting that I will put size 1 soccer balls and baseballs in Landry’s crib and brainwash her from the start! Just kidding! Don’t yell at me, we’ll love our little girl no matter what she decides to love. I pray that she loves lots of things and tries out different things and I have no doubt she’ll be great at anything she sets out to do! Oh the dreams we have for our children before they even arrive in this big ol’ world!
When we found out the gender we got to go over the sonogram and look at all of little Landry’s perfect little body. She was absolutely crazy that afternoon doing nonstop flips, it was so cute! After about 30 minutes of flips she decided it was time to take a nap in the fetal position all curled up and hard to see. Even though she was a little crazy that afternoon we were able to see her brain, heart, spine, lenses in her eyes, her fingers, bones in her arms and legs, her toes, her kidneys, her bladder and her perfect looking little heart! The radiologist came in and told us that she looked perfect! God is amazing! What a little miracle that he forms!
This week (20) my belly has really begun to round out. FINALLY! I expected this to happen way sooner, but it is pretty cool. I think it is unmistakable that there is a baby in my belly now! I hope that she continues to grow and get strong over the next twenty weeks. Craig keeps telling me he just can't wait to see what she looks like! Me too! I know these 20 weeks will fly by though and delivery day will seem like tomorrow!
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Week 18
Week 18
This week is exciting because it is the week before our next sonogram where hopefully we will find out the sex and get to see our little baby looking so human! I literally cannot wait. It is so exciting to know that in only a week we can begin calling our baby by a name and starting getting the nursery ready. Brittany insisted a long time ago to plan a gender reveal party for us that will be on March 9, the day after our sonogram. The plan is to not find out what the baby is at the appointment and then the office will fax a letter to a cake shop, who will either make a blue cake or pink cake. It is going to be hard knowing that someone knows what our baby is before we do but I said I could only do this if we got a Friday appointment and the party is on Saturday, less than 24 hours after the appt and that is how it is all planned. All of our family will be there as well as a few friends. I so cant wait! Now of course I am worried that we will not be able to tell the sex of the baby and the whole party will be planned for no reason. Sometimes if it is not one thing it is another, huh?
I have been so healthy so far through this pregnancy, just a little nausea at the beginning and one bout of a cough that lasted about two days but starting this past Tuesday I got a little tickle in my throat and it has progressed into a full blown head cold. I am full of so much snot it is unbelievable but it is all clear so I don't think it is anything infectious or bad. I ended up staying home from work today to let me body rest and take it easy.
This week is seems like my belly is starting to round out a little bit which is a big relief to me. It has also grown a lot too over the past week it seems. I really look pregnant! Craig keeps on mentioning how pregnant I am, it is pretty cute! There is definitely no more hiding it at work anymore, I had to go up a size in my scrub pants and there is a definite bump now! In the middle of the night (2/28) I had to go to the restroom at about 2:30am and I felt the baby move for the first time! I came back to bed and had to wake Craig up to tell him. It is so cool. I woke up this morning waiting for it to happen more and finally it has. It feels like little pieces of popcorn popping inside of me, I love it! I had been looking so forward to this. Now I can't wait for our little baby to get big enough so that Craig can feel it, he is going to die!
This week is exciting because it is the week before our next sonogram where hopefully we will find out the sex and get to see our little baby looking so human! I literally cannot wait. It is so exciting to know that in only a week we can begin calling our baby by a name and starting getting the nursery ready. Brittany insisted a long time ago to plan a gender reveal party for us that will be on March 9, the day after our sonogram. The plan is to not find out what the baby is at the appointment and then the office will fax a letter to a cake shop, who will either make a blue cake or pink cake. It is going to be hard knowing that someone knows what our baby is before we do but I said I could only do this if we got a Friday appointment and the party is on Saturday, less than 24 hours after the appt and that is how it is all planned. All of our family will be there as well as a few friends. I so cant wait! Now of course I am worried that we will not be able to tell the sex of the baby and the whole party will be planned for no reason. Sometimes if it is not one thing it is another, huh?
I have been so healthy so far through this pregnancy, just a little nausea at the beginning and one bout of a cough that lasted about two days but starting this past Tuesday I got a little tickle in my throat and it has progressed into a full blown head cold. I am full of so much snot it is unbelievable but it is all clear so I don't think it is anything infectious or bad. I ended up staying home from work today to let me body rest and take it easy.
This week is seems like my belly is starting to round out a little bit which is a big relief to me. It has also grown a lot too over the past week it seems. I really look pregnant! Craig keeps on mentioning how pregnant I am, it is pretty cute! There is definitely no more hiding it at work anymore, I had to go up a size in my scrub pants and there is a definite bump now! In the middle of the night (2/28) I had to go to the restroom at about 2:30am and I felt the baby move for the first time! I came back to bed and had to wake Craig up to tell him. It is so cool. I woke up this morning waiting for it to happen more and finally it has. It feels like little pieces of popcorn popping inside of me, I love it! I had been looking so forward to this. Now I can't wait for our little baby to get big enough so that Craig can feel it, he is going to die!
Weeks 14-17
2nd Trimester
Week 14
I have been feeling pretty good so far other than some terrible headaches that I get about three times per week. Some days a nap makes it go away, other days I go to sleep with it and wake up with it the next day. This too shall pass! I have even developed a little belly. It really isn't anything others can see but I can for sure and Craig even noticed it the other day! This week we had our Down Syndrome Screening. We both agree that we will love our baby no matter how it comes out, we were only doing the screening for the ultrasound so we could see our baby again! It was totally worth it too! It was the first time that our baby actually looked like a little human in my belly. It had a noticeable head, arms and legs! The pictures made Craig and I so happy.
Week 16 and 17
These weeks were good weeks but the body changes that are occurring are a little bit hard to handle right now. It sounds so self centered to even say any of this but its true. I know the only thing that is important is that I am carrying a little miracle inside of me and that I do my best to deliver a healthy baby but the weight gain part of all of this has been a bit of a mental beating on me lately. I have never really gained weight in my entire life to say the least it is hard! My body is changing so much everyday it seems.. My belly is way more of a pudge than a round little baby.. I was leaving Sprouts the other day and I was wearing a regular t-shirt and workout pants and I caught a glimpse of myself in the glass door on the way out and it was shocking to see how pudgy I looked! None of my pants are fitting except for my skinny jeans so getting dressed to go anywhere is especially taxing but it still seems too early to buy maternity clothes. Poor Craig is probably getting tired of seeing me in skinny jeans, a tank and my cardigan and my tall boots. He understands though, heck he is probably way more tired of hearing me complain about it! I have been increasing my walk times on Tues/Thurs and one weekend day to 40 minutes and then on at least on Monday and Wednesday I walk to the loop and do 5 step ups per leg, 20 calf raises, 10 bench push ups, 10 tricep dips and 10 lunges x5. This has helped out a little bit knowing that I am at least doing something to be healthier.
On a happier and healthier note Craig and I finally put flooring down in the garage and moved all of the workout equipment out there. We are closer to our goal of having the spare room cleaned out so we can move the bed in there and empty out the baby room! There is still a lot to do though. The amount of boxes that are in there that need to be gone through is overwhelming almost! We can do it though.
Week 14
I have been feeling pretty good so far other than some terrible headaches that I get about three times per week. Some days a nap makes it go away, other days I go to sleep with it and wake up with it the next day. This too shall pass! I have even developed a little belly. It really isn't anything others can see but I can for sure and Craig even noticed it the other day! This week we had our Down Syndrome Screening. We both agree that we will love our baby no matter how it comes out, we were only doing the screening for the ultrasound so we could see our baby again! It was totally worth it too! It was the first time that our baby actually looked like a little human in my belly. It had a noticeable head, arms and legs! The pictures made Craig and I so happy.
Week 16 and 17
These weeks were good weeks but the body changes that are occurring are a little bit hard to handle right now. It sounds so self centered to even say any of this but its true. I know the only thing that is important is that I am carrying a little miracle inside of me and that I do my best to deliver a healthy baby but the weight gain part of all of this has been a bit of a mental beating on me lately. I have never really gained weight in my entire life to say the least it is hard! My body is changing so much everyday it seems.. My belly is way more of a pudge than a round little baby.. I was leaving Sprouts the other day and I was wearing a regular t-shirt and workout pants and I caught a glimpse of myself in the glass door on the way out and it was shocking to see how pudgy I looked! None of my pants are fitting except for my skinny jeans so getting dressed to go anywhere is especially taxing but it still seems too early to buy maternity clothes. Poor Craig is probably getting tired of seeing me in skinny jeans, a tank and my cardigan and my tall boots. He understands though, heck he is probably way more tired of hearing me complain about it! I have been increasing my walk times on Tues/Thurs and one weekend day to 40 minutes and then on at least on Monday and Wednesday I walk to the loop and do 5 step ups per leg, 20 calf raises, 10 bench push ups, 10 tricep dips and 10 lunges x5. This has helped out a little bit knowing that I am at least doing something to be healthier.
On a happier and healthier note Craig and I finally put flooring down in the garage and moved all of the workout equipment out there. We are closer to our goal of having the spare room cleaned out so we can move the bed in there and empty out the baby room! There is still a lot to do though. The amount of boxes that are in there that need to be gone through is overwhelming almost! We can do it though.
Week 11
Week 11
This was the week of our first real doctors appointment with Dr. J since we found out we were pregnant again. Every appt up this point had just been a sonogram to confirm the pregnancy. Again, I was very nervous to go the appt because I knew things could still go wrong and at any minute we could get bad news. We were called back to the exam room and Dr. J came in and just talked with us for a while asking me what kind of symptoms I was experiencing and she assured me that it was all very normal. She then used the fetal doppler and we got to hear the heartbeat of our little miracle for the first time! It was amazing, Craig and I were both so happy and relieved that everything was normal. Up to this point we still really had not to been telling people about the pregnancy and Dr. J assured us that we were past the danger period and it was time to be excited and start sharing the news! It was like she lifted a giant weight off of my shoulders by saying this. At the end of our wonderful appointment Dr. J dropped a huge bomb on us telling us that she too is pregnant and due the week before me. She said she would work up until her due date but not past it and therefore recommended that we start thinking about changing doctors sometime through the process. It really stinks because I really like Dr J and after already switching from Dr Herr I don’t want to switch again. Craig and I agreed that we were both comfortable with seeing Dr J as long as we could and then switching to someone towards the very end of the pregnancy. I figure that at birth time I will just want someone that knows how to get the baby out and I don't really care who it is. I don't know what I really think about all of this, maybe I am making the wrong decision, I don't know.
This was the week of our first real doctors appointment with Dr. J since we found out we were pregnant again. Every appt up this point had just been a sonogram to confirm the pregnancy. Again, I was very nervous to go the appt because I knew things could still go wrong and at any minute we could get bad news. We were called back to the exam room and Dr. J came in and just talked with us for a while asking me what kind of symptoms I was experiencing and she assured me that it was all very normal. She then used the fetal doppler and we got to hear the heartbeat of our little miracle for the first time! It was amazing, Craig and I were both so happy and relieved that everything was normal. Up to this point we still really had not to been telling people about the pregnancy and Dr. J assured us that we were past the danger period and it was time to be excited and start sharing the news! It was like she lifted a giant weight off of my shoulders by saying this. At the end of our wonderful appointment Dr. J dropped a huge bomb on us telling us that she too is pregnant and due the week before me. She said she would work up until her due date but not past it and therefore recommended that we start thinking about changing doctors sometime through the process. It really stinks because I really like Dr J and after already switching from Dr Herr I don’t want to switch again. Craig and I agreed that we were both comfortable with seeing Dr J as long as we could and then switching to someone towards the very end of the pregnancy. I figure that at birth time I will just want someone that knows how to get the baby out and I don't really care who it is. I don't know what I really think about all of this, maybe I am making the wrong decision, I don't know.
Weeks 1-9
First Trimester
Weeks 1-9
Oct 19th was supposed to signify the last day of my period, approximately four weeks later I was eager to start my period and feel like I had put the miscarriage completely behind me and start anew. Well four weeks came and went and nothing happened. I figured my body probably just got thrown off of its normal cycle and agreed to wait one more week for normalcy to set in and if not I would contact the doctor. Well, five weeks passed and still nothing. The doctor prescribed me a couple of progesterone pills saying it should kick start my normal cycle but to make sure and take a pregnancy test before I began the pills. I didn't think twice about that part, I went and got the medication and (thankfully) on the way out remembered to pick up a test. I came straight home eager to start the pills and took the test. Fully expecting a - sign to appear, to my utter surprise a small + sign slowly started to appear in the window. I sat on the toilet with my lower jaw wide open just staring at it. Craig was in the living room but I couldn't even convince myself to yell, scream or anything else, I just sat there in disbelief and in awe at God’s timing. I quickly started to convince myself that it was a "false positive" or that my procedure was not done completely and it was still a positive from the previous pregnancy. I didn't know what to think but I didn't think in a million years that I was actually pregnant. I thought there was no way my body could normalize itself that quickly and be ready to to carry another baby. I literally sat thought of every reason why it couldn't be true.
On top of trying to convince myself that it couldn't be true, I was embarrassed that if it was true that we would have to admit that we didn't follow doctors orders. We weren't supposed to be trying until I had one normal cycle. You know me, I hate breaking the rules, especially when I have to admit it to someone and I knew that I would have to contact my doctor and let her know that the pregnancy test was positive. Craig assured me over and over that she wouldn't yell at us or refuse to be our doctor anymore, that we weren't the first couple that she has treated that this has happened to. Of course he was right. I contacted her and she had me come in right away for a blood draw for a HCG level and the results posted that same day and were well over 20,000! There was a baby! I was in utter shock all over again until I started thinking a little bit harder about the past week or two. I had been having bouts of nausea in the mornings and at lunch time but thankfully they were short lived and never made me think twice before then.
The next week the doctor ordered for us to come in for an ultrasound to make sure there was a beating heart in our little baby's body. I was so nervous for this appointment, poor Craig probably was too but he was given the job of sitting next to me and try to be calm and reassuring. We both basically just sat in the waiting room silent, while I nervously shook my leg and tapped my foot for what seemed like forever. We were called back to the ultrasound room and thankfully we had a familiar ultrasound tech who remembered us from the first time around. I layed down and and she started the ultrasound. There was our little blob! There was the awkward silence that followed after she located the blob and I knew she was looking for a heartbeat, then she found it, there was the sweetest little flicker of a heartbeat I'd ever seen! Relief, happiness, pure joy took over both of our bodies!
Craig and I were weary of spreading the news too fast as we thought we had learned from the first time around, so we decided that we would wait a little while to tell everyone and Christmas was only three weeks away and it sounded like the perfect present we could share with our families. Those three weeks of not telling were so hard though. I was all for not telling coworkers and friends but it seemed harder and harder to not tell my family. I was scared and unsure and experiencing first trimester side effects and it was really hard not being able to tell my mom or sister. As the three weeks wore on my symptoms began to diminish and I began to get very worried about the baby. I would still occasionally experience some nausea but it wasn't regular like it had been and I literally drove myself crazy with worry. Craig and I would pray and pray knowing that worrying wouldn't get us anywhere but it seemed like worry would immediately take over. I told Craig we should have told our families from the get go because little baby Boggan sure could use the prayers, I sure could use the prayers, we sure could use the prayers.
The week before Christmas arrived and my first appointment to see the doctor was still three weeks away and I knew there was going to be no way of knowing the viability of our little baby before we were supposed to tell everyone. This is when I devised a plan that involved telling a little fib to the doctor to get another ultrasound. I conferred with few doctors at work and we all agreed that my mental health was more important that my moral standards of not lying. So I emailed the doctor and told her I had experienced some spotting and would need to be seen sooner rather than later to preserve what mental stability I had. She magically found room in the ultrasonographers busy day and fit me in the Friday before Christmas at 10am.
Thank goodness Craig was able to be at the appointment with me that morning because again I was a nervous wreck and again we went it and there it was, the most beautiful beating heart I'd ever seen! I had worried myself sick for no reason. God took care of everything, when it is meant to be it will be! Why can't I have this crystal clear sense of peace when I am in the midst of the the storm when I sit here and know that everything is in the Lords hands and He ultimately knows what is best for us?
Now we only had three days until Christmas to think of a fun and creative way to tell our families about our little miracle. To say the least my creative juices were not flowing! We decided to take a picture in front of the Christmas tree together holding our sonogram pic. With each family we waited to give the present to our parents as the very last present of the bunch. Harmon Christmas was first and there were tons of presents to open and kids ripping through paper and wanting to play with their toys immediately and I could hardly withhold my eagerness to give our present!! Finally my parents opened their last present and Craig passed my dad their real last present. Dad was supposed to wait on mom to open it but he opened it right up and struggled to read the writing on the picture and then made it out. Everyone screamed and jumped and hugged and us and I am pretty sure I cried. I was so happy and relieved that my family finally knew and could share in our joy! I knew within the day both of our families would know and it would be perfect, what I didn’t know is that a huge (for Texas) snow storm was going to blow in and threaten to cancel our Boggan Christmas. Thank goodness Craig's family still made it through the weather and again we delivered the surprise in the same way and they were thrilled! I was so relieved that everyone finally knew!
Weeks 1-9
Oct 19th was supposed to signify the last day of my period, approximately four weeks later I was eager to start my period and feel like I had put the miscarriage completely behind me and start anew. Well four weeks came and went and nothing happened. I figured my body probably just got thrown off of its normal cycle and agreed to wait one more week for normalcy to set in and if not I would contact the doctor. Well, five weeks passed and still nothing. The doctor prescribed me a couple of progesterone pills saying it should kick start my normal cycle but to make sure and take a pregnancy test before I began the pills. I didn't think twice about that part, I went and got the medication and (thankfully) on the way out remembered to pick up a test. I came straight home eager to start the pills and took the test. Fully expecting a - sign to appear, to my utter surprise a small + sign slowly started to appear in the window. I sat on the toilet with my lower jaw wide open just staring at it. Craig was in the living room but I couldn't even convince myself to yell, scream or anything else, I just sat there in disbelief and in awe at God’s timing. I quickly started to convince myself that it was a "false positive" or that my procedure was not done completely and it was still a positive from the previous pregnancy. I didn't know what to think but I didn't think in a million years that I was actually pregnant. I thought there was no way my body could normalize itself that quickly and be ready to to carry another baby. I literally sat thought of every reason why it couldn't be true.
On top of trying to convince myself that it couldn't be true, I was embarrassed that if it was true that we would have to admit that we didn't follow doctors orders. We weren't supposed to be trying until I had one normal cycle. You know me, I hate breaking the rules, especially when I have to admit it to someone and I knew that I would have to contact my doctor and let her know that the pregnancy test was positive. Craig assured me over and over that she wouldn't yell at us or refuse to be our doctor anymore, that we weren't the first couple that she has treated that this has happened to. Of course he was right. I contacted her and she had me come in right away for a blood draw for a HCG level and the results posted that same day and were well over 20,000! There was a baby! I was in utter shock all over again until I started thinking a little bit harder about the past week or two. I had been having bouts of nausea in the mornings and at lunch time but thankfully they were short lived and never made me think twice before then.
The next week the doctor ordered for us to come in for an ultrasound to make sure there was a beating heart in our little baby's body. I was so nervous for this appointment, poor Craig probably was too but he was given the job of sitting next to me and try to be calm and reassuring. We both basically just sat in the waiting room silent, while I nervously shook my leg and tapped my foot for what seemed like forever. We were called back to the ultrasound room and thankfully we had a familiar ultrasound tech who remembered us from the first time around. I layed down and and she started the ultrasound. There was our little blob! There was the awkward silence that followed after she located the blob and I knew she was looking for a heartbeat, then she found it, there was the sweetest little flicker of a heartbeat I'd ever seen! Relief, happiness, pure joy took over both of our bodies!
Craig and I were weary of spreading the news too fast as we thought we had learned from the first time around, so we decided that we would wait a little while to tell everyone and Christmas was only three weeks away and it sounded like the perfect present we could share with our families. Those three weeks of not telling were so hard though. I was all for not telling coworkers and friends but it seemed harder and harder to not tell my family. I was scared and unsure and experiencing first trimester side effects and it was really hard not being able to tell my mom or sister. As the three weeks wore on my symptoms began to diminish and I began to get very worried about the baby. I would still occasionally experience some nausea but it wasn't regular like it had been and I literally drove myself crazy with worry. Craig and I would pray and pray knowing that worrying wouldn't get us anywhere but it seemed like worry would immediately take over. I told Craig we should have told our families from the get go because little baby Boggan sure could use the prayers, I sure could use the prayers, we sure could use the prayers.
The week before Christmas arrived and my first appointment to see the doctor was still three weeks away and I knew there was going to be no way of knowing the viability of our little baby before we were supposed to tell everyone. This is when I devised a plan that involved telling a little fib to the doctor to get another ultrasound. I conferred with few doctors at work and we all agreed that my mental health was more important that my moral standards of not lying. So I emailed the doctor and told her I had experienced some spotting and would need to be seen sooner rather than later to preserve what mental stability I had. She magically found room in the ultrasonographers busy day and fit me in the Friday before Christmas at 10am.
Thank goodness Craig was able to be at the appointment with me that morning because again I was a nervous wreck and again we went it and there it was, the most beautiful beating heart I'd ever seen! I had worried myself sick for no reason. God took care of everything, when it is meant to be it will be! Why can't I have this crystal clear sense of peace when I am in the midst of the the storm when I sit here and know that everything is in the Lords hands and He ultimately knows what is best for us?
Now we only had three days until Christmas to think of a fun and creative way to tell our families about our little miracle. To say the least my creative juices were not flowing! We decided to take a picture in front of the Christmas tree together holding our sonogram pic. With each family we waited to give the present to our parents as the very last present of the bunch. Harmon Christmas was first and there were tons of presents to open and kids ripping through paper and wanting to play with their toys immediately and I could hardly withhold my eagerness to give our present!! Finally my parents opened their last present and Craig passed my dad their real last present. Dad was supposed to wait on mom to open it but he opened it right up and struggled to read the writing on the picture and then made it out. Everyone screamed and jumped and hugged and us and I am pretty sure I cried. I was so happy and relieved that my family finally knew and could share in our joy! I knew within the day both of our families would know and it would be perfect, what I didn’t know is that a huge (for Texas) snow storm was going to blow in and threaten to cancel our Boggan Christmas. Thank goodness Craig's family still made it through the weather and again we delivered the surprise in the same way and they were thrilled! I was so relieved that everyone finally knew!
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