Almost 2!

I can't believe this sweet little boy is about to be 2! How time flies! 

He has arrived!

Well Mr. DC is here! He arrived at 3:52am on Oct 24th. He was 8lbs 20.5 inches.

I went in to labor at 3pm Sat Oct 23 contractions got to 3 mins apart at 5pm so we headed to the Hospital just to be sent home at 7 since I was only to 1cm and no change. The next 3 hours were horrible and headed back at 10pm. I was to 3cm and 90% effaced. Had an epidural by 11pm and soon after was at 5cm and they broke my water. At about 2am I was at 7cm. At 2:30am his heart rate had started to drop with the contraction so I signed paper work to approve a c-section if it didn't change , they applied internal monitors. At 3:15ish his heart rate dropped all the way to 60bpm so they ended up doing an emergency c-section and was born at 3:52am... Oh BTW I was 9cm dilated at this point too!

He is our perfect little boy!

39 weeks

Still waiting and very pregnant! MY U/S on Tuesday said he was measuring between 8lbs 14oz and 9lbs 2oz! He is going to be one big baby bog!

36 weeks

I am a horrible blogger. I haven't blogged since July! AGGGG

Well since then I have been diagnosed with Irritable Uterus at 29 weeks and Pubic Symphysis at 34 weeks.

I have gained a total of 8lbs ( 5 of that in the last 3 weeks) with my pregnancy and I got my husband home from Iraq.

Donavan is perfect. His week 32 US put him at 4.5lbs and 47% for growth and size. This is his $D US at 33 weeks. He is going to be my chubby cheek little boy. I can't wait to meet him! Being 36 weeks means he can arrive at anytime. I am ready for the all the time pain to be done in my crotch. I tell people it is like a migraine in my crotch it just hurts all the time! I am seeing a Physical Therapist twice a week and she is amazing with stretches and massage techniques.

Now we just wait for him to arrive. I love having my husband home and can't wait to see my sister in about 10 days. Sorry again for being such a bad blogger.

Happy July.. Well almost

I guess it takes me a month to blog.... I decided to go "home" and spend a month with my parents. One less month of FL heat and a month of WI bugs LOL

Not much is new and as that is it is hard to blog. Tim is still overseas and Little C is kicking me every day. I had a really bad emotional day a week or 2 ago and i noticed that Little C decided to stop moving. He took about 24 hours to get back to kicking me again and he had me worried, but after dr. Google I read that this is really normal after a super emotional or stressful day and not that the day was stressful but I had a "couldn't stop crying" kind of day.

It is nice to be home now for awhile my baby shower is going to be in about 2 weeks. I didn't want it before the 6th month mark.

I am putting my 1 picture of me in maternity capris I really don't look pregnant unless I am wearing them and I have only had 2 pairs of pants for a week now. I am still -2lbs in my pregnancy weight but the dr is very happy with it as I conceived at 240lbs. The picture is me at 22 weeks.

Rebecca at The road less traveled was only 4 days farther along then I am when she delivered early and lost her little girl this past Sunday. This just weighs so heavy on my heart and adds a little worried voice in my head that pregnancy is just so fragile I don't think the worry will every go away! I try not to be a fretful person so I continue to go about my day and enjoy every kick 10x more!

I hope you all have a wonderful 4th I will miss my husband a little extra on Sunday!

XOXO

P.S. Oh something no one else tells you about is middle of the night tossing and turning belly cramps. I get the worst almost like a charlie horse on the side of my belly if I turn and stretch the wrong way in the middle of the night! It only lasts a few mins but man it is not fun.

Well It's a ....................

I have been a bad bad blogger. It has been over a month since I have posted and I can't say a ton has happened. It is hard to blog when life is just being normal. Tim has now been deployed for over 12 weeks so he is past the half way point.

Well the big news you have all been waiting for we are having a BOY!! Oh my I can't believe it. We were told by the Dr's it would be a 75% chance of a girl so this is just amazing. We found out the 3d way when I was 18weeks. It was Memorial Day and Tim's parents were visiting from GA so they were with me and Tim and my parents were able to watch it live over a link. The best picture was the one my husband took.

Yes that is him watching from his room. It was extra special as this was the first Ultra Sound he has been able to see. He wont be home till I am past 30 weeks so I will be very pregnant by then. I hope to take him back and have another 3-D scan then.

It seemed week 18 was the beginning of it all I felt Little C move for the first time and he has been non stop ever since. I had my full scan at 19 weeks and he is already 10oz and his arms and legs are measuring a full week ahead.. He is going to be one big little man! They said everything was perfect but they couldn't get the full spine so I go back next week for another US!

I can not take this Florida heat much longer. The past week has been full of 90+ and 105-112 heat index! I am loving my AC!

Well I can't promise to blog more as my life has just been normal and the normal stuff tends to get boring. Little C and I will both continue to keep growing.

XOXOXO

Sarah

An Amazing ode to mothers

Mommy Rhapsody from Church on the Move on Vimeo.

Happy Mother's Day

I don't have a lot to blog about. Life is just passing by normal I have started swimming at my friends pool as the temps here have been in the 90's welcome Florida summer... I am hoping that the beaches don't end up ruined before i get the chance to go. Well my friend Sonya has this posted on her Facebook status so i used it as mine with changing it a little but I know many of you feel the same. "Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, step moms, moms to be, moms whose babies they never got to meet and those badly wanting babies, I hope next year you will be celebrating your first Mother's Day as a mom or mom to be! Becoming a mother to be was the greatest thing to ever happen to me and I am so grateful to be 15 weeks pregnant after all we went through!"
I hope you had a great day no matter what you did. XOXO

Happy Birthday to me!

Well I turned 29 today and baby hit 14 weeks on on Friday! It is a little sad to be without Tim but I am having a good birthday anyways! XOXO

Peachy baby but not a peachy week

So today is week 13 so baby and I are doing well but I have had an emotional roller coaster week.

Next weekend I turn 29 and I was supposed to go to my SIL wedding but I am not going to now. I ended up very emotional after finding out because I am not in the wedding that I wasn't invited to the rehearsal dinner. I have a complex of not being wanted and this lit a fire of that feeling and I just didn't know how to react but cry all week.

My husband not being here called his sister and found out it was because her in-law's to be were very strict on who was going to be at this dinner and there was no way around it. My SIL had first told me it was because they couldn't afford it but I found out my FIL offered to pay for me to be part of the dinner but they wouldn't back down. It shows me how much love my In-laws have for me.

But it took till Thursday night to find these things out and knowing how emotionally worked up I got over the week I knew I just couldn't go to the wedding without risking something setting me off emotionally again and I know this is not good for the baby. So instead of more worry and more stress of going I decided that I am not going to. I am going to just do something for myself next weekend and try to de-stress and ground myself! XOXO

This is Timette yesterday on my second take CVS scan the Dr said I am low risk with this first scan. Yeah for good news!

So I am a total Gleek!

I love G.lee... It is a great TV show and I was in musicals in High school. This is a great flash mob video. I would love to show up to be part of one , I think it is such a unique part of this generation.

Wednesday night

So I think I need to blog more. Get my thoughts and things that I did out there. You guys seem to enjoy reading.

So here I am as I just got back from getting a new steam vac from Walmart because my friends daughter threw up on my floor yesterday and I can still smell it. Maybe a normal person can't but being pregnant I can! So I went to the YMCA and went swimming today. That was a lot of fun. I need a new swimsuit ASAP! Being tall and heavier doesn't help then tend to be too low cut!

So after getting the Vac I stopped and got a chicken sandwich meal. Is it sad or bad that all I did was eat the fries?!?! Sorry some kid in some country that is starving you could have my chicken sandwich if I could give it too you... it has honey mustard on it....

So tomorrow I have my CVS ultrasound. No visit with my OB but just the US with the fetal medicine specialist. I am not extremely worried but with Tim having the chromosome issue I just want to be aware on how my baby is doing plus it is another chance to see "Timette" as my mom calls it. So now I am going to put the steam vac together and do the spot on my carpet.. cross your fingers the smell goes away! Otherwise my scentbots will be working overtime! XOXO

Happy Sunday!

So I don't really have a lot going on here, Friday was the start of week 11. I feel good still having night sickness. So I got my dopplar last night. They included a dying battery so I got to hear the heart beat but by the time Tim got online the battery quit. So I need to go buy a new 9volt today. Wow it worked really well. It didn't read the actually HB but I could hear it.

So I wish I had more to talk about. In 3 weeks I am going to be 29.. WOW It happens that my SIL picked my 29th Birthday to be her wedding day. So I am flying to Virginia for that weekend. I am a huge birthday person. So this bothers me just a little bit. More that I am going without Tim. i am also not sure what to ask for. There is nothing I really need but I thought about asking for an Itouch since we have Verizon so I can't get an Iphone but I thought this would keep me entertained at appointments and flying by myself. I just don't know what to ask for. Any ideas would be great. Oh BTW I am not asking for baby stuff! Have a great Sunday! XOXOXO

Doppler....

Yep I ordered one yesterday. I know I have heard all the positives and negatives but after the scare I just need some assurance. Plus I would love to be able to be on skype and let Tim hear the heartbeat. A little thing for piece of mind.

Oh does anybody have a recommendation for a body pillow. I am seeming to surround my self with all of my normal pillows and still not be fully comfortable. Just wondering.

Thank you all again for your support during my mini scare. Pregnancy being such a common thing can just feel so fragile and out of your control. XOXO

Blood OH MY.... UPDATE

So last night at about midnight I was on the phone with Tim and went to the bathroom and OMG blood. It didn't seem like a little bit but like a lot a bit. So I get off the phone and call my OB office and the DR told me to just wait and call in the morning since I wasn't gushing blood and if it is a miscarry they can't stop it. So I put a panty liner on and went back to bed. I had my middle of the night pee and it was just a light pink. Now here I am in the morning and there is no more blood. So I have an appointment at 2:30.... WOW worry of this all being over before it has really started. i am lucky to have my parents still in town. Nothing like having your mom when your freaking out especially with husband being overseas too.

So until I go to the Dr and they tell me everything is ok I am just going to freak out and stay on the couch all day.

UPDATE!!!

So I saw a midwife at my dr's office and she said the bleeding probably came from the pap they did on Friday and I wasn't having any active bleeding this afternoon when she checked me. They gave me an RH factor shot and we were able to heart the babies heartbeat! I feel amazingly better. I had such worry. So rest and no s.e.x. which with Tim being 10,000 miles away will make that a non issue LOL! Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts and wishes it really helped today! XOXO

Happy Birthday Tim

So today is my husband's 30th Birthday. It really disappoints me to not be with him. Especially turning 30. Which I think is a huge milestone. So I didn't get to get him a cake or have a big party but he isn't a big party person that is mostly me. So Happy Birthday Tim I miss you and love you so much!

In Other News: I hit 10 weeks yesterday and I had my first OB appointment. It wasn't with my OB I guess the first one never is at my office. Oh well my parents are in town so my mom went with me and I got to be blessed with another US. Oh my Gummy Bear was a moving and throwing punches. "Timette" as my mom calls it is 1.5 inches and 168bpm. It is really nice to have them here for the easter weekend. They are enjoying the Florida weather I am not enjoying the pollen that has come with it.

Well I am off to dye some easter eggs with Amanda and her sweeties! So much fun! XOXO

9 weeks

Wow I am feeling so amazed and blessed. I had an amazing US today even saw the feet and hands moving.. S/He was just a fluttering. I measured at 9w1d and the heartbeat was 178bpm. I am just amazed! The actual picture is upside down as they are stuck to the top of my uterus.

My Raspberry!

Today Baby is a Raspberry... Sweet and pretty as I think she will be... I mean he or she will be :)

Beautiful Surprise

So my wonderful cousin Lara and her beautiful daughter Devon sent me these beautiful Roses yesterday! She was just wish me congratulations on the pregnancy. We come from a LARGE group of cousins but her dad and my dad are the 2 youngest kids so we are close compared to the large group that are a lot older then us. With that I am the 2nd of the 6 of us to be pregnant (she was the first LOL) so her family is just as excited for me as my family.

This night sickness is not fun at all. Last night was a really bad night. I took a phenergren and slept for 11hrs.. Yeah that was a long night LOL ! Oh and I haven't had hot water since Friday and that finally got fixed yesterday too. It was nice to have a long warm shower.

I can't believe tomorrow is 8 weeks. Time is going nicely fast. I don't want my pregnancy to go fast but I just want my husband to be home soon. Have a wonderful Thursday. XOXO

I miss my husband blues

I wouldn't say I have the "blues" but some days the emotions take over more then other days. I guess today is one of those. I guess it was writing out Tim's birthday card knowing that we wont be spending his 30th Birthday or my 29th Birthday together this year. He isn't a big party guy but it is the thought. He didn't even want anything as a gift but I sent him something anyways. When I get sad I get super lazy. I haven't folded laundry in over a week I just have a big pile of it on my love seat. I had to clean my kitchen today because I can't take it if anything smells bad even a little bit. The extra chores certainly suck big time. Picking up dog poop every Sunday is the worse. We live in a home that has professional lawn care... Which is so awesome for the next 6 months but sucks because they start complaining if the dog poop is not picked up every week. So I have to go out there and pick it up with our pooper scooper but it always stinks and that means I start gaging.. It is such a fun thing. Oh how I miss my husband. Sorry for the woe is me blog and I know so many other military wives have it so much worse I at least get to talk on the phone even for a small amount of time every day. I just miss him.

Tim's Birthday Package

Oh on another note my poor Meadow has the itchies... I took her to the vet today and she just has a skin allergy from the grass pollen, but she is on steroids for the next week and Benadryl I normally wouldn't have gotten the steroids but she is not enjoying the scratching and she is itching A LOT!!! She is such a momma's girl she wouldn't even let them take her back to be weighed without me. She is my sweet sweet baby!

My Sweet Meadow (Ignore the laundry basket in the background)

I have a new small but expensive addiction/craving I got some on Friday and ended up going back today and got a few more. I ended up buying some regular strawberries on Sunday at the commissary I think I would love to make a strawberry shortcake. That is one thing I will miss if I move from the south is the wonderful access to fruit. I got a cantaloupe, a pineapple, and I got 2lbs of strawberries for $4... They are so sweet too. So I hope the fruit will help with my sweet cravings. Sorry again about the woe is me post. I can only promise it wont be my last one for the next 6 months. XOXO

My expensive craving I have ALWAYS loved Godiva!