Ultrasound and Midwife Visit

I no longer have placenta previa :) At least I don't have to go on bed rest anyway. As long as the placenta is no longer covering the cervix I'm good to resume normal activities which makes me really really happy. I have to have another ultrasound at 32 weeks just to see how many centimeters away it is from the cervix, but I am hopeful. It just has to move at least 2 centimeters away in order to be able to deliver vaginally and it has already moved 1.02 so I crossing my fingers that it keeps on moving.

Kendrick looked great. The fluid in his brain disappeared liked they hoped would happen and he is one shy, reserved, stubborn boy! The best pictures we can get of him are of his heart and occasional foot. He buries his face either by curling into himself or with his arms making an X over it. With how often he flashes his heart around I really think he is going to be one open and loving boy. It is just a few short months until we get to know for sure.

I had to get a flu shot at my appointment today and I was kind of bummed about it. I hate shots and I have avoided the flu shot for many many years with the luck of never ever having the flu. Apparently the flu can be much worse when pregnant so I don't think I will regret it. At least I will have sympathy for Kendrick when he has to get his every year :) I will make sure to buy a soda pop for him to put on his arm just like my ma did when I was little. Sweets always seem to make things heal faster!

Prego Mel out..

Week 23

I am having a harder time knowing what to write because other than getting fatter by the minute I'm pretty much just my plain old self. Kendrick is kicking me a ton now and it seems that with each day that passes he can kick harder and harder. I am still in love with the idea of being pregnant and can't really imagine that in a few short months I will be a mom 24/7.

I am waiting for the motherhood thoughts to kick in and scare me but I have yet to have that happen. I think I worried enough about being a mom before I was prego that now all that is left is excitement. I know that I still have a lot to learn about being a mom but I figure there is no reason to freak myself out now when I have tons of years to practice and learn.

Tomorrow is my ultrasound and midwife appointment... which I am both excited and nervous about. It seems kind of odd that in a few hours I could be placed on bed rest if my placenta hasn't moved. I'm hoping for the best and super excited to get another DVD of my cute little man :)

Week 22

I have the very very best husband in the world. This week I just want to brag a little about how great my life really is. I have been starting to get more of a baby bump with each day that passes and Nathan has been nothing but supportive. He somehow manages to make me feel prettier pregnant than I ever thought was possible. I have moments of not feeling so great about my unpredictable body and this was a note he left me on a blog we share...

Gal,

You have the most perfect body ever!! I cannot even begin to fathom how you don't just adore how you look and how you can get my attention all the time with your cuteness.  You really are the most beautiful girl I've ever talked to.  I don't know why you worry about it.  You are gonna be the cutest lil pregnant gal ever!! I can't wait to show off your cute belly when we go places.  Thanks for keeping up with the blog!  I'm excited for my birthday and all the upcoming adventures.  Love you! Love, Nate

He even mentioned yesterday that he hopes my tummy doesn't instantly flatten back out because he just thinks it is sexy to know that his child was growing in it. I don't understand his logic but I sure am thankful for his efforts in making me feel like a million dollars. I am so lucky that I don't have expectations to live up to! I am trying hard to love my body through the changes and I can honestly say that I rarely succeed but I am so super lucky that I have a husband who makes it easier to love myself. With Nathan around I know that it will be easier to watch the scale go up so that we can have a very healthy baby boy in just 17 weeks!!

Week 21

This week has been kind of interesting. I figure I am mainly writing this blog for myself so if I am ever too open about things just feel free to not read my posts. My uterus has been going crazy this week. The last four days have been terrible because I almost always have a tightening in my uterus... day, night, and any time in-between.

I have tried drinking a ton of water, taking a bath, and laying down which so far do the exact opposite of relaxing my uterus. I finally went in and saw a midwife to make sure everything is okay and she did a few different test which have so far all come back negative. I think my uterus is just excited to finally have a reason to work out. Hopefully it won't mean that I have a pre-term baby because I am still loving my pregnancy and I want Kendrick to be able to grow as big as possible so that NICU does not have to be an option.

When I had a dream about having a small baby boy I really thought it was the first baby dream that all women have.... I'm really hoping my dream doesn't come true...

The other crazy thing about this week is that I have all of the sudden finally really started to show. On Tuesday I felt like my skirt was getting tighter and tighter as the day went on. It is kind of funny because I feel like I was bigger at the beginning of the week than I am now. A few people have commented on my belly, so hopefully it is Kendrick growing and not just the yummy Oreo cookies that are so hard to resist. 

First Baby Shower

Kendrick and I had our very first baby shower full of fun surprises. It was a combined shower with my cousin who is due next month. I felt funny getting showered with gifts when I am hardly even showing but it was still so fun. I liked having the combined shower and my cousin who is also having a boy, so it was great sharing the experience with her.

The shower was on my mom's side of the family and we had homemade cafe rio, desserts, and gift opening. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful family and I can hardly wait for Kendrick to meet everyone. He is such a lucky boy!

Week 20

I threw-up for the very first time in pregnancy. I took a new prenatal pill on an empty stomach like I do most mornings but the new pill must have not liked me much. I won't be experimenting with pills anymore :)

This week has been crazy for braxton hicks. Nathan and I went on a camping trip over the weekend and something about the mountains really had me going. Any time I would wake up in the middle of the night I would have 2-3 braxton hicks just a few minutes apart. I got them for about an hour straight in the morning when I woke up too. I didn't have any throughout the day so I tried not to freak out. My midwife said braxton hicks are harmless as long as they are 10 minutes apart but I know for a fact that they were usually less than 2 minutes apart. Since we have been back I usually only get a couple around 4:30 in the morning and then a few when I wake up so hopefully it really is/was nothing to worry about. At least now I know that mountain air will start contractions if I happen to be late with Kendrick.

We ordered our first pair of cloth diapers. I decided to try out the g diapers. I got a newborn bundle that came with 12 tiny diapers, 6 small diapers, and then 80 disposable inserts. I am really excited about trying cloth diapers and seeing what I think about them. I am pretty sure it will be awesome as long as we don't have too many blow outs with Kendrick.

Prego Woman Out...

Doctor Notes

Today at our 20 week ultrasound they told us that I currently have placenta previa. It isn't a big deal right now because as the uterus expands the placenta should move with it. Lucky for us we get another ultrasound at the end of the month :) If the placenta hasn't moved away from my cervix by then then I will probably be on bed rest. There is a 90% chance it will move so we aren't really too worried. We'll wait till the next ultrasound before we start worrying about it.

We were also told that there is a small cyst in Kendrick's brain. It too should disappear with time because it is mainly caused by too much amniotic fluid or something of the sort. It is one sign of down syndrome though so they have to watch that too to see if it changes over time. We could do a test to see about down syndrome but we don't think it is worth it. It won't change anything about the pregnancy and a ultrasound in the third trimester might be able to determine if the cyst has changed. The tests are based on statistics not diagnosis so I think I would rather know that it is a possibility then get a false/positive.

I really liked the doctor that helped read the ultrasound. Overall, Kendrick is one healthy babe. He has all of his main bones and a stubborn personality with wanting to cooperate. His heart and stomach were the easiest to see on the ultrasound and I can already tell that he will have a big loving heart with just about anyone. He always places it front and center so that anyone can see or just hear it if using the heartbeat monitor. Last time he had his heart checked the midwife told me she could hear both chambers shutting because of how close she had the monitor to the heart.

I sure am excited to meet our little guy. I love seeing him during ultrasounds and consider myself lucky that we get a couple more. Usually after the 20 week ultrasound if everything looks great you don't get to see your baby again until it is born so I think we are pretty lucky.

Week 19

I am finally sleeping like my old self again and it is wonderful Whatever kind of stomach problems I was having last week have almost completely disappeared this week, and I am one happy gal. I can feel Kendrick move at least once a day but usually more and I still smile every time. It almost reminds me of a muscle twitching more than a butterfly feeling but however it is described it is still amazing to know that a little person is in me, growing, and moving.

A new symptom this week are calf muscle cramps. I only half wake up in the middle of the night with them and I can usually get them out by flexing my feet.  I also half wake up with a lot of Braxton hicks. They don’t really hurt yet but I don’t know if I should be having so many this early on. I am really hoping our little guy doesn’t come early because I don’t care how uncomfortable I get I think it is worth the wait to have a healthy baby. I have been reading a book where it says to write down my ideal birthing story so I am hoping to do that sometime this week. The mind is a powerful thing so if I think it and dream it then just maybe everything will all go well with delivery.

Today we get to see Kendrick for our 20 week ultrasound and I am so excited I can’t really think of anything else so that is all for this week