...so now I'm apparently dry heaving in the mornings. Joy!
But the good along with the bad, I've been feeling a ton more movement, so that's exciting. :)
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Babydoc Visit #2
The baby is very healthy and doing just great!
The doctor was very pleased, everything looks excellent, fluids are good, nice healthy placenta. She was tickled that the baby seems to be doing an awful lot of moving - zie was kicking and punching and rolling around in there. It made getting a heartbeat measurement nearly impossible, but the movement itself told the whole story, and we could see the heart very clearly, so no worries there. We can now see their whole head, spine, ribcage, and full hands and feet! Speaking of hands...
The little one kept punching out at us, showing us all 5 fingers. It was absolute magic being able to see that happen. I cried a little, seeing the little person inside, doing its own thing, floating in a sea of safety. What a wonderful thing to see! Science is pretty amazing.
The doctor was unconcerned about what she suspects is round ligament pain, and said that I was doing very well. She's having me take an iron supplement because I'm a little bit anemic (which I knew already), and upping my Vit. D. She is also having me run the 3 hour glucose test, because my 1 hour was slightly elevated. Not so much as to be alarming, but worth further investigation. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to control things with diet and some exercise. I really don't want gestational diabetes to dictate when and how I have the baby, so I'd like to avoid it if I can at all help it. We aren't 100% powerless to avoid it, and it's all still a big mystery. I feel like I know the building blocks to a healthy, low-sugar diet, I just need to put my knowledge back into practice. Still a bit difficult when all I am ever wanting is fruit and carbs.. but we'll work on it.
Overall, she was very pleased with the progress and was telling me to expect more flutters coming up soon. I'm planning on building some time into each day to meditate and try to send love vibes to the baby. I'm finally allowing it to be real, which is a really big deal for me. I finally feel like we've moved away from peanut/lump to a little being, and it's just so wonderful.
Thanks for reading. :) It's lovely to know so many people care.
(Also, my doc was TWO AND A HALF HOURS late seeing us today. This had better not continue throughout this thing. She was very apologetic, but it was just inexcusable.)
The doctor was very pleased, everything looks excellent, fluids are good, nice healthy placenta. She was tickled that the baby seems to be doing an awful lot of moving - zie was kicking and punching and rolling around in there. It made getting a heartbeat measurement nearly impossible, but the movement itself told the whole story, and we could see the heart very clearly, so no worries there. We can now see their whole head, spine, ribcage, and full hands and feet! Speaking of hands...
The little one kept punching out at us, showing us all 5 fingers. It was absolute magic being able to see that happen. I cried a little, seeing the little person inside, doing its own thing, floating in a sea of safety. What a wonderful thing to see! Science is pretty amazing.
The doctor was unconcerned about what she suspects is round ligament pain, and said that I was doing very well. She's having me take an iron supplement because I'm a little bit anemic (which I knew already), and upping my Vit. D. She is also having me run the 3 hour glucose test, because my 1 hour was slightly elevated. Not so much as to be alarming, but worth further investigation. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to control things with diet and some exercise. I really don't want gestational diabetes to dictate when and how I have the baby, so I'd like to avoid it if I can at all help it. We aren't 100% powerless to avoid it, and it's all still a big mystery. I feel like I know the building blocks to a healthy, low-sugar diet, I just need to put my knowledge back into practice. Still a bit difficult when all I am ever wanting is fruit and carbs.. but we'll work on it.
Overall, she was very pleased with the progress and was telling me to expect more flutters coming up soon. I'm planning on building some time into each day to meditate and try to send love vibes to the baby. I'm finally allowing it to be real, which is a really big deal for me. I finally feel like we've moved away from peanut/lump to a little being, and it's just so wonderful.
Thanks for reading. :) It's lovely to know so many people care.
(Also, my doc was TWO AND A HALF HOURS late seeing us today. This had better not continue throughout this thing. She was very apologetic, but it was just inexcusable.)
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Overdue post.. (wait, I shouldn't say that..)
I really should be posting more often, but instead I'm just slogging through and making more news to report.
The biggest news is that Eric and I will be moving on Nov. 19th to a lovely house in San Mateo. We began looking because we know that there won't be enough room in our current place for a dog and a baby combined! The house is really cute, 3 br, 2 bath. It's a cool 20's style split level with some really neat details and a huuuge yard for Sasha. I'd much prefer to be buying, but since things are going so poorly selling Eric's house, we're going to have to rent until further notice. Even now it'll be a stretch to cover expenses, but hopefully things will change at some point. And until then, we can always have beans and rice. :) Elbow room is worth a lot.
Baby-wise, I'm doing pretty dang well. I have had less nausea, which is wonderful and relatively expected at this point. I'm 13 weeks now, so I am officially into the 2nd trimester, which (I've heard) is the golden period of pregnancy. I fully expect my energy to return soon, and the appetite is finally coming back. Still having trouble at certain points with the food aversions. The other day I was in tears because I couldn't find anything to eat from the Cheesecake Factory. Y'know.. the place with the 17 page long menu?? Ah well. You know you're in trouble when even soup doesn't sound edible.
We've been talking about names, but not terribly in earnest because we're waiting to find out the sex. I'm hoping that the next sonogram will tell us, but if not, we only have a few more weeks to wait for the amnio. Which I'm a little bit apprehensive about. But I think we'll still go ahead with it. Don't worry, we've picked out a few great names.. Darcy has been helping. Dorcas is in the front of the pack, along with Humphrey and Django. Maybe Hortense? We were discussing inappropriate cultural appropriation names, like Shaniqua Villareal Rinker. Or maybe Thuy Mbubebe Rinker? We'll surely be asking for your input soon, dear readers. The baby is now the size of a small peach. Delicious!
I felt the baby flutter the other day. Either that or I had some sort of muscle twitch or gas bubble. I'm voting flutter, because that's more fun. It's way too early to feel a kick, but movement can start happening any day now. I'm both excited and apprehensive about the whole kicking thing. I know that it's magical, and really can't make you forget that you have another being inside of you. But on the other hand, it's creepy, and can't make you forget that you have another being inside of you. I can imagine that at some points I will be feeling the need for some alone time, and won't be able to achieve that once there is a little dude boogieing around in my belly. (Let's just forget about AFTER they're born... I know I can kiss my alone time goodbye, as all my mommy friends feel compelled to remind me.)
We have our big next appointment on Thursday. I'm anxious and excited to hear the results of my blood work and glucose tolerance test. I'll be sure to update once I have more info!
The biggest news is that Eric and I will be moving on Nov. 19th to a lovely house in San Mateo. We began looking because we know that there won't be enough room in our current place for a dog and a baby combined! The house is really cute, 3 br, 2 bath. It's a cool 20's style split level with some really neat details and a huuuge yard for Sasha. I'd much prefer to be buying, but since things are going so poorly selling Eric's house, we're going to have to rent until further notice. Even now it'll be a stretch to cover expenses, but hopefully things will change at some point. And until then, we can always have beans and rice. :) Elbow room is worth a lot.
Baby-wise, I'm doing pretty dang well. I have had less nausea, which is wonderful and relatively expected at this point. I'm 13 weeks now, so I am officially into the 2nd trimester, which (I've heard) is the golden period of pregnancy. I fully expect my energy to return soon, and the appetite is finally coming back. Still having trouble at certain points with the food aversions. The other day I was in tears because I couldn't find anything to eat from the Cheesecake Factory. Y'know.. the place with the 17 page long menu?? Ah well. You know you're in trouble when even soup doesn't sound edible.
We've been talking about names, but not terribly in earnest because we're waiting to find out the sex. I'm hoping that the next sonogram will tell us, but if not, we only have a few more weeks to wait for the amnio. Which I'm a little bit apprehensive about. But I think we'll still go ahead with it. Don't worry, we've picked out a few great names.. Darcy has been helping. Dorcas is in the front of the pack, along with Humphrey and Django. Maybe Hortense? We were discussing inappropriate cultural appropriation names, like Shaniqua Villareal Rinker. Or maybe Thuy Mbubebe Rinker? We'll surely be asking for your input soon, dear readers. The baby is now the size of a small peach. Delicious!
I felt the baby flutter the other day. Either that or I had some sort of muscle twitch or gas bubble. I'm voting flutter, because that's more fun. It's way too early to feel a kick, but movement can start happening any day now. I'm both excited and apprehensive about the whole kicking thing. I know that it's magical, and really can't make you forget that you have another being inside of you. But on the other hand, it's creepy, and can't make you forget that you have another being inside of you. I can imagine that at some points I will be feeling the need for some alone time, and won't be able to achieve that once there is a little dude boogieing around in my belly. (Let's just forget about AFTER they're born... I know I can kiss my alone time goodbye, as all my mommy friends feel compelled to remind me.)
We have our big next appointment on Thursday. I'm anxious and excited to hear the results of my blood work and glucose tolerance test. I'll be sure to update once I have more info!
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