It's been a while so I thought I'd write a little....We had a little scare last Saturday, I didn't feel baby move for a couple of days so doctor had us go to the hospital for some fetal monitoring. The minute the nurse put the monitor on me, her heartbeat was loud and fast. And then we could hear her kicking around. They kept me on the monitor for about 2 hours and then sent me home. Doctor thinks she was probably just a little far, closer to my back so I couldn't feel her. But she has definitely made up for lost time, i don't think she stopped saturday night through tuesday. She is becoming much more active and harder. She must be growing. Chuck has felt her a good bit more and we talk to her a good bit and she seems to respond a bit to that. Lisa even got to feel her kick pretty hard Tuesday night.
Funny side note: While we were at the hospital, we were trying to think of anything to get her to move so we could hear/feel her. So Chuck decided to put his phone/MP3 player up to my tummy and see if she would respond. First he tried Dave Matthews Band, no luck. Then he played "Insane in the Membrane" which is a really terrible old rap song and she went nuts. She started kicking and pushing and dancing around. It was hilarious. The nurse started calling Chuck "Rockstar Daddy". It was too funny. I really hope bad rap is not the music she likes!
Nothing else really exciting going on. Daddy started painting the crib and it looks great so far. We are going over to their house tomorrow and Chuck is going to help him finish it up. I can't wait for it to be finished and over here in her room. I hope we're able to finish moving furniture around and getting the room as ready as we can, which I'd like to get finished on Sunday, but we'll see! Once it's all arranged, I'll try to take some pics to show it off!
I guess that's about it for the moment, next MD appt is Sept 8, but it'll just be a routine visit. But I'll update! Til then...
Friday, August 21, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sick..ugh!
Woke up Sunday morning not feeling great with a sore throat but figured it was just from sitting outside on mom's patio saturday night. As the day progressed, I got worse and barely got out of bed all day and by mid afternoon I had a low grade fever. I started the Tylenol. By 4 am Monday I was having stomach cramps, more sore throat, a headache that won't quit, aching back, and just felt crappy all over. Called the doctor and they wanted to see me. I was tested for strep, flu and swine flu. Negative for all thank goodness! Doctor thinks I have a throat infection with a bug of some kind and gave me antibiotics for a week. I still feel kinda blah tonite but I will make it. Baby girl apparently has felt fine because she has continued her kick-a-thon and rolling and spinning right along.
On a darker note, today at our apartment, our neighbor downstairs son who is home on leave from Iraq started having some post traumatic stress syndrome and started shooting. SCARY!!! We heard about 15 shots but as we left for the doctor today, the CSI team and Detectives were doing their thing and we saw 23 "evidence" markers of casings and bullets all over downstairs breezeway. It is all very sad. We spoke with his father, who is our neighbor, a very nice older gentleman. He said that apparently his son "lost it" and started screaming and shooting. He shot himself, I'm assuming in the shoulder, because when I saw him on the sidewalk, the paramedics were bandaging and wrapping his shoulder. His father said he would be ok physically. There was another son injured, appeared to be in the hand. Before the cops arrived we heard a female screaming "I didn't do anything" repeatedly, for which we assumed a domestic violence situation but we did not go out to see where it was coming from, Chuck called 911. But later found out the female was the poor man's mother and I just feel for the entire family. It is very sad that this brave man has gone overseas and fought for his country and comes home to spend quality time with his family, and is able to spend that time, but yet, he mentally can't unwind or forget enough to be settled. I'm not going to make this blog political or anti-war or pro-war or anything like that, but today, seeing/hearing this first hand has really made me appreciate the sacrifices that the soldiers and their families make. Unfortunately, the war isn't just "over there." I pray for this family, and all the others like it that I don't know. The look on his father's face made me just want to hold him and cry with him. Very very sad.
On a much better note, Daddy went through further testing today for his heart, a Pet Scan. Basically a dye is run through his heart to check for blockages and such. They didn't admit him, so we're hopeful this is a good sign and they told him he would hear results in 2-5 days. Mom said he made it through with no problems. He then went to another doctor (he was trying to be a professional patient today!) and had some cysts removed from both eyes. I talked to him this afternoon and he said he felt fine and was having no problems. Thank God!
Well, I think I'm going to go to bed now, I'm exhausted and my head is starting to hurt a bit, so I'm going to medicine up and go to bed.
Night!
On a darker note, today at our apartment, our neighbor downstairs son who is home on leave from Iraq started having some post traumatic stress syndrome and started shooting. SCARY!!! We heard about 15 shots but as we left for the doctor today, the CSI team and Detectives were doing their thing and we saw 23 "evidence" markers of casings and bullets all over downstairs breezeway. It is all very sad. We spoke with his father, who is our neighbor, a very nice older gentleman. He said that apparently his son "lost it" and started screaming and shooting. He shot himself, I'm assuming in the shoulder, because when I saw him on the sidewalk, the paramedics were bandaging and wrapping his shoulder. His father said he would be ok physically. There was another son injured, appeared to be in the hand. Before the cops arrived we heard a female screaming "I didn't do anything" repeatedly, for which we assumed a domestic violence situation but we did not go out to see where it was coming from, Chuck called 911. But later found out the female was the poor man's mother and I just feel for the entire family. It is very sad that this brave man has gone overseas and fought for his country and comes home to spend quality time with his family, and is able to spend that time, but yet, he mentally can't unwind or forget enough to be settled. I'm not going to make this blog political or anti-war or pro-war or anything like that, but today, seeing/hearing this first hand has really made me appreciate the sacrifices that the soldiers and their families make. Unfortunately, the war isn't just "over there." I pray for this family, and all the others like it that I don't know. The look on his father's face made me just want to hold him and cry with him. Very very sad.
On a much better note, Daddy went through further testing today for his heart, a Pet Scan. Basically a dye is run through his heart to check for blockages and such. They didn't admit him, so we're hopeful this is a good sign and they told him he would hear results in 2-5 days. Mom said he made it through with no problems. He then went to another doctor (he was trying to be a professional patient today!) and had some cysts removed from both eyes. I talked to him this afternoon and he said he felt fine and was having no problems. Thank God!
Well, I think I'm going to go to bed now, I'm exhausted and my head is starting to hurt a bit, so I'm going to medicine up and go to bed.
Night!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Week 24
Week 24 officially began today. I have a dcotors appointment tomorrow for the gestational diabetes test and another sonogram to check her kidneys. So we'll get to see her once again tomorrow and see how she's growing and changing. Can't wait!! I know she must be getting bigger because I'm feeling her a lot more and much more often now. Chuck even got to feel her for the first time on Friday, July 31. About 5 am, we were both awake (I usually am, not sure why he was!!) and watching tv and he leaned over and started rubbing my belly, asking where she was. I pointed him to where I felt her and it wasn't long til she did a couple jumps under his hand and he jerked it back. He said she felt like an alien trying to escape!! But I think he was happy to finally feel her. He said he knows now why I make some of the faces I do when I she kicks and moves. As long as she moving and jumping and happy, so am I!.
In other news, both of her grandpas are having some health problems now so please pray for them both. Both of them mean the world to us and I cant wait for her to have them wrapped her little fingers, as if she doesn't already!
Mom and Daddy plan to start working on the crib in the next week or so. They are painting it black. It's going to be gorgeous!
Chuck got the job he's been wanting forever last week. He starts Aug 25 at AT&T as DSL Help Desk person, not sure what you call that! He's anxious and so ready to get back working, so am I!!!
I will post tomorrow night after the appointment with all the updates!
In other news, both of her grandpas are having some health problems now so please pray for them both. Both of them mean the world to us and I cant wait for her to have them wrapped her little fingers, as if she doesn't already!
Mom and Daddy plan to start working on the crib in the next week or so. They are painting it black. It's going to be gorgeous!
Chuck got the job he's been wanting forever last week. He starts Aug 25 at AT&T as DSL Help Desk person, not sure what you call that! He's anxious and so ready to get back working, so am I!!!
I will post tomorrow night after the appointment with all the updates!
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