Yesterday was my 16 week pregnant mark! Wahoo!! I am almost halfway there. :) I still haven't taken any pregnancy pictures. I keep thinking I will and then I forget, so I am going to try and remember tomorrow (because I should look decent for church). :) I am so excited to be preparing for a new baby.
Okay, so I haven't really dished out any of the details yet and partially because this pregnancy has been pretty stressful for me. Gratefully, I haven't really had morning sickness, and if you remember, that wasn't really an issue with Caleb's pregnancy either. However, I have been extremely tired. I think things are getting a little better though, but I usually try and nap some when Caleb's taking his afternoon nap.
I'm not really completely sure why I've been so stressed about the pregnancy, but for some reason, I just have. I went in when I was about 8 1/2 weeks pregnant. I thought I was 10 weeks pregnant. The doctor could not find the baby's heartbeat and told me that I had a tilted uterus. So, I went in two days later for an ultrasound. This time, the doctor could find the heartbeat and I saw my little bean on the ultrasound screen. What a relief that was!! He confirmed that I was 8 weeks 6 days pregnant.
I wanted to look up things about a tilted uterus... and well, that's always dangerous. I was so worried until I went into the doctor a couple of weeks later. The midwife had a really, really hard time finding the baby's heartbeat again. She finally found it after having problems with the sonogram. The doppler couldn't even pick up how fast the heart was beating due to the faintness of it, but we did hear it. At that point everything looked fine, but, I was still somewhat concerned.
Finally, I went in at 15 weeks and the heartbeat was much easier to find and was in the 140s. It was still not found right away, due to my apparently healthy and in-the-way placenta, but once it was found, it was a nice strong heartbeat, such a sweet, sweet sound. So, I finally feel like I can breathe and enjoy this pregnancy. :)
We found out I was pregnant over memorial day weekend. Well, I had my suspicions that I was pregnant before then... I had been craving grilled cheese sandwiches for a week. By the fourth day, I told Jeff, "Maybe I'm pregnant. This same thing happened with Caleb- only it was chicken pot pies". Jeff asked me to take a pregnancy test, but I just wasn't ready to find out. Well, a couple of days went by and he again asked and asked for me to take the pregnancy test. Finally, on the Friday before Memorial Day, I told him I'd take the test, but I didn't want to know the results yet. I took the test, left it upside down on his dresser and jumped in the shower. I asked if he'd seen the results and in a very sad and forlorn tone, he said, "Yeah". I was so disappointed.
Well, to make a long story short, we went to Buena Vista with some friends for a reunion of some college buddies. It was a fabulous weekend and I didn't think anything more of the pregnancy test.
Jeff left BV on Sunday after church and I stayed until Monday. On Monday afternoon, as I was on my way home, Jeff told me that someone left a package on the porch for me, but that there was no name.
When I got home, Caleb was in the car sleeping and we leaving right away to go to my mom's house, so Jeff came out and I went into the house to use the bathroom. When I came in, I saw the package. It was wrapped in wrapping paper that I knew all too well and placed in a gift bag that seemed so familiar. The tag just said "Happy News!". I opened it up and it was a really cute baby book! And that's how Jeff told me that we were pregnant!! I'm impressed with how he was able to keep it in that long. We are both so excited and we're really looking forward to adding a new little person to our family. Jeff says it hasn't really hit him yet. I can't wait to get the nursery set up for the babies (Caleb and the new baby will share a room).
Sorry no pictures in this post... I'll get a pregnancy picture up soon.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Bittersweet...
Yesterday, I took Caleb into his pediatrician's office for a sick visit. He has just had this lingering cough and runny nose, really for what seems like months, but especially the last couple of weeks. It kept getting better and then it would get bad again. He wasn't sleeping well and would cough in the middle of the night several times. He was constantly rubbing his face. My father-in-law had bronchitis and since Caleb had been around him, I thought I would take him into see the doctor just to be sure (I thought he probably just had a cold and I know there is nothing you can do for a cold, so I held off for as long as I could stand to hear him coughing). We ended up seeing the nurse practitioner and after examining Caleb and letting me know that his lungs sound really clear, she said that she thought it was allergies. She said that he had "allergic shiners" (dark circles under his eyes), that he seemed to be itchy and that his cough was probably due to nasal drip. She said to try giving him Benadryl to see if that would help. She also gave me the number for two allergists to try and set up an appointment for him. So, yesterday afternoon, I gave Caleb some Benadryl. Within minutes his nose cleared and he wasn't coughing as much. It did make him groggy though and kind of fussy until he had a good nap.
Once he woke up, he was in a fabulous mood. I decided to give him more just before bed and he ended up sleeping all through the night! I don't even remember when the last time he did that was and I am pretty sure I can count on one hand how many times he actually has slept through the night. To top it off, he slept until 5 minutes 'til 7- he is usually awake by 6am.
I decided not to give him Benadryl today because we'd be out and about it makes him groggy and tired and I didn't want him to feel out of sorts. It's hard to tell which is worse though, the runny nose, red itchy eyes, and sometimes cough (mostly it's just when he's lying down- sometimes randomly throughout the day... and I've noticed he keeps making this noise with his throat- I'm wondering now if he's been trying to clear it) or being groggy and a bit grouchy if he can't sleep because we're moving around too much. Anyway, he seemed to manage okay today, as he had in days past. He didn't nap much but hopefully, he'll sleep well again tonight. I again gave him some Benadryl right before bed.
If this really is allergies, I can't believe that I thought he just kept getting colds all of the time. There is nothing you can do for colds, but there is something you can do for allergies at his age. Though I am not a huge fan of giving medication, it really had gotten to the point where we were all exhausted and pretty miserable. I remember when I was in my early 20s and I went to the doctor because I felt sick with what I thought was a cold and just downright miserable. The doctor told me I had allergies. I left his office and cried. I just couldn't believe that I could suddenly develop allergies in my 20s and that it would make me feel so bad. Poor Caleb. Jeff gets bad seasonal allergies, so I guess Caleb had it coming.
Anyway, I am going to try and limit how much Benadryl I give him. I am also giving him a smaller dose than what the doctor previously recommended and it seems to be working just fine. I guess we'll just take each day as it comes and go from there.
He has an appointment with an allergist in early September. Hopefully, we'll be able to get more answers and confirm that what is really going on is allergies. It's still hard for me to believe that a baby can have allergies as bad as Caleb's seem to be (if that truly is what it is). I guess I'll need to be careful with live flowers in my home (which I absolutely love, by the way).
Just some pictures from this morning of my happy, well-rested boy.
Once he woke up, he was in a fabulous mood. I decided to give him more just before bed and he ended up sleeping all through the night! I don't even remember when the last time he did that was and I am pretty sure I can count on one hand how many times he actually has slept through the night. To top it off, he slept until 5 minutes 'til 7- he is usually awake by 6am.
I decided not to give him Benadryl today because we'd be out and about it makes him groggy and tired and I didn't want him to feel out of sorts. It's hard to tell which is worse though, the runny nose, red itchy eyes, and sometimes cough (mostly it's just when he's lying down- sometimes randomly throughout the day... and I've noticed he keeps making this noise with his throat- I'm wondering now if he's been trying to clear it) or being groggy and a bit grouchy if he can't sleep because we're moving around too much. Anyway, he seemed to manage okay today, as he had in days past. He didn't nap much but hopefully, he'll sleep well again tonight. I again gave him some Benadryl right before bed.
If this really is allergies, I can't believe that I thought he just kept getting colds all of the time. There is nothing you can do for colds, but there is something you can do for allergies at his age. Though I am not a huge fan of giving medication, it really had gotten to the point where we were all exhausted and pretty miserable. I remember when I was in my early 20s and I went to the doctor because I felt sick with what I thought was a cold and just downright miserable. The doctor told me I had allergies. I left his office and cried. I just couldn't believe that I could suddenly develop allergies in my 20s and that it would make me feel so bad. Poor Caleb. Jeff gets bad seasonal allergies, so I guess Caleb had it coming.
Anyway, I am going to try and limit how much Benadryl I give him. I am also giving him a smaller dose than what the doctor previously recommended and it seems to be working just fine. I guess we'll just take each day as it comes and go from there.
He has an appointment with an allergist in early September. Hopefully, we'll be able to get more answers and confirm that what is really going on is allergies. It's still hard for me to believe that a baby can have allergies as bad as Caleb's seem to be (if that truly is what it is). I guess I'll need to be careful with live flowers in my home (which I absolutely love, by the way).
Just some pictures from this morning of my happy, well-rested boy.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Finally... A First Word... Maybe?
So, for the past week or so, Caleb has started saying a "word" on a consistent basis and at appropriate times. Can you guess what it is? No, it's not mommy or daddy. It's not up or more or please or water or bath or outside or music or book, tree, dog, cat, or shoe. No, it's not any of those- even though we work on those words and many more all of the time. I recorded a video of him this afternoon so you can see for yourselves.
Now he only says this when we bless his food. Though we say other prayers throughout the day, he does not say "amen" at those times yet. I just think he's super motivated by food and he knows that when the prayer is over he gets to eat. :) Anyway, it's super cute because every time, he gets this huge smile!
Now he only says this when we bless his food. Though we say other prayers throughout the day, he does not say "amen" at those times yet. I just think he's super motivated by food and he knows that when the prayer is over he gets to eat. :) Anyway, it's super cute because every time, he gets this huge smile!
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