February 2, 2001---Ultrasound scheduled for this date. Should be able to find out the sex of the baby today. Keep your fingers crossed for me! (hopin for a penis) LOL~~ Also having AFP (Alfa Fetal Protein) test done and regular dr. visit.
February 2, 2001---Went for my appointment today. Had the U/S done. The baby looks great! Dr. says its healthy and growing wonderfully. Everything checked out ok. Babys appx. weight is 10 oz. I have gained 2 lbs for a total of 3 lbs during this entire pregnancy so far. (pat on back) (yayyyy!) Also, the heartrate was 146 bpm for the baby, which is very good. The Dr. discussed the AFP test with me and John and since there is nothing that could be done if the test came back positive for Downs Syndrome of Spina Bifida we chose not to have the test done. I think it was the right choice for us, especially since we don't have any history of this in our family. If we had had the test and it had came back positive it would only be something to worry us, and we would NOT terminate this pregnancy for anything in the world! Let's see...am I leaving anything out? ....Oh yeah, we tried to check the sex of the baby and the U/S lady said she wasn't really sure and didn't want to tell us what she thought it was since she wasn't really clear if she was right or not but she went ahead and showed us what she thought was a scrotum and a penis...but said don't get your hopes up and to come back in 4 weeks for another U/S check and we will try to see again. But...I really think it is a boy. It definitely didn't look like a cord and she said she didn't think it was the cord but didn't want to get our hopes up and then let us down. So I go back on March 1st and have a quick sex check U/S (for free) and have my glucose check. (ack!) Well, til next time.....
February 6, 2001---I have been feeling a bit "blah" over the past few days. I am sleeping a lot again and not eating well. Food just isn't agreeing with me and everytime I eat my stomach feels like it is tying itself into knots. If I don't eat I feel queasy. Feeling a bit better today though. I have been feeling the baby kick more this week. I was sitting here at the computer today and realized it was moving a lot and I wasn't even paying attention. ~LOL~
February 8, 2001---John & I have been invited by a buddy of his from work to go to Biloxi, Mississippi tomorrow thru Sunday---free ride down. So I think we are going to go if I can get someone to keep the girls all weekend. I love Biloxi and I love the Slot Machines. Ok, here's an issue...we found out the hospital we are going to birth in allows children 5 & older to view the birth of siblings. They have to attend a one time class and learn about what will be happening while mommy is in labor and all that good stuff. They watch "A Baby Story" with me a lot, especially Carrie and they know how babies are born. They don't know how babies are made---at least I don't think they know. I have had several of our family members frown upon this idea and tell me I am doing wrong by allowing the girls to be in the delivery room. Honestly I think it's a beautiful thing and I will be more than overjoyed to have my whole family together to welcome this little one into the world and the family. Carrie is excited about being able to be there, although Sarah seems to not really care either way. She really doesn't like the idea that mommy is going to have a new baby. John didn't think the girls should attend the birth either, but I have told him that this is something I really want and I believe he understands. He is a little worried that Sarah won't be able to handle it. I think we will try the class in a couple of months to prepare them and see what happens and how she reacts. I just wish everyone wouldn't be so negative about my wishes. I mean, this is MY pregnancy, MY baby, MY children! I feel they should support me, even if they disagree, no matter what. I have enough to worry about as it is, without having all this negativity in my face. I am at the point where I just don't wanna share anything with certain family members anymore. They just don't deserve to know if all they're gonna do is be so negative and really hurt my feelings about my opinions and wishes. Does that make sense? I hope so. I am really enjoying making this diary/journal. I love coming to my site and seeing the new guestbook entries. It lets me know I'm not doing this for nothin. Thanks to those of you who are reading this and keeping up to date as I write. I have decided to try to get my scanner up sometime in the next week to see if I can get my Ultrasound pics scanned and put them on the site. I think you could try to point out the sex if you really look hard... Also would like to get a few pics of me on here so those of you who don't know me can see me. haha! At this point I am just really looking forward to March 1st for my Ultrasound to see if we really are having a boy. I think about it a lot. John & I went to the mall and walked a mile yesterday and went to J.C. Penney and looked at baby clothes----boy clothes. They have the cutest stuff. John found one outfit he fell in love with and actually hid it behind some other stuff so we can go back & buy it next week. ~LOL~ I just hope we aren't let down if we find out it isn't a boy. I just have a feeling it is. Really hoping it is. Right now we have one name picked out for a boy, that we agree on. I'm not going to put it up just yet because we may change our minds and I don't want it stolen...I have several other people in my family who are expecting around the same time as me. Seems like everybody in McMinnville, TN is pregnant this year! I have a cousin due April 8, Me on July 4, My baby sister on July 24, sister-in-law due August 15, niece due August 28. Had a niece deliver a baby girl on January 19th. Everywhere I look I see big bellies! Well, I am rambling so I will stop. Pleaseeeeee sign the guestbook and let me know you were here if you haven't done so already. Thanks for spending your time here with me. It means a lot
February 22, 2001---I haven't written in a while so I thought I'd update a little. I have updated my guestbook, changed colors, questions, etc... Not much going on here right now. The baby has begun to move around much more. Seems he gets active after I eat, especially if it's something sweet. I still have the Ultrasound appointment next Thursday at my Dr. appt. I can't wait, yet I am really anxious about it too. I am so worried that it will be a girl, after everyone, not just me & hubby, everyone has gotten their hopes up thinking this is a little boy inside me. At this point I hope it is a boy, but if it's a girl I'll be just as happy, so long as it's healthy. I am having some fears about labor and hoping everything is going to go the way I want it to. I am working on my birth plan, going to sign up for my childbirth classes this month. I guess we'll have to take them in March, there are none in April and we will be busy in May and June is too late. I have to get Carrie & Sarah signed up for their siblings at birth classes and new baby classes also. I think it will be fun for them. I got my baby's bedding yesterday, my mother bought it for me. It is precious moments, is a pastel blue with stars/hearts etc. pattern. It has the boy and girl on it so it will work either way. I have the comforter, sheet, dust ruffle, bumper pad, a cute lamp, diaper stacker, wall art that plays music, receiving blankets too that all match. I even bought some precious moments bottles, pacifier, diaper bag... I'm all into this precious moments thing. I want to get a precious moments baby book also, I did get the precious moments Keepsake box which I think will be great to put the baby's ultrasound videos, hospital bracelets, etc in. Everything seems to be going well for me right now. I just wish we could move into a new house and get more settled. Since the fire we have been living in a house that needs a LOT of work and I really don't have anywhere to make the baby a room of its own. I don't have a crib yet either, or a changing table. I do have a swing and walker my mom picked up cheap at a garage sale. I have a cute bassinet on layaway, and I think I will put it next to my bed for the baby to sleep in at night for the first few weeks anyway. John is looking into getting his CDL and becoming a truck driver soon. We need more money than he is making now, our only concern is that if he starts before the baby is born he may miss the birth. I really don't want him to miss it, I mean who will I cuss out during labor? if he isn't there....
February 23,2001---I just had to post that I was sittin here checkin out my "nips" LOL and I squeezed on them and found out that my milk has come in. I am sooooo excited! I screamed out oooohhhhhhhh I have milk!!!! Carrie & Sarah was like ewww gross mom...John woke up and was like oh great... I use to leak milk out at night and we'd wake up soaked, the sheets soaked and have to clean up. I can't believe how much milk I leaked while I was pregnant. Hope it's not as bad this time around. I just had to put this on here cause it makes me so happy...I feel more pregnant each day lately. The baby is moving a lot more and now this...wow. And I'm only 5 weeks from the start of the 3rd trimester. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is moving along. It's so amazing. I can't wait for my Dr. visit Thursday. I guess you all know that. LOL Something else I wanted to write about:::: Carrie is having some problems "down there" and is having some tests run on Friday March 2nd. She will be having ultrasounds, X-Rays, blood withdrawn also. She's had a lot of UTI's and is having some Light spotting of blood when she pees. I'll update as soon as we know what's up with her. Thanks for keeping up with me as I journey through this experience.
