no more "full frontal" :)

Ok...this is for my dad. from now on, the belly shots will be done with my shirt covering my belly. My dad asked me, when I first started putting the belly shots on my blog if I would be doing that through the whole pregnancy. The look on his face told me he didn't think it would be quite as cool as some people think it is. So dad...I will do the rest of them "covered" up. :)

So in my last post I said I was going to the perinatologist on Friday...my appointment was actually today. No, I didn't forget it today, I just had the days mixed up on my last post. So we went bright and early this morning. I had another, longer ultrasound (thank goodness my bladder didn't have to be full for this one!) basically to check the baby's anatomy, etc. Every thing looks great, and right on schedule. (side note...nothing 'fell' off, so I guess we are officially having a boy ;)

So the first thing the doctor said is that he 100% recomended a c-section. This, I was already planning for, so I am really ok with that. He told me that he takes care of many moms that have other serious health problems. (like brain tumors, head bleeds, breast cancer, etc.) He said that it would be his recomendation that I do whatever I need to, to preserve my eye/vision. He said that he didn't think it would be such a problem (at least in this stage of my pregnancy) to get an injection/have surgery if it ment keeping more of my vision. He said that the baby would not be harmed by the medication, and he recommends that I get the shot if I need it. He also said, if we were further along, say 34,35 weeks...it would be a different story and they would probably just deliver the baby and then do the injection.

He is going to send his opinion to the OB doc, and Dr. Jordan (eye doc) and let them both know what he thinks. Now, I am not sure that Dr. Jordan would risk it, in fact, I think he would be VERY hesitant to do it. But just knowing that it would be ok if things got worse, or started affecting my left eye...I do have some options other than just letting my vision go. So all in all, a very good visit!

Totally O.T. we got our car seat/stroller. Man, it's a good thing we both have college degrees, those things are so stinkin hard to put together/figure out. Still haven't figured out the cup holder. Oh well! :)

1/2 way done!

well...I have reached the 1/2 way point in my pregnancy. I have been feeling better this last week, only mild reflux, and only a small amount of nausea with that. I have been going to see Dr. Jordan (the retina doc) almost every week. This Monday, he said that my eye looked "different" the membrane where the bleed came from is getting bigger, but it seems to be heading north (and my macula is south east). So that is somewhat acceptable, and we won't be heading into surgery this week at least.

I have an appointment with a "perinatologist" next Friday. I asked my doctor if she thought that I was high risk, and she said...no, I am just more 'special needs.' HA! Well...I think she is just getting a second opinion from a specialist, and I guess that makes me feel good about things. I do get to have another ultrasound prior to my appointment with the specialist. I think this will be much more of a bonding experience. So for that I am grateful.

As far as the whole boy issue...I have been talking to people, and reading online, and evidently this is not an uncommon thing to be sad about not having a girl. I am just being honest. I had so many ideas about how parenting would be, and I realized that most of those revolved around the baby being a girl. So it is taking some time, and some realignment of my thinking. I went shopping today, just to look at the boy stuff out there. I am sorry, but boy stuff just isn't as cute. I love hair bows, and flowers, and pretty much most girly stuff (with the exception of lace...yuk!) But I have managed to find some cute stuff. I can tell that I am going to be far pickier about boy clothes than I ever would have been for girl clothes (and for those that know me, know that was already pretty picky.) I guess we will just have to spend more time browsing.

As far as the nursery goes, we got our rocking chair, but I think we may put it in the living room. It is a chocolate brown velvet fully upholstered chair with matching ottoman. I LOVE it. It is so comfortable.

We also ordered the carseat and stroller...after much research and time spent on ebay searching here is what we came up with...


these are not the exact ones, ours are new, not used but you get the idea. I am really excited about them! Now to move on to cribs/bedding/furniture for the baby's room.

dont get me wrong

i have been working through this all day, and here's what I've got...i am not sad that this baby is a boy. I am just sad that it isn't a girl. does that make sense? also I am very grateful for a healthy baby, so don't get me wrong.

results are in...

Here are the ultrasound pictures. The baby is a .........





boy. I was really thinking/hoping it was a girl...so I was really shocked when I heard her say boy. I did cry. In fact, I am taking today to be sad, and "mourn" that we won't have a girl...and tomorrow, I am going to get my "big girl panties on" (as Sarah says).

tomorrow is...

the big day. We have our "big" ultra sound tomorrow. We are really hoping to find out the gender of our little one, so that we can really start the preparing.
well...I haven't blogged in a little while (sorry Dawn!) but we have been a little bit busy. I have had since last Friday off of work, so we have been working on some stuff around the house. We are currently transforming the 2 closets in our bedroom so that they are way more functional. the extra room upstairs that was functioning as our closet is slowly getting cleared out and that will become the baby's room. Dean is working on that closet tonight. My dad helped design them, my mom painted the interior walls of the closets, and I moved all the clothes. What a mess! I have been going through things, I love when I go...Oh yeah, this I forgot about this...those things go in the goodwill box, because if I forgot about them, surely someone else can use them more than I do. We should get a nice tax deduction this year :)

I bought a swing for the baby, and an activity center/jumping chair. They were both on a great sale, so they were too tough to pass up. Plus, spreading out the expenses over the next few months will make it a lot easier on us. Next will be the rocking chair. I have a chocolate brown one picked out. I just need to figure out a time when Dean will be able to come with to get it in his truck. (that too is on a good sale) :)

I have been feeling the baby kick for the last few weeks, it started out maybe 2-3 times a week, now it is everyday, but usually just for a couple minutes. That is a weird feeling. feeling something move inside you. I think you can probably feel it on the outside, but it is usually just one single kick...so Dean hasn't felt it yet.

Well...wish me luck on my U/S tomorrow...and watch the blog for the results! :)

answered prayers

well...I had my followup appt with Dr. Jordan this am (my retina doc), and great news...the blood that had been there last week in full force threatening the need for laser surgery last week, has started to reabsorb. It is still there, but much less. The membrane is a bit smaller too he thought. Also the general edema (swelling) in the back of my eye seemed to be less too. Plus I could read the line that had four large letters on it, this is a big improvement from not being able to see the "E" at the top of the chart a little over a week ago. He acutally thinks that some of this could have been caused by all the vomiting...so I am trying to stay on top of the zofran & zantac to help with the nausea and reflux. So thanks to everyone that has been praying for my eye, vision, baby, nausea, etc. Your prayers have been heard and there has been some healing. YEAH!