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Friday, November 27, 2009
14 weeks!
If all goes well with my appt. tonight I just might be ready to tell the entire world!
How far along? 14 weeks today! whoooo
Total weight gain: Not too sure, i´ll either find out tonight or on Dec. 9th at the next exam
Maternity clothes? Yes. They are more comfy. Still need to buy some pants though.
Sleep: Been getting plenty.
Best moment this week: My first Thanksgiving yesterday
Movement: Too early to feel it. But hopefully I see lots tonight!
Gender: 6 more weeks
Labor Signs: Not even close.
Belly Button in or out? Eww, in.
What I miss: A glass of wine suuuure woulda been nice with the Thanksgiving meal.
What I am looking forward to: My ultrasound tonight and finding out gender!
Weekly Wisdom: My baby can squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb now. Heyyyyy
Milestones: Making it out of first tri alive!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Stupid modern technology
::sigh::
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Sigh of relief
I am also getting excited about Christmas. I can´t wait for the trees to go on sale! My mom brought me gorgeous angels and crosses and I can´t wait to hang them on a tree.
And below we have the latest belly pic, taken Sunday on the ferry on our way to Isla Mujeres.
How far along? 12 weeks, 4 days
Total weight gain: I was down 2 pounds at the last appt, but I will find out next Monday.
Maternity clothes? I did go back and buy the pretty maternity shirts. I have one on today and one in the picture above. I don´t really need them, but it makes me feel prettier and pregnanter : )
Sleep: Sleeping good, just more drool than ever involved.
Best moment this week: The trip to Isla Mujeres and my mother in law leaving yesterday!
Movement: Too early to feel it.
Gender: 8 more weeks til I find out, but I have changed my mind. I want a girl now!
Labor Signs: Not even close.
Belly Button in or out? Eww, in.
What I miss: ? Still beer.
What I am looking forward to: Baby bedding and decorating the nursery!
Weekly Wisdom: Baby is almost 3 inches long now!
Milestones: Coming to the end of the first trimester!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Jumping bean footage
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I have a real baby in my belly!!!
The beginning of a bump:
How far along? 11 weeks, 4 days
Total weight gain: Down 2 more pounds, score!
Maternity clothes? Almost bought 3 shirts yesterday, might go back tonight. Althought I don´t NEED them yet.
Sleep: Not last night.
Best moment this week: Seeing frijolito last night and knowing he´s okay!
Movement: Not that I can feel : ) Just gas.
Gender: Don´t know. But I am gonna keep saying he til told otherwise.
Labor Signs: Not even close.
Belly Button in or out? Eww, in.
What I miss: Beer.
What I am looking forward to: Finally getting excited about this baby!
Weekly Wisdom: Don´t drink coke. It only makes you vomit, Katie.
Milestones: Hitting 11 weeks with a heartbeat!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
10 and a half weeks
I forgot how much I like to sew. You should have seen how much dust I had to clean off of the machine. I guess when I was forced to stay up all night (I am the best procastinator you will ever meet) to finish dresses and garments for fashion school kinda sucked the fun out of it. I´m assuming that´s why I haven´t touched it in the past two years. My virtual friends (lol) started a sewing club. Our first project were baby blocks that double as toys and decorations. I did a total of four and have to say I was thoroughly impressed with the outcome. Soon as that digital camera shows up I will post them too. It really gave me a way to connect to the baby and I felt like such a mom making things for my offspring. It inspired me to make a whole lot more things. Could this be early nesting?
Also, I was dead set on having a boy. I have always imagined having a boy first to protect his little sister I will have later. Plus I kinda want a momma´s boy and I hear they are a bit easier to take care of as far as attitudes go. Of course with my past pregnancy history, all I am shooting for is healthy. Gender doesn´t matter. BUT I am kinda leaning towards a girl now. I already love bows, ever seen my tattoo? Can you imagine the possibilites? I guess I can´t wait to have a little girl to play dress up with and have little tea parties. Yay for pretty little dresses and lace and bows : ) Plus, I have this gut feeling I am gonna get a girl and she is gonna give me all the karma I deserve and all the things I did to my mom growing up are gonna come back at me ten-fold. I deserve it : )
My next appointment is Monday. I will be 11 weeks and some days. I feel like it will be the scariest appt. so far. Last week and this week are critical to me because it´s when my angel babies stopped growing and beating their sweet hearts. I just don´t think I could handle seeing that on the ultrasound again. It´s good mom will be here to hold my hand, but I hope just as much as she does that she gets a sneak peak at her first grandbaby and it is big and strong. It will finally look like a real baby too, not a shrimp.
And that´s all I´ve got.
Friday, October 23, 2009
9 weeks today!
Positive note: 4 weeks til first trimester is over! Hook it up father time!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Follow up ultrasound
More Baby Franco pics! He looks more like a baby this time huh? And look at that heartbeat blob how much closer it is together! Grow bebe grow!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Introducing..... frijolito!!!
Side note - I will continue to use he, him, his, until I am told it is pink.
His heartbeat rate was 108, which is a bit slow for my liking, so I get a follow up ultrasound next Wednesday. He measured at 6weeks 2days and I would have been 6weeks 5days based on my last missed period, but I can deal with that. That means his little corazon JUST started beating : ) My progesterone was working. The doc showed it to me on the screen all colorfied and stuff. But he sent me in yesterday to have it drawn again in case I needed supplements - and I did. The initial draw was 12.3 and it´s only risen to 12.4. I know it´s low, but I am not going to let myself Google where it SHOULD be because I don´t want any more stress than I already have(alot). I am just going to try even harder to eat right and make him grow big and strong like his daddy. I am almost tempted to take 2 pills instead of 1 haha. I want it to rise and maintain my pregnancy, despite the medical debate of whether the supplements even help with that.
TODAY I AM PREGNANT AND I LOVE MY BABY!
Now for the fun part.... pics!
And he was being shy and facing the other direction, so I outlined his head, shoulder, tail (knees and toes)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Hoping this dream really does come true
Oh man it is gonna be one long night and work day tomorrow.
eeeeek!
Monday, October 5, 2009
49 more hours...
The nervousness is kicking in. Butterflies and gas mixed together is strange.
Please, please, please let there be a little frijolito in there with a heartbeat. I know it´s early, but I am gonna panic probably if I don´t see one. Or at least go get an ultrasound somewhere different in a week. I´m blaming babycenter - they sent me an email 3 days ago telling me his heart was beating! So the next two days I need to get my self together and be prepared. This is not fair! When all you´ve ever gotten is bad news, it´s SO hard to enjoy these special moments...
And the pacing begins...
:::SIGH:::
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thank you, Bebe Franco
Yesterday I got some exercise. Go me! I had to hike to Carl´s Jr. for lunch and then back to work (I got chicken fingers and a salad, much better for baby than a six dollar burger). Then, en la tarde, I took a stroll with Bella to the nearest pay phone - about a mile there and back total. I have feet blisters to prove it. My husband decided to go out for beers with his coworkers and I had no credit on my phone to call him and tell him how miserable I was, hence the second stroll. I began gagging the last block home. The other day I read someone talking about the force of the actual throwing up process during pregnancy and how it is way faster and stronger than say, a normal stomachbug. Boy, was she right!
Glad to feel shitty for a change. But squirt and crackers doesn´t quite settle it. You girls on the other side of the gulf just don´t know how lucky you are to have access to your ¨preggo pops.¨
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Do they sell Gas-X in Mexico?
5 weeks, 4 days
I am kinda crappy about updating my blog. But most of the people who read it already know what´s going on from thebump. That 7:30 appointment I had scheduled was a bust anyways. When i walked into his office, there were girls still waiting to see him for their 5:00 appointments. He got caught up in am emergency surgery. I was bummed and refused to wait with anticipation for another day, so I called the other Dr. I had in mind. He just so happened to be in the same building as the other one and got me in at 8:00. It was interesting to say the least. Overall, I was pleased. The office and staff were nice and clean. At first I thought he was gay because he had the pinkest, shiniest lip gloss I have ever seen on. That made me feel a little better about him being all up in my lady-bits. But later the nurse came in and said his wife called to say he needed to go pick up their son. Dang. It´s just strange having a man doctor. Want to know what else is strange? When he squeezed the living daylights out of my nipple and something came out. He then tells me that it´s Prolactin and has been known to cause miscarraige. Gee, thanks for the encouraging words, doc. So 5,000+ pesos of bloodowork later, everything comes back ¨normal¨ for where I am at in pregnancy. He stressed to me that I need to eat healthy and take it easy. Apparently I had some toxins or something in my urine and it was because I was eating like crap. Some of the things that happened during this appointment made me question his abilities, but then I thought, maybe he knows something we don´t, and he squeezed my chi-chi for a reason. The only iffy things that came back from my bloowork were my progesterone (12.5 i think), which it a little low but fine for now. And some of my white blood cells that are my immune system defences. Which I totally believe now that I am sick as a dog.
Needless to say, he freaked me out over nothing. The next step in an early ultrasound on Oct. 7th. I will be 7 weeks or so then and he mainly wants to check out the sac and what lies around it. He says there may or may not be a baby that early. I guess the lining around the sac or the fluid around it will tell him if my progesterone is working or not, and if needed he will prescribe me the supplements then. I can´t help but me nervous about the ultrasound, especially knowing I probably won´t see anything. All I have ever gotten is bad news.
Everyone keeps asking how I am feeling. Here´s your answer: Good. My nipples are still sore, my appetite is in full swing, and certain things make me gag. And i´m gassy.
Breaking news: Franco just came to get the car so I have to Mike and Ike it to the plaza to get some lunch. Awww man : ((
Monday, September 21, 2009
7:30 appointment
Subject change: swine flu. At first I was totally against the vaccination as they haven´t done very much testing on it. Then I marinate on it a little longer and have a change of mind. They wouldn´t have APPROVED the thing if they didn´t think it was safe. And the flip side is much worse than getting the actual shot. Living in Mexico where sanitation isn´t one of the top priorities, I think I need it more than alot of other folks might. Mom doesn´t even want me to get on a plane next month to come home because the virus can travel 10 rows in front AND behind you in a plane. Uyyy. Plus I´ve been doing some reading and asked around what other pregnant women´s doctors said and they are all for it. PLUS technology and medical studies/practices have come ALONG way since that whole deal in the 70´s where everybody ended up paralyzed who got the injection. I´m doing it and I don´t care what you think. And even though I have the worst luck in the Americas, I am not gonna let that be a factor in this pregnancy either. I am gonna have this baby until somebody who is highly trained tells me otherwise!
And I tested again on Sunday morning. I honestly don´t think Franco believed it or was able to get too excited until I did either. He said this one looks alot more ¨chido¨ : ))
Saturday, September 19, 2009
PLEASE LET THIS BE IT
So, thanks to a dear friend who peer pressured me into to peeing on a stick, I did.
Here it is for what it´s worth. I swear I am not a nut and there IS a 2nd line. The ghetto blackberry camera just wasn´t cooperating.
And here is how I suprised the husband. I had the bib and the test on top of the toilet to see when he woke up.
So yeah. We are thrilled. Salome is especially just over the moon. He´s already kissing my tummy. We feel so blessed to have the chance to be pregnant again and really hope this is it for us. We want to take the baby home this time. Please say some extra prayers for us if you have them.
What´s next you ask? Well, here is my plan for this pregnancy. I just called and made an appointment for 7:30AM (could it be ANY earlier?) Monday morning with an ENGLISH speaking doctor (score!) to do some bloodwork to confirm it. I am choosing not to do a second or third round of bloodwork to see if my numbers are doubling. Just not gonna do it. I am going for the naive, first-time pregnant approach. Let the dr. tell you you´re knocked up, ask your questions, take a little advice, and then I want to schedule a semi-early ultrasound around 8 weeks and find out then. All the numbers and early ultrasounds and stress really don´t make a difference in the end. What will be will be. I just really hope I have a strong healthy baby with a beating heart. I want to go to sleep and wake up in 20 weeks and find out I am having a boy, that sounds perfect!
So, for now, I just pray and wait. And repeat these to myself daily:
-Today I am pregnant and I love my baby.
-I am pregnant until someone tells me otherwise
-My past does not dictate my future. A previous m/c does not mean I will have another m/c.
-Just because something sad is happening to a friend, does not mean it will happen to you. We all know m/c and complications are not contagious!
-Hope does not make bad things happen. You cannot ‘jinx’ your pregnancy by creating a ticker coutndown, getting excited, or telling someone. Live in the positive!
-There is nothing I can do to prevent a m/c from happening. Worrying myself sick doesn't prevent a m/c. And if (God forbid) it were to happen again, I know I will survive.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Untitled
The plan for this month is lots more sex. I am going to shoot for every other day. Maybe more if I am feeling up to it. I have already started the green tea til O time. And I have tried to figure out how to say pomegranate in Spanish. I need some damn pom juice! Jugo de.... granada?? I think that might be right. I did see some healthy natural juice crap over in a corner of a new supermarket the other day... it looked like the Odwalla stuff, just not Odwalla. Might pick up some tussin too.
Oh look, it´s almost 7:00!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Game Over
So I had been feeling really hopeful the other day. Like really hopeful. When I finally bought the folic acid I was like ¨wow, there is a chance I might actually have a baby in my belly¨ and I got excited. Well this morning the curiousity was KILLING me.... I even bought a bib has a monkey on it and says ¨Troublemaker¨ to give to Franco when I get a positive pee stick... I broke down and took a test this morning as soon as I got home from the store. Clearly, it was negative : ( My body told me thanks for playing, better luck next time.
Then, I kid you not, two and a half minutes later I get kind of crampy and feel the urge to go to the bathroom. Sure enough, Aunt Flow decided to come to visit SIX DAYS EARLY! wtf. My body told me thanks for playing, better luck next time... m
AND my cycles have always been normal, unless I screwed up my birth control on occasion, which I have been on for years. Now, I am thinking I get the pleasure of dealing with screwy cycles since the pills are out of the question.
Lovely.
cycle # 1 = FAIL.
But in better news, I finally found some Ovulation Predictor pee sticks too! Guess I am gonna go back to the store and buy them.
Note to self: start peeing on them Cycle Day 10 at 2pm - repeat until I get a ¨surge.¨ Figure out what surge is.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Update
God, if you are listening, please let this be it. You know how horrible my patience is.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Tuesssssday afternooooon
Ooooh oooooh this my shit. Green tea is my new bff. For a while anywho.
Do you know how bad I want to start peeing on OPKs? I seriously think I might go on a mission tonight. There are how many farmacias in this town? Chingos! Surely one will have them. I checked Wal Mart and another super store - no luck yet!
I am so glad I have not reached the point where the only reason/motivation to have sex is a baby yet. It makes me feel really sorry for those girls on the Bump board when I read those posts. I still enjoy sex with my man! Although I will confess, this will be in the back of my mind during tonights lovemakin session
Wondering who I can pursuade to buy me this.... I would die.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday Funday
Yesterday, we did it in the ocean. Gotta switch it up, ya know?
...8 days til O.
ps - Sex in the ocean is WAY better than sex on the beach. You don´t get sand all up in your crevices.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Checklist
[ X ] Kick the pill (or any type of birth control)
[ X ] Figure out when you’re ovulating August 11th
[ ] Learn to record cervicalmucus texture i´ve read about it...
[ X ] Read up on conception and ovulation basics lol
[ X ] Potential daddies -- stayout of Jacuzzis it´s too damn hot for a jacuzzi anyways!
[ X ] Consider charting basal body temperature I considered it, but not going to just yet.
[ X ] Potential daddies -- trade in the briefs for boxers
[ ] Think about an ovulation predictor kit i want some, but have to find them - def. not at Wal Mart.
[ X ] Have sex!
[ X ] Lose the lube
[ X ] Find the right position
[ X ] Spice it up in the bedroom
Diet & fitness
[ ] Work on getting any weight problems under control Haha
[ X ] If either of you smoke,quit go me! i did that a whiiile back
[ X ] Get on prenatal vitamins
[ ] Balance out your diet working on it, getting better anyways
[ X ] Get moving
[ X ] Start weaning yourself off alcohol
[ X ] Begin limiting the lattes i am gonna miss me some red bull : ((
[ X ] Scale back on extreme exercise no prob
[ ] Decrease your stress
[ X ] Get plenty of sleep
[ X ] Potential daddies -- avoid cottonseed oils ???
Doctors, tests & checkups
[ ] Interview OB/GYNS - I called, just have to make the citas
[ ] Schedule a preconception checkup
[ X ] Make a list of preconception checkup questions
[ ] Discuss your (and your partner’s) medical history with the doc
[ X ] Get immunized
[ ] Visit the dentist
[ ] Talk to your doc about genetic testing
Money & Home
[ X ] Talk it out -- make sure you and your partner are on the same baby-making page
[ X ] Check your home for harsh chemicals and asbestos it´s new!
[ X ] Check out your health insurance Unfortunately... not applicable
[ ] If you’re self-employed,apply for private disability
[ X ] Plan a baby budget We have a nice lil savings for baby Franco
Entry # 1
So a little background...
We, or I rather, got pregnant unexpectedly back in 2006. Then again right before we got married in 2008. Both resulted in missed miscarriages and that is enough about that.
Now, we are married, have a house of our own, and I guess are as ¨stable¨as we ever will be. This is the house (pre-flowers and garden work by yours truly)...
We want to fill it with little Mexican babies!!!
So here´s the game plan. I went home to Texas in June and bought prenatal vitamins. Been on them ever since. Going to pick up folic acid tonight, even though i have said that for two weeks. Aunt Flow came to town Monday, after an ever so fitting shitaeous Sunday, and has yet to leave. I give her another couple days. I took my last birth control pill like Friday of last week. Soon as the witch leaves, we have a short wait. Then the FWP week begins, but I am not just going to limit it to a just a lil ole week. This means F*ck With a Purpose, btw. I will also be partaking in making something edible out of pineapple core. You are supposed to buy a pineapple the week of ovulation, cut it into 5 portions and eat one piece everyday starting the day after you O to help with implantation. It contains bromelain - google for more info. Next comes the 2 week wait to see if your FWPing paid off. I purchased a box of 3 pee sticks at Target and am really hoping that will be all I need. I feel confident about this time around and pray that the 3rd time will be a charm. Wish me luck!
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About Me
- Katie
- ♥ I took my first breath July 23, 1986. My name is Katherine, but everyone knows me as Katie. I am married to a wonderful man. I took his last name on March 15, 2008. I currently live in Cancun, Mexico, which has been my greatest adventure to date. And this is our story about trying to make a baby after two unsuccessful tries. The end. ♥