last night we made our baby news public by putting it on facebook! it was really fun to see all the congratulations and happy comments from people who support us and love us. it's also nice now that everyone knows the big news AND that my morning sickness is pretty much gone! yay!
now we just have to work on finding the right person to be in the delivery room with us. I have been reading a lot about different birth stories and I think that we have decided to go with a midwife for the birth of our baby. we saw a general doctor, a perinatologist and an OB/Gyn and I haven't met with the midwife yet but I did get to talk to one on the phone and I think that my idea of how I want the birth to be closely matches what they do. I'm excited to meet with them!
we're still working on finding jobs and saving money so hopefully things keep looking up!
xo, Paula
P.S. 14 weeks on friday!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
i live in a nest of blankets this week
okay so today marks day 3 of feeling gross and not leaving the apartment. well I guess it's day 2.5 because on tuesday I did get up early and drive to maple grove to clean one house (where I felt awful and had to sit down on a bed upstairs while I was supposed to be dusting) but then I went home and napped until it was time to go to family fun night at my aunt's house. I admit I was feeling a bit better at family fun night but I just can't get rid of this awful cough.
yesterday I didn't even bother to change out of my jammies - it was bad. I was in bed all day until I moved to the living room for a change of scenery and to watch a movie and then it was back to bed for this girl. this morning I woke up still feeling gross and not having slept well from coughing all night plus a headache convinced me that I better stay home and try to shake this awful, energy-sucking cold vs. bundling up on the coldest day of the winter season so far and trying to clean two houses.
it has been really hard cause we really need the money but I can hardly stand the thought of having to "get ready" much less get on my hands and knees and start scrubbing floors.
pretty sure if I wasn't pregnant my bosses would've let me go by now. I've missed a fair amount of work but I honestly don't know what to do when I feel awful like this. it's not like I'm at the mall shopping or out having lunch with friends. it's frustrating cause I feel like I need to justify myself for staying home sick and not pulling it together somehow and going to work - especially right now with Eric being laid off too. I think the anxiety is getting to me while I sit here stewing in my nest of blankets. I've been trying to keep it away but as I'm writing this I can sense it creeping in.
SIDE NOTE: if anyone reading this is a billionaire would you mind donating money to us so that we can pay off all our debts and I can stay home and not have to worry? thanks! that'd be great!
anyway, Eric has had several interviews which is encouraging but we have also decided that we are going to move to a 2 bedroom apartment in a different complex. it will be cheaper which is good but we have to move in april so I'll be 6 months pregnant and we were really, really hoping that the next time we moved it would be into a house but since Eric got laid off that's no longer an option. we've been at our current place for 2 years now and I really love it here so it's going to suck to have to move to another temporary living situation.
(exhausted face) isn't it crazy when you're sick you can do nothing and still feel exhausted? well I guess that's enough sharing for now. baby is doing well! we have our first appointment with the obstetrician on monday! send up some prayers if you think of us! xo Paula
yesterday I didn't even bother to change out of my jammies - it was bad. I was in bed all day until I moved to the living room for a change of scenery and to watch a movie and then it was back to bed for this girl. this morning I woke up still feeling gross and not having slept well from coughing all night plus a headache convinced me that I better stay home and try to shake this awful, energy-sucking cold vs. bundling up on the coldest day of the winter season so far and trying to clean two houses.
it has been really hard cause we really need the money but I can hardly stand the thought of having to "get ready" much less get on my hands and knees and start scrubbing floors.
pretty sure if I wasn't pregnant my bosses would've let me go by now. I've missed a fair amount of work but I honestly don't know what to do when I feel awful like this. it's not like I'm at the mall shopping or out having lunch with friends. it's frustrating cause I feel like I need to justify myself for staying home sick and not pulling it together somehow and going to work - especially right now with Eric being laid off too. I think the anxiety is getting to me while I sit here stewing in my nest of blankets. I've been trying to keep it away but as I'm writing this I can sense it creeping in.
SIDE NOTE: if anyone reading this is a billionaire would you mind donating money to us so that we can pay off all our debts and I can stay home and not have to worry? thanks! that'd be great!
anyway, Eric has had several interviews which is encouraging but we have also decided that we are going to move to a 2 bedroom apartment in a different complex. it will be cheaper which is good but we have to move in april so I'll be 6 months pregnant and we were really, really hoping that the next time we moved it would be into a house but since Eric got laid off that's no longer an option. we've been at our current place for 2 years now and I really love it here so it's going to suck to have to move to another temporary living situation.
(exhausted face) isn't it crazy when you're sick you can do nothing and still feel exhausted? well I guess that's enough sharing for now. baby is doing well! we have our first appointment with the obstetrician on monday! send up some prayers if you think of us! xo Paula
Thursday, January 12, 2012
second ultrasound
today Eric and I went in to see the perinatologist and have our second
ultrasound to make sure everything is going well with the blood
thinners. the first time I went I had an ultrasound but I couldn't
really see anything beside what looked like a little lima bean. this
time it looked like a real baby and it is super cute! everything is
measuring normal and looking fine so hopefully things keep going well! here are some pics from today!
Super exciting!! xo Paula
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| Baby Palen! |
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| I think it looks like the baby's smiling in this one :) |
Monday, January 9, 2012
sick of feeling sick
everyday I wake up hoping that I won't feel sick. so far it hasn't happened. some days are better than others and today is a particularly worse day. I have only thrown up twice (throughout everything so far) but it's that yucky in between stage when you just feel like you're going to throw up but never do - that's how I feel! gross. hopefully it will be over soon. most people say they started feeling better around 14 weeks which means that maybe by the end of January I'll feel better. we'll have to wait and see.
in more exciting news we got to hear our baby's heartbeat last Friday at my first OB appt! that made it seem a lot more real since I have only been feeling sick and bloated - it was fun to have something positive happen for a change. other than that we heard all about genetic testing we could have done but we've decided that we don't want to do it cause it sounds invasive and we're keeping this baby no matter what! now we are trying to find an OB who works with higher risk pregnancies because of my blood clotting disorder. I have been giving myself the injections of blood thinner every evening (or rather Eric has been giving them to me cause I can't stick myself without being weirded out) and they sting!!
now we are just praying that Eric can find a new job and we can start putting away some money. so that's pretty much all the updates for now I will include some belly pictures next time too - even though there still isn't anything to see yet! one of these days I'm hoping that I pop!
in more exciting news we got to hear our baby's heartbeat last Friday at my first OB appt! that made it seem a lot more real since I have only been feeling sick and bloated - it was fun to have something positive happen for a change. other than that we heard all about genetic testing we could have done but we've decided that we don't want to do it cause it sounds invasive and we're keeping this baby no matter what! now we are trying to find an OB who works with higher risk pregnancies because of my blood clotting disorder. I have been giving myself the injections of blood thinner every evening (or rather Eric has been giving them to me cause I can't stick myself without being weirded out) and they sting!!
now we are just praying that Eric can find a new job and we can start putting away some money. so that's pretty much all the updates for now I will include some belly pictures next time too - even though there still isn't anything to see yet! one of these days I'm hoping that I pop!
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