BABY

Its been so long!!

2011-05-03T10:33:00.000-07:00

So, my little man is not so little anymore.. Hes walking now and is such a great kid. Hes not talking much but he does sign things.

Here are a few pics of my handsome devil :)

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-23T22:02:00.000-08:00

I have no idea why that picture looks crooked.. Oh well.. Merry Christmas everyone.. !!!

Wordless Wednesday ( few hours early)

2010-11-30T20:18:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2010

2010-10-29T22:18:00.000-07:00

This is our little mans first Halloween.. this is what he is going to be.. :)

Just pictures.

2010-10-18T22:20:00.001-07:00

******* And no his eyes were not touched up.. They really are that gorgeous!!!!!!!!!***********

6 month old

2010-10-11T22:56:00.000-07:00

Beautiful and just a wonderful child :) cannot imagine life without him now.

4 months..

2010-07-21T20:52:00.000-07:00

4 months old.. crazy it goes so fast..

I quit my job and am staying at home. I cannot imagine sending him to daycare this early!! And I am so glad that I dont have too..

Will post more again soon.. we are working on sleep training right now .

3 months old

2010-06-22T17:07:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe that he is already 3 months old!!! He is such a ham with the camera. Talks alot too.. I think he is trying to up his sister!!!

His first Mickey Ears. We took him to Disney.land last week . He did awesome~ did Small world, Peter Pan and Pirates with no problems. He lived in the sling on me, or in his carseat while we walked the millions of miles!!

Piglet tastes good!!!

Woody is invading his personal space!!!

Chilling in the sling in DL.

One month already!!!

2010-04-15T12:28:00.000-07:00

I had a nice little post already written but when I went to do the pics it magically disappeared. Charlie is doing fantastic! He is a great little boy and I think he is going to be a happy little boy.
His last weigh in was last Monday and he is 8 lbs 6 oz. He gained almost 2 pounds in close to 2 weeks.

Charlie smiling

Charlie was 8 days old in these pictures. Love the one that he is attacking my moms hand!!!

Charlie is here!,

2010-03-22T15:31:00.000-07:00

Well, I have been a bit busy the last week, but our little guy came on march 12th at 3:39 pm. He was 6lbs 14 oz and 19.5 inches long. I was in labor for 23 hours ( thats the time from when they inserted the Cer.vadil to when I delivered Charlie. Coming home from the hospital

My cool baby boy.. Loves his pacifier and his hands!

Handsome man :)

OK.. so now my lovely birth story. My mom got here on the 7th of March. I was originally due on the 4th. The 4th came and went with no dialation or anything, Charlie was still very high in my pelvis, so I was sure that we would be waiting until my mother was here.,which now I am very happy that Charlie waited until she was here.

Anyways, at my appointment on the 3rd the doctor set me up with one more appointment on the 10th and induction on the 11th in the evening if no progress was seen.

So my mom got her on the 7th.. that night I started having contractions about 10-12 minutes apart. I woke up the next morning to some leakage. I thought that my water had broken so we went to L&D to be checked. Turned out my water had not broken and I was still dialated at only a 1. I had been a 1 since my last appoinment the week prior. So needless to say I was disappointed that I hadn't progressed more. Doctor sent me to have a sonogram to check out Charlie since he was overdue. He was fine, heart was good , fluid was good etc. So they sent me home.

I continued to have contractions, not horribly painful around 6-10 minutes apart monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday when my mother and I went to the doctor , my contractions were a steady 6 minutes apart. The doc checked me and I was still a damn 1!
We set up the induction time for Thursday the 11th. I would go in at 4:30pm and they would place the cerv.adil, and my cervix would "ripen" over night and then start pi.tocin in the morning.

So after the doctor appointment my contractions went to 3-5 minutes apart all night and throughout thursday morning. Thursday morning I lost my mucous plug and had some bloody show. My mom, a neonatal nurse practitioner wanted me to call L&D and see if they wanted me to go in since my contractions were so close, L&D told me to eat a light lunch and then come on in.

We got to L&D around 1:30 on thursday afternoon. They checked me and to my disappointment I was still only a 1. They kept me anyways because I was due to check in @ 4:30 anyways that night so I stayed. They placed the cer.vadil ( a long tape like stuff) around 4:30 and said they wouldnt check me til morning since Cer.vadil diesnt cause contractions or anything,,, yeah sure..

So, my mom went home to be with our little girl and E stayed with me. We ate dinner and tried to relax. around 8pm my contractions started to go to 2 minutes apart steadily. The nurses still refused to check me, until around 1 am when Charlies heart rate drops and they start really paying attention to me. I was in alot of pain and it was not paid attention too ( in my opinion). They finally checked me at 2 am after my mom was called and brought in because we were scared about Charlies heart rate. They checked me and I was a 2-3 !!! I was so upset. The nurses gave me some Sta.dol which calmed me but did nothing for the pain, and just made me have lucid visions. I dreamt of Alice in Wonderland, mushrooms, purple everything. I got 2 injections of that, and they increased my fluids.

Around 4 am I was in alot of pain and the head nurse had them take out the cerv.adil, and got me set up for my epid.eral. Once they took the cerva.dil out, my contractions were still 2-3 minutes apart but nothing as painful as they were. So I think I had a allergic reaction to the Cerv.adil.

I still got my epi about an hour later, and even though the anesthesiologist had to do the epi twice since the first one didnt work, I still loved it. I even had tachycardia because of the medication for a short time. My heart rate was 150 for around 20 minutes when the medication first took effect, but it steadied in about 20 minutes.

After the epi, i was able to rest, and they started the pito.cin. my contractions went to extreme contractions every minute apart but all i could feel was the pressure. No pain. I could feel my legs but only pressure on them.

So, when nurses changed, at 7 am I was a 3-4. They didnt check me again for a few hours when Charlies heart rate dropped again. At 11 am I was a 9. I started to push around 1 pm and Charlie was born at 3:39 pm.

Charlie was born with his cord wrapped around his neck very tightly twice so the doctor had to cut it.

When he was put on my chest he was purple, limp and not breathing. They took him to the warming bed and the NICU nurses took over. He started breathing right away buy never cried out loudly. They ended up letting me see him for about 2 minutes after he started improving, and then they took him to NICU for observation. His tone was low and they wanted to watch hiim.

I got to go see him in NICU after about 2 hours and was able to breast feed him. NICU said as long as he latched on they would let him room with me after the observation time. Charlie latched on like a chamo with no changes to his vital signs, so he got to room with me around 8 om that night,

My doc released me the next day, but Charlie needed to stay one more night so I also stayed.

when we left on Sunday morning he was given a great bill of health. Slightly jaundiced but doing well.

We have been doing well. He is a great baby, and so handsome.

His doc appointment on wednesday he was back to 6 lbs 13 oz. when he left the hospital he was 6 lbs 10 oz,

He eats like a champ and is starting to "talk" already,,, such a blessing to have, :)

I have to end now because I am typing one handed since my guy is on my chest, :)

Still Pregnant

2010-03-05T16:18:00.000-08:00

I am 40weeks 1 day today and still pregnant. Doc checked me on Wednesday and cervix was still closed and short, and baby is at a -2 position. So I still have a ways to go. Been sitting on the birthing ball to try to bring baby down a bit more.
I am ready for him to be here.

Baby Shower- finally posting pics

2010-03-01T08:27:00.000-08:00

Bad glare but such a cute picture for Charlie :)

Me and Charlie's future girlfriend! :)

Ok it took me forever to download the pictures from the baby shower.. Since my little guy is looking like he is going to be either on his due date or later, I have a little time to do it.. and cannot use any excuses anymore :) So here we go: OH.. by the way.. some pics were taken by our creative 6 year old so they are from HER perspective :)

This is the baby shower cake.

36 weeks

2010-02-26T19:29:00.001-08:00

This is at my family baby shower. Not the best pic I know, very washed out.

Sent from my Iphone

39 weeks

2010-02-25T08:56:00.000-08:00

I have not been posting but everything is going well. Baby is getting big and thriving.. Just waiting for him to come.
We had a baby shower on January 31st, then I had one with my friends from my previous employer , and now my current employer.

Had a doctor appointment on Tuesday and still nothing. Baby is still high and no dilation, effacement or anything. My pelvis is still at nothing. They sent me for an ultrasound to make sure that the baby wasn't to big to fit in pelvis. He measures out to be 7 lbs 6 oz.. so he is a good healthy weight. Next week I guess will be the decision day, if he still has not dropped at all.
The doctor really had me scared for a while because he was thinking he was about 9 pounds already... and that really freaked me out.

I am due next thursday but am hoping the baby will stay put until the evening of the 7th as my mom will not be there until then. Now my MIL decided to go out of town tomorrow until the 7th so next week we will not no grandmother to watch our daughter if i go into labor next week..

The flashlight dance

2009-11-13T12:52:00.000-08:00

Ever put a flashlight to your belly ? Try it now if your baby is over 22 weeks. My little guy moved away from the light... think he turned away cause I could only get movement from him for a few seconds, it was cool though.
He is getting big. I am starting to look pregnant rather than just fat.

Anyone have a good bre.ast feeding book for me to look over? All of our classes though our hospital are all full or no longer available. go figure. I wanted to do a sibling one where they toured the hospital but with all the H1.N1 stuff they cancelled the tours until the flu season has subsided.
IN other note, thye changed the visitors policy at my hospital because of the H1.N1 too.. my daughter will not be allowed to come and see me or her baby brother unless they lift the restrictions.

IT"S A BOY

2009-11-05T14:04:00.000-08:00

I dont have any pictures to post but we found out our little one is going to be a little man. We are excited. I must admit I had a little bit of disappointment because I wanted to have another little girl to be able to dress up so cute and all.. but that only lasted around 10 minutes. I am looking forward to having a little boy because it will be a new adventure.
He looks good in the ultrasounds and they moved my due date up to March 4th instead of march 12. We shall see.

SO , now the next thing for me is... circumsIs0n. Anyone out there that reads this .. did you get it done to your son?I'm kind of on the fence with it. I think I am more closer to getting it done.. but have not completely decided yet.

16 W 6 d.

2009-09-30T21:01:00.001-07:00

Sorry I have been off here for a while. Everything is fine.. baby is fine. i heard the heartbeat at the last appointment, and am going in on the 5th for another appointment. Hoping to get an ultrasound for this one.. if so we may find out what the baby is. I'm excited and nervous.

I got sick last week and the doc took me off work for 4 days. I had the norovirus, also known as a horrible stomach bug. I lost 3 more pounds.. so now I have lost 6 pounds since I found out I was pregnant. Doc isn't worried since I wasn't a skinny minnie when I started this journey anyways.

Will update more maybe next week, but we are alos taking out little one to Disneyland, and we are telling her about the baby this next week too. :)

11 weeks today

2009-08-21T20:52:00.000-07:00

well, I am 11 weeks today. I am feeling good. I am still a bit tired but other than that I am doing good. No more nausea.. :) I am feeling some stretching feelings usually towards the end of the day, and I think that is just the baby getting bigger.
Our next appointment is Sept 8th and I am looking forward to hearing the heart beat. :)

Uck.. Colds in the summer are no fun

2009-08-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

I think I wore myself out the last few days because I now have a nasty cold. I started having a sore throat on Monday but thought it was the smoke from all the fires surrounding us. Well, now it's a full blown cold. Starting to go into my lungs today and making it hard to breathe today.

Think the fact that my mom was here on Monday and I stayed up til midnight and got up at 5 on Tuesday isnt helping. Then on Tuesday night I had to do some reports for work so stayed up til 12 and then Miss Mee's woke up at 5 again so I havent gotten much sleep at all. I called in sick for either the full day or partial day today, so I am going to sleep. sleep sleep.

First ultrasound. 8-10-09

2009-08-11T22:56:00.000-07:00

First ultrasound. 8-10-09

10 wk... correction.. 9 weeks 4 days

2009-08-11T22:38:00.000-07:00

We had our first appointment yesterday. She didn't try to find the heart beat because she says I am too early to be able to find it. ( i read up on it and it is probably because I am a big girl and it is hard for them to find it in big girls early on) But we did get to do a ultrasound.. ( internal one.. :O) and we saw the baby and the heart beating nice and strong. It is measuring 9weeks 4 days so my due date has changed from March 7th to March 12th.
Doc said everything looked good.. and she went over my family history which I dont have much of.. my family is pretty healthy// and then we talked about the donor history. What his profile indicated.
I will try to post the ultrasound pic as soon as I can figure out how to put it on here!
So we have another appointment on Sept 8th. Should be hearing the heart beat then. :)

10 Weeks.

2009-08-08T11:48:00.000-07:00

10 Weeks today. I feel good. I am tired alot and thirsty,, and must admit a bit moody, but overall I feel good. I think I am starting to show a bit and E does too.
We go to the doctor on Monday for our first OB appointment. So hopefully we will be able to see and hear the heartbeat. I'll post the pic of the ultra sound if I can .

7 weeks

2009-07-20T15:31:00.000-07:00

Well I am now 7 weeks. Not much really to say other than . my god when am I going to not feel like I am dragging all day long. My pants are getting a little tighter and I have not gained any weight. My mom got me all nervous that maybe I have twins in there since I did take Cl.0m.id. I just said thats mom.

I havent had much sickness but noticed that I do feel worse at night when I am tired and especially after I take my pre-natal but i go straight to bed so it goes away ( or I just sleep through it).

3 more weeks until first appointment.

Evian babies.

2009-07-11T09:32:00.000-07:00

THIS IS SO CUTE!!!

Babies Babies everywhere.

2009-07-09T15:04:00.000-07:00

I met with some friends from my last employer today for Sushi, and it was great. Ever since I started working there, we pretty much talked about having babies the whole time. well I am number four of the original four to get pregnant, and we also had another friend come in and work with us a bit later who is also pregnant now. 3 out of the four have girls. I'm thinking my luck of having a girl may be a little slim ,, what do you think? I know that the people around me do not determine the sex of the baby but it seems quite unreal if all 4 of us have baby girls. Oh well if I have a boy he will have lots of girlfriends to play with :)
the babies are going to be well spread out in ages too. one is 3 months, one is 3 weeks, one is due in 3 weeks and mine due in 9 months. so they will be close in age. It's going to be fun,

5 weeks 3 days

2009-07-07T21:13:00.001-07:00

Today I felt great.. no real nausea.. and not as tired. I jsut can't believe I still have to wait 5 more weeks to see the doctor. I want to see the baby and see that it is developing normally. I know right now all we would see would be a little blob anyways. Just hope the 5 weeks go by kind of fast.
Think we are going to go to Disneyland in October and tell our daughter then. We were thinking of keeping it from her til Christmas but I am sure we cannot keep it from her that long. Plus I would like to have her go to the appointment in which we find out if the baby is a boy or girl and when we do the 3d/4d ultrasound.
So.. baby showers... do you just have one big one.. that is family and friends and work people.. oor do you do a work one. family one and friends one? I am thinking I should just do a big one to have everyone go all at the same time.

I am stillin shock.. excited too . :)

Thirsty

2009-07-06T12:26:00.001-07:00

I have been alot more thirsty the last few days. Like I could not get enough water. !!!

BTW- Please read

2009-07-04T19:56:00.000-07:00

Anyone who reads this.. please do not talk to me about it on Facebook, or Myspace( I'm never on myspace anyways) . Not planning on telling IRL for a while. THANKS :)

Shall I say more?

2009-07-04T19:34:00.000-07:00

I am 5 weeks today. I am thrilled, scared shitless and tired. Very tired. Does it stay this way forever!!!

Took a pregnancy test last Friday.. on the 26th and it was a BFN. I went to a party in San Francisco, and just tried to relax and forget about the test. On Sunday, E said "maybe we were just early.. lets test again" so sure enough on the 30th ( E's birthday) I tested with the digital ones ( one came out blank?????) and PREGNANT popped up pretty fast. I left the second one i took on the counter ( I got up at 6am to use the restroom and took it then. ) E went in there later to take a shower and saw it. I seriously did not even look because I was sure that it was going to be a negative anyways, and I was tired and wanted to go back to bed. So it was a nice surprise for E.

I went to the doctor to have my progesterone tested, and they of course did a blood pregnancy test. Came back positive ( phew) and my progesterone is fine. :) So our first visit is not until August.

All in all I have felt good. I am really tired.. feel like I could sleep for an additional 10 hours... and the heat really gets to me faster.. so I am thanking God for giving us such a nice summer here this year. Mid to upper 80's is heaven to me. :) Please keep it that way. :)

3dpi

2009-06-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

nothing realy to report other than a big bout of bloatedness.. going to the doc on the 16th for a progesterone test.. will tell me where my progesterone is at.

New News..

2009-06-13T09:09:00.000-07:00

Ok I am on CD 13 of my next cycle. That means that the last month was a negative. No pregnancy.. yet.

Now today I am CD13 but was positive OPK's on Thursday .. so we tried thursday night and friday afternoon. we shall see.

I had to take Clo.Mid this cycle to help my chances of ovulation.

Taking the tank back to Berkeley today. Hopefully the last time I have to see them:)

9 DPI

2009-05-07T20:52:00.001-07:00

Nothing yet. I am afraid to take a test because I don't want to see the negative sign. I have been bloated alot at night and have been having slight cramping feelings at night.

I just don't know.......

6 DPI

2009-05-04T21:40:00.000-07:00

It's been 6 days since our insemination. I feel bloated, and have a slight cramping feeling in my lower abdomen. I know that this can be all in my head but I am hoping that it is not.

Our donor is slightly new to the bank and does not have any pregnancies documented yet. Hoefully we are the 1st!!!!

I am going to try to post every day until I find out and then go from there.. so this will either be a conceiveing blog or a pregnancy blog... depending on how it goes. :) Positive thoughts right?