What a pain

I should have known that my "uneventful" pregnancy would take a turn. Don't they always? Monday night I started feeling this weird burning pain on the top half of my belly. I wrote it off as eating late and possible intigestion and went to bed. I was up all night long, tossing and turning. It hurt to sleep on either side and I obviously can't sleep on my stomach or my back. So Tuesday I figured I would try to take some Miralax and see if it was a "back up" issue, well that wasnt the problem. I took some GasX, nope, not the problem. My stomach was hurting more and more. It especially hurts while standing or sitting straight up. I put a call into my Dr's office yesterday...on her day off, of course. The "on call" Dr told me to take a previcid and some mylanta and see if that works. Well, i had neither in the house, Wes was in Springfield on buisness, and the girls were sleeping. I waited till about 7pm thinking I would somehow outgrow the pain and I broke down and asked Wes to come home. I am a bit nervous since this isn't going away. i have an appt today to see my ob, but i have a feeling they will assume it's gas or constipation. I know this is not normal. It shouldnt hurt to walk or stand. I should have this sharp burning pain at all. I am praying for some sort of relief. I was just in the hospital for cramping/contractions. They are going to think I am a hypochondriac. I know Wes's parents feel that I am constantly having issues. i hate hate worrying about what other people think, but it's hard when youv'e been told that pregnancy dosnt "agree" with you or "thank God this is your last"... i know my body, and I deffinitly know what is not normal, and this is one of those things. Ill update once I get an answer.

Life gets in the way

It has been almost 2 months since my last entry. We have been so overwhelmed with life and all thats going on that I have basically put most things on the backburner. We were in New York for almost 2 weeks and that was such a nice relaxing vacation. The girls had so much fun in the snow and being able to play and see G-ma Chele and PePaw. Makes me miss my family that much more. While visiting I somehow came down with a wicked cold, well that was 3.5 weeks ago and I am still suffering with no end in sight. I was on a zpak, mucinex, sudafed, robitussin, vicks, tylenol cold, and now amoxicillin. We are hoping that the amoxicillin will do something and end this misery. I have also foun d such relief in Afrin nasal spray. Only proble is that you cannot use it for more than 3 days. WHAT??? This cold has lasted almost a month and I finally find something that allows me to breathe and you say I can't take it anymore. Damn!! It literally takes me from complete congestion, not being able to talk or catch my breathe to pure nasal heaven. I will have to investigate further as to why it only has a 3 day limit. In Baby news, I am currently 29.5 weeks and into my 3rd trimester. With only 10 or less weeks to go, we still have a great deal of stuff to buy and to get done. I was unfortunatly hospitalized last night due to major cramping and lower backpain. We could figure out what was the cause but I have been cram free all day, and now have an arsenal of meds on hand to ward off any upcoming pre term labor issues. We have yet to tell family of our name choice for our little boy, and I think it will probably be held off until he is born. Less stress that way. My Birthday is next week and my sister is flying in to spend the week with me. Wes will be in Vegas for work, so it will be nice to have someone here to help me with the girls and just keep me company. We will conclude the BdaY week with a dinner at RA ( my favorite sushi resturant) and all my closest friends will be joining! That is basically my last 2 months in a nutshell. I will make more of an effort to update!!

Belly shots

18weeks

19weeks

20weeks

21weeks

Sweet Baby Boy

That's right, after two beautiful daughter we are thrilled to announce we are having a BOY!!!!

From day one I knew I was carrying a boy. I was right with both girls, I mean how could I be wrong?? haha. Most people we know thought boy as well. Im not sure if it was wishful thinking or intuition but almost everyone was right. We got to the appointment right on time and of course had to wait, I with an overfilled bladder. That part is never fun. We got called back by one of the sonographers(never had this one before). We got in the room and lights went off and away we were. We started with the head and worked our way down. I could tell Wes was getting antsy, but I would rather make sure of a healthy baby first and then find our the gender last, Wes... not so much. He would rather eat dessert before dinner. She was somewhere on his stomach when boom, she moved the wand quickly and said, "IT'S A BOY"!!!!! What? I wasnt ready, we were looking at his tummy, haha. So then she let us see the "goods". Wes was shocked, but I knew, so just enjoyed the moment. A trillion thoughts crossed through my head and at that point the rest of the scan was a blur. Good thing we got the important stuff out of the way first.

Baby Boy is measuring at 20wks 3 days, so slightly behind 21 weeks.Weight is 14 oz. Dr said thats ok. I finally gained weight, a whopping 3 pounds! haha, Dr said thats ok too!! We have been cleared for travel and now I can sit back and enjoy the upcoming Holidays!! We are soooooo BLESSED!!! Our family is complete!!

2nd Tri Belly pic's

17 weeks

16 weeks

15 weeks

14 weeks

12 weeks

Next appointment is the BIG one!!! November 17th at 9:30, we will find out boy/girl!

Pumpkin Patch

We headed out for our annual Pumpkin Patch trip today. Granted, it was about 80 degrees and blaring sun but we all had a great time. Wes's two sisters joined us with their little ones and all the cousins were able to play and enjoy the fun together. We were about 1/2 done with our day and my stupid camera battery died, i was sooooo flippin mad. I was able to use my phone to take some shots and Wes's sister Nancy took some with her camera. The girls picked out pumpkins, we ate funnel cake, snow cones, and caramel apples. We are all so worn out, and just ready to curl up on the couch and relax. Here are some pictures of our excursion and also of the stupid scarecrow I had to buy at Home Depot. I am regretting that decision more and more. Every time I walk by our front door or a window I jump half a mile thinking it is someone standing in my front yard. Seriously?? haha

Wave of Light

This is in honor of the child I never got to hold, see, or meet. You forever changed my life and we were blessed to have you as long as we did. 5/10/10