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23 Weeks

So I currently have the stomach flu, or what has been posted at work as the rotavirus. We have decided to name the baby Camden Micheal. I'd seen the name in High School, yay for class mates (college/CBC). And I'd heard it again recently. We were going to name him Noah originally if it was a boy but my co-worker is using that name.

So at my last Dr appointment they asked me if I felt at least 10 movements a day and honestly I hadn't been counting them but I knew I felt him frequently.

He is getting bigger and stronger. Last night I was watching "due date" with the hubby and he was giving some strong kicks, strong enough to move my hand. I got to feel two and he did one for Dustin. Dustin maintains the kick that he felt when he was playing with my belly and poking my belly button, probably annoying the baby, was the strongest he has felt.

The nursery is coming along. The walls are painted a gorgeous green, the crib is up, minus the bedding and mattress, the hubby is working on fixing and re-doing a dresser and I am currently searching for a changing table.

I have to say my least favorite thing about being pregnant is find clothes that fit. Dresses look like moo-moo's, and I can never seem to find my size. I'm trying to find a reasonably priced dress for the eod memorial ball and my baby shower in WA.

I have to say I have some pretty amazing people in my life that are willing to help pay for us, the hubby, baby and I to travel to WA AND throw us a baby shower. I am blessed, and very very appreciative of the wonderful people in my life.

Well this is me rambling. I hope all is well with those who read my blog. :)

what we made for the baby shower. :)

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15 Weeks

So Dustin is back at his class in Al. Which leaves me to fend for myself, which is easier since the pregnancy fatigue has gone away for the most part. Don't get me wrong, at the end of the night I am happy to have my milk, and snack and go to bed. But I'm not dying to be in bed by 7:30pm.

We are going to get an ultrasound on Jan 29th to try to determine what we are going to have. I originally wanted it to be a surprise but after the miscarriage that kind of went out the window, can't really explain why, but it did. Not to mention that the room we are going to use as the "nursery" is purple. I'm not really thrilled about putting a boy in a purple room, if it is a boy. It makes me think of ceaser dying because he wore purple.

I am super excited about the ultrasound because they are going to be able to do a live stream of the 3d/4d ultrasound on the internet so some of our family and friends will be able to see it live. I love technology. As the days go on I get more and more excited for baby bug to be here. I am pretty dead set on names, but I will reveal those when bug has made their debut.

I am very homesick. I love my friends here and my hubby, but some things in life you just want your mom there for, or your friends that you have known forever. I also miss my dad and brother tons.

Well that is al I have for now.

Is it what I think it was?

So I was lounging on our couch, think I might have a cold, listening to Dustin play X-box and playing on the computer (not directly on my lap, on a pillow so I don't overheat the baby) and I felt something weird. What I think I felt was the baby move, it felt like a internal tickle that was on my right side by my belly button. It wasn't gas.

So then I tell Dustin I think I felt the baby move, so I got online to see if you can feel the baby move. I know it's only a few ounces and about 3 inches but.. it was the weirdest thing..

what do you think? baby move or me just being crazy?

Been waiting a while to make this post

I've been waiting to do this post FOREVER!! So at my Dr appointment I told the Dr that there was a small possibility that I could be pregnant, so we postponed the tests that he wanted to do before he started me on clomid.

So on Oct 17th, 10 days before my missed period I decided I'd take a test. I got a box of 4 so I'd try again in a few days. I didn't feel pregnant, but I just had a feeling. And the test came out positive!!1 I was so excited I ran into the bed, flipped on the light, and scared the daylights out of Dustin. Then I thrust the pregnancy test in his face. He was trying to figure out what I was shoving in his face, then he realized what it was and that I had just peed on it. All that left his mind when he realized what it said.

So here we are 12 weeks and few days pregnant and over the moon. We had a little bit of a scare in the begining of Nov, but baby bug is doing great. :)

I have had morning sickness, but it made me super happy because it ment the baby was doing what they were supposed to be doing. Only other scare I had was when I got the stomach flu. Dustin called the Dr for me and they told him it was morning sickness progressing along. I knew this was not the case because the vomiting was more violent... I would stand there until my body forced something to come up.. and then after dustin picked up my perscription did the other symptoms start. I was grateful to get the anti nausea meds though, they helped me get over hte bug faster. At work people had it for 3-5 days and some of the kid's parents ended up in the hospital.

My one continual food aversion is mashed potatoes. Doesn't matter how they are done, seasoned, or with gravy.. I can't stand them. This makes me sad. I also hate chocolate 1/2 the time.

We are planning on finding out what we are having, I wanted it to be a surprise but after what happened last time, I have changed my mind. Not really sure why, but I want to know.

Hate playing the waiting game

So I have finally given in and went to the doctor. Ok let me back track a little bit. Since my miscarriage I have not had a regular period cycle. Meaning I wasn't regular at all. For instance I started my period Aug 3rd 2010 on day 27 of my cycle and I started my period on day 45, Sept 17 2010. So I went in and asked them to do blood work because something is off. I went in April, to the base dr, and they said that they didn't want to blood tests it was to soon after the miscarriage and that my body hadn't regulated itself yet. They also said that the only thing they could do for me was perscribe me birth control to help regulate my cycle.

I hate birth control, I hate how it makes me feel and I hate that it can make me emotionally unstable.

So I went to the doctor on the 13th, where I explained my situation, and I had been in there 2 times previously with in 30 days, one I was sick and the other was a yearly female appointment. I love my doctor, she listens to me and I feel like I'm heard, not treated like I am an idiot. I also mentioned to her about what the dr on base told me. She gave me this look like that doctor was stupid. She even asked why in the world would he do that, if you want to get pregnant why wouldn't have give you something to help you ovulate?"

So they took my blood, about 6 vials to be exact, and tested a bunch of diffrent things; thyroid, progesterone levels, blood sugar, for anemia, pregnancy and a few others that I can't remember. So I am waiting for the results, which is driving me crazy because I want answers, I want something where I can say oooo that makes sense. And then we can figure out what the next step is. The doctor said she would call me when she got all of the results and I asked when that could be, she said some of the results she would get that day and the others would take about a week.

Best case it's my thyroid. If it's not my thyroid I will be refered to an ob/gyn, and looking a possibly getting an ultrasound to see if something is going on. My doctor was fishing for cysts but I told her that I had zero pain, wasn't tender to the touch etc.

So now it's hurry up and wait. Blah.