Ouch!

That is how I've been feeling allll morning. Lower abdominal pain and low back pain. This baby needs to take a break on its "growth spurt".

I did my reading a day early today (since I don't feel like doing much else) from my 2 pregnancy books and the one mentioned that if you are measuring ahead during this timeframe (I am --by a week) that it could indicate that the baby has hydrocephalus. Ok...enough reading for now.

Had another OB appt today. Still have been having pain off and on so they sent my urine off to be checked for a UTI again just to be sure. Dr.  L also checked my cervix (b/c of the pain issue) and it is still closed and long (normal). He said to keep calling if I have continue to have issues.

Checked the babys heart rate with the doppler and it was ranging between 146 to 152. He said he/she was moving around. :) Blood pressure was better than it was Sunday night...110/70 today.

I also gained 1.5 pounds since my last appt and that is all I've gained total for this pregnancy. He said he was ok with it as long as I am measuring fine....and...I am measuring a week ahead. He's not changing my due date though since I can measure ahead at one appt and be right on track at the next one.

Ultrasound (and next appt) to measure baby and find out the gender is tentatively scheduled for August 26th at 3pm. Andy is trying to get that afternoon off so the appt could change to a different day that week depending on Andy's work schedule. :)

Had our first baby related scare tonight.

I've been having lower abdominal pain since late last night that was mostly unrelieved with water and rest. About 6:30pm tonight I decided to call the after hours number for my doctors office. I explained what was happening and instead of having me talk to the nurse she connected me with the on call OB. Yikes!

He decided that I should be safe and just go to Dupont and get checked out. So off we went. Got to the ER and they decided that I was far enough along that they would rather me go to OB so upstairs they took me to OB triage. They had me pee in cup to send to the lab to see if I had a UTI. Then they found the baby's heartbeat right away with the doppler. :) 150 tonight. Took my blood pressure...which was high for me so I'll be mentioning it at my appt on Thursday and left me alone while they waited on the lab results. Turns out I didn't have a UTI which was good. The OB nurse then checked my cervix (ouch-pressure!) and said I was not dilated..whew! She said it is just growing pain and will happen whenever the baby is going through a growth spurt. So back home we went. :) We were in and out in about an hour. Very happy that everything is ok.

Better to be safe than sorry they kept saying.

Quick vent of the day:  (don't read if you don't want to...it is a bit immature but I had to get it out!)

Kelly is having her ultrasound next week to find out if the baby is a boy or girl...she will be 18weeks. We go to the exact same practice but see different doctors. Why do I have to wait til 22 weeks (like my doctor requested) and she gets to find out next week??!! I think I'm the only one who has to wait past 20 weeks...almost everyone I've talked to finds out in the 18-20 week range.

Her pregnancy just strikes a nerve with me for some reason and I am happy for her but they've copied us on everything. Got married less than 3 months after us, picked the same bedroom furniture as us, got pregnant right after us (after trying for 2-3weeks) and are now due 5 days after me! At least we don't have the same taste in baby names! Good lord!

Sorry that I sound like a spoiled brat! If this were a friend who was due at the same time I would be overjoyed and excited to share it but I think since its family I am just being a brat...so sorry to be so cranky but Andy completely does not understand why this all annoys me.

But on a completely happy note....baby has been kicking me! I swear to god he/she is even though Andy thinks I'm crazy! Also saw on thebump.com someone talking about a onesie that says "Doctor,  not Diva" ...gotta find it and buy it if we are having a girl!

Some have been wondering what our travel system looks like so I'm posting a picture of it since it's not on the registry anymore since we bought it a month or so ago. :) We went with a travel system since you save $60 (with this brand) by buying the pieces together instead of separately...the only con is there are limited colors that way. The brand is the highest in safety ratings also. :) We got it so soon because I watch the sales like a hawk! ..plus I had additional coupons to use on it. Love Babies R Us...those who say it's expensive must not have the free rewards R us card/coupon thing that goes on your keychain! Oh and..Please Vote in the poll on the right!

Sorry for the lack of blogging this week. I've just been depressed/stressed/frustrated for multiple reasons. Don't want to bring everybody down with my bad moods!

Baby Coak has been baking for 4 months now! :)

Pictures of our nursery furniture that we want. :) We don't have enough room in that tiny bedroom for both a changing table and a dresser so we are going with a combo unit. :) Both pieces are from the same collection and have a cherry finish...which we didn't think we would like so we stayed away from it at first! We haven't bought either piece yet. The crib is a sleigh crib (the ends are rounded/slanted) which gives it a unique look since most cribs just have straight ends. (and no that is not the bedding we picked for a girl)

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Pregnancy: almost 15 weeks

Weight Gain: zero..had lost weight between the 6 week and 10 week appt but am now back to where I started ...and yes Dr.L said that is perfectly fine as long as the belly measures the right amount of centimeters for that week

Sleep: not so great...up every 2-3ish hours

Gender: not sure yet

Name: Giselle Grace or Austin Jacob

Feeling: still nauseous in the evening; headaches several times a week

Cravings: not really...eating a lot of strawberries

Health: good :)

Movement: I havent felt any yet...Dr. L said I should start feeling him/her around 18-22 wks

Belly: measuring exactly on schedule

Current Medications: Zofran, prenatal vitamin, and DHA supplement for brain & eyes

Next Appointment: July 29th

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Baby's heart rate was 154 today on the doppler. :) Belly is measuring on track.

Thought I might be able to find out the gender at the next appt but Dr.L (and most of the other docs in the office) don't do the anatomy (organ/bone measurements) & gender ultrasound til 22-24 weeks. He said he may do a quick US if he has time at my next appt which will be 18w4d to find out the gender but it would be too early to do the other measurements. Otherwise we won't know til the end of August. Crazy!

Next appt is July 29th.