Movement

On saturday Dan felt the baby move for the first time. I was pretty surprised b/c we have been trying to get him to feel the baby for a month or more and nothing has happened.
We were lying down watching tv and he just randomly put his hand on my belly and he said he felt a kick! It was pretty light, so I didn't think of saying anything, but he said he could feel it. I'm wondering if the difference was that the movement was higher up on my belly and normally it's pretty low. Either way, not an earth-shattering event but still pretty cool :)

Weeks 24-25

Lots to talk about

• Dan and I went to a painting class this week to paint super hero paintings. If they turned out well, I wanted to hang them in the nursery...well, they did so we are now doing a super hero nursery!! However, i'm struggling a little bit b/c all of the sheets and other linens I picked out for the room is light colored and has zoo animals on it.... I'm having a hard time making the two things work. 
  
• I'm in the process of trying to decided on a quilt for the nursery. I actually came across some fabric on etsy that has super hero jungle animals on the print!! however, the woman doesn't have much of the fabric left and can't find more to order. so, no i'm struggling to decide what we can do with it. normally, i would just take the direction of the esty shop owner, but i'm not particularly a fan of her personal style - she just happens to have the fabric that I want. Here is the fabric i'm trying to work with

• This Sunday I will hit the 100 day mark :)
• This week we booked our daycare too. We decided on the learning edge out in oak creek. So far, I really like the place and the staff, I just don't like the price :( however, if you consider the hourly rate we are paying, it really isn't that much.
• Heartburn and indigestion are starting to kick in. it's not too painful yet, but it does seem to linger a while.
• It's becoming increasingly more difficult to sit. I'm having a lot of pain/pressure on my tailbone. Sometimes even sitting on a pillow hurts. Before I was pregnant I had a lot of pressure on my lower back and I could do this little trick in my chair to release it, but it not longer works.

Week 23

Well, I'm sick again with another sinus infection. I didn't even know I was sick until I started having the face pane. I called LaNette and she told me to go to the doc right away. She freaked me out a bit, to the point I started crying - that intern freaked out everybody else at work. I just ended up leaving, going to the doc an then took the rest of the day off. I hated using up another sick day but I really needed the rest. Luckily, it was a nice day. So, I'm on another round of 10 day antibiotics.

My tummy really grew this week! I even had my first growth spurt - and LaNette said it's normal around this time and i'll go through probably one more spurt. But everything looks great. Dan even says i looked bigger than when we left a week ago! The belly touching/talking has started and also seems to have simultaneously increased. However, it doesn't seem to bother me that much. Maybe it will when it happens for a while, but I think it's kind of cute right now.

I had my first real bought of uncomfortableness too. It was all in my lower abdomen - a lot of pressure. I wasn't sure, but it felt like he was laying deep in my pelvis, sideways. I like to call it "hammocking" :)
Well, during my apt this week, I found out I was right! Dan Jr is currently sitting transverse in my tummy, face up, with his head on my left side. Speaking of my apt, mom came with me this time - so she could meet LaNette. Everything seemed to go well. She even showed us the plans for her new place. It looks very cool!

Week 22

hmm..

I guess on Saturday I had my first (and probably last) chiropractic apt. It was the same usual crap I'm used it. However, this time it was pretty uncomfortable and I can imagine it's only going to get worse.

I also had a gripe this week b/c i'm officially dealing with Aurora and insurance companies again!!!!! I want to keep the details short since thinking about it stresses me out, but I got my bill from the US and it wasn't covered...about a $600 bill. So, now I'm in the process of tracking the insurance company and contact the US center...lame. I'm so glad I don't need to deal with this shit with the entire prenatal and birthing process.

My shower is moving along, Tiff volunteered to help my mom plan so that's super awesome. I think it's great she offered and it will help my mom out a lot. Also, she's a fellow party planner so I know she'll be good. Also, my mom sent out the invites this week and Tiff is listed as a co-host. I also got my first RSVP today too, from Jessie :)

Bleeding Gums

Really nothing to mention, but I just wanted to make sure that I log this for future reference.
On occasion I have noticed my gums bleeding when I brush my teeth in the morning and once when I was flossing at night. I went to the dentist about a week before I go pregnant and have another apt this july. So, she can check up on things then.

Week 21

Feeling good this week. However my tailbone has started to hurt when I'm sitting down. I'm not sure what it is yet, but I'm wondering if it has something to do when I fell and hurt it a few winters ago.
Tomorrow I have my first appointment with a chiropractor so I will probably bring that up with him. I've already done a consult and this first appt will be a full evaluation....so, we'll see!

Mom is sending out my babyshower invites this week :) I'm pretty excited. It should be a lot of fun. I know it's really hard to get people together in the summer, but I hope a lot of people can make it!!! Here's the invites she picked out. Mom really thinks that I should probably register at Target, but I don't really want to. But, when Dan is gone the first week of June mom and I will go and see if there are a few things I can find to register for there.

I really think my belly has gotten bigger! I feel it's grown a bunch just in the last couple days. But it could just be me and/or just be that Dan Jr is shifting around.

I also gained my first official pound this week (based on my pre pregnancy weight). That puts be behind the normal amount, but Dan Jr is growing just right so everything seems to be good :)

For my birthday mom gave me some cash to buy something fun. Well, I spent part of it on this!!

For his first holiday :)


We visited another daycare this week - Kindercare. Everyone tells me to stay the heck away from that place, but I really wanted to form my own opinion and/or really see why it would be so horrible. Well, it wasn't the monstrosity I expected, but it defiantly wasn't good. Overall, the center seemed very rundown. there was minimal toys/activities and what was there looks very very worn and dirty. The teachers didn't seem loving and caring. They also seemed dirty and there were just there to do a job and really didn't seem to love what they do. The only good thing I could say was that the director was very nice and she seemed genuine but that's about it. And to top it all off, this center was the most expensive out of all the places we've visited!!

Week 20

Nearly incredible weeks!

On Friday I took the day off and we went to the OB to get a scan and measurements of the baby and find out the sex :)

First, the baby looks healthy. No abnormalities were found and he's measuring right in the 50% 'tile.
Second, we are having a boy!!!!!! I'm so excited :)
It took a while to see the sex b/c he was crouched up like a thanksgiving turkey and his feet were over this parts. The doc tried to shake him and had me do a few laps around the place but he wasn't moving enough (Oh, and he's breech right now too) to see, so he had to do the vaginal ultrasound. I wasn't looking forward to that b/c my paps are painful - but I wasn't going to let that stop me - however, this didn't hurt at all!!

It was so incredible to see him moving :) Dan even got a couple of movie we can share. My favorite part was when we were looking straight on to his face and his mouth was open and he was moving is tongue around.

We haven't told anyone the sex yet. We are however, sending both our parents and my grandparents a gender announcement egg. They should be receiving it in a couple days :)

The second thing that happened (just today actually) is we made a first attempt at registering  It seems a bit early to do this, but I'm glad I'm giving myself time to really thing about what's out there and do research. It's so overwhelming! We were out for 5 hours today and if you are going by the "must have" lists people make, we are nowhere near what we need. I think we are close though..might just need to up the quantity of blankets and stuff we picked out.

The stores try to tell you need to register for 5 items per number of guests you are inviting. Well, at least for my family, that is crazy. I've never seen anyone probably buy more than 2 items.

I wish I had a better story to tell here, but my brain hurts so I think I'll stop.