I'm writing this blog from my midwifes labor room - I'm in the final hour of my 3-hour glucose test. Hoping so much I don't have GD. I had to drink 100mg of sugar water on a full fast. This time the flavor was lime and it was so much better than the fruit punch flavor I had last week. This one tastes like a warm Sprite - which is a tastes I'm familiar with.
This afternoon, I'm meeting a new doula as last week I finally fired Margie.
It did not go as smoothly as I had planned. She understood our reasoning for wanting to find someone new, but she didn't agree on refunding me any money. She starting spouting off prenatal apt dates that never happened and labs that were never drawn and that she also charges for her referrals. Just a bunch of BS, so I just stopped responding to her and un-friended her on Facebook and stopped following her birth center too. Now we are out $1k, but we can move on..
I had a phone call the other day with my friends to start getting more detailed planning on my shower. It went well, but I wasn't in a great mood from the week I've had and of course I was very tired. The good news is that like 99% of my guest list hadn't rsvp'd yet and within a few hours I think I had 4/5 Yes, rsvps! So, that's looking good.
I'm getting more requests for a registry, so I made my Amazon list public and sent it out to a few people.
I think Braxton Hicks contractions may have started. I occasionally feel mild cramping across my belly, horizontally near the lower to middle parts. I hardly notice them though, but I think that's what it might be.
May 22, 2019
May 20, 2019
The Routine
I'm a part of a few infertility groups on facebook and I was thinking that if anyone ever asked me "what did you do" I should have a place to reference what I did before I forget. So below, in mostly chronological order, is the regimen I did to conceive this baby.
- Track ovulation
- Measuring BBT
- Ovulation test strips
- Took Fertilitea
- Took Ovaboost
- Morning fertility yoga
- Changed my workout routine to be less strenuous
With the above routine I conceived and miscarried 2 times and then I added on the following:
- Meditation
- Acupuncture
- Stopped Fetilitea and Ovaboost
- Started Chinese herbs, Vit: D, B complex, Prenatal, eating daily seaweed snacks
- Stopped TTC for 6 months
At this point I had another miscarried at about 5 months post my last one, but was a chemical pregnancy. Then I started seeing a few doctors and ended up with an OB that added on the following:
- Recurrent miscarriage panel and diagnosed me with Factor V and MTHFR (diagnosed by a hematologist)
- Add in daily baby aspirin
- Started oral progesterone after ovulation
- I stopped the fertility yoga
- Started daily Lovenox shots
- Continued the oral progesterone until about 12 weeks along then took about 2 weeks or so to wean off.
These details are already pretty fuzzy, so this is fairly accurate, but maybe not 100%.
May 16, 2019
28 Weeks
Last week was both my birthday and mother's day. Dan surprised me by flying my friend out from Arizona and we all spend the weekend together. Pretty low-key, one afternoon of mani/pedis, out to dinner the next night, and just chilling around the house.
Yesterday I had my midwife appointment:
Yesterday I had my midwife appointment:
- I took my GD test. Waiting on the results, but overall it seemed to go well. I was dreading it b/c I had to do it the normal way and drink the GD drink (fruit punch) and I've read so many terrible descriptions of the flavor and how it made people feel. I told this to my midwife before and she said I should bring a snack with me and that should help with most of it.
- Well, I started crashing pretty good w/in an hour of taking it. Though, the taste of the drink wasn't really that bad. But the rest of day I just felt "blah", wanted to pass out, and couldn't think clearly at all!
- I made sure I could get to bed ontime and had full caf coffee this morning, so far so good.
- My midwifes encouraged me to break it off with Marggie and they gave me a few new doulas to contact. I think this is the best direction, but I haven't contacted Marggie yet. I'm ready to do it now, but Dan wants me to wait until both new doulas confirm that they are available for my due date.
May 8, 2019
27 Weeks
Today starts the 3rd trimester.
As a mother's day promo, we bought the Owlet foot monitor. We plan to only use this for our trip this Christmas to CO, to watch the baby in the high altitudes. Though, we still have to verify/talk with a pediatrician once Fire Baby is born.
We actually had our meeting with my doula. Down to the last min, it looked like it wasn't going to happen..and she was about 3 hours later or so than originally planned, but we met. It was brief, but was the most professional I've seen her in a while. She wants to touch-base every 2 weeks and come to one of my midwife appointments, but we'll see how that goes/if that happens.
Shower invites went out this past week too. Just got mine the other day. Mom RSVPd No (:() and Laura said Yes. That's all I know for now.
I bought a laboring gown too from Amazon. Just something that looked comfy and allows for nursing. If it fits well, I plan to buy a 2nd one then throw them as the 1st things in my hospital bag.
As a mother's day promo, we bought the Owlet foot monitor. We plan to only use this for our trip this Christmas to CO, to watch the baby in the high altitudes. Though, we still have to verify/talk with a pediatrician once Fire Baby is born.
We actually had our meeting with my doula. Down to the last min, it looked like it wasn't going to happen..and she was about 3 hours later or so than originally planned, but we met. It was brief, but was the most professional I've seen her in a while. She wants to touch-base every 2 weeks and come to one of my midwife appointments, but we'll see how that goes/if that happens.
Shower invites went out this past week too. Just got mine the other day. Mom RSVPd No (:() and Laura said Yes. That's all I know for now.
I bought a laboring gown too from Amazon. Just something that looked comfy and allows for nursing. If it fits well, I plan to buy a 2nd one then throw them as the 1st things in my hospital bag.
May 1, 2019
Weeks 24, 25, & 26!
These are the last weeks of the 2nd trimester. Yikes! The reality is really starting to set in, nearly moment of panic.
The kicks and movements are getting very strong and more frequent (though they were already frequent). I have been able to see movement from the outside for a few weeks now. Once in a while the kicks are so strong and sudden they make me jump, screen, or even catch my eye!
Dan hasn't been able to catch movement yet. Though the movement is frequent, it doesn't last long at any given point.
Dan and I decided it would be good to do the postpartum photography series, and I just booked that not too long ago. I was waiting for a good time to get space for it on the credit card. I'm pretty excited about it - also a little nervous what types of emotions it will catch. Though, that's the point - it will be good in the long run
We paid a deposit on the infant daycare. It's a Montessori and the cheapest place we looked at. I'm a little nervous on the cost, but it has good review, a lot of Plano mom recommendations, and a mom friend of mine also sent her 2 kids there and loved it (though not infants). I think it will be a good place to try, the class sizes are a little bit and the school really isn't anything fancy, but seems clean and friendly.
We decided to also send Sean here for 2 weeks over the summer to help bridge the gap between Canyon Creek closing and his school starting.
Mom and Dad spent 2 weeks down by us, which was nice. They hoped to spend a lot of that time searching for places to live and golfing, but the weather was bad so they didn't get much of that in as hoped. We took them to a cabin in Broken Bow over Easter weekend - I didn't relax much, but it was still a nice time. Sean had a ball and mom and dad liked it. The weather was great up there though which helped a lot. I found a tick on me (and I was just walking on gravel at the time!) but it came right off and I felt it, so I don't think it was there long.
While they were here mom and I went to Buy Buy Baby to get the swing for me :) They didn't have it in stock, so we had to order it, but it was still nice to go to the store with here. However, it took waaay longer than it should. We expected to be in/out in about 5-10min, but were probably there 30-40 min trying to buy this one thing.
No shower invites have gone out yet - Kate say she plans to send them next monday. I'm nervous that's too short of notice, especially since 1/2 of my guest list is out of town/state..but w/e.
My charlie horse problem is getting bad - to the point where I'm scared to even go to bed and it's been keeping me up at night, so I can keep checking/catching one coming. A little bit ago I had 2 in one night and couldn't walk for the full next day. I keep getting recommendations for magnesium to help with this and sleep but I can't find something that works for/with me. I asked my midwife for help and she suggested going to a specialist to find what will work best for my body. The good news is that they are in network with my insurance company, the bad news is that they want to book/see me as a new patient. I don't want to be someone else's patient, I just want an answer to my question.
The kicks and movements are getting very strong and more frequent (though they were already frequent). I have been able to see movement from the outside for a few weeks now. Once in a while the kicks are so strong and sudden they make me jump, screen, or even catch my eye!
Dan hasn't been able to catch movement yet. Though the movement is frequent, it doesn't last long at any given point.
Dan and I decided it would be good to do the postpartum photography series, and I just booked that not too long ago. I was waiting for a good time to get space for it on the credit card. I'm pretty excited about it - also a little nervous what types of emotions it will catch. Though, that's the point - it will be good in the long run
We paid a deposit on the infant daycare. It's a Montessori and the cheapest place we looked at. I'm a little nervous on the cost, but it has good review, a lot of Plano mom recommendations, and a mom friend of mine also sent her 2 kids there and loved it (though not infants). I think it will be a good place to try, the class sizes are a little bit and the school really isn't anything fancy, but seems clean and friendly.
We decided to also send Sean here for 2 weeks over the summer to help bridge the gap between Canyon Creek closing and his school starting.
Mom and Dad spent 2 weeks down by us, which was nice. They hoped to spend a lot of that time searching for places to live and golfing, but the weather was bad so they didn't get much of that in as hoped. We took them to a cabin in Broken Bow over Easter weekend - I didn't relax much, but it was still a nice time. Sean had a ball and mom and dad liked it. The weather was great up there though which helped a lot. I found a tick on me (and I was just walking on gravel at the time!) but it came right off and I felt it, so I don't think it was there long.
While they were here mom and I went to Buy Buy Baby to get the swing for me :) They didn't have it in stock, so we had to order it, but it was still nice to go to the store with here. However, it took waaay longer than it should. We expected to be in/out in about 5-10min, but were probably there 30-40 min trying to buy this one thing.
No shower invites have gone out yet - Kate say she plans to send them next monday. I'm nervous that's too short of notice, especially since 1/2 of my guest list is out of town/state..but w/e.
My charlie horse problem is getting bad - to the point where I'm scared to even go to bed and it's been keeping me up at night, so I can keep checking/catching one coming. A little bit ago I had 2 in one night and couldn't walk for the full next day. I keep getting recommendations for magnesium to help with this and sleep but I can't find something that works for/with me. I asked my midwife for help and she suggested going to a specialist to find what will work best for my body. The good news is that they are in network with my insurance company, the bad news is that they want to book/see me as a new patient. I don't want to be someone else's patient, I just want an answer to my question.
April 10, 2019
23 Weeks
Just this morning (at work) I'm seeing my stomach move from the outside b/c the baby is kicking so hard :D. The just look like a muscle twitch at this point rather than a full movement. But still pretty awesome.
I was finally able to hammer down a date and time to meet Marggie! I'm not convinced though until it happens, but it's the farther commitment I've gotten from her in a while.
I missed writing up last week that I had my 1st appointment with the the MFM doc. I didn't know what to expect and ended up leaving feeling like it was a waste of time. It ended up just being an ultrasound appointment, that literally was it and I just had a full ultrasound the week before!
I told the doc this, but she said she (of course) likes to do her own ultrasounds. Baby still looked great and I saw some strong movement, one full blown kick even, but what was weird is that I didn't feel it.
She's going to recommend that I come back every 6 weeks, but I'm thinking of declining that. As long as I feel good, I feel baby movement, and my prenatal with my midwife go well, I'm not sure what I need this extra monitoring. I might agree to go back 1 more time once I'm full term, but I'm also worried that could lead to unnecessary interventions. So, we'll see. I still need to talk to my midwife about it.
We toured our 2nd daycare last week and will tour the 3rd (and possibly final) daycare this week. I liked this last one a lot better than the 1st and the price is better. For some reason Dan wasn't convinced. So we'll have to talk more.
I finished gathering the addresses for my shower, so now the invites just need to be made and sent out!
I was finally able to hammer down a date and time to meet Marggie! I'm not convinced though until it happens, but it's the farther commitment I've gotten from her in a while.
I missed writing up last week that I had my 1st appointment with the the MFM doc. I didn't know what to expect and ended up leaving feeling like it was a waste of time. It ended up just being an ultrasound appointment, that literally was it and I just had a full ultrasound the week before!
I told the doc this, but she said she (of course) likes to do her own ultrasounds. Baby still looked great and I saw some strong movement, one full blown kick even, but what was weird is that I didn't feel it.
She's going to recommend that I come back every 6 weeks, but I'm thinking of declining that. As long as I feel good, I feel baby movement, and my prenatal with my midwife go well, I'm not sure what I need this extra monitoring. I might agree to go back 1 more time once I'm full term, but I'm also worried that could lead to unnecessary interventions. So, we'll see. I still need to talk to my midwife about it.
We toured our 2nd daycare last week and will tour the 3rd (and possibly final) daycare this week. I liked this last one a lot better than the 1st and the price is better. For some reason Dan wasn't convinced. So we'll have to talk more.
I finished gathering the addresses for my shower, so now the invites just need to be made and sent out!
April 3, 2019
22 Weeks
Not too much excitement going on this week:
* I finished my shower list, including addresses
* I'm starting to get comments from other people on how big my stomach is and/or how I've really popped
* Fire baby is really moving a lot lately! I can feel them kick nearly 'round the clock and the kicks are getting stronger and I'm feeling them in more parts of my stomach :)
* I finished my shower list, including addresses
* I'm starting to get comments from other people on how big my stomach is and/or how I've really popped
* Fire baby is really moving a lot lately! I can feel them kick nearly 'round the clock and the kicks are getting stronger and I'm feeling them in more parts of my stomach :)
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