BP was 97/56 and baby's heartbeat was 151bpm . Hanging out for Friday!
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Monday, 11 October 2010
Saw the dr this morning. She agrees that it's just a stretching pain that I'm feeling. I'm not to over-do anything, and no up/down/up/down movements, or at least keep it to a minimum. I did clean out my cupboard today, found some baby stuff, gave stuff away, chucked stuff out. Having a rest now, finish my tax coz I just haven't got round to it. I'm still going to clean Jensen's room and tidy baby's room (coz it's currently the 'chuck stuff in there' room lol), and maybe, if I feel like it, do the dishes and arrange the pantry so I can see whats in there
BP was 97/56 and baby's heartbeat was 151bpm . Hanging out for Friday!
BP was 97/56 and baby's heartbeat was 151bpm . Hanging out for Friday!
I still have pain, especially yesterday when I was out ALL DAY. : However, yesterday I did feel the baby move! Not just a guess, or hmm, maybe... It moved!! Oh, and what it even better, I could feel it with my hand! Oh, through all the pain, there was a happy point at the end of the day
Yesterday, I dragged Jensen out in the rain to go to garage sales (and yes, I should have been resting), but I got heaps of baby singlets, a skirt that I'm going to try to make into a maternity one, 2 basinette cot sheets (one with a matching flat sheet), and a bassinette flat sheet with matching pillow case... ALL for $3. I'm bargain hunter! Last week I bought a cot for $30. A friend of the family is giving us a cot mattress. Can someone remind me that that brand new itti is on Jensen's cabbage patch doll? Yes, Jensen has a cabbage patch doll, but it's a hand-me-down and he got to choose from a selection of toys, and that's what he picked. It was good timing too, coz we'd only just found out we were pregnant! So 'baby' is good practice. Dolly gets a 'wash', goes in the bouncer, sling, bassinette, nappy'd.
Andrew and Jensen were just changing dolly's nappy and Andrew was faking gagging! lol I so can't wait. That said, the first few weeks will probably be disposables! For newborn poo reasons :)My morphology scan is Friday coming! I can't wait
I'll be back at work this week on Wednesday & Thursday, have annual leave for the following week for Uni placement. I see the doctor tomorrow (and miss out on my Anatomy excursion to a cadaver lab - which I was so looking forward to in a non-creepy way), and hopefully I can get some good pain killers that I'll be able to use while I'm at work, and maybe those ones that they gave me at the hospital that made me sleepy. I hate using painkillers regardless of being pregnant or not, so it's a big deal for me to actually want them. I don't want reduced labour at work, I just want the pain to hold off or be dulled, as I want to work as long as possible. I was thinking today if they stick me on bedrest for the rest of the pregnancy, I'll only get 6wks paid maternity leave, but will I still be entitled to the paid parental leave thing that starts in Jan? Oh, so much to think about!
Has anyone else had dreams about the gender of their baby (where they don't already know it)? We don't know the sex of the baby, and at the scan this coming Friday, we're not finding out. But so far, I've had 3 dreams where the baby is a girl! Apparently it's not good odds we'll have a girl (Andrew is one of 2 boys, his father is one of 2 boys, Andrew's dad's brother has 2 boys and their father was one of two boys... see my point? lol). I was so very tempted after the dream the other night to actually buy a pink wondersuit from a garage sale yesterday, but I don't want to tempt fate or get my hopes up.
Speaking of wondersuits, I have no idea what kind of clothes I need to be looking for! March is the end of summer.... so am I looking for sleeveless & legless bodysuits or something warmer?! It's driving me crazy!
GTG, Jensen and Andrew are arguing over whether dolly is awake or not. lol
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
So I'm sitting in this hospital waiting room. It's packed! Is there some sort of giveaway I didn't know about? Andrew came up to sit with me, but Jensen got a bit noisy and Andrew hates hospitals, so they left to go to Nanna's. I've been here an hour and people are still coming in. I've had obs done - my blood pressure taken 3 different ways (sitting, lying, standing), donated a urine sample and now just have to wait.
I'm here because I have pain in my lower abdomen, really hard to put into words where, but when you think of a pregnant woman holding her hands together under her large bump... Well, there sorta. It's been on and off this whole pregnancy, but since Saturday it's ben constant and painful. I even walk slowly coz it hurts. Lie down, sit down, stand, walk, talk. It all hurts. I even grabbed myself a vomit bag, just in case... Sometimes I even feel dizzy sitting and feel like I'll fall out of the chair.
I hope i get seen soon. I dont want to be here all night. It's only 730.
I'm here because I have pain in my lower abdomen, really hard to put into words where, but when you think of a pregnant woman holding her hands together under her large bump... Well, there sorta. It's been on and off this whole pregnancy, but since Saturday it's ben constant and painful. I even walk slowly coz it hurts. Lie down, sit down, stand, walk, talk. It all hurts. I even grabbed myself a vomit bag, just in case... Sometimes I even feel dizzy sitting and feel like I'll fall out of the chair.
I hope i get seen soon. I dont want to be here all night. It's only 730.
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Successful morning!
Ah! Back from the doctors!
I tell the doctor that I'm forever panicky about this baby. I tell her that I mowed on Friday afternoon and hurt myself. I ate pizza on Sunday - to which I'm told no greasy food :'( - Grocery shopped on Monday and hurt myself. Reversing my car on Tuesday hurt, cleaned out and made a nursery yesterday (ooh! Must put up a photo for you ! ) aaaand hurt myself. All in the same spot. My sciatica was playing up last night at work and when I got home from work last night my arms had 'restless legs'... you know, restless legs? Well, it was my forearms. Anyway. My blood pressure seems to be consistent... I can't remember what the last ones were, but today was 99/60 (optimum is 120/80). It may seem like nothing exciting, but I like knowing now that I'm a nursing student, it actually makes sense! Urine test I had done, first was fine. 2nd had leukocytes (white blood cells) and epithelial cells (from the lining of the bladder). So no UTI, but I need to do another urine test anyway to check for other leukocytes. She did tell me why, but I forgot. Printed out my ultrasound referral. Anyway, moving on. We check for baby's heartbeat. Doctor gets out the doppler and we listen. And listen. And listen. Ok. Starting to freak out now. Doctor has a sore back so she grabs a stool so she can sit down. OK. Listening.... What seems like 10 mins (although I'm sure it's less than 5) we FINALLY hear a heartbeat. Oh baby, you make mummy panic! This is not a game! Get bigger so I can feel you kick! :D
After leaving the doctor, I call Andrew to see if he's ok to take the day off on a Friday coming so we can go to Straddie for our camping holiday. He just tells me to come to his work. So I go and hang out with him for an hour, organise the days we're going and his days off. Now I have to see if I can wrangle leaving 30 mins early from the last day of prac so we can make the 3pm barge.
While I'm there, I book my 18-20 week morphology ultrasound. I call up and book it for 2 weeks. I'll be 19 wks then. The guy tells me that I'm lucky, that they're normally booked out up to 6 weeks in advance, that it must be quiet this time of year for morphology scans. I'm booked in for 9am on that Friday, and best of all, I'll be BULK BILLED! Oh, that is awesome!! Only problem is, I'll be going on my own. Andrew can't get time off work, and mum and Monica work. There's no one else. :(
I go and hand in some paperwork to the real estate, to extend our lease and head over to pay for our camping trip. So it's paid for! The weekend after my uni placement is dedicated to camping! Fingers crossed it's HOT and not rainy or windy. There's a play ground and it's right near a patrolled beach. I can't wait! I'm so excited!
And I changed my address with Queensland Transport. lol we've only been here 11 months!
All in all, a successful morning. I hope work goes quickly! A girl at work is giving me a baby bath and bouncer coz she's been given 3 of each! Aaaah freee-beeees!
I tell the doctor that I'm forever panicky about this baby. I tell her that I mowed on Friday afternoon and hurt myself. I ate pizza on Sunday - to which I'm told no greasy food :'( - Grocery shopped on Monday and hurt myself. Reversing my car on Tuesday hurt, cleaned out and made a nursery yesterday (ooh! Must put up a photo for you ! ) aaaand hurt myself. All in the same spot. My sciatica was playing up last night at work and when I got home from work last night my arms had 'restless legs'... you know, restless legs? Well, it was my forearms. Anyway. My blood pressure seems to be consistent... I can't remember what the last ones were, but today was 99/60 (optimum is 120/80). It may seem like nothing exciting, but I like knowing now that I'm a nursing student, it actually makes sense! Urine test I had done, first was fine. 2nd had leukocytes (white blood cells) and epithelial cells (from the lining of the bladder). So no UTI, but I need to do another urine test anyway to check for other leukocytes. She did tell me why, but I forgot. Printed out my ultrasound referral. Anyway, moving on. We check for baby's heartbeat. Doctor gets out the doppler and we listen. And listen. And listen. Ok. Starting to freak out now. Doctor has a sore back so she grabs a stool so she can sit down. OK. Listening.... What seems like 10 mins (although I'm sure it's less than 5) we FINALLY hear a heartbeat. Oh baby, you make mummy panic! This is not a game! Get bigger so I can feel you kick! :D
After leaving the doctor, I call Andrew to see if he's ok to take the day off on a Friday coming so we can go to Straddie for our camping holiday. He just tells me to come to his work. So I go and hang out with him for an hour, organise the days we're going and his days off. Now I have to see if I can wrangle leaving 30 mins early from the last day of prac so we can make the 3pm barge.
While I'm there, I book my 18-20 week morphology ultrasound. I call up and book it for 2 weeks. I'll be 19 wks then. The guy tells me that I'm lucky, that they're normally booked out up to 6 weeks in advance, that it must be quiet this time of year for morphology scans. I'm booked in for 9am on that Friday, and best of all, I'll be BULK BILLED! Oh, that is awesome!! Only problem is, I'll be going on my own. Andrew can't get time off work, and mum and Monica work. There's no one else. :(
I go and hand in some paperwork to the real estate, to extend our lease and head over to pay for our camping trip. So it's paid for! The weekend after my uni placement is dedicated to camping! Fingers crossed it's HOT and not rainy or windy. There's a play ground and it's right near a patrolled beach. I can't wait! I'm so excited!
And I changed my address with Queensland Transport. lol we've only been here 11 months!
All in all, a successful morning. I hope work goes quickly! A girl at work is giving me a baby bath and bouncer coz she's been given 3 of each! Aaaah freee-beeees!
Ah, I'm starting to freak out! Still paranoid about this baby! My appt is in 20 mins and I just want to know!!! I know there is nothing for me to worry about, and yet I do.
I was in some pain last night when I got home - sciatic pain, pain just above my pelvic bone, back pain and then when I was lying there trying to go to sleep, I was ITCHY. Then my arms felt like they had restless leg syndrome, and so did my legs :(
On the upside, I found a boomerang pillow when I cleaned out the spare room yesterday (actually, I cleaned out the spare room AND Jensen's room and it was in Jensen's room that I found the boomerang pillow). I slept with it on one side of the bed so I couldn't roll over onto my tummy - my fave sleeping position! - and oh! I slept so well! Hope it's as good tonight!
I was in some pain last night when I got home - sciatic pain, pain just above my pelvic bone, back pain and then when I was lying there trying to go to sleep, I was ITCHY. Then my arms felt like they had restless leg syndrome, and so did my legs :(
On the upside, I found a boomerang pillow when I cleaned out the spare room yesterday (actually, I cleaned out the spare room AND Jensen's room and it was in Jensen's room that I found the boomerang pillow). I slept with it on one side of the bed so I couldn't roll over onto my tummy - my fave sleeping position! - and oh! I slept so well! Hope it's as good tonight!
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Paranoid
as if I'm not paranoid enough through this pregnancy, panicking that the baby has no heart beep... I have a dr appt tomorrow for 2 reasons, 1. Get referral for 18-20wk scan, 2. Hear babys heart beep (that's what Jensen calls it). I hurt so it's sorta 3 reasons.
Anyway, I'm paranoid already, and people ask how far along I am. I tell them
(17wks at the moment) and they all tell
me "oh, you don't look pregnant!"
I don't know if that's supposed to be a compliment, or what.. But holy moly my clothes don't fit and my belly sticks out and if I don't look pregnant how the hell much fat did I look before??
So not only do I not feel pregnant, I don't look like it either. Fantastic :(
Anyway, I'm paranoid already, and people ask how far along I am. I tell them
(17wks at the moment) and they all tell
me "oh, you don't look pregnant!"
I don't know if that's supposed to be a compliment, or what.. But holy moly my clothes don't fit and my belly sticks out and if I don't look pregnant how the hell much fat did I look before??
So not only do I not feel pregnant, I don't look like it either. Fantastic :(
Whinge
This is my post from a thread on the BellyBelly forum. I just thought I'd share for the non-BellyBelly people out there:
My whinge for today:
Dear DH - I am not your slave. It's not hard to put dishes in the dishwasher and press a button. I am not the only one who uses plates and cutlery. Man up and show your son how to do housework. Also, that thing you built 2 weekends ago, clean it up... It's not attractive to see soggy-from-the-rain bits of sawn wood and wood shavings all over the outdoor furniture. YOUR friends are coming round this weekend, if you're going to live like a slob, lets not see them see it ok? Dirty clothes go in the dirty clothes basket, not the floor 50cm from it, boots go outside, dress your son appropriately for the weather, and I don't like when I get home from work at 230 in the afternoon to seeds still in his pajamas. It means you've done f-all, laid on the couch and not played with him outside.
DS - pick up your toys. Mummy is sick of picking up after your father, I'm sure as hell not going to be doing everything for you too... Learn to go to sleep in your own bed. While mummy loves snuggling up to you to get you to sleep, you're going to have to learn to share mummy very soon. Nanna bought you that expensive solar system mobile thing so you would go to sleep in your own bed... How about we do that instead? Bed time is 730 (BTW DH - that means you get to help put him back to bed when he gets back out again REGARDLESS of what you want to watch on TV).
Baby - move, kick, give me back morning sickness *something* so I know you're still ok in there. I am so paranoid I've done something wrong, I'm sick of going to the DR, legitimately I might add, so I can hear you're heart beep in there. Oh, and please help me to sleep a little more comfy, coz you're still going to be in there a while.
Cats - feed yourself and stop crying at the door every time you hear me get up to pee, coz that's quite frequent.
Grass - stop growing. DH wont mow you.
Rain - Can you stay away for a while? Least until the summer storm season?
Uni - help me focus better coz you're sorta boring and I just really want to pass.
Dust and dirt - stay out of my house. I'm sick of sweeping 3 times a day
work - please be easy tonight, I've over done it already today.
Sister - stop showing off all your new stuff. It's kind of bragging without bragging. And if I don't want to buy your pram, then I have the right to say so. Don't whinge.
DS's other sandal shoe that cost me a fortune - stop hiding! I'd like him to wear the shoes before he doesn't fit them any more!
BB Ticker... tick over already. I have not been 16 weeks and 5 days pregnant for the last 3 days. Thankyou
hmmm.. I think that's it for now
My whinge for today:
Dear DH - I am not your slave. It's not hard to put dishes in the dishwasher and press a button. I am not the only one who uses plates and cutlery. Man up and show your son how to do housework. Also, that thing you built 2 weekends ago, clean it up... It's not attractive to see soggy-from-the-rain bits of sawn wood and wood shavings all over the outdoor furniture. YOUR friends are coming round this weekend, if you're going to live like a slob, lets not see them see it ok? Dirty clothes go in the dirty clothes basket, not the floor 50cm from it, boots go outside, dress your son appropriately for the weather, and I don't like when I get home from work at 230 in the afternoon to seeds still in his pajamas. It means you've done f-all, laid on the couch and not played with him outside.
DS - pick up your toys. Mummy is sick of picking up after your father, I'm sure as hell not going to be doing everything for you too... Learn to go to sleep in your own bed. While mummy loves snuggling up to you to get you to sleep, you're going to have to learn to share mummy very soon. Nanna bought you that expensive solar system mobile thing so you would go to sleep in your own bed... How about we do that instead? Bed time is 730 (BTW DH - that means you get to help put him back to bed when he gets back out again REGARDLESS of what you want to watch on TV).
Baby - move, kick, give me back morning sickness *something* so I know you're still ok in there. I am so paranoid I've done something wrong, I'm sick of going to the DR, legitimately I might add, so I can hear you're heart beep in there. Oh, and please help me to sleep a little more comfy, coz you're still going to be in there a while.
Cats - feed yourself and stop crying at the door every time you hear me get up to pee, coz that's quite frequent.
Grass - stop growing. DH wont mow you.
Rain - Can you stay away for a while? Least until the summer storm season?
Uni - help me focus better coz you're sorta boring and I just really want to pass.
Dust and dirt - stay out of my house. I'm sick of sweeping 3 times a day
work - please be easy tonight, I've over done it already today.
Sister - stop showing off all your new stuff. It's kind of bragging without bragging. And if I don't want to buy your pram, then I have the right to say so. Don't whinge.
DS's other sandal shoe that cost me a fortune - stop hiding! I'd like him to wear the shoes before he doesn't fit them any more!
BB Ticker... tick over already. I have not been 16 weeks and 5 days pregnant for the last 3 days. Thankyou
hmmm.. I think that's it for now
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