21 weeks

Here is a picture of me at 21 weeks. Look at that huge belly! Can't believe I still have 19 weeks to go....at least!!!

Feeling better!

So, 2 days later and I feel a ton better. Yesterday was a hard day. I felt like I was 100 years old, and I still had the chest pressure. I did nothing all day, ate nothing all day but bland things like applesauce and toast, and went to bed early. This morning I felt like a new women. I have been having heart palpatations today, so I guess I can trade one for the other!! I had palpatations with both of my other pregnancies, so I will take that over the chest pressure anyday! Poor Eric, I think has aged 10 years so far with this pregnancy. Me too!!!

ER visit

Last night Eric and I went to see a movie. When it was over I stood up and got the sharpest pain/tightness in my chest and left shoulder area. It was not so painful that I could not function, it was just really uncomfortable. We got to the car, and it started going away in my upper collarbone area, but it stayed in my chest/diaphram part. The whole drive home, if I took a deep breath it felt like someone was crushing my chest. Eric insisted he take me to the ER, which I did not want to go. I knew that I would walk in, spend a few hours of tests, and tell me it was gas or heartburn. Sure enough, that is what happened. They took my blood to make sure it was not a blood clot, and normal range is 230, blood clot range is 1000, mine was 270. They offered to do and Ultrasound and CT scan, but we declined and just went home with a pamphlet on heartburn. It is now 15 hours since it happened and I still have the tigtness in my chest like a rubber band is squeeing it. Does heartbutn feel like that and last that long?????? Wanted to write this down to document so I can keep track of my issues. :)

20 week check-up

Weight: 165
Heartbeat: 140

I had my Dr. appointment this morning. The office could not find my chart, and they also had not gotten the results yet from my Ultrasound, so I didn't really find out much. My Dr. said to call on Tuesday, and she will go over everything with me. What I have is called Placenta Previa, however, the kind I have is the low-lying kind, which has the best chance of everything turning normal. The chance of it rising as the baby gets bigger is 90%, so it sounds pretty good to me. I am still totally stressed about it, but hopefully, on Tuesday she can actually have the results in front of her, and make me feel better about it.

It's a GIRL

We found out today it is a girl! We are so happy. We just keep giggling. For some reason, it just seems to fit for us. If we were done having kids, maybe I would be sad I never got a boy, but I am hoping we have a few more tries in store for us in the future!

The radiologist did tell me that I have a low-lying placenta. Again, told me nothing but that and sent me on my way. My Dr. will tell me about it on Thursday, I guess. But I did look it up and it basically means it sits lower than usual, and when the baby gets bigger, it ends up covering the cervix, therefore you need a C-section instead of delivering vaginally. It can also cause bleeding in the late stages of pregnancy, and if that is the case, you are hospilized until your due date. Nice. HOWEVER, it can rise as the baby gets bigger, and therefore cause no problems. I will get another Ultrasound at about 36 weeks, and they will determine from there what to do.

My feelings towards this are very anxious. From day 1 of my first pregnancy I have never wanted a C-section. I am actually terrified of it. Payton was breech, and I remember I did excercises every night to try and get her to turn. Thankfully at 32 weeks she turned. Unfortunately, there are no excercises I can do for this one. I will be so sad. My favorite part of having a baby is pushing! What a letdown to not experience that part. I also was excited to go into labor on my own with this one, since I have been induced with my other two, but obviously, if I have a C-section, I will not get to go into labor. Anyway, just feeling a little down, but really hoping that things will turn out the way I want them too.

Mmmmm

So, I have started to gain my appetite back, but not without bad consequences. I started to crave Taco Bell and Wendy's, and anything chewy like Baby Ruth's, Twix, and bubblegum balls. Last week I realized I was hardly eating any fruits and veggies, so I went on another health kick and started eating really good. That lasted about 3 days, then it was over before I needed a burrito, but I have incorporated both in my diet. I'll eat healthy, good food, then splurge on something bad, so I don't feel too bad about it. However, I have started getting the worst reflux. Even if I eat an apple, for the next few hours, I throw up in my mouth all the time, it is so gross. The good thing is no heartburn, just the reflux.

2 days and we find out what we are having!! We go back and forth on the names we thought we liked, but I am finding myself not too fond of them anymore. So, we can really buckle down this week and start debating what we like!!! So far in the runnings are:
GIRL -- Josie, Bella
BOY - Marek, Ryker
Ugh - as I wrote them down, the only one I really like anymore is Josie. Sigh.

Have also been feeling the little worm squirm a ton! Finally. The last few nights it has kept me up, only because it is such a cool feeling and you forget how cool it is. And it is much more fun this size, than when they start elbowing you!