22 weeks

I am 22 weeks today! It’s been a pretty uneventful week, especially compared to last week. ;) I am feeling the baby move a whole lot more but you can’t feel it nearly as much from the outside. But he’s definitely moving around in there. It’s such an amazing feeling! I’m trying to talk to the baby lately, but I just feel stupid talking to myself. It doesn’t seem as crazy when Cary does it since he’s actually talking to my belly, not his own. I’m trying to get used to it, but it’s weird. I read on babycenter.com today that around week 22, stretch marks may start to appear. Luckily, I don’t have any yet (I also don’t have that dark line in the middle of my belly yet), but I know they may still be on their way. I’ve learned in Anatomy that no matter how much lotion you use, it won’t stop them, you have so many layers of skin that it can’t penetrate that deep. It’s pretty much mostly genetics, if your mom had them, then you probably will to. And just so you know, my mom had them. The lotion does however help with the itching from the stretching.

I had my second Anatomy and Physiology lecture and lab tests a couple of weeks ago. I did really well. I got a 92 on my lecture test and I got the highest grade in the class on my lab test: 104! I was shocked. Overall with all the extra credit she offers, I have a 100 in the class! Very, very happy about that. Hopefully, I won’t have to take the cumulative final. If you are in the top 10% of the class, you don’t have to take it. I still have one more lecture test and lab test to take, so we will see. Our professor let us know today that this is by far the hardest test. It covers the spinal cord, brain, nervous systems, etc. Hopefully it won’t be too bad. We dissected a sheep’s brain today in class. It was awesome (but I love gross stuff like that J).

I had someone ask me today if I had everything done for the baby’s nursery. I was like, um no. I haven’t gotten a thing for the nursery. I am trying to find a crib and bedding right now. I have been looking online and when we went and registered at BabysRUs, I looked at some there. It seems like there are so many more choices for girl stuff. Speaking of registering, that was so overwhelming! We spent a few hours in there and then basically just gave up, we had had enough. I know babies need a lot of stuff, but I never knew it was that much stuff!  I can’t wait until my classes are over, then I can focus more on the baby stuff. I just feel like when I am looking at baby stuff online, I should be studying instead. I guess maybe I just have a guilt complex.

As for my diabetes, I haven’t had too much trouble. I increased my basal rates by .5 a couple of weeks ago when my numbers started to climb, and they’ve been pretty stable since then. I also had to increase my carb to insulin ratio for breakfast, but I don’t know that’s it’s helped that much. It seems like I can’t eat anything in the morning without a spike. And when I say spike, I mean spike. I even wait a full 30 minutes between taking my insulin and eating and I still spike, only to come crashing down around lunch time. I’ve tried tweaking my morning basals and bolus’ but nothing seems to get the right combination. Another thing that seems to be spiking me anytime of day is any kind of dairy product. It’s weird, because I’ve heard other people say they have this problem but I never had before. For example, I had half a cup of cottage cheese the other morning with strawberries all carefully measured for a total of 17 carbs. The cottage cheese only has 5 carbs! It’s weird. Anytime I have milk the same thing happens, although it’s not nearly as bad in the afternoon or night.

OK, I’m done rambling….here is my 22 week picture. 

Very Personal

So, I haven’t blogged in quite some time. I have to admit, I was on a high after my 19 week appointment and ultrasound. I also had a nasty lecture and lab test in Anatomy and a few quizzes and a test to complete for my online course. Anything I thought to write about just didn’t seem as fun or exciting as finding out what I was having…until last night. I will try to leave as many gory details out as I can but I just have to let you know what happened. Warning...this may be TMI for some...but aren't most crazy things that have to do with pregnancy?! :) 

Cary and I were….how should I put this…getting intimate. At some point a gush of fluid came out. We both freaked out because we weren’t sure what this fluid was. Did my water break? Did I just pee? What the heck happened? I wasn’t having any cramping or contractions. So we called Cary’s brother who is an ER doctor. He said we should go to Labor and Delivery just to make sure everything was ok. We then called my OBGYN office and they forwarded my message to the on call doctor. By the time the on call doctor called me back, we were already at the hospital. As I was talking to him on the phone, we were completing our registration at L&D. It turns out he was the doctor who checked me out.

They took me back to L&D triage (sounds very comforting, right?). They took my blood pressure and medical history. I peed in a cup and undressed. They did an ultrasound to make sure the amount of fluid was ok. Everything looked great. {Side note: The doctor left the ultrasound machine in the room when he went to get the stuff for the internal exam…Cary and I had a good time playing with it. ;) It was at least fun to get to see Betus the [male] fetus again. :) } But we still had to do the vaginal exam just to make sure everything was fine (yuck!). It was awful, so uncomfortable. But, everything was perfect.

So, in conclusion, I don’t’ know what that fluid was. I’m still not sure. It didn’t feel like I needed to go to the bathroom and when the fluid came out, it didn’t feel like I went to the bathroom. But maybe I did pee myself. How embarrassing is that?! At least I have a husband who loves me no matter what and wasn’t concerned about that but was very concerned about me and our baby. I have to say, I stayed pretty calm the entire time and Cary was actually making me more nervous than the actual situation (can’t wait until I actually give birth!). I am so thankful that everything was fine. We went out to dinner afterwards to celebrate. :) Sorry if I have scarred or offended anybody, I'm all about sharing...get over it. :) 

I am 21 weeks today! Here are my latest belly pictures….

19 weeks

20 weeks

 

21 weeks

It's a BOY!!!!

Sorry for the delay in posting the ultrasound results. Yesterday was such a crazy day, trying to call and text everyone and updating facebook was just nuts. But, we are surprised and excited to announce it is BOY! We were so shocked after eveyone saying "oh you are having a girl", the doctor saying it was girl and all the online gender predictor tests giving the prediction of "girl". We couldn't get the video to upload or the pictures to scan correctly, I'll try to post them later. :)

Boy or Girl???

Tomorrow we find out if Betus is a boy or a girl (assuming Betus isn't shy). Can't wait to find out! What do you think it is?








My appointment is tomorrow at 3pm.
I'll let you know tomorrow!

18 weeks

I was going to do another post, but I'm too tired and ready for bed, so I will just share pics. :) Gotta get up earlier than usual tomorrow for work and we are leaving to go out of town for my cousin's wedding. I am 18 weeks this week and the baby is the size of a bell pepper. I think I have gained somewhere between 8 and 10 pounds which is right on target.

Here is my 18 week pic:

Here is a pic from last weekend with two of my friends who are also pregnant:

Vallory (32 weeks), me (17 weeks) and Katie (11 weeks)

So fun going through this together! :) Vallory is due December 2nd and she is having a girl! Can't believe it's right around the corner. I find out in one week whether Betus is a boy or girl!

Getting Back on Track

So remember when I took that Anatomy test and didn’t get my backpack out of the car? Well, I have been slacking ever since then. I have gotten my backpack out of the car when not going to class, but I got so overwhelmed by my lack of keeping up with the class, I just continued to play the avoidance game. As the chapters piled up and I went to class every Tuesday and Thursday, I just got more and more overwhelmed and I couldn’t bring myself to start the process, mostly because I was already so far behind.

 Well, I finally MADE myself get it together this week. I have gotten up between 7 and 7:30am every day this week to read and study. It sucks, but I feel a lot less overwhelmed. At least I’ve started. Our teacher provides us with study guides for each chapter, so I’ve done a study guide every day. I’ve done chapters 5, 6, and 7. I still have 8, 9, 10 and 11 to go. I had class this morning and we just got our Chapter 10 study guide today, so I am really not that far behind. It’s just so much info: Chapter 5-Integumentary system, Chapter 6-The Skeletal System: Bone Tissue, Chapter 7-The Skeletal System: The Axial Skeleton, Chapter 8-The Skeletal System: The Appendicular Skeleton, Chapter 9-Joints, Chapter 10-Muscular Tissue, and Chapter 11-The Muscular System. These are all the chapters on my next test! Not to mention the separate lab work. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I like learning this stuff and I find it very interesting, but I just don’t have enough time to get all this information in my brain.

 I’m not freaking out as much as I did about the last test. I need to remain calm and not so stressed, not only for me but for this baby. I keep reminding myself, I can do this and if I don’t get everything, IT IS OK. The world will go on. Even if I don’t get an “A”, I’m sure I won’t fail (I just really, really like those “A’s”.). I have to give myself a break. At least I’m getting back on track.


I will post again later with week 18 updates. :)

17 weeks

I am now 17 weeks pregnant (as of yesterday). According to babycenter, the baby is now the size of a turnip. Here are pics of my belly with this little turnip in it. :)


Picture with bare bellly



Picture with belly covered

 Again, these pics were made at 10pm without a stitch of makeup on. Deal with it. :) Less than 2 weeks to go until we find out if Betus is a boy or girl! YAY!!!!


P.S.  More football this weekend....YAY!!! It's another important week for my Crimson Tide, we play Florida tomorrow. Roooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllll TIDE ROLL!!!