Our little blueberry is not so little anymore:) Today marks a cool milestone for me (as a labor and delivery nurse). A 24 week baby in utero is considered viable. And that's all I have to say about that. He is over 12inches in length, and weighs at least 1lb 5 oz. My uterus is the size of a soccer ball! His brain continues to grow rapidly and his taste buds too! He is a wiggle worm. I really think over the last two days he has gone from breech to head down, back to breech, and then today I thought he was head down again because I felt him kicking in my stomach and not my bladder. Right now, I don't know where he is. I think he is sleeping. He already takes after his daddy as a late nighter. He loves loves loves to kick kick kick around 2 in the morning, with out fail! This does not fair well for Nate and I if He likes to be awake through the night! :P
Next milestone marks the end of the second trimester and the beginning of the third--- 28weeks. I am going to continue to enjoy this time though. It is fun and enjoyable. I am on cloud 9!
Love, Angie
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Which will it be, a HE or SHE?!
Saturday April 16th Nate and I had our "Gender announcment party"! It was such an exciting day! The days in between our ultrasound and the party were a great suspense. I didn't realize how much it meant to me to celebrate the sex of our baby.
So, after the doc gave us the envelope with the sex of the baby we stuffed it in my purse and hid it until thursday when I met up with Bryanna and turned it over to her! Her and her husband would be the only people in the world to know if Nate and I were having a boy or girl. Her mission was to buy and design the cake for our party. The baker was instructed to make the batter pink or blue depending if it was a girl or a boy, and then frost the entire cake so you couldn't tell. Bryanna said she was so careful driving over to our house (like she was going 3 mph around turns) so the cake would not slide into the sides of the box and smudge the cake! She is so thoughtful:)
Everyone who was invited was instructed to wear pink or blue if they thought it was a boy or a girl! What a turn out!! Sheryl and Evelyn wore tutus, Katie wore a pink dress, Erna dressed up like a pink southern bell, Glen wore red Elmo gear, Scott wore a blue cool aid shirt! Everyone did something special to participate. Even Mury wore pink to support the "girl cause". Most everyone wore pink........ Glen, Scott, Barry, Caleb and me were the sole "boy cause". Brandon was 100% right with whatever it was, he wore PURPLE!
We had pink and blue balloons hanging around, delicious bar-b-que chicken, south western egg rolls, chinese style coleslaw, fruit, veggies, spinach balls, delicious fruit drinks and of course the cake!! It was a FIESTA AND A FEAST!
It came time for Nate to cut the cake. I was so excited for him to be the one to make the first slice, and then the second and then lift up the cake piece to show everyone the pink or blue cake! I must have thought of that scene 100 times! When the real time came, I was so excited I couldn't contain myself. There was so much love in the room our house was bursting. Everyone gathered around the cake/table, of course we had to have the "BOYS" on one side and the "GIRLS" on the other, dualing it out. They were both saying boy boy boy and girl girl girl at the same time:) I stood behind Nate as he made the first cut! He pulled the knife out and I thought I saw light pink cake crumbs on the knife!! Then everything happened so fast, I didn't even have time to think, "is it a girl?" He cut the second side.............. then the top............ and lifted up........
BLUE!!!!
It was blue, the cake was blue.
I don't even remember what everyone did. From the pictures people are celebrating!. I just kept looking at the cake. Nate gave me a hug!! I was shaking! I showed my parents who tuned in via skype the blue piece of cake; they were going to have a grandson! (after raising three girls!)
I didn't know what to do, Nate was cutting more pieces of cake, I just stood by him.
I wore blue, but I hadn't thought of how I would feel if it were actually blue...... or pink for that matter. I had my reasons for wanting a boy and a girl. In fact I knew that in my flesh I would probably feel disappointed because it could only be one or the other! So now it was blue. 100% sure, we were having a boy. Boy, boy, boy. I was stunned. The pregnancy just got that more real. The baby inside me, that more real. The fact that we are going to be parents that more real. And that we would be parents of a boy. First born. Older brother.
But this is why Nate and I wanted to find out. We wanted to dwell and think about who we were growing. We went from not wanting to find out, to finding out with just the two of us (at our house, not in the ultrasound office..... ), to celebrating with family and friends one special fact about our baby! It was a most memorable day.
And now we are slowly getting excited about all the fun things about boys! I am excited about reading this book by James Dobson, "Bringing up Boys". The introduction in itself terrorizes me!! Boys who put gasoline down manholes and light matches to throw down there to see what happens!! (toilets in the neighborhood exploded). Nate! We need the best insurance possible! I don't know the least bit about boys! (There are three girls in my fam:) I am excited about going on hikes with the babe in the hiking backpack, or bike rides with the little tike in tow behind Nate's bike. I am so in love with the thoughts of doing all these fun things with Nate. I am excited about being a team with him in teaching our boy about Jesus and shepherding him under God's authority. NATE I LOVE YOU! However, we are having a hard time with names. In fact we have prayed several times to have God help us pick out the name of this boy, who He knows better than we will ever know this child.
So now we are moving forward. Let the fun continue as we decide on a baby room theme and buy baby things and continue with our prenatal visits, and get larger!
Until the next fun adventure! Thanks for reading!
Love ang
So, after the doc gave us the envelope with the sex of the baby we stuffed it in my purse and hid it until thursday when I met up with Bryanna and turned it over to her! Her and her husband would be the only people in the world to know if Nate and I were having a boy or girl. Her mission was to buy and design the cake for our party. The baker was instructed to make the batter pink or blue depending if it was a girl or a boy, and then frost the entire cake so you couldn't tell. Bryanna said she was so careful driving over to our house (like she was going 3 mph around turns) so the cake would not slide into the sides of the box and smudge the cake! She is so thoughtful:)
Everyone who was invited was instructed to wear pink or blue if they thought it was a boy or a girl! What a turn out!! Sheryl and Evelyn wore tutus, Katie wore a pink dress, Erna dressed up like a pink southern bell, Glen wore red Elmo gear, Scott wore a blue cool aid shirt! Everyone did something special to participate. Even Mury wore pink to support the "girl cause". Most everyone wore pink........ Glen, Scott, Barry, Caleb and me were the sole "boy cause". Brandon was 100% right with whatever it was, he wore PURPLE!
We had pink and blue balloons hanging around, delicious bar-b-que chicken, south western egg rolls, chinese style coleslaw, fruit, veggies, spinach balls, delicious fruit drinks and of course the cake!! It was a FIESTA AND A FEAST!
It came time for Nate to cut the cake. I was so excited for him to be the one to make the first slice, and then the second and then lift up the cake piece to show everyone the pink or blue cake! I must have thought of that scene 100 times! When the real time came, I was so excited I couldn't contain myself. There was so much love in the room our house was bursting. Everyone gathered around the cake/table, of course we had to have the "BOYS" on one side and the "GIRLS" on the other, dualing it out. They were both saying boy boy boy and girl girl girl at the same time:) I stood behind Nate as he made the first cut! He pulled the knife out and I thought I saw light pink cake crumbs on the knife!! Then everything happened so fast, I didn't even have time to think, "is it a girl?" He cut the second side.............. then the top............ and lifted up........
BLUE!!!!
It was blue, the cake was blue.
I don't even remember what everyone did. From the pictures people are celebrating!. I just kept looking at the cake. Nate gave me a hug!! I was shaking! I showed my parents who tuned in via skype the blue piece of cake; they were going to have a grandson! (after raising three girls!)
I didn't know what to do, Nate was cutting more pieces of cake, I just stood by him.
I wore blue, but I hadn't thought of how I would feel if it were actually blue...... or pink for that matter. I had my reasons for wanting a boy and a girl. In fact I knew that in my flesh I would probably feel disappointed because it could only be one or the other! So now it was blue. 100% sure, we were having a boy. Boy, boy, boy. I was stunned. The pregnancy just got that more real. The baby inside me, that more real. The fact that we are going to be parents that more real. And that we would be parents of a boy. First born. Older brother.
But this is why Nate and I wanted to find out. We wanted to dwell and think about who we were growing. We went from not wanting to find out, to finding out with just the two of us (at our house, not in the ultrasound office..... ), to celebrating with family and friends one special fact about our baby! It was a most memorable day.
And now we are slowly getting excited about all the fun things about boys! I am excited about reading this book by James Dobson, "Bringing up Boys". The introduction in itself terrorizes me!! Boys who put gasoline down manholes and light matches to throw down there to see what happens!! (toilets in the neighborhood exploded). Nate! We need the best insurance possible! I don't know the least bit about boys! (There are three girls in my fam:) I am excited about going on hikes with the babe in the hiking backpack, or bike rides with the little tike in tow behind Nate's bike. I am so in love with the thoughts of doing all these fun things with Nate. I am excited about being a team with him in teaching our boy about Jesus and shepherding him under God's authority. NATE I LOVE YOU! However, we are having a hard time with names. In fact we have prayed several times to have God help us pick out the name of this boy, who He knows better than we will ever know this child.
So now we are moving forward. Let the fun continue as we decide on a baby room theme and buy baby things and continue with our prenatal visits, and get larger!
Until the next fun adventure! Thanks for reading!
Love ang
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wednesday April 13th + New due date!!
First of all, we just want to say thank you to everyone who prayed for us and our ultrasound, for a healthy baby. Your prayers were answered and we are grateful to God for you and your love for us. Thank you for keeping us in your prayers.
Today was the day of our Ultrasound and the third appt with the midwifes. I hadn't really thought too much about the day itself other than praying for a healthy ultrasound. But the night before when Nate and I were going to sleep, I though, "huh, we get to see our baby for the first time tomorrow" and was 25% unsure and 75% excited. I didn't really go through ugly scenerios in my head, but of course there is always the unknown. I just kept on praying. God was going to take care of us, His children, no matter what. I really didn't get 90% excited until I walked throught the door of the building hand in hand with Nate. And wasn't 100% excited until our names were called and we were led into the room with just the ultrasound and gel:) Nate was so wonderful and cute. He was holding all my stuff.
Soon a resident came in and said he was going to "see what he could find", and that the doctor would be in soon after. Nate came up by my side as I laid down on the table. After an goop application of warm gel..... viola! There was our baby! My eyes were glued to the screen as the resident moved all over my belly. He said there was a good amount of fluid and the placenta was a good size. I was right! The placenta was completely anterior (on the front part of my belly) which is normal, but I might not always feel the baby kick earlier on. Then the doc came in and the real fun began. The baby was moving and wiggling, and we saw the head, although we didn't get the standard profile shot because of the way it was laying. We did get a lot of the scary skeleton skull pictures, where we saw the baby smiling at us:) The doc was telling us it was rare to find all 5 fingers and see the hand, right as our baby waved to us!! The doc got a pic of the hand and all the digits. Also the ulna and radius moving like it was waving to us. Very cool! We also got some "footprint in the sand" pics of the feet against the placenta. My suspicious were right, our baby is upside down right now- breech. I thought so because went I felt the kicks, they were in my bladder and lower instead of up high. Anyway 50% of fetuses are breech at the 20week appt.
So everything looked great. We told him we didn't want to know the sex and asked him to write it down on a piece of paper and stick it in an envelope. He said, "oh yea, I got it already!" He was so sly that I didn't even notice he found it!!
I was 20.6 days on the day of the US. As the doc was measuring the baby, I kept seeing dates like 22 and 23 weeks on the computer screen. After he was finished he asked us if we thought our "dates" (due date, conception date etc) could be off, because our baby was measuring larger than it should!!! Yikes! It actually weighed 1lb 3oz!!! I thought from the beginning when the midwifes gave me my due date of Aug 25th, that it was too far away, but only by 4 or 5 days. (I thought I might be due Aug 21st). I think I showed "earlier" than I should have for it being our first baby, and when we were at our 16 week appt, my uterus measured where is would if I was closer to 20weeks! (I thought I was having twins....haha). Anyway, I thought the dates could be a little off.
I could just be having a big baby too. I do like to eat..... hopefully I am not a gestational diabetic!
So we were off to our midwifes appt. As soon as the midwife stepped into the room, Nate made sure she knew we didn't know about the sex of the baby!! As it turns out, the doc didn't even write it on the report, just for that reason! We were safe.
Aubrey the midwife said that the doc estimated my due date as Aug 11th, 2 weeks a head of schedule. Because of the big discrepancy, the midwifes had to have a pow-wow and determine whether I should go with the Aug 11 or 25th due date. Well, when she measured my uterus, it measured at 22 weeks. I guess that was the clencher. They decided to give me the new due date! Yea! I just jumped to 22.6 days! I actually am more comfortable with this due date than my 25th. Before I was afraid to go post dates, and now I am more comfortable. However, I hope we have the baby before the 25th or we will be in deep trouble!!! (The midwifes will not deliever a baby past 42 weeks, so I would have to go to the hospital to be induced! ICK!)
So it was a fabulous day! We just had to get through the next two days before saturday when we would have our "Gender announcement party".
Stay tuned for the "GAP" pics and details.......... "WHICH WILL IT BE A HE OR SHE?!?!!?"
Love Angie
Today was the day of our Ultrasound and the third appt with the midwifes. I hadn't really thought too much about the day itself other than praying for a healthy ultrasound. But the night before when Nate and I were going to sleep, I though, "huh, we get to see our baby for the first time tomorrow" and was 25% unsure and 75% excited. I didn't really go through ugly scenerios in my head, but of course there is always the unknown. I just kept on praying. God was going to take care of us, His children, no matter what. I really didn't get 90% excited until I walked throught the door of the building hand in hand with Nate. And wasn't 100% excited until our names were called and we were led into the room with just the ultrasound and gel:) Nate was so wonderful and cute. He was holding all my stuff.
Soon a resident came in and said he was going to "see what he could find", and that the doctor would be in soon after. Nate came up by my side as I laid down on the table. After an goop application of warm gel..... viola! There was our baby! My eyes were glued to the screen as the resident moved all over my belly. He said there was a good amount of fluid and the placenta was a good size. I was right! The placenta was completely anterior (on the front part of my belly) which is normal, but I might not always feel the baby kick earlier on. Then the doc came in and the real fun began. The baby was moving and wiggling, and we saw the head, although we didn't get the standard profile shot because of the way it was laying. We did get a lot of the scary skeleton skull pictures, where we saw the baby smiling at us:) The doc was telling us it was rare to find all 5 fingers and see the hand, right as our baby waved to us!! The doc got a pic of the hand and all the digits. Also the ulna and radius moving like it was waving to us. Very cool! We also got some "footprint in the sand" pics of the feet against the placenta. My suspicious were right, our baby is upside down right now- breech. I thought so because went I felt the kicks, they were in my bladder and lower instead of up high. Anyway 50% of fetuses are breech at the 20week appt.
So everything looked great. We told him we didn't want to know the sex and asked him to write it down on a piece of paper and stick it in an envelope. He said, "oh yea, I got it already!" He was so sly that I didn't even notice he found it!!
I was 20.6 days on the day of the US. As the doc was measuring the baby, I kept seeing dates like 22 and 23 weeks on the computer screen. After he was finished he asked us if we thought our "dates" (due date, conception date etc) could be off, because our baby was measuring larger than it should!!! Yikes! It actually weighed 1lb 3oz!!! I thought from the beginning when the midwifes gave me my due date of Aug 25th, that it was too far away, but only by 4 or 5 days. (I thought I might be due Aug 21st). I think I showed "earlier" than I should have for it being our first baby, and when we were at our 16 week appt, my uterus measured where is would if I was closer to 20weeks! (I thought I was having twins....haha). Anyway, I thought the dates could be a little off.
I could just be having a big baby too. I do like to eat..... hopefully I am not a gestational diabetic!
So we were off to our midwifes appt. As soon as the midwife stepped into the room, Nate made sure she knew we didn't know about the sex of the baby!! As it turns out, the doc didn't even write it on the report, just for that reason! We were safe.
Aubrey the midwife said that the doc estimated my due date as Aug 11th, 2 weeks a head of schedule. Because of the big discrepancy, the midwifes had to have a pow-wow and determine whether I should go with the Aug 11 or 25th due date. Well, when she measured my uterus, it measured at 22 weeks. I guess that was the clencher. They decided to give me the new due date! Yea! I just jumped to 22.6 days! I actually am more comfortable with this due date than my 25th. Before I was afraid to go post dates, and now I am more comfortable. However, I hope we have the baby before the 25th or we will be in deep trouble!!! (The midwifes will not deliever a baby past 42 weeks, so I would have to go to the hospital to be induced! ICK!)
So it was a fabulous day! We just had to get through the next two days before saturday when we would have our "Gender announcement party".
Stay tuned for the "GAP" pics and details.......... "WHICH WILL IT BE A HE OR SHE?!?!!?"
Love Angie
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
20 weeks
20 weeks is/was actually very exciting!! We had Rachael and Eddie's wedding this weekend and it was so fun to have so many people at the house (Nate! maybe we should have a dozen kids!) It was actually a blessing to me to have everyone over. I wore both my maternity dresses over the weekend and it was fun. I felt pretty in them.
20 weeks is nice because I don't look bloated anymore:) I actually look.....pregnant! I still want to look nice (wear appropriate clothes that fit and look nice) and not sloppy in sweatpants and a teeshirt (meaning now I have to think about what I am going to wear, instead of just throwing something "nice" on like I did when I wasn't pregnant) I do my hair a little bit more and wear makeup just a little more. It's interesting. I am not struggling as much right now with my weight gain and appearance. Actually at 20 weeks, baby center and my midwife, says I should have gained 10 pounds! (I remember when our midwife told me that back at 10 weeks and I laughed! "You want me to gain 10 pounds in 10 weeks when my baby won't even weigh a pound at 20weeks?!?!!? That won't happen....) I thought it was ridiculous and I would only gain 5 pounds. Well that may happen for some people but not me!! 20weeks = 142. And actually, after something I read just tonight, I am glad. On "medicine net" they say, "Good weight gain before 20 weeks, and between 20 and 28 weeks, really influences good fetal growth"
I have felt the baby move frequently since 18 weeks. I am convinced it was movements:) and not gas:) The kicks were subtle and infrequent and I would have to be still to feel them, but now at 20 weeks they are more consistant and I don't have to be paying too close attention for them to catch my attention. They do feel like little flutters, not strong, but stronger than the word flutter implies. It like a little mini belly quake. I'll feel one or two and then be still and feel a couple more. In my lower abdomen and all over!! First they were only on the right side, then I felt them on the left (I thought I was having twins!! More on that later) But really he/she is just all over the place. Sometimes the "flutters" are fun and don't bother me, other times I get freaked out and want them to go away. I am in denial that our lives will be changing soon, they are changing!!! Then over the weekend in the morning, Nate and I were waking up and I felt the little thang move! I told Nate to put his hand on my belly and wait. Awww sure enough in just a little while he felt our baby move inside me for the first time! He was so endearing, "that's our baby, baby". Oh I was so in love. We just laid there. It is so special feeling his excitement as well.
This week, our baby is 10 ounces (more than a 1/2 lb) and 10 inches long!!! He/she is just doing what he/she does best: growing. Nothing fancy this week:) Except miracle cells forming:)
I have been waking up sometimes in the middle of the night. It's normal, I know. I have been going through the alphabet thinking of ways to describe God: A= adore, alpha/omega, etc. Ill pray and this helps me in multiple ways!
I think my placenta is anterior (towards my belly and not my back) because I can feel it throbbing! My entire right side of my belly throbs to the rate of my heart. (random I know)
20weeks, Nate and I also decided we would start going to the goodwills weekly to shop for "diamonds in the rough". Yesterday we found one! Our first try! We found a baby hiking backpack for 7 bucks:) It looks nice, and will do the trick! I haven't looked up the specs yet. Sheryl told me she has found a bike trailer at good will for 10 bucks!
My prayer request is for our April 13th appointment. That everything is healthy with our little baby.
Thanks for reading and sending love:_)
~*~ Ang
20 weeks is nice because I don't look bloated anymore:) I actually look.....pregnant! I still want to look nice (wear appropriate clothes that fit and look nice) and not sloppy in sweatpants and a teeshirt (meaning now I have to think about what I am going to wear, instead of just throwing something "nice" on like I did when I wasn't pregnant) I do my hair a little bit more and wear makeup just a little more. It's interesting. I am not struggling as much right now with my weight gain and appearance. Actually at 20 weeks, baby center and my midwife, says I should have gained 10 pounds! (I remember when our midwife told me that back at 10 weeks and I laughed! "You want me to gain 10 pounds in 10 weeks when my baby won't even weigh a pound at 20weeks?!?!!? That won't happen....) I thought it was ridiculous and I would only gain 5 pounds. Well that may happen for some people but not me!! 20weeks = 142. And actually, after something I read just tonight, I am glad. On "medicine net" they say, "Good weight gain before 20 weeks, and between 20 and 28 weeks, really influences good fetal growth"
I have felt the baby move frequently since 18 weeks. I am convinced it was movements:) and not gas:) The kicks were subtle and infrequent and I would have to be still to feel them, but now at 20 weeks they are more consistant and I don't have to be paying too close attention for them to catch my attention. They do feel like little flutters, not strong, but stronger than the word flutter implies. It like a little mini belly quake. I'll feel one or two and then be still and feel a couple more. In my lower abdomen and all over!! First they were only on the right side, then I felt them on the left (I thought I was having twins!! More on that later) But really he/she is just all over the place. Sometimes the "flutters" are fun and don't bother me, other times I get freaked out and want them to go away. I am in denial that our lives will be changing soon, they are changing!!! Then over the weekend in the morning, Nate and I were waking up and I felt the little thang move! I told Nate to put his hand on my belly and wait. Awww sure enough in just a little while he felt our baby move inside me for the first time! He was so endearing, "that's our baby, baby". Oh I was so in love. We just laid there. It is so special feeling his excitement as well.
This week, our baby is 10 ounces (more than a 1/2 lb) and 10 inches long!!! He/she is just doing what he/she does best: growing. Nothing fancy this week:) Except miracle cells forming:)
I have been waking up sometimes in the middle of the night. It's normal, I know. I have been going through the alphabet thinking of ways to describe God: A= adore, alpha/omega, etc. Ill pray and this helps me in multiple ways!
I think my placenta is anterior (towards my belly and not my back) because I can feel it throbbing! My entire right side of my belly throbs to the rate of my heart. (random I know)
20weeks, Nate and I also decided we would start going to the goodwills weekly to shop for "diamonds in the rough". Yesterday we found one! Our first try! We found a baby hiking backpack for 7 bucks:) It looks nice, and will do the trick! I haven't looked up the specs yet. Sheryl told me she has found a bike trailer at good will for 10 bucks!
My prayer request is for our April 13th appointment. That everything is healthy with our little baby.
Thanks for reading and sending love:_)
~*~ Ang
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