Wow! 26 weeks!

It's been a while, and I thought I would get on here and let you know all is still well. I start my 2 week appointments next week, and am excited to also see another "picture" of Matthew in utero.

The boys are excited about being big brothers, and we are starting to prepare for our new addition.

I'll get a new "bump" picture up here soon.

I've been working on the boys scrapbooks lately. You can check those out on my facebook page if you haven't already. I'm excited to have both of them done since I'll have another one to start on soon. I also plan to get my wedding pictures scrapped, and all of our "family" picture taken after the boys were each a year old. I have a lot to catch up on.

I hope everyone is doing well. Drop me an email or contact me on facebook to chat. :)

21 week update

These updates seem to be getting further and further apart lately.  A lot has happened in the past couple weeks.  The big news is that we will be welcoming Matthew Gabriel Ozuna in November 2010.  He’s still charting bigger than average and kicking me from the inside like he wants out now.  I spent an afternoon in Labor and Delivery last week because I started getting braxton hicks contractions every 2-5 minutes if I was standing up.  The doctor has decided that these are not “doing” anything and that I need to rest when they occur.  I’ve also found that as long as I wear my maternity belt, it seems to be keeping me from having them.  I am still able to work out and play tennis, so that is wonderful.  In addition, we found out that his kidneys are slightly dilated, and so they are watching him via ultrasound to make sure that irons itself out.  I will be having at least 2 more ultrasounds because of this.  One at 28 weeks, and one more at 36 weeks.  On a positive note, I did find out that it seems my ovarian cysts have gone away. 

18 week update

Wow, 18 weeks pregnant already??  It’s going by sort of fast.  I can tell my body is going to start thinking that time is crawling though.  I’m constantly sore and tired and cannot sleep already.  YUCK. 

In other, not so whiny news, I have my ultrasound appointment for July 14.  If we can, we will get the ultrasound sooner…but right now, that’s as good as it gets. 

I’ve gained a total of 16 lbs. so far.  That’s much better than with my other two pregnancies.  My first pregnancy I had already gained 20 lbs., and with my second…I lost count.  It was much more.  The little bit of exercise that I’m getting and me being more aware of what goes in my body must be helping…at least a little. :) 

My doctor seems to think that because I carried sort of in the middle with both boys, and because of the size of my previous pregnancies, that this one will be carried REALLY LOW.  Apparently I will be quite uncomfortable.  Lovely.  Especially since I’m already unable to sleep because I get up 3-4 times to pee each night and try to find a more comfortable way to sleep that doesn’t make my shoulders, arms or legs fall asleep.  Looking forward to it.  REALLY. :-P

Oops…I went back to whining.  Sorry.

The baby’s heartbeat was at a strong, but elusive (due to all it’s movement) heartbeat in the 140’s this time.  That’s much more like my boys heartbeat.  I’m confident this is a boy, guys. :)  We shall see soon!

16 week Belly Picture

Getting bigger!!!

Pregnancy Update 15-16 weeks

I just started my 17th week!!  Almost halfway there!!  I had my first Braxton Hicks contraction for this pregnancy yesterday.  As you can imagine, it kind of freaked me out.  I never thought it was normal to get them before late pregnancy.  Apparently you can start feeling them as early as 15 or 16 weeks and as long as you don’t get more than 4 an hour, you are okay.  I only had 1.  I drank a lot of water and figured I should rest today instead of playing tennis.  I did a lot this week.  Tuesday I walked our Parade of Homes for about 2 hours, Wednesday I got my butt handed to me in Cardio Tennis and had to stop after 45 minutes because I was getting to hot.  Thursday I played about 2 hours of doubles tennis.  Friday I cleaned house for a couple hours (bathrooms, vacuuming and stuff).  I was scheduled to play doubles again this morning for fun (not league play) and decided to skip it since only really good men had signed up.  My friends were not able to.  I guess that’s God’s way of telling me I shouldn’t play today.  This afternoon we plan to walk Parade of Homes again anyway, so I’ll get a little exercise in from that.  Anyway, no more contractions, just lots of movement from the baby.  So exciting!  Still haven’t gotten Nicholas to feel it yet.  If he were quieter and more patient, I think it would happen.  Maybe in the next couple weeks.

Ed is on his last weekend night call EVER!!!  He was super busy last night, so hopefully it dies down tonight.  If it does, he plans to have me come in and him and an OBGYN resident are going to do an ultrasound on me so we can see the sex of the baby!!  So excited, but trying not to get too wound up in case they are busy and cannot get me in.  Literally they could call me and by the time I get up there not be able to do it if they are called on a case.  I’ve really got to keep and open mind so I am not disappointed. :)  Wish us luck!!!

Soccer Star

With both boys, I felt their kicking “bubbles” at around 14-16 weeks.  This time around is much different.  I’ve gotten bigger much faster, and I swear I started feeling “rolling” in my uterus around week 9. 

I’m now 16 weeks along, and 3 nights ago, I felt baby really give a good kick.  I was laying in bed with my hand on my abdomen.  All of a sudden my hand moved!  I got Ed’s hand and told him, “Feel this.”  A couple seconds later baby kicked again.  “Yep, I felt it!” 

Now, this one is measuring bigger…we’ve discussed that before.  This is all beginning to convince me that we’ve conceived a soccer star.  This kid can kick!  It will be crazy to feel him/her in about 20 more weeks. :)

Week 12-15: Pregnancy update

Crazy month that has gone by!  I’m bigger, the baby measures a week big (even though my dates are rock solid) and my feet are already swollen (something to do with 106 degree weather).  My husband is FINALLY home! 

This measuring big thing is weighing on my mind.  For those of you who don’t know, my last baby (Ernie- 3yrs) was a whopping 9 lbs, 11 oz.  I’m only about 5’4” and normally around 136 pounds, so that is a big baby!  I had him normally with drugs, and my new OBGYN is freaked out that my last OBGYN did not do an ultrasound to find out how big he was.  Granted, those things do have a 1 lb. error both ways in weight…but at least I would have known the baby was measuring over 8 lbs!  So, this time she is having me do several ultrasounds to monitor the baby’s weight.  If she does one at 36 weeks and discovers an 8 lb baby in there at that point, we might have to consider some things like C-Section, early induction, etc…  I am of the opinion, I will worry when I get there, but I am also a planner.  This means I am thoroughly researching it now, and having all the info in my mind to ask questions once the time comes (if it comes).  Better prepared than sorry.

That’s the update! :)