Tuesday, October 25, 2011

BOY

Yes, Collin is getting a brother! We are so excited!! We loved seeing our little guy. I'm not going to lie we were a little bit nervous going in today, because it was when we went in for the anatomy ultrasound that we found out there were complications with my pregnancy with Collin.
We are so happy that our baby boy is healthy and everything looks great.
I didn't include the "Boy" picture - but just trust us, we obviously are having a boy : ) p.s The blob next to his face in the 3D pictures is my placenta






My baby bump. 19 weeks and 2 days. And growing!

Friday, October 21, 2011

the ER

So, Tuesday I woke up to a very sore throat, I figured it would go away throughout the day but it didn’t and when I was examining my throat I noticed a giant white spot on my tonsil. The white spot was a little alarming to me because I had never seen anything like it. I felt generally fine throughout the day so I was just going to sleep it off. However, once I told Chris about the white spot he thought for sure I should go to the doctor – we settled on calling our moms to see what they would say, and unfortunately for me they both agreed with Chris. I still was not super convinced, because yes I felt generally fine other than the very sore throat, anyways I called my OBGYN to see if I could schedule an appointment to come in to see him and to see what he thought, at this point it was nearly 9:00 PM (I had his cell phone number). He told me that the OB Clinic doesn’t have strep test equipment and since I don't have a general doctor here in CA he recommended that I go into the ER to get a test done. I was thinking, the ER! Yeah right, but of course didn’t say that to him, but we hung up and Chris and I started looking for Urgent Care Facilities nearby. Because who goes to the ER for a sore throat! In the meantime the doctor calls me back and tells me that he has called the Residences at the Stanford ER and told them I would be coming in. I told him that I was actually looking into going to an Urgent Care at which point he convinces me to just go the Stanford ER. It will be easier and less of a hassle he says. Well when your doctor is telling you to go to the ER, you go, even though...yes I felt fine. My doctor did give me the option to wait until the morning but said that it will most likely be less busy if I went that night, little did my doctor know, Tuesday night seemed to be the night for trauma’s plus there was a lock down going on (there must have been a someone from Prison or something in the ER – because the place had cops everywhere)! Needless to say my sore throat was far from an emergency and so we ended up waiting for 4 hours. Chris was actually still at work when I went in around 9:45, but he came and met up with me when he got off at midnight. And yep, you guessed it, I did not have strep. I just had/well have a ‘tonsil stone’ (which is actually pretty gross – something stuck in my tonsil). So I spent Wednesday very tired and frustrated about the whole experience. However, I’d much rather err on the side of 'overreaction' when it comes to my health which could effect our baby. I also tried to get the stupid thing out of my tonsil, which only resulted in plenty of gagging and poking and possibly even pushing it back further, and... no success. I am hoping the doctors solution of gargling warm salt water will work, because this thing is driving me nuts! I also managed to catch a cold probably from the lack of sleep/sitting in the ER with sick people for 4 hours. You'll be proud to know that I made the grown up decision yesterday to not let the tonsil stone ruin my week. I'm sure the whole experience will become quite comical to me - once I get completely caught up on my sleep and depending on the bill we receive...

I am happy that my baby is not affected by my throat, happy that our ultrasound is scheduled for this Tuesday and happy that my family is coming to visit next weekend!!! YAY

Sunday, October 16, 2011

time for an update

So I don't have anything too exciting to write, today just feels like a good day for a little update.
Chris and I have been finding time to spend together despite his busy (and I mean BUSY) work schedule. Saturday morning we went for a fun bike ride to Shoreline Park/Bay Trail (I'm not really sure the name of the place we went..but Shoreline Park sounds good so I'll go with that). I absolutely love bike rides! And Shoreline Park was great - I'm already looking forward to my next bike ride there. The picture was taken before our ride, unfortunately we didn't bring our camera along, maybe next time. I've never been a fan of the helmet look (I mean it looks like I've got a giant mushroom on top, but we figured being on the blood thinners and all, looks weren't too important) Oh and I have to say I have an incredible husband. He spent like 30 minutes pumping up all our bike tires with a volleyball pump.

My pregnancy has been going well. Just over a week until we find out if we're having a little girl or another little boy, we are so excited! I am loving my growing stomach. I am 18 weeks today and definitely have an unmistakable baby bump. I'll post updated pregnancy pictures soon. I've been feeling our baby move and kick, more distinctly within this last week, and a couple nights ago Chris felt little kicks! He was so excited to feel our baby. He never had the opportunity to feel Collin move when I was pregnant with him, so this was special.
Speaking of Collin, I miss him. I miss visiting his grave. I think of his birth often and I wish I could hold him one more time....I know that we will be reunited and I am so grateful for that knowledge I have, but I still miss him now. He is a blessing to our family and I know he will be a blessing to his siblings. Chris and I desire so deeply to live worthily so we can be a forever family.

Friday, October 7, 2011

New

The doctors gave me a new due date...March 18! Yay! I know it's only like 8 days earlier than my old due date of March 26 but it still made my day, okay maybe my week : ) What can I say, I'm excited.
Plus it helps to explain my ever growing stomach...


I am just over 16 weeks in these pics. 16 weeks and 2 days to be exact. October 25th is the day we find out if we are having another baby boy or a baby girl. I can't wait!!