Issues Issues

I still need to come back and post pics and the birth story but here's an update on what's going on now. Don't read on if you don't have a strong stomach.

So last Friday and Saturday I was having some bleeding issues - I was having these huge gushes of blood and then passing some larger clots. So after talking to the doctor 3 times between the two days I finally went to the ER on Saturday. Luckily we were at my parents house (we were making dinner for them and my sis and her hubby to say thank you for everything) and there is a satellite ER for AGMC right by my parents house in Bath. So we went there and I was in and out in a hour. They wanted to do an ultrasound but I would have needed to go to the main campus to get that done and after talking to my doc they decided not to send me. But my blood work came back fine and my exam went fine as well. So they had me go back to the doc on Monday. So Monday I see the doc and they want to do an ultrasound but again everything else was looking fine. So Weds this week I went for the ultrasound - it's what they thought - part of the placenta was still inside of me. I couldn't get in to see anyone Weds so I had to go back Fri (hello 3 times in 1 week!!). So now I get to have surgery on Tues to remove this part of the placenta that is still in there. It's about the size of a nickel. So they are going to knock me out for this because they coudl use a local and a numbing agent but I guess people still tend to squirm around a lot and because it's so precise what they are trying to do its easier to knock people out and just get it done. So I have to go at 1:30 pm on Tuesday and it's outpatient. So I will be in recovery for around 3 hrs and then I will get to come home. They said to take it easy that day but I should be back up and going on Weds.

Still waiting to hear what they are going to do about my gall stones. I just got the report sent over to my doc so hopefully next week I will hear something!!

She's here!

Our baby girl graced us with her presence almost 3 weeks early! Patricia Grace was born July 8th at 12:39 am, 5 lbs 5 oz, 18 in long. It was a really rough labor and delivery. I developed HELLP syndrome therefore I couldn't have an epidural and while I did have some other pain medicine, it was really rough. And I had some complications after but things are good now. We are doing well and just adjusting to having her here and getting on some sort of a schedule! I will hopefully jump back on here soon and post some pics!

It's the weekend!

I'm so ready for it to be the weekend. It's been a pretty rough week. I went to my appointment on Monday. Everything is still looking good and I'm measuring right on. I go back next Weds for my next appt and the Group B Strep culture. We will see then how things are going and if I'm dilated at all. I don't know if I am but I can hope! :) I don't like having to wait until Weds but they are closed Monday and no midwives are in on Tues for some reason. So then I will turn around and go the following Monday again because I'm off on Mondays so my appointment needs to be then. Hopefully they don't get mad about that!

I did have some upper back pain the other night. It was so bad that I got sick from it. Not sure what was going on there. It did stop for most of yesterday though and then it has come back some today again. Not sure if it is form the way she is laying or what but it doesn't feel good at all. I am taking some regular strength Tylenol and that helps some but I don't like to take too much of anything right now so I try not to take it unless I am really hurting. I also have started to get some pelvic pressure so that could be a sign of something? We will see!

We did finally get our crib mattress in the mail the other day. So that means this weekend I can put her bedding set on her crib finally! My sister bought our pack and play yesterday and a bottle set for us. And on Monday me and Ben are going shopping and picking up the rest of the things we need. There is still stuff we need from both stores so that should be fun. I'm excited to get the rest of our stuff and get everything put away and be done with it until she's here.

So plans for the 4th....Ben is going out of town. Not too happy about it but it's kind of his last chance before the baby. I don't want him to go but I know he won't be bale to go in the next few weeks because I could go at any time and even though he's only 2 hrs away that's too far if I do go in to labor. So he will be d own at the farm and I'm not doing much of anything tomorrow but Sunday I am going to my godmothers house in Austintown for the parade and a cookout at her house. She has a pool so I will probably take a dip in there. I think that's all my plans for this weekend since I just want to lay around and hopefully my back stops acting up!

I will need to come back and post pictures but Ben's cousin (who was due 10 days before me) had her baby this past Sunday, June 27th. She is absolutely adorable! She was born on 6/27 at 7:19 am, she was 7 lbs 4 oz and 19 in long. Kind of scares me because she was three weeks early and that would be next week for me! Everyone keeps saying they think I will go early but I'm not so sure. She seems quite comfortable in there and not ready to come out yet. But I know that could change overnight and plus I want people to stop saying that - they are going to get my hopes up! LOL!

Well i think that's all the updates I have for now. I will come back and post pics of the baby and from the 4th! Happy 4th of July everyone!

Busy Weekend!

So it's going to be a busy weekend!

Tonight I have to go to my boss's surprise 40th birthday party. It should be fun but it's quite a drive to get back home so I won't be home until late probably. Tomorrow I have to get up and go shopping (and try to return some stuff) to Babies R Us and Target. I have to get a baby shower gift for a coworker and then a wedding gift for someone. Then it's off to said wedding that is about an hour and a half away. Probably won't be home until late again (going with my parents and they say that they want to leave by a certain time but we will see!). Then Sunday I'm very excited to be getting my maternity pictures done! I think they are going to awesome and I can't wait!!! Then I am meeting my friend who lives in Michigan now for a bit because she wasn't able to make it to my shower and she has a gift for me. I'm very excited to see her because it's been a few months! :) Then Monday I have my next doctors appointment. So all in all a very busy weekend with not much time to relax or sleep. Hopefully I won't get too cranky.

I don't think I've done much of an update on how I'm doing with baby so I probably should. I'm still feeling pretty good overall. My right foot and ankle swell just about every day. But not my left. They say it has to do with how the baby is laying. I just look like a freak that's all! It doesn't really bother me until it gets really bad and hurts because the skin is stretching so much. But I try to stay off my feet as much as possible so I don't make it worse. Everything still looks good though and no other problems. At my last appointment two weeks ago I did have to do a non-stress test because I hadn't been feeling her as much but as soon as I was hooked up to everything she went crazy! So I think she was just relaxing for a few days but they wanted to be sure so we did it. I can't believe how time is flying. Only 34 more days until she (might) be here. I'm hoping I don't go over but knowing my luck I will! I'm working up to the last minute possible so hopefully there are no issues and I'm able to. After my appointment on Monday I will start going every week until she arrives so that will be fun. Hopefully she comes a little early though because I don't want to be late :) I'm also scheduled to go to a breastfeeding class on July 12th so hopefully she doesn't come before that because I would like to go to that class! I think that's about all the updates for now!

Our Baby Shower

So last Sunday was our baby shower and it was wonderful! We spent most of Saturday at my parents house getting last minute things done and it rained some so we were nervous. But there ended up being no rain at all! It was kind of humid and warm but I would take that over rain anyday!!


We were very blessed and got almost everything we needed for her! There is still some things we need to pick up but we will do that probably in the next 2 weeks. I might go shopping this weekend at Target and get some stuff. We will see. I have more clothes than I know what to do with (at least in the smaller sizes - bigger sizes not so much so I do need to buy a few things in bigger sizes) and we got tons of wipes! Not as many diapers but lots of wipes :)


See pics below!

Me right before the shower with my beautiful corsage made by my mom's coworker!

My mother in law and me
Ben's cousin Carmie Jo who is due 10 days before me
Our gifts and my pink chair!

Me and my wonderful momma!
My sister during the games
Ben was so excited about the diaper bag and all of the Michigan stuff my mom got him!
Amy, me and our cousin Kelsey

So much going on!

So much is going on right now I don't even know where to begin!

This week was our annual work meeting for GOJO. Everyone from the company was in. It was a good but long week!! It's nice to see everyone though. We did get to go out to Clay's Park on Weds but it had rained all day so it was really muddy. I almost fell a few times but luckily I didn't! I didn't win anything though which made me sad :( I won two years ago at bingo a few times but with the rain and not much else to do so many people were playing and so odds were slim. But it seemed like the same people won multiple times. Just luck of the draw with the cards I guess! My co-workers did have a baby shower for me on Monday though :) I was surprised - I had some idea that they were going to do it this week while everyone was in but I had no idea it was going to be Monday. They were all beyond generous with gifts and I'm so grateful. I got something I really wanted which was the rocker and ottoman! They also got me two activity sets (one that she can walk around the toys and the other was a jumper), our swing, our bouncer, the cover for the car seat for the winter time to keep her warm and the carrier to have her strapped on us. Plus some other people got me clothes, a glow worm, head bands/hair clips, diapers, wipes, books, and so much more! They were all so wonderful and I couldn't be more thankful!! I love them all dearly and they are the best!!

And on the note of showers - ours is the weekend! I can't believe it's here already. I took today off to recuperate from this week and to finish some last minute shopping with my mom. We are going to be doing that in a bit and then spending some final hours at my parents making sure everything is ready. Unfortunately, I think it's going to rain all weekend. It's just our luck. Oh well. We will just do the best we can. I can't wait to see everyone though!!

On a baby note - everything is looking good! I'm 33 weeks and 2 days today, less than 7 weeks to go! I can't believe how fast it is approaching. I think we have figured out our hospital (Akron General) and I think we are pretty much ready. We just have to finish up her room (Ben has painted but he has some trim to put up around the door still). Once Ben finishes that I just need to mop the floor and then its time to start putting everything together! I plan on doing some of it on Monday after the shower but knowing my hubby that's not going to happen. We will see though :)

Alright I will be back after this weekend to update on how the shower goes!

And I'm back!

I'm finally back from all my work trips. I survived them but just barely. The one to Nashville was really rough with all the flooding but what can you do? I had some extra flights and I was stuck in Charlotte. And when I got to Nashville we had no hot water! Not a very happy momma after taking a cold shower every morning. I was so happy to be home after that. But it's over and now I'm home for good. But I've been super busy since I've been home.

We are moving to a different floor at work and that has been hectic. It's nice that I get to go through all my files and clear everything out and I've been doing it little by little. But it's still a lot of work! We are moving on Weds although the rest of our group moved yesterday, they have to reconfigure the desks in our area so we have to wait. Oh well...it's peaceful for the time being at least without the rest of the group there.

As far as the baby goes...things are well. I was just at the doc on Monday and they said everything is fine. I'm not sleeping that well because my hips hurt really bad and I just toss and turn all night. But oh well. They say I am measuring right on as far as my size. I'm 30 weeks and 3 days as of today. I can't believe in less than 10 weeks she will be here. It seems like forever but I know it's going to fly.

Ben still hasn't finished the baby room. He did the patching and painted but now he has to paint tthe whole room because the paint doesn't match for some reason. He thinks it's because we didn't get the same finish but how are we to remember which finish we got last time 4 years ago! So he needs to do that. He took the trim down around the door so we can put the new up since it was ruined. I think we are going to lowes tonight to get paint for the trim also and hopefully pick up the trim pieces so we can get this room done.

My shower is about 3 weeks away now and we really haven't done anything so I'm freaking out. My sister made a list of everything we have to get but we haven't gotten anything yet! So hopefully this week we can start to make progress on that and I will feel much better!

Alright I think that's it for my updates for now!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, moms-to-be and fur baby moms out there!!! I am hoping to get back in here and write an update soon but I still have 1 more work trip this week from Thurs-Sun! So hopefully after this I will be back!

I'm outta here!

Well I figured I would do one last update before I leave tomorrow. I'm out of here until Weds for a work trip to Orlando. It should be a good time but of course I'm nervous about flying. And even more nervous about flying with a baby in my belly! But I will be ok and I just can't wait to get there. It will be good to see all of my field sellers from work for a few days and be out of the office.

On Thurs is my glucose test at the doctors. Hoping that everything goes ok with that! I think I should be ok but you just never know. So that will be a fun time sitting there for an hour until they do the blood draw. I hate needles though so this is not going to be fun!

In other news, I ordered and recieved our invites for the shower! I love them and they turned out really good. I designed them myself and it only cost me 50 cents to print them on vistaprint including shipping! So I'm very pleased and will probably use them again to do my birth announcements once the baby is born.

I also ordered our crib and changing table. It had been out at Babies R Us. I just by chance was looking at my registry yesterday and it was available so I ordered it before it wasn't anymore! I was supposed to get an email when it was back in stock but that never happened for some reason. Oh well! It has now shipped so we should get it by Thurs I think the tracking said. We won't be assembling it for probably another month or so but that's ok. As long as it's up before the shower so we can bring everything in I will be happy. And the changing table came from Amazon because it was cheaper by 30 bucks plus I saved some shipping too. So all in all i'm very happy that it's on it's way and no more waiting!

Well I think that's all for now. I will try to update between trips but not sure I will be able to!

Time is ticking away....

Time seems to be going slow but then I look back and it has gone so fast! I only have 15 weeks left which seems like forever and tomorrow at the same time. We just got the baby's room cleared out (Ben's mom was in there) and so we can just now start work on it. Just a few little things to do - we have to sand down the trim and repaint it, we had some patches on the walls and we need to sand them down some more because they were poorly done the first time around because we were in a hurry. Then we need to repaint that. And we need to replace the trim around the door. So not too much to do, if we had the time we could probably get it done in one weekend but I don't think our schedules will work like that. So hopefully in the next two weeks we can get that stuff done so I can start cleaning and decorating the room.

We did get our bedding set yesterday (see above) and it's absolutely adorable!! I love that it's not over the top pink, it has lots of brown, green, red, and other colors. I got a great deal on EBay for a 13 piece set and then we also bought the lampshade that matches. Just need to buy a lamp base for that and then a mobile and the crib will be all set! As for the crib and changing station - I think I am going to be ordering that in the next few days here because I think the crib is on clearance at Babies R Us. So it said something about saving 10% when you buy clearance plus it's free shipping. So I will probably order both pieces now and get it over with, which is why I would like to get the stuff done in the room. Hopefully we can get this stuff done within the next month or so before the shower so I can bring everything home from the shower and start putting it where it needs to go!

We did go and register at Babies R Us last weekend which was a fun experience! Ben still doesn't understand why we need to register at two stores (we are going to Target this weekend to finishregistering there) but he doesn't understand not everyone can get to a Babies R Us! Luckily the one in Chapel Hill will be done with their remodel soon and so people will be able to shop there. Although I was there last weekend and they had plenty of stuff so that was good. So people might not be able to find everything on registry if they go there but they should be able to find some stuff. I'm excited to finish up our Target registry this weekend. And I think I'm going to order our shower invites online in the next few days as well. I designed them myself so I just have to send them off to the printer to be printed. Everything is starting to come together!!

I am going to be travelling for work coming up next weekend and I will be gone off and on for the next few weeks. I'm gone April 24-28 in Orlando, May 2-5 in Nashville, and then back to Orlando May 13-16. So it will be a busy next few weeks and then before you know it, it will be time for our shower in June!

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Everyone!

Since our anniversary is coming up we went out last night with my parents to celebrate. We went and had dinner at Hoggy's in Independence. It was really good. Everyone had been there before but me! It was a BBQ place and it was pretty darn good! We will be going back there. Then we went and saw Clash of the Titans in 3D. Not my pick but everyone else wanted to see it so I went for them. It was different because I don't think I've ever been to a 3D movie before. Again, not a movie that held my interest but that's ok.

I also want to say a big CONGRATS to our friends Melanie and Brian. Their son Mason William was born last night (Saturday, April 3) at 9:19 pm. She did end up having to have a c-section because after being induced Friday night at 7:30 she had made no progress at all. He was 9 lbs 12 oz and 21.5 in long. Because he was so big they don't think she would have been able to deliver him naturally anyways so it worked out for the best. He is currently in the special care unit though due to Mel being diabetic and the baby needing to get used to no insulin. He will be fine though but they have to watch him so they moved him down there. We did go up and visit this morning but we weren't able to hold him because he was in that unit. But we did get to visit with him and I will have to come back and post pictures. I am going over tomorrow as well so maybe he will be out of there if things go well tonight with regulating his sugar.

We did spend Easter at Ben's Grandpa's house. He made a huge feast as usual - ham, chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, peas/corn, buttered noodles, coleslaw and rolls. I'm still so stuffed I feel like I can't move!! It was Ben's grandpa, me, Ben, Ben's mom, her boyfriend, my mom and my stepdad. My parents didn't really have anywhere to go for Easter so they came to his house. It was good to see them :) And it was such a beautiful day out so it was nice to be able to relax outside. It was one of the first Easter's in a while that it hasn't snowed or rained around here.

Well this week I am supposed to be on jury duty so we will see how that goes. I know I don't have to report tomorrow but not sure if I will be called at all the rest of this week. Hopefully not seeing as I have plenty to do at work. But we will see!!

Have a great week everyone!

Update finally

How far along are you today?: 23 weeks exactly
How have you been feeling this week?: Pretty good overall
Any morning sickness?: None!
Gender prediction (if you don't know yet): It's a girl! :)
Food cravings?: Fruit, lots of fruit
Food dislikes?: Same as before. Nothing in particular right now though
Smells dislikes?: Not really

So it's been a little while since I haven't updated. Been kind of busy. I started a scrapbook for baby girl though! I spent last weekend doing that. I still have a lot of catching up to do on my regular scrapbooks though. I am supposed to go scrapbooking on Friday though with my friend so that should be fun.

We did finally buy our stroller as well. I found one we liked and had good ratings and reviews so I decided to just buy it. We have plenty of other things people can buy for us! So that's one thing down, 8000 to go :) I'm very excited about registering for our shower though! We are waiting until after Easter though because they usually reset stuff after Easter so I just want to be sure everything will be available come time for our shower so I don't want to register too soon. We are going to register at Babies R Us and Target. Plus the Babies R Us by our house is in the middle of a remodel right now and we can't register right now anyways because they have limited inventory until that's over. So we wait. Hopefully the end of this month we will be able to register. Still working on the rest of the details for the shower - I think we have the date but we are still trying to confirm that it will work for our church since that's where we want to have it. If not, we will probably have to move the location because it's the only day that will really work for us without me being further along! So June 13th it is hopefully!

I had a doctors appointment yesterday as well. I think I was only up 2 lbs from my last appointment but I forgot to ask for sure. I think my total gain is only about 3 or 4 lbs from pre pregnancy because of the weight I lost in the beginning. I am starting to show pretty well now but I would hope so since I'm almost 6 months! Heartbeat sounded good and was at about 150. Everything else was going well - my next appointment will be the glucose appointment so I will be sitting there awhile! I will have to remember to take a book to read while I wait. After that appointment I will start going every 2 weeks. I have some travelling coming up but they said that was ok. Still makes me nervous since I don't like to fly as it is but they say everything will be ok so I trust them :)

We also got our air ducts cleaned on Monday. We found a coupon in the paper and we have been wanting to get it done for a little while now because we get so much dust in our house. Unfortunately, I haven't noticed a difference yet with the dust but maybe it takes a few days to clear the air?? I am hoping to be able to open the windows tomorrow and the rest of the week to air out the house some since it's supposed to be warmer. Maybe that will help with clearing the air. We ended up spending additional money to get an extra main duct and our furnace cleaned to help with the air with the baby on the way and my asthma, we are hoping it was worth the extra money because it was a hefty bill after it was all said and done with!

Oh and finally I think we finally have a name for our little girl - took us a while to decide on one that we both wanted. The name we choose was Patricia Grace. I will either call her Tricia, Trish or Grace. Patricia, Pat, Patty, Patsy all just sound too old for me. So that's what we have settled on for now.

17 weeks and counting!!

Just wanted to pop in real quick

and give the results of our ultrasound yesterday. It's a girl!! Mixed feeling of course on it but happy the baby is healthy and fine!

We wanted a boy for family name reasons and of course we have agreed on a name for a boy. No name has been agreed upon for a girl. Ben won't budge on the name thing which is starting to annoy and upset me. But he doesn't care. So this is oging to be a long few months...

Update for the week - 19 weeks

How far along are you today?: 19w5d
How have you been feeling this week?: Doing good. Still worrying a lot as usual!
Any morning sickness?: Nope
Gender prediction (if you don't know yet): I still keep going back and forth. EVERYONE thinks it's a boy but we find out tomorrow so that will hopefully but this debate to rest finally!
Food cravings?: Fruit still
Food dislikes?: Nothing new
Smells dislikes?: Nothing new
What are you looking forward to?: Tomorrow to find out what we are having!

I also wanted to post that Ben finally got a promotion at work! That means more money which we really could use right now!! We don't know how much, he should find that out tomorrow which will be nice but I'm just excited he finally got something! He has been acting manager of that store for weeks now and it's nice that they gave him some credit.

Can't wait for this appointment tomorrow. I just hope everything looks good with the baby and that they tell us everything is good. I worry too much :) And hopefully baby cooperates and we can see what baby is!