One month from now

C-section is scheduled and exactly one month from now I will have met my son on the outside. Baby prep is moving along but I still have quite a bit left to do. Car seat and co-sleeper have been purchased and are just waiting to be put together or installed. My baby shower was last weekend and it was a very nice afternoon. I got lots and lots of clothes and most likely won't have to purchase any for quite some time! My only regret is that it all went by so fast and I didn't get any photos with my mom or other special folks.

I've been a mostly absent blogger during this journey and I wish that I had updated more often. I'm going to try and do a better job in the next few weeks - especially now that I've been feeling mostly ok.

Making room for baby

Hospital tour was the other night and it really made things click in the "OMG, this is really happening" way. I wasn't planning on the tour but I'm glad I went because it helped to get a feel for the place and I really like how their policies encourage baby staying with mom as much as possible. I was worried that they would be taking him to the nursery while I was recovering from the surgery but they said that as long as everything is ok he can stay with me.

Oh yeah.... did I mention that baby is a BOY! Even though I had been hoping for a girl in the beginning when they told me that he was a he I was thrilled. I'm still trying to decide on a name because I don't really have any that I just LOVE. It's so much easier to name pets.

I'm feeling pretty good overall even though my guts are starting to feel pretty smooshed and the heartburn is killer.

27 down and 13 to go

27 weeks today and I can't believe how quickly time is flying!
I've finally had some relief from the nausea and throwing up- Woo HOO! I've been taking an acid reducer for the last 3 weeks and it has made all the difference. I even gained a few lbs for the first time at my dr appt. last week.

Baby prep is going a lot slower then I would like but I'm still so undecided on things like car seats, swings, bouncers and diapers. I want to use cloth but I have no idea how to start. I'll be sharing my room with the little one so I have to get my butt moving on clearing out some space. The crib will be here soon and I have some furniture to move around and cleaning to do. Fun stuff!

This and that and just starting somewhere

Gosh, it's been awhile.

I've thought about posting more but would then get overwhelmed with how much catching up there was to do. I've been spending lots of time laying down and hoping that my lunch/dinner/snack was going to stay put.

* Just about 23 1/2 weeks and the nausea and throwing up has just started to get better in the last week or so. I'm finally having more good days than bad days.
The only upside is that because of all the weight I lost my pants still fit.

* I've been feeling lots of movement on the inside and to be honest it's kind of cool and more than a little freaky. I'm looking forward to being able to feel those kicks on the outside.

* If you know that I'm pregnant then you can tell that I'm showing. If you don't know than I don't think you can tell.

* I started the baby registry last week and good golly is it overwhelming! I still have to do some research on the bigger purchases like car seat, stroller, play yard, swing.

* My shower is turning in to a huge drama fest and honestly I don't even want one now. (the drama is worthy of it's own post that I'll be writing later).

Short today but longer tomorrow

I love November because so many bloggers participate in NaBloPoMo and that means lots and lots of updates! I'm not sure if I can keep up with posting every day this month but I'll give it a go.

I'm going to keep it short tonight because I'm getting sleepy but I promise to have more to say tomorrow.

September already?

I keep putting off posting anything because for the last few weeks all I had were complaints. The nausea has been miserable. This kid doesn't seem to like food, beverages or being hungry. I think I've lost 20 lbs (no worries - there was plenty of cushion to start with). I keep hoping that it will get better soon. Please get better soon.

The NT scan went well and my results came back in an acceptable range. My next big scan is scheduled for the beginning of Oct and I'm hoping that I'll find out if this little one is a boy or a girl. I'm hoping that it's a girl but of course I'll be just as thrilled if it's a boy.

Sorry lemonade it's over

I've broken things off with lemonade. My new passion is orange-orange Vit.am.in Wat.er. The last 3 weeks I've pretty much been nauseous all day long. Not fun.
I've been feeling better the last few days so fingers crossed that I'm over the worst of it. I find that the nausea is much worse if I let myself get hungry so I've been trying to eat something every 2-3 hours. Yum, saltines at 3am

Big week of happenings around here because tomorrow makes 12 weeks and I have my first appt with the doctor. Friday is the big NT scan and I can't wait to see what this little one is up to in there.