Oh how much easier that phrase is to type than to really believe all the time...
I think its pretty normal for us all to get a little overwhelmed, especially if pregnancy hormones love making you cry over something ridiculous.. like stubbing your toe. Yeah that happened.
Well my trial right now is a physical one. Little Milo is going to be premature.
There's nothing we can do to make him be our little Halloween baby.
He's coming anytime between now and 4 weeks from now.
My water apparently broke last week and has been gradually leaking ever since. When I figured it out, I called my doctor and he told me to go to the hospital to get checked out. I was thinking this would be some tests and maybe bed rest AT HOME.
Surprise!
Mike and I have officially moved in to the labor and delivery room at the Provo Hospital.
The amniotic fluid surrounding Milo is very low, which is really scary to me.. To avoid losing more amniotic fluid I have to be on bed rest and because there's a rupture in the amniotic sac, I have to be on bed rest here at the hospital so I don't get an infection.
So there are two options:
1. I get an infection and they will be forced to induce me, which could happen any time of the day.
2. If the antibiotics work and bounce the infection, I will stay here and let the baby cook until I'm 34 weeks, which is in 3 1/2 weeks. Because my water is already broken, they won't let me go beyond 34 weeks.
I'm reallty bummed out that I'm gonna miss both of my baby showers and my friend's baby shower and Mike's Ordination for the Melchezidek Priesthood.. :(
Its been a rough day.
Bless my sweet husband he's passed out on the couch while I'm up blogging and playing around on facebook.
On a brighter note, Milo will be here when we are all sealed as a family in the temple.. :]
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Showing posts with label Alecia and Milo Update. Show all posts
6.14.2010
5 months Pregnant, 1 year together, & 7 1/2 months married!
So I am officially 5 months pregnant (aka 20 weeks) and already I'm feeling some MAJOR changes that actually make me think that I am pregnant after all!! Yes I was having doubts.. Anyone who has ever experienced first trimester of pregnancy will understand.
The first difference: My bloated belly is now FIRM! And its now pooching in an attractive shape not just muffin top.. :)
The second difference: And my favorite difference.. I can feel baby moving all the time. This is by far the most special and incredible feeling I've ever known to date! Its so magical I can't even begin to explain. Being a first time mother and all, I'm definitely enjoying the little things that I'm feeling different every day as I get farther along in pregnancy.
Mike and I went to my mid-pregnancy ultrasound last week to find out if the baby is healthy, the gender etc. Don't get excited because thats exactly what we did and it was kind of a bummer. Yes it was absolutely amazing seeing the movement that was happening as I was experiencing it, but of course I was bummed that our little one was squatting right over their boyish/girly parts.
Stubborn at such a young age, yipee! :)
I have to remind myself that it wasn't a complete letdown since we did get to see the little face and hands and toes.. It made us both cry :) And everyone we've shown it to as well!
I am trying to get the energy to get cute enough to take belly bump pics but its tough! But I promise I will! And I'll get the ultrasound pictures on here somehow!
On the subject of exciting news.. Mike and I had our first interview with our new bishop!! (who is awesome by the way) We love love love our new ward and all of the amazing people we've met so far. We were welcomed like new family members from day one and seriously.. who doesn't need that kind of acceptance in a new ward??
We talked to our bishop about our goal of getting sealed before the baby is born, around our 1 year anniversary and he made it sound like if we stayed on track, that would be possible!! For so long, getting sealed was a goal in my far far away future. You know what I'm talking about.. the kind of goals you make but never really think you'll ever see happen. Kinda like winning a million dollars.. But guess what?? This is so much BETTER than winning $1,000,000 and its so much more real than that now and I am SO excited for that day to come!
Mike and I also took the Sacrament on Sunday for the first time since we've known each other. We asked our bishop when we could start and he said NOW! Take it Sunday!! All I have to say is, Bread and water has never tasted so good.. Mike agrees :)
Yay more exciting news!!
Mike and I both have been qualified for pell grants AND student loans to go to school this August!!
I, of course, am going to do online classes. I don't really wanna run around campus 7, 8, 9 months prego. And Mike is still deciding if he's going to take real classes or do online with me. I'm going to take tons of different kinds of classes and see what I am good at. It has been 3 years since high school and I need the refreshers! Anywho, we are thrilled to be able to say that we are OFFICIALLY going :)
I've never been so happy. I know what you're thinking.. "Alecia, everyone writes on their newlywed blogs and says how perfect their lives are and how much happier they are than anyone else.." Was I close??
Well I'm not going to pretend our life together is perfect. We have a lot of work to do, but we're excited for the rocky roads, the humbling moments, and the blessings that come from working our a$$es off for something we love. And that's how Alecia "C's" it. ;)
The first difference: My bloated belly is now FIRM! And its now pooching in an attractive shape not just muffin top.. :)
The second difference: And my favorite difference.. I can feel baby moving all the time. This is by far the most special and incredible feeling I've ever known to date! Its so magical I can't even begin to explain. Being a first time mother and all, I'm definitely enjoying the little things that I'm feeling different every day as I get farther along in pregnancy.
Mike and I went to my mid-pregnancy ultrasound last week to find out if the baby is healthy, the gender etc. Don't get excited because thats exactly what we did and it was kind of a bummer. Yes it was absolutely amazing seeing the movement that was happening as I was experiencing it, but of course I was bummed that our little one was squatting right over their boyish/girly parts.
Stubborn at such a young age, yipee! :)
I have to remind myself that it wasn't a complete letdown since we did get to see the little face and hands and toes.. It made us both cry :) And everyone we've shown it to as well!
I am trying to get the energy to get cute enough to take belly bump pics but its tough! But I promise I will! And I'll get the ultrasound pictures on here somehow!
On the subject of exciting news.. Mike and I had our first interview with our new bishop!! (who is awesome by the way) We love love love our new ward and all of the amazing people we've met so far. We were welcomed like new family members from day one and seriously.. who doesn't need that kind of acceptance in a new ward??
We talked to our bishop about our goal of getting sealed before the baby is born, around our 1 year anniversary and he made it sound like if we stayed on track, that would be possible!! For so long, getting sealed was a goal in my far far away future. You know what I'm talking about.. the kind of goals you make but never really think you'll ever see happen. Kinda like winning a million dollars.. But guess what?? This is so much BETTER than winning $1,000,000 and its so much more real than that now and I am SO excited for that day to come!
Mike and I also took the Sacrament on Sunday for the first time since we've known each other. We asked our bishop when we could start and he said NOW! Take it Sunday!! All I have to say is, Bread and water has never tasted so good.. Mike agrees :)
Yay more exciting news!!
Mike and I both have been qualified for pell grants AND student loans to go to school this August!!
I, of course, am going to do online classes. I don't really wanna run around campus 7, 8, 9 months prego. And Mike is still deciding if he's going to take real classes or do online with me. I'm going to take tons of different kinds of classes and see what I am good at. It has been 3 years since high school and I need the refreshers! Anywho, we are thrilled to be able to say that we are OFFICIALLY going :)
I've never been so happy. I know what you're thinking.. "Alecia, everyone writes on their newlywed blogs and says how perfect their lives are and how much happier they are than anyone else.." Was I close??
Well I'm not going to pretend our life together is perfect. We have a lot of work to do, but we're excited for the rocky roads, the humbling moments, and the blessings that come from working our a$$es off for something we love. And that's how Alecia "C's" it. ;)
3.04.2010
Complications..
So last night I had severe abdominal pains so bad that I was tossing and turning, not sleeping, and miserable. This morning the idea of straining and lifting at work made me really nervous so I went to the Instacare in Saratoga Springs, only to be told by the doctor that this was something that needed to be treated in the emergency room. Great. What have I done to myself and my sweet pea?? :(
We go to the American Fork Hospital where my sweet husband is anxiously waiting to go in with me. I had a horrible IV put in that hurt so bad and I couldn't move my whole arm.. :( A really nice lady came in with a wheelchair and wheeled me down to radiology to get an ultrasound to make sure the baby was alive and growing properly. I never thought seeing a black blob with a lighter blob inside that blob would be so exciting! My heart started beating faster! But of course my bladder wasn't full enough to see what they needed to see so I had to go the lovely vaginal route.. Yeah that was so awkward and cold and gooey and gross. But it was amazing how much clearer the picture was!
Then there it was.. the flicker of a baby heartbeat! A mini strobe light in the midst of the blobs! Who knew something so small and faint could make everyone in the room cry! It was the most beautiful moment thus far in my pregnancy! I found out I am 6 weeks and 1 day along, a week less than I thought. Not that I really care that I have one more week of pregnancy, its been wonderful so far!
So I was walking on air just long enough to have someone rain on my parade. All of a sudden the nice lady doing my ultrasound had a very worried face as she looked at the gray radar thingy, somehow seeing something wrong with it. Right about now I wish I knew what the heck she was looking at. She calls in the Radiologist and asks him a bunch of questions with big words that I've never heard before in my life. After they seemed to agree on something I kindly asked them to explain what was going on. This is what I understood..
My egg/yoke sack has been planted way too far to the left of my uterus. On top of that my endometrium, which is what you shed when you have your period but don't when you're pregnant, is heart shaped instead of triangle shaped which means there are two peaks, like a heart obviously. That pushes the egg to either one side or the other I guess. If the baby stays too far to the left and is too deep into the endometrium wall, it won't grow to term and will have to be surgically removed. There are things called "tubal pregnancies" where the egg is planted in your fallopian tubes and it has to be surgically removed. Its not in the tubes but it COULD be implanted into the uterus wall. BUT, if it shifts and starts growing in the middle, where it should be, than there's nothing to worry about and the baby will grow healthy and I won't have a complicated pregnancy. So the idea is to have an OB-GYN take another ultrasound in about a week and see if the baby's moved or not. Yay for the waiting game..
We go to the American Fork Hospital where my sweet husband is anxiously waiting to go in with me. I had a horrible IV put in that hurt so bad and I couldn't move my whole arm.. :( A really nice lady came in with a wheelchair and wheeled me down to radiology to get an ultrasound to make sure the baby was alive and growing properly. I never thought seeing a black blob with a lighter blob inside that blob would be so exciting! My heart started beating faster! But of course my bladder wasn't full enough to see what they needed to see so I had to go the lovely vaginal route.. Yeah that was so awkward and cold and gooey and gross. But it was amazing how much clearer the picture was!
Then there it was.. the flicker of a baby heartbeat! A mini strobe light in the midst of the blobs! Who knew something so small and faint could make everyone in the room cry! It was the most beautiful moment thus far in my pregnancy! I found out I am 6 weeks and 1 day along, a week less than I thought. Not that I really care that I have one more week of pregnancy, its been wonderful so far!
So I was walking on air just long enough to have someone rain on my parade. All of a sudden the nice lady doing my ultrasound had a very worried face as she looked at the gray radar thingy, somehow seeing something wrong with it. Right about now I wish I knew what the heck she was looking at. She calls in the Radiologist and asks him a bunch of questions with big words that I've never heard before in my life. After they seemed to agree on something I kindly asked them to explain what was going on. This is what I understood..
My egg/yoke sack has been planted way too far to the left of my uterus. On top of that my endometrium, which is what you shed when you have your period but don't when you're pregnant, is heart shaped instead of triangle shaped which means there are two peaks, like a heart obviously. That pushes the egg to either one side or the other I guess. If the baby stays too far to the left and is too deep into the endometrium wall, it won't grow to term and will have to be surgically removed. There are things called "tubal pregnancies" where the egg is planted in your fallopian tubes and it has to be surgically removed. Its not in the tubes but it COULD be implanted into the uterus wall. BUT, if it shifts and starts growing in the middle, where it should be, than there's nothing to worry about and the baby will grow healthy and I won't have a complicated pregnancy. So the idea is to have an OB-GYN take another ultrasound in about a week and see if the baby's moved or not. Yay for the waiting game..
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