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Baby Lamotta is due September 28th, 2017! Today is 5/18/17 which means I’m 21 weeks! On the down slide now! Baby is the size of a baseball hat. I’ve gained… let’s be honest for a minute here. I haven’t weighed myself and while I’m tempted to walk my tush upstairs and do so, I’m also terrified because homegirl is looking more and more like a whale each day. Midwife appointment this week? Not this week! My next appointment will be my 2nd trimester group visit…
A week after I found out I was pregnant, I wrote this about my grief during pregnancy. I still have some of these same fears, but I feel less terrified now that I know she’s a girl. It feels like my mom gave me this gift from the beyond. <3 —– They don’t tell you how you’ll feel when life begins again. Grief had taught me many things over the last seven months, but it didn’t teach me how to feel about new life. It didn’t tell me how terrified I’d…
Baby Lamotta is due September 28th, 2017! Today is 4/20/17 which means I’m 17 weeks pregnant! Baby is the size of game console controller Baby is a… one more weeeeeek! Thinking girl based on the crazy high heartbeat. Midwife appointment this week? Nope! Current mood: Stressed. Work has been kicking my booty. Cravings: Sweeeeets. Gimme all the easter candy! And root beer and/or cream soda. (the kind with cane sugar) Food Aversions: Still pizza and onions. And random other things. The yucky stuff: This baby is right on my bladder so any time I have to…
Baby Lamotta is due September 28th, 2017! Today is 4/13/17 which means I’m 16 weeks! Baby is the size of an action figure! Baby is a… two weeks until we know! But lately I’m thinking boy. I’m holding high again like I did with Jude. Midwife appointment this week? Nope Current mood: Feeling good! Just busy with work. And glad that Jordan and I finally have a baby name if it’s a boy now. We could not decide on one. We’ve got a girl one too. 🙂 Cravings: Baked potatoes…
Baby Lamotta is due September 28th, 2017! Today is 4/6/17 which means I’m 15 weeks! Baby is the size of a box of crayons. 🙂 Baby is a… princess or superhero! We find out at our gender reveal party in exactly 3 weeks! Doctor’s appointment this week? Yep! It was with a different midwife, who was not quite as colorful (let’s stick to the crayon theme) as the last, but still very nice. She let Jude help with the doppler and then let him listen to his own heartbeat too. Baby’s heartbeat…
Baby Lamotta is due September 28th, 2017! Today is 3/30/17 which means I’m 14 weeks! 2nd trimester, baby!! Baby is the size of a troll doll! Baby is a… not sure but will know in less than a month! eeek! Doctor’s appointment this week? No Current mood: Happy! I’m finally starting to feel better and my thesis is almost out the door. 🙂 Cravings: Last night I craved Mexican! I’ve been really wanting carbs too. Food Aversions: Salty foods, pizza, honestly most things. It’s a day to day thing. One day…
Baby Lamotta is due September 28th, 2017! Today is 3/27/17 which means I’m 13 weeks, 4 days. (the pic is from 13 weeks, 1 day) Baby is the size of a matchbox car! Baby is a… baby. Exactly a month until we know! Doctor’s appointment this week? Nope. Current mood: Nauseated (is that a mood?) and sad Cravings: Fruit Food Aversions: Still can’t eat pizza. Caramelized onions make me want to gag. Sour and salty foods are a no go. The yucky stuff: From Tuesday night to Friday of last week I was SO…
It’s dark, smelling oddly of smoke, and seriously in need of an updated design. This is what I’m thinking as I sit in the waiting room at Wake Med Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Raleigh campus. I should be thinking the worst. And I was – just a few minutes before. But I really, really can’t think about it right now. I need to focus on something else, anything else. You see, I’m here because my midwife, just hours earlier, couldn’t hear my baby’s heartbeat. Jordan and I arrive at Baby & Company, the…
*Please note, this post was originally published on my former blog “Here Comes Baby One” on May 16 & 19, 2012. I’m republishing this content on this website to have it all in one place. Hope you enjoy digging up memory lane with me! ________________________________________ The End of a Pregnancy and the Beginning of Motherhood = TOMORROW Tomorrow is D-Day! (unless I go into labor between now and then) Tomorrow morning at 6am I will call High Point Regional Hospital and they will tell me what time to come in and be admitted for my induction. They will put…
*Please note, this post was originally published on my former blog “Here Comes Baby One” on May 3, 2012. I’m republishing this content on this website to have it all in one place. Hope you enjoy digging up memory lane with me! ________________________________________ BIG NEWS: I had a doctor’s appointment on Monday and the doctor asked if I had an ultrasound lately and I said no so they scheduled one for me for Wednesday. Looking back, she did seem a littletoo reassuring when she kept saying they just want to check his size, that’s all…
