April 24, 2010
Fulfilling my promises
I promised to upload some pictures so here they are :) Some of the convention and cupcakes, a cake for my little bro's b-day (don't look too close), a picture of me and my mother in law at my baby shower, and my favorite bridal pic of my little sister who is getting married tomorrow. So really here is pictures to go with my last few pots. ENJOY!!
April 22, 2010
Just a Zap.....
Today was weird. The weather was funky, sunny and rainy, than just sunny, than pouring. No single weather description for the day. I had to work and got some projects done and it was pretty relaxing. But the weirdest thing for me was my doctor's appointment this morning. I went in for an ultrasound and had to sit and wait for the baby to move enough so I could get a good score this time. After the tech pestered her for a few minutes she finally moved a little bit. I am sure she was sleeping I mean it was 9 am why wouldn't she be? So we passed the ultrasound this week but only just barely. After the ultrasound I had an NST. And once again she was being a little lethargic and not moving much so after about 15 minutes the nurse came in and told me she was just going to give her a little zap. A zap? What the crap does that mean? Well its this little thing that vibrates on my stomach and wakens the baby. And it sure does wake up the baby, I think she jumped from my uterus to Texas and back. After the initial shock she stopped moving again so they zapped her again! This time she stayed moving the rest of my NST, so she was just being stubborn and lazy. But how weird is it that they actually "zapped" my baby. It just feels so inhumane. Hopefully she doesn't develop PTSD from this experience............
April 9, 2010
Long. Long. Week.
I am sitting here awake at 5 in the morning. If anyone who knows me knows that 9 am feels early to me than I am guessing I have your pity. Now I don't know why I can't sleep yesterday or today but I might as well update the world on my life.
For the exciting news yesterday was the county Republican convention. My mom is running for County Clerk and had to get 60% last night in order to beat her competitor and not have to go to a primary. Well.......... she did it!! Yay. She won by 85% which was a county record. Because no other party affiliations filed she has little campaigning to do before the general election (where she will be the only name on the ballot) and in January she will take office. I am so happy for her but maybe more happy for myself because it is all over. I was getting worn out from helping her in her campaign. I made 21 dozen cupcakes for the convention and they were a huge hit. Now if my camera weren't up the stairs I would post pics. (sorry that is my laziness)
As for the weekly doctor visit, let me tell you it was a roller coaster ride this week. I was sent in for my regular appointment on Tuesday and was supposed to get a special ultrasound but they canceled it on Monday than when I got to the hospital for my NST on Tuesday they decided to go ahead and do it anyways. Okay, that worked for me. In this ultrasound it needed to last 30 minutes while they checked the baby for certain things. In that time the baby needed to move so much, practice breathing, change heartrate, etc... At the end of the 30 minutes the baby gets a score out of 10 with 8 being a passing score. So we finished up in radiology than went over to labor and delivery for my 45 minute NST. Two and half hours later I was still being monitored told I needed to stay until my doc. got there and that was it.
It was more nerve racking not knowing why I was stuck there than anything else. I finally called my doctor's office wanting any information on what was going on. The nurse told me that the doc. was coming over to talk to me because the baby scored a 6 on her ultrasound and he wanted me to see a perinatologist. Darnit. I have had to do the whole perinatologist thing before and trust me not having one this time meant great things. Needless to say I start panicking. Doc. came in a few minutes later and told me the baby had scored low due to lack of movement. Serious? I had been feeling her move for the last 2 hours how can this wiggle worm inside me be lacking movement. Jeez. He told me he wasn't too worried about it but because I had bad history he wanted me to see the perinatologist anyways, immediately.
So Josh and I trecked down to McKay-Dee and saw the perinatologist who checked her all out and determined she was still healthy and just to count her movements (pff, like I am not already)!! By 4 pm I had been at the hospital for almost 6 hours. So exhausting but I am thankful for watchful doctors who worry about me and my baby and don't take anything to lightly.
I am realizing now what a long post this is but I just have sooooooo much more to say. Probably my favorite part of this last week was getting new things. I got my carseat and stroller on Monday and as explained before I didn't have to pay for it. After doing a thorough examination of my seat and stroller I officially love it. I also ordered myself this baby bath tub called a puj tub. It was ridiculously expensive for a baby bath tub but it looked so awesome in parenting magazine I had to have it. Bonus on that too because I used some left over babies r' us gift cards to buy it too!! Schweet. Than I used another gift card to buy new sheets. I absolutely love sheets and good sheets at that. I had a gift card and bought myself and Josh some divine egyptian cotton sheets (now all I am thinking about is being back in bed in my amazing sheets). But perhaps the biggest new thing I am looking forward to is my Cricut. Yes I said Cricut! I found it on ebay for 40 dollars and am impatiently waiting for it to get here. I am going to Cricut my heart away the minute it arrives!!!!
For the exciting news yesterday was the county Republican convention. My mom is running for County Clerk and had to get 60% last night in order to beat her competitor and not have to go to a primary. Well.......... she did it!! Yay. She won by 85% which was a county record. Because no other party affiliations filed she has little campaigning to do before the general election (where she will be the only name on the ballot) and in January she will take office. I am so happy for her but maybe more happy for myself because it is all over. I was getting worn out from helping her in her campaign. I made 21 dozen cupcakes for the convention and they were a huge hit. Now if my camera weren't up the stairs I would post pics. (sorry that is my laziness)
As for the weekly doctor visit, let me tell you it was a roller coaster ride this week. I was sent in for my regular appointment on Tuesday and was supposed to get a special ultrasound but they canceled it on Monday than when I got to the hospital for my NST on Tuesday they decided to go ahead and do it anyways. Okay, that worked for me. In this ultrasound it needed to last 30 minutes while they checked the baby for certain things. In that time the baby needed to move so much, practice breathing, change heartrate, etc... At the end of the 30 minutes the baby gets a score out of 10 with 8 being a passing score. So we finished up in radiology than went over to labor and delivery for my 45 minute NST. Two and half hours later I was still being monitored told I needed to stay until my doc. got there and that was it.
It was more nerve racking not knowing why I was stuck there than anything else. I finally called my doctor's office wanting any information on what was going on. The nurse told me that the doc. was coming over to talk to me because the baby scored a 6 on her ultrasound and he wanted me to see a perinatologist. Darnit. I have had to do the whole perinatologist thing before and trust me not having one this time meant great things. Needless to say I start panicking. Doc. came in a few minutes later and told me the baby had scored low due to lack of movement. Serious? I had been feeling her move for the last 2 hours how can this wiggle worm inside me be lacking movement. Jeez. He told me he wasn't too worried about it but because I had bad history he wanted me to see the perinatologist anyways, immediately.
So Josh and I trecked down to McKay-Dee and saw the perinatologist who checked her all out and determined she was still healthy and just to count her movements (pff, like I am not already)!! By 4 pm I had been at the hospital for almost 6 hours. So exhausting but I am thankful for watchful doctors who worry about me and my baby and don't take anything to lightly.
I am realizing now what a long post this is but I just have sooooooo much more to say. Probably my favorite part of this last week was getting new things. I got my carseat and stroller on Monday and as explained before I didn't have to pay for it. After doing a thorough examination of my seat and stroller I officially love it. I also ordered myself this baby bath tub called a puj tub. It was ridiculously expensive for a baby bath tub but it looked so awesome in parenting magazine I had to have it. Bonus on that too because I used some left over babies r' us gift cards to buy it too!! Schweet. Than I used another gift card to buy new sheets. I absolutely love sheets and good sheets at that. I had a gift card and bought myself and Josh some divine egyptian cotton sheets (now all I am thinking about is being back in bed in my amazing sheets). But perhaps the biggest new thing I am looking forward to is my Cricut. Yes I said Cricut! I found it on ebay for 40 dollars and am impatiently waiting for it to get here. I am going to Cricut my heart away the minute it arrives!!!!
April 1, 2010
Being Big...
Had another Doc. appointment on Wednesday. Everything is still going super fab. I am measuring at 35 weeks though. Which in its own way is a huge relief, after weeks of nightmares of going into labor early it is nice to know that it would be completely okay if I did!!
I have spent the last couple nights out on the town with my mom working with her in her campaign. Politics sure are interesting, I like to go and hear what candidates have to say but at the same time I find it all a dirty practice. It is hard for me to think that some people really do think less of you if you are a democrat or vice versa. I never thought that political party affiliation made or broke a person. At least I don't have to always play in the political field and I can get over all the seedy comments people make. Keep wishing my mom luck and if you haven't already become a fan of her political profile page on facebook!!!
I have spent the last couple nights out on the town with my mom working with her in her campaign. Politics sure are interesting, I like to go and hear what candidates have to say but at the same time I find it all a dirty practice. It is hard for me to think that some people really do think less of you if you are a democrat or vice versa. I never thought that political party affiliation made or broke a person. At least I don't have to always play in the political field and I can get over all the seedy comments people make. Keep wishing my mom luck and if you haven't already become a fan of her political profile page on facebook!!!
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