Ok so since getting pregnant I've been slightly obsessed with researching, as I usually am in pregnancy. But there are some changes that I didn't have last go round.
#1 don't carry anything over 15 pounds? When did that go in place? I mean I am a work in the yard, lift, haul, do person!!
Just yesterday I was cleaning the garage and moving and lifting and working hard (so hard I sweat everywhere!) I did get some cramping right after so u probably shouldn't do that again, but it also drives me nuts playing the "imobile ivilid" when I am capable!
#2 when I was prego with both my girls they said that nail polish poisoned the baby so not to use it, this time it's nope your fine just limi to twice a month ... Uhhh ok ??
#3
With Kyra people ate deli meat and didn't care, 10 years later with Donna no hot dogs or deli meat, this time around 5 years later, its yes to the deli meat but it must be heated to steaming first... Uhhh ok
#4 no fresh juice ?? What?? No unpasteurized juice from the farmers market? Ok wierd but OK
#5 I didn't remember hearing anything about eggs in either pervious pregnancy but now eggs must be fully cooked and no egg nog :( what !?!? Christmas and thanksgiving is gonna suck!
#6 I didn't remember hearing anything about protien the last pregnancy but this one I'm reading ALOT about high protien foods. I remember the "eat 2 servings of fish a week for baby's brain growth" but that was pretty much it. Speaking of fish .... No shark?!?! I just got some from a friend :( over all, Good to know though! I eat high protien generally anyway so that works.
#7
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I get soft cheese back ;) previously was a no no .. I love brie!
These are all I've noticed so far.. I'm sure there's more.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Insomnia... Whyyyyyyyyy???
I have the worst insomnia! I don't know why I wake up so often, and then STAY AWAKE, for no flipping reason! I mean it's not like my little lady is big enough to even move and kick me yet!!
FYI I'm having a girl ;) we have even named her ;)
FYI I'm having a girl ;) we have even named her ;)
where did these boobs come from ?
So generally I have large boobs, but
In 2 weeks I have gained 3 inches in my boobs, geez it almost happened overnight!! I don't remember them swelling this much this fast and with such pain! They are so firm that they feel like fake boobs!! I guess I'll need to get new bras!
Sorry but I had to tell someone...
In 2 weeks I have gained 3 inches in my boobs, geez it almost happened overnight!! I don't remember them swelling this much this fast and with such pain! They are so firm that they feel like fake boobs!! I guess I'll need to get new bras!
Sorry but I had to tell someone...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Many changes in 4 years.. The newest of which is a new baby!
Since I last posted on this blog many things have changed in my life.
Little Donna is 4 now, loves her princesses and is certainly not my baby anymore!
I got married a few months ago and gained a bonus son that is 2.
I now own a farm with goats and bees and a duck.
Life has a different viewfinder from 5 years ago that's for sure!
I am now 4 weeks 4 days pregnant with my 3rd pregnancy ... That is so strange to me, 4 years ago I thought I was done... God had other plans.
Let's fill you all in on the last couple weeks.
First off I track my ovulation like people track the tides, its like clockwork and it never misses being on time!
My husband and I "planned" on waiting 6 months after being married to adjust to married life before trying for a baby.
Ovulation #1 went by smoothly with no problem. 1 month down 5 to go.
Monday:
4 days before my scheduled, always reliable, like clockwork ovulation #2 we were intimate... Which is supposed to be a safe zone, since sperm only live 72 hours... Well that is, unless your body decides to ovulate a day early... Which happens to be the case here.
Wednesday :
So the day I ovulated I had a dream I was pregnant. The next morning I told my husband that I think we should try the following month for the baby and that I felt we needed to get pregnant sooner than the 6 month wait we had discussed. All the while, not knowing I was pregnant already. He said lets pray about it so we did.
Thursday: we went to the renaissance fair in town, dressed in cute ren fair outfits we have (I have a whole tote of ren fair clothes). I can normally wear my bodice fully synched, no problem, I do it all the time. About an hour in I loosened it , then another hour later I loosened it more about another hour later I felt like I couldn't breathe and I took it off. What?? That has never happened to me!
The next thing that happened was WEIRD! this old lady walks up touches my belly and says "are you expecting?" Knowing "darn well" I ovulate that day and that we spaced it out right I said no. Unbeknownst to me, I already had a pretty little fertilized baby making its way down the fallopian tube. How did this carny know I was pregnant already?
I did feel something going on in my body i chalked i up to the heat and later that night I had a Gaul stone attack and pass a very painful Gaul stone which wiped my body out! I was very tired after and was in alot of body aches and pains. About 3 years ago I developed a Gaul bladder disease which causes massive amounts of stones. And when they pass hurt like a million little razor blades attached to a steal toe boot kicking you in your side for 45 mins. I have found that Herbalife aloe elevates them well and helps dissolve them so I have been drinking that to help! However the doctor still unsure why I haven't gotten it out said "are you sure you don't want it removed?" My response : god put it in there... So he recommended apple cider vineager and apple juice (I've heard this before) and that was the plan for the next few days!
Friday: we went to visit our friends farm. We go nearly every month for a weekend. Friday went fine but Saturday I felt like poop the whole day!! I felt drained, but I put on a great fake smile and cheery disposition for most of the day. I gained some energy back around 6-7 when we went to a friends house and had a camp fire roasted marshmallows, and had rabbit for the first time! That was yummy!!
Cute little side note our little buck is only 2 weeks old and Kyra was staying
at the farm for 2 weeks so she brought him with her, cause he is her bottle baby this year. And however he still doesn't eat solids, while toasting marshmallows he ate one hahah it was adorable!!
We had an amazing time hanging with Grace and her family until late in the evening (it was like 1 am before going to bed)
We went back to the house and went to bed.
Sunday: I woke up the next morning a ZOMBIE!! I did NOT want to get out of bed, I was SO tired! I chalked it up to not going to bed till late and dragged my butt out of bed. I started feeling "stuff" going on "down south". I am very sensitive and can feel when anything is a miss in my system. I thought maybe my body was having indigestion from first time rabbit? Maybe I'm feeling weird cause I stayed up late? Maybe it's due to the heat?
We went to church. Relief society I felt like crap but mustered through it. I went into sacrament meeting and I just felt so drained I was gonna pass out. I have no idea how I made it through all of the meeting but I did. I went back to the house and took a nap. I just felt sick as a dog. Maybe I had food poisoning? maybe another gaul stone was prepping to come out? Omg maybe I'm pregnant? Was the old wierdo at the ren fair psychic? I hurry and calculate in my brain. Yep today would be implantation if I were, which would explain the cramping feelings.
No no no I'm just tired because of the Gaul stones.
We head in the road home. About 20 mins into the drive I can keep it to myself anymore, I have to tell my husband cause this baby thing won't get out of my head!
I tell him I think I might could be pregnant and that I am feeling cramping which I think is implantation.
He tells me there's no way I would know this soon, I tell him, I know my body.
I could see on his face he was terrified! I was like ohhh poor guy.. But in my heart I knew I was right.
5 mins later a Gaul stone hits .. HARD!! it lasted 45 mins and was just excruciating! Especially since we were driving. I had nothing to help with the pain. I used energy work an even had Jeremy help with it to get the pain to pass. I think it shocked him how fast and well it worked. We had never experienced anything like that to date, in our marriage. .. I rested for a couple hours, feeling completely drained from the attack. Then I had another one ... My dear sweet husband instantly put his hand on me and started working the energy. It went away in about 5 mins and I fell asleep. And I didn't wake up till we got home.
Monday I was just DRAINED those Gaul stones took every ounce of energy out of me! I tried to go to Monday afternoon cards and almost fell over!! I went home and napped. I had a dream about a baby. I woke up and still felt awful, I figured I needed to call my doctor and see what he could do. The earliest he had was Thursday. We made the appointment but just to make sure I bought a couple pregnancy tests a few weeks before in preparation to being pregnant. I took the test. It said no.. I threw it away.
Tuesday: The next day I had some energy so I went to the nutrition club where dawn weighed and measured me.. My body fat was down muscle was up lost a ton of inches but GAINED 2 in my boobs??
My friend even questioned me. I told her I thought I was and tested but that I got a negative, and that my period wasn't even due for another 4 days (Saturday). So we wouldn't know for sure for another week, but because of the Gaul bladder issue I didn't know what symptoms were from what ailment!
Wednesday
I felt like garbage all day AGAIN. Took 2 naps! That night I took another pregnancy test it also said no. I thought I may have seen a line so I pulled out the test from 2 days ago and it was positive.. Wait what ?? Why is there a line there?? This confused me. I called Jeremy down stairs and explained it all to him. He said we could get a blood test tomorrow and find out for sure since we were going to the doctors office anyway.
About an hour later while brushing my teeth .. Puukeeeeeeeee everywhere!! That was confirmation enough for me!! I was definitely pregnant!! Jeremy again didn't believe me.
Thursday we went to the appointment. They did a urine pregnancy test, it was negative. He still ordered the hcg blood test since my period was in a day so they levels may not have been high enough for a test to detect. He was getting blood work for the Gaul bladder done anyway so why not add one more test.
At 2:45 I called the office I was put on hold for 15 mins till the doctor could get on the line .. So right at 3:00 he said I was pregnant and had a 23 hcg level and that my Gaul bladder was "being jacked up" I told him duhh I knew that, but I cared more about the pregnancy.
So there it was I was pregnant again..
But this time I'm married.. It will be a different experience I'm sure!
I thought about if I should do a new blog for the new baby. I decided to keep writing in this one. So here it is.
Little Donna is 4 now, loves her princesses and is certainly not my baby anymore!
I got married a few months ago and gained a bonus son that is 2.
Life has a different viewfinder from 5 years ago that's for sure!
I am now 4 weeks 4 days pregnant with my 3rd pregnancy ... That is so strange to me, 4 years ago I thought I was done... God had other plans.
Let's fill you all in on the last couple weeks.
First off I track my ovulation like people track the tides, its like clockwork and it never misses being on time!
My husband and I "planned" on waiting 6 months after being married to adjust to married life before trying for a baby.
Ovulation #1 went by smoothly with no problem. 1 month down 5 to go.
Monday:
4 days before my scheduled, always reliable, like clockwork ovulation #2 we were intimate... Which is supposed to be a safe zone, since sperm only live 72 hours... Well that is, unless your body decides to ovulate a day early... Which happens to be the case here.
Wednesday :
So the day I ovulated I had a dream I was pregnant. The next morning I told my husband that I think we should try the following month for the baby and that I felt we needed to get pregnant sooner than the 6 month wait we had discussed. All the while, not knowing I was pregnant already. He said lets pray about it so we did.
Thursday: we went to the renaissance fair in town, dressed in cute ren fair outfits we have (I have a whole tote of ren fair clothes). I can normally wear my bodice fully synched, no problem, I do it all the time. About an hour in I loosened it , then another hour later I loosened it more about another hour later I felt like I couldn't breathe and I took it off. What?? That has never happened to me!
The next thing that happened was WEIRD! this old lady walks up touches my belly and says "are you expecting?" Knowing "darn well" I ovulate that day and that we spaced it out right I said no. Unbeknownst to me, I already had a pretty little fertilized baby making its way down the fallopian tube. How did this carny know I was pregnant already?
Friday: we went to visit our friends farm. We go nearly every month for a weekend. Friday went fine but Saturday I felt like poop the whole day!! I felt drained, but I put on a great fake smile and cheery disposition for most of the day. I gained some energy back around 6-7 when we went to a friends house and had a camp fire roasted marshmallows, and had rabbit for the first time! That was yummy!!
Cute little side note our little buck is only 2 weeks old and Kyra was staying
We had an amazing time hanging with Grace and her family until late in the evening (it was like 1 am before going to bed)
We went back to the house and went to bed.
Sunday: I woke up the next morning a ZOMBIE!! I did NOT want to get out of bed, I was SO tired! I chalked it up to not going to bed till late and dragged my butt out of bed. I started feeling "stuff" going on "down south". I am very sensitive and can feel when anything is a miss in my system. I thought maybe my body was having indigestion from first time rabbit? Maybe I'm feeling weird cause I stayed up late? Maybe it's due to the heat?
We went to church. Relief society I felt like crap but mustered through it. I went into sacrament meeting and I just felt so drained I was gonna pass out. I have no idea how I made it through all of the meeting but I did. I went back to the house and took a nap. I just felt sick as a dog. Maybe I had food poisoning? maybe another gaul stone was prepping to come out? Omg maybe I'm pregnant? Was the old wierdo at the ren fair psychic? I hurry and calculate in my brain. Yep today would be implantation if I were, which would explain the cramping feelings.
No no no I'm just tired because of the Gaul stones.
We head in the road home. About 20 mins into the drive I can keep it to myself anymore, I have to tell my husband cause this baby thing won't get out of my head!
I tell him I think I might could be pregnant and that I am feeling cramping which I think is implantation.
He tells me there's no way I would know this soon, I tell him, I know my body.
I could see on his face he was terrified! I was like ohhh poor guy.. But in my heart I knew I was right.
5 mins later a Gaul stone hits .. HARD!! it lasted 45 mins and was just excruciating! Especially since we were driving. I had nothing to help with the pain. I used energy work an even had Jeremy help with it to get the pain to pass. I think it shocked him how fast and well it worked. We had never experienced anything like that to date, in our marriage. .. I rested for a couple hours, feeling completely drained from the attack. Then I had another one ... My dear sweet husband instantly put his hand on me and started working the energy. It went away in about 5 mins and I fell asleep. And I didn't wake up till we got home.
Monday I was just DRAINED those Gaul stones took every ounce of energy out of me! I tried to go to Monday afternoon cards and almost fell over!! I went home and napped. I had a dream about a baby. I woke up and still felt awful, I figured I needed to call my doctor and see what he could do. The earliest he had was Thursday. We made the appointment but just to make sure I bought a couple pregnancy tests a few weeks before in preparation to being pregnant. I took the test. It said no.. I threw it away.
Tuesday: The next day I had some energy so I went to the nutrition club where dawn weighed and measured me.. My body fat was down muscle was up lost a ton of inches but GAINED 2 in my boobs??
My friend even questioned me. I told her I thought I was and tested but that I got a negative, and that my period wasn't even due for another 4 days (Saturday). So we wouldn't know for sure for another week, but because of the Gaul bladder issue I didn't know what symptoms were from what ailment!
Wednesday
I felt like garbage all day AGAIN. Took 2 naps! That night I took another pregnancy test it also said no. I thought I may have seen a line so I pulled out the test from 2 days ago and it was positive.. Wait what ?? Why is there a line there?? This confused me. I called Jeremy down stairs and explained it all to him. He said we could get a blood test tomorrow and find out for sure since we were going to the doctors office anyway.
About an hour later while brushing my teeth .. Puukeeeeeeeee everywhere!! That was confirmation enough for me!! I was definitely pregnant!! Jeremy again didn't believe me.
Thursday we went to the appointment. They did a urine pregnancy test, it was negative. He still ordered the hcg blood test since my period was in a day so they levels may not have been high enough for a test to detect. He was getting blood work for the Gaul bladder done anyway so why not add one more test.
At 2:45 I called the office I was put on hold for 15 mins till the doctor could get on the line .. So right at 3:00 he said I was pregnant and had a 23 hcg level and that my Gaul bladder was "being jacked up" I told him duhh I knew that, but I cared more about the pregnancy.
So there it was I was pregnant again..
But this time I'm married.. It will be a different experience I'm sure!
I thought about if I should do a new blog for the new baby. I decided to keep writing in this one. So here it is.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Almost time!!
So much to blog about today ! First Look at all the fun stuff Ive been making laitly! I made a really cute car seat cover :) these pictures REALLY don't do it justice! I wanted the car seat cover to be more than just a car seat cover, but be multi functional! As an utter cover when I'm nursing, another blanket and of coarse as a car seat cover :) I couldn't find any utter covers and car seat covers that were combined... So I made it!!! and it worked out GREAT! 
The utter cover part
The underside of the cover
This picture in NO WAY shows how gorgeous this flower accessory is. Its a white flower with a really pretty pink butterfly.
The finished and ready to go cover :)
My cute 37 week prego picture! I am thinking I'm gonna have this baby this week so I needed to get another picture in before I POP!!
So this week has been fun :) All day Monday and Tuesday I had such terrible back pain. I didn't notice if it was regular or not, I just chalked it up to being so far along and that my body was starting to fight against the gravity finally. So I went to my chiropractor on Tuesday i kept saying "man my back is just killing me!" so he kept adjusting adjusting adjusting... the pain was a little better but not gone... SO I was like whatever.. it must just be the weight of the baby on my body is finally taking its toll! Wed I went into my Dr's appt and he did an exam to see how I am doing and guess what? the back pain wasn't for nothing! It was labor pains! I was already dilated to 2 cm, baby was at station 3, and 50% effaced! I was a little SHOCKED to hear how far along I was already! so Thursday I was feeling contractions every hour .. half hour.. whatever.. no big deal :) just getting the body ready :)
Friday I woke up with a nasty rash and needed to see the Dr. so I called them up and they scheduled me to come in in about a half hour. Getting ready to go I went to the bathroom and guess what? I lost my mucous plug :) I showered quickly then went right in. While I was there he checked me again. I was 2 1/2 cm station 2 and 75% effaced.. my labor was just moving along! I asked him if I was totally fine to go to work. He was like yeah thats ok, just stay off my feet and stay in Cedar City. I told him that would be hard cause I work in St. George. He basically forbade me to leave Cedar. Because he didn't want me to have the elevation change and didn't want my water to break down there because of how quick I had Kyra he didn't want me to be far from home.
I checked how fast my contractions were coming so I made the decision to go down to St. George and to have my sister Christina drive down with me so that if I DID go into labor she could drive me back. I was able to see all my kids, all through working the contractions were staying at 30-45 mins apart. Chrissy and i stopped at my favorite place ever (in and out) and ate some dinner. My contractions started coming every 15 mins then once we were half way home it was about 8 minutes apart. I thought.. YEAH :) I made it home I'll be ok to have this baby now!
I got home around 8, kept watching the clock and keeping track of the contractions. They were wavering from 8-5 mins apart. My birthing partner is in California this week, I texted her to let her know what was going on, she gave me her friend's number whom she talked to bout helping just in case, she was a professional doula and said she would love to help! So I called the Doula at 10 and let her know that its probably gonna be tonight. She said she wanted to come over to go over some things and that she would prefer that she be there long before the contractions become intense so that she can get things ready. At this point the contractions aren't painful AT ALL!! I feel them theres just no discomfort or pain at all right now! She got over here, the first thing she asked for was "do you have a crock pot?" I tilted my head and went Huh ? LOL she explained it was to keep hot towels warm so I was like Ohhhhhh.. LOL so she got that stuff ready then we went over my Hypnobirthing folder. She is a Bradley Birth instructor, I was a little worried about the fact that she wasn't incredibly familiar with hypnobirthing but it ended up ok. So we practiced some techniques that she will use later in the labor I was feeling really confident at this point! So I went to bed so that I could get some rest at around 12. I kept having dreams about contractions, I could feel them even sleeping. I woke up around 5-6 times every hour I was still having contractions 8 minutes apart by the time I finally got up for the day at 6:30. The Doula said that since there isn't much change she was gonna go and she suggested walking around Walmart for 2 hours. I agreed that would be the best measure too! So I went to Walmart, I thought I was gonna DIE a half hour into my walking! I want really paying attention to how fast the contractions were at that point, but I was defiantly feeling the contractions more than I had the night before so I thought that it was a great sign! I finally left Walmart after walking an hour and a half (cause I was totally pooped by then!) I picked up some caster oil to maybe put the contractions closer or something. So I got home, took only a teaspoon with some juice (to induce labor they suggest 1-3 tablespoons) so I figured it was just a little so it wouldn't hurt. I mixed it with a shot of juice mixed it up and swallowed like a shot. It was kinda chunky LOL but it wasn't gross. I was a little tired so I took a nap for like 4 hours. When I woke up I was expecting to be in further labor.. Shocked.. I wasn't! My contractions were GONE.. and to make matters worse the caster oil gave me diarrhea! (I know tmi, but I figured its IS part of the story!)
So now I'm having irregular contractions this morning and I don't know whats gonna happen! I kinda want to go in to labor and delivery just to see where it is now LOL but that would be just silly! So who knows if its gonna happen today.. but we shall see! I'm gonna go to church and go on with my day!
My sister Kathy sent me this baby cake. the pictures don't show all the cute stuff on the cake! it says on the ribbons, in cute sparkly letters Welcome Baby Donna!
Baby shower gift pictures
I'm so thoroughly annoyed with blogger right now :( it posted all my pictures in opposite order and its not letting me edit them at all ..
Oh well heres the pictures from the shower :)
My big belly picture .. 34 weeks pregnant!
Kyra made me the cutest flowers out of the tissue paper from the gift bags :)
This was a Lusciously soft blanky that Christina (my friend) got me along with 2 fuzzy sleeper outfits (pictured below)
This outfit was from Chris, it was a whole Layette set with a matching onesie, night gown, top and bottom outfit (below) bib and hat
Opening the card from Chris's gift (above)
Look... I'm so happy to get a Bumbo chair.. they didnt have there when Kyra was a baby
I'm so confused as to why they got it in BLUE!!
Hmm what COULD THIS BE?? LOL its shaped like a BUMBO box LOL This was from Sharene and Tanya
This was a whole bunch of matching clothes from Melonie. It ended up being 3 full outfit sets that were inter changable 3 pairs of socks and some shoes.
I was like YEAH!!! someone listened to my invitation and got me something from the registry! This cute little car seat toy was from my visiting teacher Emily.
Opening the first gift of the day
Amy got me a way cute onesie head band and head bow
Reading what the onesie says.
Eating snacks before the presents were opened... it was REALLY RAINY that day we thought it was gonna snow!
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