I JUST FELT THE BABY MOVE!!!
I'm about 99.9 percent sure. It's not gas bubbles this time. I really think this is the beginning of the movements.
Oh my goodness! Somebody pinch me!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
A Penny Day
Today has been amazing!!!
It was my last Friday off for the year:( But I was determined to make it the best one yet!
Randy and I had an appointment with a maternal fetal specialist today. My ob/gyn wanted me to have a "steak" ultrasound instead of a "hot dog" ultrasound. His words not mine.
I had the most detailed ultrasound you could possibly get today. Since I'm high risk and have some hormone issues, my doctors watch me pretty closely. My endocrinologist in Houston treats me for a very low producing thyroid and some pituitary gland issues. He and my ob/gyn swap notes. However, my endocrinologist doesn't specialize in pregnancy other than monitoring blood levels. It's not his expertise. So today I saw a prenatal endocrinologist.
We had an amazing report! Praise the Lord!
It was so much fun to watch the baby move around for 40 minutes! I saw all the heart chambers. There are four! It was cool to trace the blood flow in and out of the chambers. We even saw the one artery and two veins in the umbilical cord that's attached to it's little stomach. Well, when I say "we" I mean the doctor. I was trying not to cry when I couldn't decipher things, and Randy is next to me going "Oh yah, I see it."
Show off!
The kidneys are present; the thalamus is the right size; and this momma feels a gazillion times better.
I sounded like a broken record the whole time.
"Does that look normal?"
"Is that the right size?"
"Is everything looking alright?"
"What is that?"
"Oh yah" (I just said this because Randy was saying it. I had no idea what I was looking at. And...I'd be a bad mom if I couldn't tell the difference between the thumb and the nose.)
Speaking of which, I think our baby sucks its thumb. It had it near it's mouth the entire time.
Needless to say, I felt 20 pounds lighter leaving the doctor's office. (Boy do I wish that was true.)
Next week I have another consult based on my thyroid history and pituitary trackings.
I'm always so worried about our little one. I asked my endocrinologist at our 6 week appointment, (Yes I have had several appts. All the way from 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 18, 19.5 weeks. We could fill a baby book with just ultrasound pictures.)"When can I stop worrying about the health of the little one?" His response, "When they go to college, and even then you'll still worry."
It's great to know things look perfect as far as development and structures. And wow, what a blessing this little one is already:) I don't know how people can believe in crazy things like evolution. Watching our little one and all the little intricacies that make up a human being at 19.5 weeks just blows my mind. Babies have thumbs when they're the size of the top of a pencil eraser!!!! Take that Darwin!
God is so good! His creations are really breath taking. I'm glad I have Randy by my side to experience all of this. He keeps me laughing.
P.S. We are also going to have a tall baby. The arm and leg bones are above the 50 percentile. It doesn't surprise me since Randy and I are both fairly tall.
My granny's side is petite. I always thought, "Would our children be little and petite?"
I asked Randy in the car, "Were you hoping for a petite child?"
Randy: "Nope, short and petite people don't get athletic scholarships Penny."
Geez!!! :)
To continue my "Penny" day, we had lunch at Taco Deli. Later I went shopping, got a Starbucks drink, and a relaxing pedicure.
Good day I tell ya!
It was my last Friday off for the year:( But I was determined to make it the best one yet!
Randy and I had an appointment with a maternal fetal specialist today. My ob/gyn wanted me to have a "steak" ultrasound instead of a "hot dog" ultrasound. His words not mine.
I had the most detailed ultrasound you could possibly get today. Since I'm high risk and have some hormone issues, my doctors watch me pretty closely. My endocrinologist in Houston treats me for a very low producing thyroid and some pituitary gland issues. He and my ob/gyn swap notes. However, my endocrinologist doesn't specialize in pregnancy other than monitoring blood levels. It's not his expertise. So today I saw a prenatal endocrinologist.
We had an amazing report! Praise the Lord!
It was so much fun to watch the baby move around for 40 minutes! I saw all the heart chambers. There are four! It was cool to trace the blood flow in and out of the chambers. We even saw the one artery and two veins in the umbilical cord that's attached to it's little stomach. Well, when I say "we" I mean the doctor. I was trying not to cry when I couldn't decipher things, and Randy is next to me going "Oh yah, I see it."
Show off!
The kidneys are present; the thalamus is the right size; and this momma feels a gazillion times better.
I sounded like a broken record the whole time.
"Does that look normal?"
"Is that the right size?"
"Is everything looking alright?"
"What is that?"
"Oh yah" (I just said this because Randy was saying it. I had no idea what I was looking at. And...I'd be a bad mom if I couldn't tell the difference between the thumb and the nose.)
Speaking of which, I think our baby sucks its thumb. It had it near it's mouth the entire time.
Needless to say, I felt 20 pounds lighter leaving the doctor's office. (Boy do I wish that was true.)
Next week I have another consult based on my thyroid history and pituitary trackings.
I'm always so worried about our little one. I asked my endocrinologist at our 6 week appointment, (Yes I have had several appts. All the way from 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 18, 19.5 weeks. We could fill a baby book with just ultrasound pictures.)"When can I stop worrying about the health of the little one?" His response, "When they go to college, and even then you'll still worry."
It's great to know things look perfect as far as development and structures. And wow, what a blessing this little one is already:) I don't know how people can believe in crazy things like evolution. Watching our little one and all the little intricacies that make up a human being at 19.5 weeks just blows my mind. Babies have thumbs when they're the size of the top of a pencil eraser!!!! Take that Darwin!
God is so good! His creations are really breath taking. I'm glad I have Randy by my side to experience all of this. He keeps me laughing.
P.S. We are also going to have a tall baby. The arm and leg bones are above the 50 percentile. It doesn't surprise me since Randy and I are both fairly tall.
My granny's side is petite. I always thought, "Would our children be little and petite?"
I asked Randy in the car, "Were you hoping for a petite child?"
Randy: "Nope, short and petite people don't get athletic scholarships Penny."
Geez!!! :)
To continue my "Penny" day, we had lunch at Taco Deli. Later I went shopping, got a Starbucks drink, and a relaxing pedicure.
Good day I tell ya!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Things Remembered
I hate driving on our streets! The city has had crews out resurfacing all of the streets. I have to drive like 3mph to avoid getting tar on my car or a rock flying up. The city is also doing sidewalk repairs. We have a little section in the front of our house that is all coned up because they redid about a foot of sidewalk.
R: "Penny, you should go check out the sidewalk right outside the house."
P: "Why? Does it look bad?"
R: "I think it's going to be alright."
Okay this is weird. But I chalked it up to that nerdy engineering vibe. Engineers love concrete.
Well apparently mine REALLY loves concrete.
So much that, he did a little art work in it before it was completely dry.
P: "Randy!!!! What did you do?"
R: "Isn't it amazing?"
I'm sure we're going to get a fine.
He carved the word "Hook'em" on the edge of the wet concrete.
P: "Randy, we're going to get in trouble for messing with public property."
See, I follow ALL of the rules.
R: "They'll never know it's us who did it."
First off, there's no "us." It's Randy.
Secondly, we have a UT flag flying and Texas Exes stickers on the windows of both our vehicles. We might as well be Captain and Lieutenant Obvious.
R: "I'm going to take the flag down. Don't worry. I was real discreet out here. I looked like I was picking weeds whenever a car drove by. I'm even going to put dirt over it, so they won't notice it when they come get their orange cones."
Umm, I'm not paying any fine what so ever!
R: "Penny, you should go check out the sidewalk right outside the house."
P: "Why? Does it look bad?"
R: "I think it's going to be alright."
Okay this is weird. But I chalked it up to that nerdy engineering vibe. Engineers love concrete.
Well apparently mine REALLY loves concrete.
So much that, he did a little art work in it before it was completely dry.
P: "Randy!!!! What did you do?"
R: "Isn't it amazing?"
I'm sure we're going to get a fine.
He carved the word "Hook'em" on the edge of the wet concrete.
P: "Randy, we're going to get in trouble for messing with public property."
See, I follow ALL of the rules.
R: "They'll never know it's us who did it."
First off, there's no "us." It's Randy.
Secondly, we have a UT flag flying and Texas Exes stickers on the windows of both our vehicles. We might as well be Captain and Lieutenant Obvious.
R: "I'm going to take the flag down. Don't worry. I was real discreet out here. I looked like I was picking weeds whenever a car drove by. I'm even going to put dirt over it, so they won't notice it when they come get their orange cones."
Umm, I'm not paying any fine what so ever!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
cuuuute!
So I got this text message from Randy earlier last week. He was in Wal-Mart helping a coworker pick up some patio furniture.
It said,
"Can I buy this?"
with this picture...
Someone is becoming a softie!
And I stinkin' love it!
It said,
"Can I buy this?"
with this picture...
Someone is becoming a softie!
And I stinkin' love it!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Shame
I just ate pickles and blazing buffalo doritos...together.
I'm so embarrassed (and yet so satisfied!)
What is happening to me?
I'm so embarrassed (and yet so satisfied!)
What is happening to me?
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