I went to the doctor today and after we discussed it, I'm going to be induced tomorrow morning. I'm so excited! I never knew how frustrating it could be to have a due date come and go, and have absolutely nothing happen. She said that every day that goes by causes a drop in amount of amniotic fluid and a risk that the baby could compress the ( Read more... )

My due date was yesterday....and I'm still here... still waiting.

One of my coworkers calls manila envelopes, "vanilla envelopes." Every time I hear it I want to punch her in the face.

It's one of many words in the English language that she absolutely butchers.

We had our ultrasound yesterday and....IT'S A BOY!!!

We're so excited.

I had another prenatal appointment last Friday. Everything is fine. I got a lecture from my mom because she was just diagnosed with high blood pressure, so I had to make sure the nurse thought mine was ok ( Read more... )

This morning I got up after Robert had already left for work. And there was a dozen roses and the biggest heart balloon I've ever seen on the kitchen table. Apparently, he's so sneaky that he hid them in his car and snuck them in the house after I went to bed. It was a very nice thing to wake up to ( Read more... )

We had our first doctor's appointment today. Everything went really well. They say that I'm exactly where I thought I was in the pregnancy. Tomorrow's my 7th week. I got the huge packet of information and a bunch of free stuff as far as vitamins, coupons, etc. The nurse practitioner said that I'm at the perfect age. Not too young, and not too ( Read more... )

I can blink better today, and when I talk I don't sound as much like Truman Capote as I did a few days ago. God, hopefully this starting to get better. Please please.

Okay, I've known that I've been pregnant for less than a week, and I've already been to the Emergency Room. I woke up in the morning and half of my face was numb. I called my OB and they told me to absolutely go to the ER, which was terrifying ( Read more... )

Since I don't really write consistently anymore, I'm going to turn this into a pregnancy journal. I think it will be neat to look back on things as time goes by.