Things worked out.

Funny story. From my last post I'm sure it was apparent I was slightly upset about having to switch my due date from the 15th of August to the 28th of August. Well, at my following doctors appointment I brought it up, and we got it all switched back! My c-section, I believe,  is schedualed for the 9th. YAY for that.

I got about 3 second opinions, one from a midwife, two from registered nurses that work with OB/GYN's. All told me to ask my doctor to reconsider the due date, and we reasons for switching it. sue enough when I brought it up she denied ever switching it, and explained for 10minutes why my due date could not be the 23rd of August. Anyways, she said it must have gotten switched around in the nurses notes...lol EVEN THOUGH both Zack and I were presant when SHE switched my due date.

EITHER way now its back! YAY! So oday I'm 32weeks4 days pregnant. Sunday I'll be 33weeks! Every day is getting harder it seems though. Sleeping at night has become nearly impossible to do. I'm glad I only have to get to the 9th instead of the 15th. haha

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28weeks all over again...stink

Well, this may be too much information (TMI) for a blog but its mine, and you are free to stop reading at will.

So, I had my doctors appointment on the 3rd. I was according to my LMP ( last menstrual period) 29weeks and 4 days pregnant. The average amount days between the 1st day of your period and your ovulation day, is 14. I KNOW when I ovulated, because I always feel campy when I do ovulate. (strange fact no one should need to know) I know when or within the few days of when I got pregnant...OK so there's that.

Rewind way back to being 15 wks and some days preg. I had a doctors appointment my '16week' checkup/ultrasound. The ultrasound tech was taking measurements and said I was measuring more around 13.5wks, and instructed me to let my doctor know to change my due date. This has never happened so I was slightly alarmed and possibly a bit worried maybe something was wrong with our babies growth if she was measuring small...So I told my doctor, and she said laughing..."Who was your ultrasound tech??" I said -"um I think his name was Brian?" Doc: " Ahh yes, he doesn't know what he's talking about, ignore him, he shouldn't have even said anything. We are not going to change your due date from the 15th because you are measuring within 2 weeks of what you should be, if it was over 2 weeks we would consider changing it, but its not so don't even worry about it." ...

Alright, sooo I went on and then at my big anatomy scan measured about a week smaller then I was supposed to be, and so I brought it up to my doctor after the ultrasound and let her know, and she again laughed and explained there was no need to change my date. . . OK. No biggy, so my due date was still the 15th of August.

Well, two weeks ago I had my appointment and we tried to set or schedule my c-section date, and talked about doing it the 6th of August because doing it on a Thursday or Friday would work best for us, and I felt more so safe scheduling it at 38wks 4-5days then 39weeks 4-5days. I DID NOT WANT TO GO INTO LABOR BEFORE MY SCHEDULED C-SECTION.
She explained politely that it would not work because she would be gone. so she said possibly the 9th, which is a Monday, not something we wanted to really go for...so she said well how about you schedule an appointment 2weeks from now, and 4weeks from now (booking ahead) and at your next appointment 2wks from now we can schedule. Agreed.

SO I went in on the 3rd of June for my appointment being 29weeks 4days pregnant. She measured my stomach (as usual) and said your measuring right on track at 29cm. and then typed into her computer 28weeks. Zack and I looked at each other with some confusion, so I said, "um Eloise, I think I'm nearly 29weeks and some days aren't I?"

She chuckled and took our her wheel thing to date my LMP and said according to your LMP your due date is the 15th but since you measured small at your 16week appointment which is the most important or getting accurate measurements you are 28weeks along. She checked the computer and saw she had the 15th as my due date as well...and switched it to the 23rd!!! ugh. Then we scheduled my c-section for the 16th! She explained why my due date was the 23rd instead of the 15th and basically said that I was on a cusp? of dating accurately, and that she was going to go by my measurements at 15wks . . . very confusing for me. All her reasons for not switching my due date before suddenly were her reasons for switching it! I was so upset, still slightly am.

I'm seriously upset about this, and am planning on bringing it up again my next appointment. She has been doctoring me this entire time as if my due date was the 15th until the 3rd of June when she suddenly switched it! Now I will be having a c-section one day AFTER my due date calculated by the sure fire (LMP) NOT HAPPY.

I was just getting really really excited thinking I only had 9weeks left until I would hold my daughter in my arms, and now I'm going backwards! I guess if I could I would switch doctors or get at least a second opinion, if talking to her about this doesn't do anything. I my due date is really the 23rd then I would like to schedule my c-section for the 12th of August rather then the 16th.


Anyway, this was mostly just a vent. Its been a couple days since the appointment and I have cooled off, but every time I think about it I just get upset. I am already so uncomfortable, I cant imagine possibly going 2 or more weeks longer then maybe even necessary all because I am maybe having a small baby. :( . . . anyways there it is. My complaints.

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So! I Have Given Into Temptaion

I have been rather good the entire pregnancy on the issue of having coffee. I have read LOTS about the effects of caffeine during pregnancy, and found a lot of it to be true. The one cup of coffee a day seems to be the most common. Well, not being a HUGE fan, or addict of coffee it hasn’t been hard to just avoid it when I can. I have had a total of about 3 cups of coffee total the entire time that I have been pregnant with this baby, but today I caved.


I was SO tired, and in such a dire need for energy that a little water and exercise was not seeming to give me, I drank 2.5 cups of coffee. Do I feel sick? No. Do I feel jittery? Not really, no. Do I feel better? MUCH!

I dont plan on doing this everyday, but today I made the rational choice that the benefits of drinking some coffee would defiantly outweigh the negative effects that 2.5 cups would have on my body. I'm very satisfied with my choice to drink it.

I have been a much more entertaining mommy to my daughter, I have enjoyed being outside with her feeding the turtles we moved outside yesterday. (After building the little turtle outdoor pond at my mom and dads) Its been a fun day so far...I have been singing on random, just loving my daughter to pieces. I especially love her chocolate covered face right now. :) There’s nothing like a blue eyed, curly blond haired, smiling girl, taking with that cute toddler voice, from a mouth covered with chocolate from ear to ear, and neck to eye. I love her to pieces for sure!

I keep wondering how having a baby so soon after moving into a new house will affect her. All these life changing changes all at once for a toddler might be daunting, and I’m not so sure how Kylyn will handle them….or how I will as a mom trying to help her through them. We plan on making EXTRA time for Kylyn giving her attention when the baby comes so she doesn’t feel so left out, or like we love her less then before when she was our one and only child.

She does seem excited to have a baby sister, as she talks to my tummy all the time, telling her baby sister to “come out!” It’s the cutest thing to wake up to in the morning when Kylyn is still in her super cuddly mood. She always wants to kiss my tummy, talk to it, rub it with the ‘Oh so famous Palmers anti-stretch cream’ lotion, and feel her moving around kicking her hands wherever she moves them. I love watching her facial expressions when she feels the baby kick, or move. She always oo’s and awe’s at it.

Well, its time for me to go and push my princess on the swing, and then take her dolly on a walk. She’s practicing being a good big sister with her dolly…we have to work on picking the doll up by the head. Its an ongoing process.

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28 Weeks Already?!

To my dear sweet baby girl,


The day your beautiful auntie Brooke (mommy’s youngest sister) graduated from high school I hit my 28 week milestone. I made it into the ‘safer’ zone.

I read on a website called Babycenter.com about other women who are due in August, which is the month you are due to be born, who have gone into labor and delivered babies long before their time. Some of these little ones have survived against all odds, but still face the expected ups and downs, surgeries, and handicaps due to being born so early and were just not ready.

Sadly most have gone on to be with Jesus in Heaven. It makes me sad to read about these mommies who are or were right there with me in pregnancy go through these things. Their babies being whisked away to the NICU as their only chance of survival, some undergoing surgeries, others were only born already gone to the Lord. How hard it must be for those moms, dads, siblings and other friends and family to deal with. I hope that I never have to find out how hard it really is. My prayers go out to those who do know.

These stories make me realized how blessed I am for very day, every week my body can carry you, and keep you safe. All I want is for you to be healthy, and happy, and for you to make it, grow up in the Lord, and live your life as he purposed when He molded you inside my body. I love you my precious baby girl, and I only wish the best for you, and for your eternal soul. You are so important to your daddy and I. Kylyn doesn’t know it yet, but you are important to her as well. You are such a blessing, and I’m happy to feel you kick my bladder, and stick your foot under my rib cage…I know lots of mommies wish they could feel those things right now.

On to a lighter note. From here on out its doctors appointments every 2 weeks, instead of every 4 weeks, and at 36 weeks we move from every 2 weeks seeing the doctor, to every week. I am very excited because June 3rd we schedule your birthday, and hope you don’t come before it!

I heard your heartbeat Friday, and it was so reassuring to hear. Towards the end everything seems to get scary. Every cramp, gas pain, ligament pain, back pain, etc seems to cause me reason to be concerned but for a moment. Eloise said everything looked and sounded great, that my uterus was measuring at 27 weeks (which was a week off but still very good) my weight was good, my blood pressure was good…it all looked good.

We discussed issues about the c-section, which is how you will be delivered. Everything was reassuring. I am getting more and more excited to see that pretty little face, and hope that it’s a pretty little face and not a handsome one!  Crossing my fingers the tech was right, and we aren’t spending too much time preparing for a girl when we need to be getting ready for a boy!

I Love You,
Mommy

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