New Doctor's Office

I think we finally have a hit for an OB office! Yay! It's about freakin' time. We went to our appointment today. The first 5 minutes we were there we knew this was going to be the place we would finish out the pregnancy! Thank god. We had an ultra sound today, that went well. We asked the ultra sound tech if she could tell us what we are having yet...it's lookin' like a girl! HOLY SHIT! A GIRL!! The next ultra sound will tell us more next time (not quite sure when that will be yet.) She pointed out three lines on the screen and said they look like the beginning of a labia. She's been an ultra sound tech for 15 years, so I'm pretty sure she's right. Although ya never know. So we are going with a girl for now. I would be shocked if at the next one they say it's a boy! During the ultra sound we saw her moving around like crazy! At one point she was kicking at the ultra sound thing, we saw her little foot come at the screen 2 or 3 times. At this point I'm not really feeling much going on in there, except for when I'm laying flat on my back. Then it kind of freaks me out and I roll over and pretend it's gas! I was telling Chuck that seeing her flipping around in there all over the place and kicking at me and everything it kind of makes me okay with not feeling her all that much at this point! She's an active little thing!

The nurse was great too. She came in and talked to us and actually gave us a little bag with goodies in it! I got another book to read and some brochures on classes the hospital offers. She went over different foods to eat, foods to make me not feel so icky, and foods I should not eat. She even gave me a nice list of meds I can take if I get another cold! I'm telling you, the other office SUCKED! I think we had about 4 people say congratulations to us! It's was nice.

Oh geez...I almost forgot! My due date has now been moved to May 31! Which puts me at 18 weeks preggo tomorrow! I love it when I skip a week! Although that means it still super sucks that I'm all nauseous and can't eat certain things! I'm hoping it will eventually go away! Otherwise this is one helluva diet!

I go back in two weeks to do the diabetes test. I drink the icky looking orange stuff before I leave then they will take blood. Yucko. If all is good then I don't have to do that again until 28 weeks or something! Yay!

Okay I've got to go to bed now!!

Merry Christmas...

to everyone! It's hard to believe it's Christmas Eve. Chuck is working until 6:30 this evening, so he'll be home around 7 or so. It's just him and I until about 4:30 tomorrow afternoon when we pick the kids up! Then we are off to Chuck's Moms house to celebrate with his family. The kids are spending the night at our tomorrow night because Santa will be dropping off a gift or two for them here as well (as if they are going to need more gifts). We will celebrate with my side in January at an indoor water park! Yay! No sunscreen for swimming!

Cameron is actually taking about 7 or so steps now before he realizes what he's doing and sits down. Julia is as funny as ever. She will be 3 on the 30th and Cameron will be 1 on the 9th of January! Hopefully he will be walking soon! It's getting more uncomfortable for me to carry him these days!

I'm doing well. Still annoyed with the whole eating thing. We went to the Olive Garden yesterday and I actually ate some cheese ravioli which was awesome! I actually crave the salad and bread sticks there too. I think I'm going to have to break down and get some maternity clothes soon. I was hoping to avoid that until I could get away with Capri's or those gaucho pant things. We'll see how much longer I can carry off the sweats thing! I've given up on trying to stay comfortable in my jeans. Finally. I've noticed some pressure on my tummy when I try and bend over (say I'm sitting on the chair and drop something). It's odd, it makes me remember I have a baby in there!

Friday is our appointment with the new Doctors office. yay! I'll post something after then! Until then have a Merry Christmas! Most of my Christmas cards went out today or will on Wednesday!

16 weeks!

I'm at 16 weeks! Double yay! My next Doctor's appointment is on the 28th, actually a week from today. It's the first visit with the Doctor's office. It's only uphill from what we've seen!

I'm actually feeling much better these days. I've noticed a lot more energy going on. Which is awesome that I don't get home from work and go right to bed. It's actually kind of nice seeing my husband again!

Eating is a whole different story. Still no french fries, chicken or hamburgers. It would be so convenient to drive through McDonald's on my way out of Chicago for the ride home, but oh no! Not with this baby. I've actually craved salads lately. Mostly from Portillo's and Michaels. Sometimes I can sneak some chicken in there on the salad. Salami with cheese on a bagel has been my favorite lunch at work for about two weeks. It's odd. I reach a certain point and I wonder if I can actually chew the bite I've just taken. At this point I'm kind of annoyed that I can't just sit down and eat. I've got to think about it and figure out if the thought of the food is going to make me hurl or if it actually sounds good. At least I'm not puking all the time! It would be nice to sit down at a restaurant and order what I want to eat, not what won't make me hurl!

I'm also sleeping for longer periods of time, which rocks. I only get up about once a night for a trip to the bathroom, which also rocks. I have it in my head that since I'm a chubby girl, that it's going to be a while before I'm showing, which is true so far. I've noticed in the last week I can't lay on my tummy any more, it's uncomfortable. Hmm. Wonder why! I've also noticed a little hardening in my lower belly. Duh me! This whole thing is kinda cool yet totally freaky at the same time!

That's about it here! I hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Almost 14 weeks!

Yay for 14 weeks! It's been a while since I've updated on here! Yowsa. Quite a bit has happened. I went in for a check up on Nov. 24th and everything looked really good. Yay! I had to have one of those skin tests where they check it in 48 hours? I'm totally forgetting what it's called right now, but y'all know what I mean. Well, I call the Doctor's office to ask a question about the meds I had to take when I hit the 2nd trimester and they are all in a panic because they've been calling my home number instead of cell and couldn't get a hold of me to come in by 4:30 that day! My appointment was for 7! The chick that scheduled me at 7 to have the thing checked shouldn't have because there wasn't a Doctor in there. After they wanted me to be there by 4:30 and it finally sunk in that I don't get out of work until 5:30 and that I'm DOWNTOWN, they then wanted me to go to Schaumburg. I laughed and said are you kidding? You think I'm going to make it out there by 7 when I barely make it to the office in Buffalo Grove by 7? Then they were telling me I'd have to have the test redone. That didn't sit well with me. I asked the lady (which was the 3rd one they had put me on phone with, by the way), so since YOU guys screwed up and scheduled me for a time you shouldn't have, then MY insurance will end being billed TWICE for YOUR screw up? I told her they were crazy. After I told her I'd need the appropriate forms to get my records since I'll be transferring to a new practice after this, she said she'd stay and read the result on my arm. (Keep in mind, the whole thing took less than 5 minutes) She said she'd stay at the office and catch up on work. I told her not to do me any favors at this point. I ended up going there, but that was it. I had decided right then that I was done. Ever since then I've been strangely calm! Okay until I think about the fact I'm having a kid!

So then last Wednesday I was driving to work...okay not actually driving, sitting in traffic moving about 2 feet per minute and next thing I know the moron behind isn't paying attention and smacks into me. Not even smacks, bumps. It was enough to scare the shyt out of me. There was no damage done to either of our cars and the cop basically laughed at me for calling 911. The guy that bumped me also yelled at me because, "was going to be late for a class," so he was annoyed I called the cops. I glared at him and said that I'm 3 months pregnant and that I called to cover my ass. He got a little freaked out and asked if I was okay, and told me his wife was 5 months pregnant. I looked at him and said, "If your wife got rear-ended in traffic wouldn't you want her to call the cops?" He shut up. I seriously was fine, it scared me more than anything. The cop finally showed and pretty much made me feel silly for calling until I told HIM I was 3 months pregnant and covering my ass. Then he understood. No tickets were given out, just a medal for the idiot behind me's stupidity.

I called the Doctor the next day and of course the woman on the phone was yelling at me to come in RIGHT NOW. I told her I can't. She got all pissy and started mumbling some shit about insurances and everything. I told her it wouldn't be going through insurances. Then she got pissy again and said didn't you call the police? I said yes I did and the officer told me not to bother since there was no damage done to either car. She spouted off about how my tummy hit the steering wheel. I laughed and said no it didn't, I was sitting there and he was maybe going 8 mph! There was no tummy bumping the wheel. DUH, if there were I'd have been in the ER not that frickin' office! I finally asked her, "Okay so tell me this? If I am actually having a miscarriage is there anything you guys can do to stop it from happening?" She got all quiet, "No, there isn't." I said, "Well if that's what's going to happen, it's going to happen, it's out of our hands at that point." Then she gave the phone back to the receptionist to schedule my appointment. I HAD to go to this practice for this because I've found some numbers to call for a new Doctor but of course I haven't called! I called today! Like I told Chuck, any office has got to better than this one! My big thing is where they deliver. We live in an area where they deliver in crazy places that wouldn't make sense for us to even TRY and get to.

And that is why I haven't been on here in a while! Hopefully everything will go nicely from here on!