8/31/10

Week 9 - Day 7 ~ anyone have any drano i can borrow?

how am i feeling:


you know what...i must say i really never have a really bad day.  i mean im exhausted and barely....i mean barely can type this message cause i am ready for bed at 7:45 lol....but i don't feel bad.  however i have been still trying to get over this nasty cold / sinus infection yuck!  i hate the feeling of flem in the back of my throat....top 10 worst feelings.  i went to the obgyn to pee in a cup today again...seems this will be a forever practice for me to check my protein and bacteria levels....shrugs.  oh and my belly is still angry with me for not eating enough fiber...enough said.  maybe i should down some metamucil..snickers.


eating:


let me see today started with a yummy whole wheat english muffin with some butter and a glass of grapefruit juice.  for lunch a tuna sandwich...salad...and sun chips YuMmY!  i don't remember sun chips being so wonderful.  for dinner i snacked on a piece of chicken in a wrap with lettuce and rounded of the evening with a bit-o-ice cream.......ah 


other:


recently i have been fascinated with old wives tales about how to tell the sex of your child.  some believe you can tell based on the rate of the heart beat of the child.  if your child's heartbeat is over 140 beats per minute you are having a girl.....however below a boy.  another group of people believe that it is based on your eating habits.  if you find yourself in the fridge pigging out all the time (once the morning sickness wears off....if you have it) then you are having a boy.  if you are indifferent about food a girl.   VERY VERY INTERESTING>>>>>> looks like a girl wins for me.....but wait if you carry your belly high in the second and third trimester they say a girl if low a boy....lol.  
Here are some more from www.pregnancy-info.net 


What Your Urine Says
This next test to determine a baby's sex may not be for everyone, although it is very simple. Just take a sample of your urine and mix it with Drano. Depending on the color change of your urine, you will have a boy or a girl. Unfortunately, there is no consensus on what color equals which sex. So, if you do decided to try this and your urine turns bluish yellow, brownish, brown, black or blue you will be having a boy. If your urine looks more greenish brown, green, blue or doesn't change at all, then you're having a girl. But be warned: if you decide to do this test, there could be some pretty harsh fumes produced - not to mention the possibility of an explosion!.
Craving Something…Sweet?
Many people believe that your cravings are caused by the sex of your baby. So, if you can't get enough chocolate, you could be having a girl. Does the idea of drinking straight lemon juice sound delicious to you? Then those sour cravings are a result of the little boy inside of you. However, if you go by the scientists, then some of them will claim that you're not even having cravings because cravings just don't exist.
Weight Gain
Thankfully, this one doesn't refer to your weight gain. The belief is that, if your husband puts on weight during your pregnancy, then you will be having a girl. If he doesn't put on a pound, then you're carrying a boy.
At-Home Tests
Here's a test that you can do next time you change or get out of the bath. Look in the mirror at your breasts. If the right one is larger, you're having a boy! A larger left breast indicates a girl (if they're the same size, does that mean you're having one of each?).
H old a pendant over your hand. If the necklace swings back and forth, you're having a boy. If it is more of a circular motion, then it's a girl. This can also be done by suspending a ring on a string above your belly.
Do you have acne? Some believe that getting acne during your pregnancy indicates you're carrying a girl. Maybe the acne is caused by twice the amount of female hormones?
Pick up a key. If you've picked it up by the thinner end, you're having a girl. Picking it up by the bottom, rounder part means a boy is on the way. Did you pick it up by the middle? Then congratulations! You're having twins!
· Ask yourself what you think you're having. In a study that asked women with no previous knowledge about their baby's sex, the moms-to-be correctly guessed the sex of their baby 71% of the time.
Other Pregnancy Beliefs
If you hold your arms above your head, your baby's umbilical cord will get wrapped around its head and choke it. This myth may have a spiritual basis or it may have been a way to keep women from doing anything when they were pregnant (perhaps the myth was created by an overworked mother?). However, if your baby gets caught up in its umbilical cord (which happens in about a 1/3 of births) it is because your baby was very fidgety inside of you and moved around a lot, not because of you.
· Similar to this is the belief in Hawaiian tradition that pregnant women should not wear leis. This folktale believed that wearing a lei would cause the umbilical cord to wrap around the baby's head and choke it. Nowadays, most people recognize that this folktale is a little over-the-top.
A pregnant woman should not take baths. This myth is routed in the belief that water can get into the vagina and thereby introduce bacteria to the baby. Scientists have proven that water does not enter a woman's vagina during a bath. In fact, baths will probably help pregnant women feel better by helping them relax.

8/29/10

Week 9 - Day 5 ~ Probiotics

weight:

wow the weeks fly by...today is already photo and weight day lol!
so alas staying strong at 133...shrugs and yes i know it will all catch up as i enter my second trimester.
i look forward to it....i can finally rest my cup on something while i type this blog...snickers.
today i also downloaded a whole bunch of belly photos which was really cool to see over time :)

how am i feeling:

i am getting over this yucky cold now it is just a cough and yucky flem in my throat...YUCK!  i hope it will all be over and done by tuesday :)  except for that i feel great :)  it seems like im not napping as much which will be perfect for work starting back up.  i must say my tummy has not been happy lately.  lots of gurgling and such noises....hummmm.  i think i may need to eat smaller meals more frequently.  it seems like ive been sitting at two meals a day with a few snacks in between.  i may need to change that.  the doctor said probiotics will assist with that too....so i looked into pills but decided to go with a fortified yogurt drink called kefir...see image...it does taste yummy :)
purchased at grocery store

eating:

hum well i started out the day with a glass of yogurt drink and some cereal.  i then attended a step arobics class for an hour and ended the session with 32 oz of water and a 16oz smoothie with banana, blueberries, and peanut butter. i may snack on some pretzels and head in for a short nap.  for dinner, we have some left over salad and turkey burgers yum!  need that protien :)  

other:

gosh what fun things are there to share today.....well i did search around for some other blogs that may be similar in content to this one as a way to network.  here are the links to some i found...check them out!

8/27/10

Week 9 - Day 3 ~ ultrasound :)

how am i feeling:


today i just feel lethargic as the cold is taking a toll on me.  its one thing to be pregnant and sleepy but with a head cold and sore throat it makes it much worse!  however today i went to get an ultrasound which was super fun!!!  saw the baby moving, its heart beating, and got some super awesome photos.  it is so amazing to me that  you feel like there is nothing there but on the screen its like a little body....giggles...wiggling inside you.  surreal really :)



eating:


lets see...eating has been just odd with the lack of cooking and refrigeration lol.  if it wasn't for that i would have made some yum warm soup for my sickness.  this morning i started my day with a sesame bagel with cream cheese and oj.  lunch was a chicken salad wrap and some chips and water.  dinner...well....piecemeal.  i had a chicken cutlet and a few bites of watermelon.  i feel super full so i may wait to eat something more later if im hungry.  im worried if i lay down for a nap i will be out for the night.  alan and i were going to try for a movie but between him and i snoozing on the couch it may be inevitable that we just sleep...smirks.  though i am looking forward to a shower.


other:


alan and i were discussing today if we wanted to find out the sex of the baby....we know it is a couple month away but we ultimately decided we would like to know.  thought the child would be dressed in black and white regardless of sex.  i decided to do some searching of potential outfits that i would enjoy for my child.  thought the peanut gallery would appreciate some photos of things i enjoy....
therallyshack.co.uk
mummysonlinebabyshop.com
babywit.com
piratemerch.com

punkbabyclothes.net

punkbabyclothes.net

...but really this is just too cute...
poshtots.com



8/25/10

Week 9 - Day 1 ~ belly curiosity

how do i feel:


so alas i have a cold....yuck.  i have a stuffy, runny nose and a soar throat (well at least the right side is soar?).  i have gargled with some warm salt water and hope that i will sleep tonight.  lately i have been having such strange vivid dreams and i have been waking up every 2 hours or so from them only to return to sleep to have more strange dreams.  honestly i haven't had dreams like this since i tried to quit smoking when i was in college and wore patches to bed....yes it is a side effect.  oh and i quite smoking five years ago without the patch :)  how odd that when i googled it apparently vivid dreams are a side effect of pregnancy...lol go figure.  i really should sleep with a pad and paper next to my bed.....looks around....too lazy to get up maybe tomorrow...smirks.


eating:


lets see today i started my day off with oj and an old fav multigrain bagel with cream cheese.  i had a chix salad wrap for lunch with some chips ( a really late lunch like around 4) and finished off the night with some watermelon.  couldn't really find it in me  to eat anything else.  note to self need more veggies!  


other:


as i looked down at my belly today i was thinking....hum.... what is going to happen with my belly ring.  i have had it since i was a teenager and don't really want to part with it.  after reading some stories it appears that there are some options.  first off you may not need to take it out to begin with.  some women state that leaving it in increases stretch marks around it....others have circular rings with more give.  mine is a bar bell and a pretty tight one at that.  still holding....but i don't think it will last the whole pregnancy. after some research it appears i will have to buy a "pregnancy" belly ring...giggles.  however some do believe if you have had it for as long as i have it will just stay...shrugs.....maybe i will buy a ring in case. however they are a bit scary looking.....really....and of course there are too many choices.  i looked into this site maternity piercing ...and here are some i found (retention may be the way to go for me....unless i find something in well black with skulls....lol):


the fancy belly (way too fancy)













the indicator belly ( i think this is a little too much for me)










the xtra long belly (hummm this looks like something i could floss with lol)










and the retention belly (probably the best for me)

8/23/10

Week 8 - Day 6 ~ First Appointment

weight:


so it is already that time of the week....wow times flies.  so oddly enough i have lost two pounds....shrugs.....sitting at 133.  maybe it is my adversity to food lately.  idk.  we also took our weekly photos which i have to download into my album...it will be interesting to see them in the end :)


how am i feeling:


today i've just felt tired....nothing new lol.  the rainy cold weather did make me a bit grumpy...alas i stayed in watching an old movie and cuddling with my alan for a mid afternoon nap.  we did go to our first doctors appt this morning which was fun.  met the nurse practitioner, filled out a bunch of forms,  gave a urine sample, and had an exam including some cervical test that i am unsure of..some sort of screen.  she is sending me for an ultrasound sometime within the next couple weeks to take a look at a uterine fibroid i have sharing space with the baby and the baby also....snickers.  she also gave me a bunch of handouts about optional screening tests.  i think my next appointment will be in a month and they will take blood and do another exam.


eating:


gosh i have not been into eating lately...i had a small bowl of whole grain cereal for breakfast and for a later breakfast i shared a pump bagel with alan with some egg, cheese, and bacon and an orange juice--> funny how i never liked orange juice before and now i crave it lol.  lunch...if you could call it that consisted of a 1/2 a slice of left over pizza.  and dinner well last minute got a salad and eggplant parm to split with alan and water.  i have been super thirsty lately and need to make sure i get enough water.  a small headache today indicates that i may be dehydrated!


other:


well i guess this is as good of place as any to talk about my wavering decision to get a FirstScreen test or not (any suggestions would be greatly helpful).  for those of you who are unsure what i am referring to...this would be the screening test that can detect your increased risk of having a baby with Down syndrome  or trisomy 18.  by taking a blood sample where they analyze the PAPP-A and hCG proteins and an ultrasound where they measure the nuchal translucency of the fluid behind the back of the fetuses neck they can determine whether you screen negative or positive.  if positive your baby is at higher risk and doctors suggest amniocentesis. now this is a screen test typically down for mothers over the age of 35 however now they offer it to everyone.   the thing is you could come out positive and go through the amniocentesis (which is painful and puts you at risk for miscarriage) all for not.  shrugs.  is it better to know or not to know?  what if you do know?  what would that change?  this screening has to be done between the 10-14th week so i have to decide soon.  hum....any supportive feedback with your experiences would be helpful :)

8/21/10

Week 8 - Day 4 ~ mac & cheese...really?

how do i feel:


here we are another day in baby world....today all good.  tried to take my nap but some banging (of a hammer) and laughing of my family members would not allow it.  alas i will probably sleep well tonight.  today i only really had some cramps in the afternoon probably due to a yummy scrumdididumptious hot chocolate.  i should probably stay away from such yummy things.  except for that the yawning has taken over my body.  my poor alan can't even watch me for it will make him sleepy snickers.  things that sometimes help me are walks, some kind of activity, drinking water, but really over all the sleepiness is winning.  after reading various others opinions about their experiences with "the yawn" i have come to the conclusion that i have to suck it up.  thankfully alan is supportive and most always gets me to take a nap during the day...which i need.  once work gets up and running it will be interesting and make for a long day.


eating:


lets see...i started my day out with some orange juice and a half of bagel with cream cheese and another with scrambled egg, cheese, and bacon.  thanks to alan i got to have the best of both.....both pumpernickel of course.  so yummy!  lunch really didn't happen today...shrugs...i don't know where the time went but the next thing i knew it was dinner....lol!  ate with the fam (family) some pasta, salad, garlic bread, and pork.  tasty in my mouth....i love homemade sauce..such a treat.  my belly is really happy with the food today...except for the hot chocolate which i guess i could call lunch lol.  note to self no more hot chocolate smirks.  i do need to drink some more water now that i think of it.  i find it hard to remember when i don't have a gym day.  oh and the fridge is MIA again today.  we took all the stuff we could salvage out and unplugged it again.  we will see how it is in the morning!


other:

okay lets see lets talk diapers.  i have spoke with some people about their beliefs about diapers or what they did for diapering their child.  i know alan has indicated he would "prefer" disposable and honestly i don't know how committed i can be to cloth.  i just may not have it in me.....good in theory...good for the environment...but a big pain in the bottom.  i decided to do some research to accompany my current knowledge base.  it seems based on some recent studies that the environmental impact of disposable and reusable diapers is quiet similar.  however pro reusable users insist that if you launder them in a certain way you can decrease the impact.  how one does that i do not know.  with some more research i came to found that in the UK mothers refer to diapers as nappies and they believe that you can save the environment as long as you wash the nappies ( i think i will adopt the term nappies :) in 60 degree water or cooler based on some research. big shrugs....who really knows.  maybe i will buy a couple and try it out...however be warned they can cost up to $20 a piece WOW and let me tell you there are various kinds with many catchy names such as...

  • BumGenius 3.0 
  • Dream-Eze
  • SposoEasy
  • FuzziBunz
  • GroVia
  • Happy Heinys
  • Knickernapples
  • Thirsties Duo
  • Pocket Change
  • plus....you can get them in such colors as buttercream, blueberry, cotton candy, crushed berries, kumquat, mac n cheese (yuck), tootie frootie, blue daisy, big sky, amongst many more----too many decisions lol
( you can check out most of these at natures nappies :)


8/19/10

Week 8 - Day 3 ~ Holy Nipples Batman

how am i feeling:


today has been a super day so far. when i got up at 5 am to head out to an hour spin class i happened to look down at my chest which was soar from the sleep the night before.....and holy nipples i mean really they are huge....well huge for me im sure they wouldn't win any contests or be featured in the guinness book of world records lol.  actually they don't have such a category ( i googled it) but if you are interested in the man with the longest ear hair check out this link-----> longest ear hair.    i was tired after the class but it was well worth it.  when i returned i showered and crashed for another hour of zzz's prior to waking for the day.  i went in to work for a few hours to get some stuff organized and helped a girlfriend out.  it was nice to see some old faces and share about the summers adventures.  


eating:


so far i have had a good eating day.  i started out with some yummy grapes before the gym and a smoothie with banana, blueberries, and peanut butter after.  so far 6 cups of water....i need to remember to drink some milk and grapefruit juice later.  for lunch i split a yummy salad with ceaser dressing, a bagel, and some egg salad (which really made my tummy happy).  for dinner tonight the plan is probably a repeat from the evening before....tuna salad sandwich with a few chips and carrots.  i felt like i could eat a whole pound of tuna last night.....it just hit the spot!  


other:

so my alan and i did some pretty serious research on the topic of circumcision last night.  i was really interested to learn some of the history of the practice in the us and other countries.  we also read various statistics and pros and cons....now of course you have to read everything on the internet with a critical eye!  based on our conversations we decided against it if we have a boy....why well for a variety of reasons that you can interpret from the articles we read (check them out below - just remember some are bias) and our personal belief system that if you are born with it its meant to be there.  it was really disturbing to read more about genital mutation in little girls and the debates about those procedures.  why is it that we feel the need to modify our babies to fit an image?  shrugs...interesting that the united states has the highest rate of circumcisions in the world (about 60%).....makes you wonder!