It's a BOY

Wow, what an experience my sonogram was!!!

Sophia came with us. We went to Medical Imaging Associates in Greensburg. It is a fabulous facility. Our tech's name was Karen and i couldn't have had a better tech. Much better than the nasty woman at the hospital that did Sophias.

She told us that she will do the anatamy at the very end. However, my little guy had his leg's spread from the time she put the thing on my belly. She got a total turtle shot. She is completely sure he is a boy. I choked up. I had tears running down my face as she was scanning the rest. I was so nervous. I don't remember being that nervous with Sophia.

All looks great!! She just

Light Switch

I seriously feel like someone just flipped a switch because I feel 100% better today.
Actually, I started feeling better last evening. I went home, was hungry.. Chad ran out and got Chinese food. I sat with Sophia on the floor playing high ho cherry o with our fireplace on. It was rainy out and I felt cozy. For the first time in weeks, I had no anxiety.

I actually ate all my food and still felt good.

I slept all night long without a disturbance.

I feel great today. Woke up feeling great... Ate lunch... baby is moving like crazy today and I feel back to my old self again.

I really think my thyroid was out of whack and leveled out just like it did with Sophia.

I really hope this lasts because I can handle pregnancy like this!!

My 4 1/2 month routine appointment

I went to see Dr. Jacobson yesterday. I have to say, I didn't want to meet her because I love Dr. Clark and Dr. Philapkosky so much but I ended up REALLY liking her. She was super cool.

She told me all my tests came back normal. I didn't know what she was talking about. Apparently it was my pap and that other swab they did for some kindof bacteria that can cause pre-term labor. That was all fine.

I explained to her about my anxiety. I told her how horrible it is in the evening. I am agitated so easily and I cannot relax. I am having heart palpatations that are really severe. She told me she could put me on Zoloft. I told her I did not want to go on an antidepressent. I asked her if it could be my thyroid and she said probably not since I just had it checked a month ago.

She checked for the hearbeat and had a hard time finding it. She asked me if I am feeling movements and I told her not nearly like I did with Sophia. She said it seems the baby implanted further back this time. That's probably why the movements aren't as clear. She finally found the heartbeat and he/she kicked me while she was listening. We heard it but I didn't feel it.

I asked her if it was ok that I was losing weight. She looked at my chart and said "hmmm" She definately wants to check my thyroid now. With my weight loss, anxiety and heart palpatations she is thinking I may possibly be hyperthyroid again. She ordered the bloodwork and I am going today.

I really had a rough evening. I am just so horribly anxious at night. Thank God for Ambien or I doubt I would ever sleep.

I swear, the minute i push this baby out, while they are stitching me up, I want Chad to go get snipped :)

Week 17

Here I am, week 17. I feel miserable.

I can't sleep. I have anxiety. I hate being pregnant and I am just going to whine about it.

To boot, my darling little angel has turned into a demon child. She doesn't listen to me. At all.

When I was pregnant with Sophia, I got so annoyed by people saying "just wait until the baby comes". Now I get irritated because people say "just wait until you have 2 running around". Why can't people just shut the hell up?

I did something nice for someone recently. I thought it was nice. Chad thought it was nice, yet when I did it, I got no thank you... NONE, whatever. I didn't do it for gratitude but a simple thank you would have been nice. Nothing.

Sophie's Birthday

Well my baby girl's birthday came and went. It's so crazy since it is around our hectic holiday.

I had to work on Wednesday which was her official birthday. Chad was home with her so I was happy about that. We didn't do much on Wednesday. Thursday was Thanksgiving and we went to my in-laws to eat dinner and then went to my moms to eat again. My brother was on good behavior and is not drinking (for now). Friday, my mother and I battled the mall for Black Friday. We always to do so good and get so lucky. We didn't hit any lines at any register (although it seemed that we always started the lines). We got a cart (which we always end up getting a stray one out of no where) and we didn't have to wait more than 20 minutes to eat lunch. I got a TON of shopping done.

Saturday was Sophia's b-day party. I was so busy all day getting everything ready. I was completely exhausted. She had a good time so it was worth it. Sunday, we skipped church and stayed home. We put up Christmas decorations. I was very crampy and tired yesterday so spent alot of time laying down. Sophie has been acting up a lot lately and I don't know if it's her age or if she is acting out because I have not been feeling well lately. Either way, it's making me nuts.

As far as baby #2, I am officially 16 weeks prego. Not really feeling much movements yet. My belly has grown slightly and i am barely filling out my maternity clothes. I look like a slob. My hair is falling out again and I am zitty. The baby is very low and makes me uncomfortable. I seem to be going wide with this one. Maybe it's a boy. We will know on December 17th. I can't wait to find out

Our first parent/teacher conference

I seriously hate blogging. I typed a huge thing and of course, it zapped. WTF???

Here is the short of it. We met with Ms. Karen last evening. She said Sophia is doing wonderful. She is a very "bright little girl". She was super impressed by her letters, shapes, colors and words. She said she does very well. She is a bit backwards socially but they are working on it. She is very shy. I told her you should see her at home... she is far from shy. I was shy too when I was little so she gets it honestly.

As far as the pregnancy goes, I am feeling good. Pregnancy wise, great. I have another freaking sinus infection and my head is killing me. I have been taking alot of tylenol which I don't want to do but have no other choice. If I don't take it, I can't function. When I do take it, it dulls the pain enough to work. I have a dr. appointment with Fetchero on Thursday so hopefully they will give me something. I talked to Clark's office and they said most antibiotics are safe. We will see

My Appointment at Magee

Since I had pre-term labor with Sophie, Dr. Clark wanted me to go see a specialist at the Maternal-Fetal Medicine High Risk Pregnancy Group in Pittsburgh. I took the day off yesterday and Chad went with me. We dropped Sophie at school, went to breaksfast and headed down for my 11:00 appointment. That place is amazing. There are so many specialists in that department. The doctor couldn't of been nicer. We explained that my level of stress when I was pregnant with Sophia was so high. He asked us a million questions and when all was said and done, he said he didn't want to do anything about it. He feels since I had pre-term contractions but didn't deliver pre-term that my body will know exactly what to do with this one. Wherein, most people who actually dialate and deliver early, their chance eis 30% of it happening again, with me, my chance is 5%.

I was pretty happy with that. He also said that in 24 weeks, he wants me to have another internal ultrasound to check the length of my cervix. If the problem is actually with my cervix (because of the conization I had done 10 years ago), then we will have to discuss some medication options. Probably the same meds I was on with Sophie (procardia). If my cervix seems fine, he feels I should carry to term with no problem.

On another note. I had my second appointment on Wednesday with Dr. P. We opted out of the downs testing. I didn't gain any weight this month. She gave me my slip to schedule my ultrasound for after December 13th... YEAH