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sick little peanut

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I’m still around.. Sort of.. Been nursing a sick little peanut all week…

Sunday started with a bad runny nose. I chalked it up to teething and we went about our day. By Sunday night it was getting worse and all Sunday night she coughed in her sleep. Monday was a TERRIBLE day for the both of us. She got worse and worse throughout the day and I cried all day because my poor baby was so miserable. Gene came home sick with a vertigo attack. We took her to urgent care around 8 PM and she had to get a breathing treatment because her oxygen levels were so low. The doctor at urgent care sent us home with a prescription for an anti-biotic so I filled it on the way home but didn’t give it to her because there was NO explanation of why she actually needed it.

Tuesday morning we went in to see the pediatrician (ours was out of the office so we saw the other one, which she was amazing!) and she tested Zoey for RSV. Thankfully that was negative so she gave us a steroid and an inhaler for Zoey’s lungs. She said not to give her the anti-biotic unless she started playing with her ears and spiked a fever because there was fluid in her ears but it wasn’t infected… yet! We filled those and had a pretty rough day. Wednesday and Thursday her runny nose had almost completely dried up and she seemed to be doing a lot better and on the mend.

Friday morning we went to our 22wk OB check up and my Mom watched Zoey for us and we came home to a snotty, congested little girl. It was like taking two steps forward and eight steps back. So frustrating!! Friday night she started pulling at her ears and had a low fever, so we started giving her the anti-biotic. This evening she spiked a fever of 102.5 so I spoke with the on call nurse to get some information and amazingly enough, she has been acting better this evening since she spiked a fever than she has in the last 6 days!! This morning I thought we were all going to go crazy and nuts after listening to the non-stop crying and whining and fussiness.

I guess we can say Zoey has had her first cold. I wish I could say it was the LAST.

So that’s a quick update on where I’ve been. Our OB appointment went great. Baby bean is doing fine. Going for my glucose test in 4 weeks, fun fun. I’m ready for a break from this madness. I’m ready to get OUT of the house. I think we’re all getting a bad case of cabin fever!

19 weeks

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I had no idea that Braxton Hicks Contractions would start this early for me. I didn’t start having them with Zoey until about 26 weeks or so and even then, they were pretty rare. We had a very busy day on Sunday and we were pretty much non-stop going here and there from the time we got up in the morning until about 9 PM that evening. I started to get concerned Sunday evening when I realized I had been having BH for that last week and that I had already had a good 4 of them by 5 PM. I had another one around dinner time and then another one later that evening. After clocking a good 7 of them, I turned in for the night to rest a little earlier than usual. One was so strong it actually woke me up at 3 AM, but didn’t last. I had 2 more the next morning during the first hour that I was awake so I called my OB about my concerns. They told me to drink a lot of ice water, take a warm bath, relax and rest and to start timing them. Monday, I only had a total of about 2 the entire day and today I’ve only had one! So, I’ve pretty much been trying to take it easy so that I can avoid having too many of these. Braxton Hicks are not painful at all, but they are WAY up there on the Annoying Scale.

Otherwise this pregnancy is going great. We had our Level II Ultrasound last week and Baby Bean was not cooperating at all. For the two hours that we were in there, she (or he) never ONCE spread her (or his!) legs. The sweet girl doing the ultrasound could never even get a good view of the baby’s legs but when my Perinatalogist came in, he was able to get a better view and was pretty sure there were no boy parts and that it was a girl! So.. I’m sticking with that for now. I’m so excited for Zoey to have a baby sister and have someone to grow up with that is so close in age! Yeah, there will be plenty of fights and arguments and spats but I am hoping that we can work as a family to keep their relationship great and that they will grow up to love each other and be great friends.

So.. other than being pregnant and not having as great of a time this time around.. we have been enjoying our new Fall-like weather and spending as much time out doors while we can!

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What is more fun than Daddy holding you and running through the yard like crazy??

17 Weeks

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Here we go again.. Back to this being up at 3 AM thing that happened during my pregnancy with Zoey. I hate to keep comparing it to hers, but it’s amazing how different and similar they are at the same time. Reading back through my blog archives, though as sparse as they are, I am finding that my heartburn and this silly waking up at 2-3 AM thing both started around 16-17 weeks last time too. How strange? Same symptoms, too. Waking up in the night, sweating to death and can’t cool down, which in turn makes it impossible to get back to sleep. I always blamed it on the fact that it was winter and we had the heater running too much when I was pregnant with Zoey, but now I know that just isn’t the case. We’re running the AC now because it is still 90 degrees outside and… same results. Ugh! At least this time I wont run out of Tums!

The differences so far: morning sickness started pretty early this time around and lingered through the entire First Trimester. Never really got sick but felt nauseated and icky the entire time, lost almost 10lbs! Last time I think the day I was inducted into the 2nd Trimester, I immediately had a burst of energy and felt better.. Here I am about 3 weeks into the 2nd Trimester and that energy is nowhere to be found. I am exhausted and have to nap with my kid almost daily.

Mom, Zoey and I walked the fair for a few hours yesterday morning. It was miserably hot. I was sweating so bad that I just did not feel like eating much! Booo. Because of our walking extravaganza, my sciatic nerve issues have flared up pretty darn bad! Right now I am sitting on an ice pack hoping it will help the pain go away and cool me down at the same time. Drinking a gigantic glass of cold water, doing anything I can to bring my body temperature down so that I can get back to Snooze Land where I like it best.

Zoey and I are going to a friend’s house tomorrow morning for a little play date. I’m excited! I just hope Zoey sleeps in a little bit in the morning so Mama can get some much needed rest.

16 Weeks

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I have really been slacking on this blogging thing this summer. I think we have just been so busy trying to soak up as much sun as we can, that I just haven’t had time to write. That and most of my summer was consumed by nausea and exhaustion!

We hit the 16 week mark last friday. And it felt great! We went for our 16 week appointment with my OB and our Baby Bean’s heart beat was 151bpm :-) We’re going to see the perinatalogist on September 27th for our big Level II ultrasound. I am sooo excited to find out whether it is a boy or girl! Everyone has asked me since day one whether I want a boy or a girl.. and everyone assumes I want a boy because I already have a girl. Honestly, I’d take either, as long as it is a healthy baby! I would LOVE for Zoey to have a little sister to grow up with and I would also love to experience raising a little boy, but I don’t prefer one over the other. As far as gut instincts, I have no earthly clue. I keep calling it a “her” and I keep having dreams that it is a boy.. Sooooo…. We’ll see in two weeks!

This pregnancy has been a lot more difficult than Zoey’s. Lots of round ligament pain in the last week or so. It has totally calmed down though and not as bad as it was. I’m in the 2nd Trimester but my 2nd Trimester energy has yet to show up! Due to this lack of energy, I am having a really hard time keeping up with cloth diaper laundry and have therefore resorted to using disposable diapers a LOT.. More than I would like to admit, actually! These days I am dreading the CD and would rather just take the “easy” way out and use disposables.. I’m trying to keep my head up and remind myself that cloth is better for our pocket book, the environment and for my little girl. There are just days where.. UGH! Laundry has been the BANE of my existence during this pregnancy, when it usually does not bother me at all.

There is a consignment sale going on around October 15th and I am really excited to go to that, knowing the sex of our baby bean! If it’s a boy, I will definitely need to buy some stuff.. If it’s a girl, I’ll go just for a few things. I still have ALL of Zoey’s baby clothes and excited about possibly being able to re-use some of the adorable little outfits she had but hardly ever wore.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it but I am SOOOOOO stinking excited about this baby!! I know our lives are going to change EVEN more, especially having two children not even 2 years apart.. but I think it’s going to be an exciting adventure and so amazing to watch our family grow! Gene and I are planning a little day or two getaway sometime later this year, without Zoey, as a last “just us” hurrah before Baby Bean is here. We’ve never left her over night but I think she will do just fine because she LOVES LOVES LOVES her Grandma so much!

12 weeks

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Nausea is about 100% gone. It hits from time to time, usually if I haven’t eaten in a while or if I’ve over eaten during a meal. But getting my meal sizes in check has been challenging but also a great thing. Last I weighed myself, I had lost about 2 pounds. Woot woot!

Exhaustion is still going strong. Some days I get a nap in and some days I don’t. There are days where Zoey’s nap doesn’t coincide with my tiredness, so at some point I am letting her watch TV while I lay on the couch like a zombie.

I’d like to think that baby bean is doing just fine. I saw my doctor at 9 weeks, saw baby bean on ultrasound and everything looked great. However, I know 9 weeks is really early. And things can still happen. My next doctor’s appointment isn’t until September 10th, which marks 16 weeks. I am just hoping and thinking happy thoughts about baby bean until then. I’m probably going to get down on my knees and beg for an ultrasound that day. Luckily my OB is a great man and I am thinking he will comply? I hope!

9 weeks

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Did you know that our sweet little babushka now has arms and legs and that the “tail” is gone?? It’s true! I went to meet my new OB on Friday and he is an amazing guy!! So friendly and I know he will take great care of us. We got a quick ultrasound to check on baby bean and everything is looking great. He/she had an arm up over her/his face. Dancing around all over the place! :-) I’ll go back in 7 weeks (I’ll be 16 weeks) for our next check. I’m currently taking b6, b12 and trying to adjust my diet to accommodate for the nausea. It is getting better but some days are definitely worse than others.

My little Peanut had her 15 month check up this morning. She got two shots and it was pretty terrible! She has just started saying “Nooooo” the last week or so and so she showed off her refusal skillz to the doctor and nurse today by saying Nooooo every time they tried to do something like check her ears, get her head circumference, etc. She threw a wild fit when we laid her down to try to get her height, panicked when we set her down to be weighed, freaked the ef OUT when we tried to get her head circumference and lost her marbles when the doctor tried to look in her ears. You could very EASILY say we are on the cusp of seeing some new teeth sometime VERY soon.

Needless to say, I am letting her watch Toy Story right now. It is the only time she is SOMEWHAT quiet and entertained. She has been crying and whining constantly while playing with her toys, chewing on her fingers and slobbering all over the place! My poor girl is not feeling well at all. Thankfully, her sleeping habits haven’t (yet) been interrupted by the Teething Monster.

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She is such a smart little cookie though. Last night at Grandma’s house, Grandpa gave her my car keys and so she spent quite a bit of time trying to hold the key just right in her hand so that she could stand on her tippy toes and try to stick the key into the keyhole on the front door! I couldn’t believe it.. I had never seen her do that before and didn’t even REALIZE she had been watching us lock and unlock the door all of this time. It just goes to show that they are constantly absorbing information into their little brains.

7 weeks

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This time during my pregnancy with Z, we had just had our 2nd ultrasound! This time, I haven’t had even one. Hell, I haven’t even been to the doctor yet! I am just as worried this time as I was last time and constantly wondering if my sweet baby is okay in there. If symptoms are a sign of vitality, then I would say he/she is doing JUST fine.

I have been so sick!! I had some mild nausea with Z but nothing like this. And not this early!! I have been pretty nauseated since I first found out, three weeks ago. The exhaustion hasn’t hit as hard as it did last time but boy the nausea and insomnia are in full gear already. Some days I do okay and others I have a hard time even taking care of Z. Luckily, she is a pretty easy child and will entertain herself with toys or a movie when I am feeling under the weather.

Going to meet a friend at Chelino’s today for lunch and then do a little window shopping at Ross. Hoping my stomach cooperates and lets me enjoy myself!