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23 weeks and Thanksgiving!

Well this has been a pretty exciting week! Thursday was Thanksgiving and we spent it with mommy's family! We went to your great Aunt Brenda's house for a very yummy lunch. I'm pretty sure I ate enough turkey and mashed potatoes to hold me over until next year ;) You were quite active that day too so I'm assuming you were enjoying the food just as much as mommy! I was a little crampy that day and my lower back was sore but other than that we had a great Turkey Day!


That night we got home around 5:30 p.m. and of course the first thing I had to do was pee. Although this bathroom run turned out to be anything but normal....I noticed some spotting. It was not only in the toilet, but when I wiped too ( I know TMI) but I started to get a little nervous. So I sat down for a few minutes and tried to rest to see if it would go away. Well I ended up going to the bathroom 2 more times within a half hour and I was still spotting, less but it was still there. This along with the cramping had me worried so I went ahead and called the doctor. They told me to head to the hospital right away to be checked out in case there was a problem with the placenta.

Luckily Grandma had come over to visit so she stayed with the boys, and daddy and I were off to make sure you were OK. Once at the hospital they started checking everything. They checked your heartbeat...that was great! They hooked me up to see if I was contracting...I wasn't. They did an exam to make sure I was not dialated and that there was no active bleeding that they could see....all was good there too! Then they did an ultrasound to make sure they couldn't see any bleeding on that and to make sure the placenta was not over my cervix....no problems there! Although you did give mommy and daddy a nice conformation shot that you were still a girl and that you are roughly 1.3 lbs WoohOO my big girl :) Last thing they did was send some urine off to the lab to make sure I didn't have a UTI...came back negative. So after 2 hours at the hospital they really have no explanation for the bleeding because everything looked great! I felt better, and was very grateful you were alright :)


On a more happy and exciting note I got some of your first clothes today in the mail!! Oh boy was I excited to finally be holding PINK clothes! I bought a lot of nice stuff from a lady on Cafemom for $40 including shipping, talk about a deal. I can't believe how tiny the clothes are, its hard to believe that at one point your brother's were that tiny. Here are some pictures of your first outfits!




I truly have so much to be thankful for this year. I am thankful for a wonderful fiance who would do anything for us and works so hard to provide for us and allow me to be a stay at home mommy!
I am thankful for 2 beautiful boys who just light up my life! I am so proud of them :)
I am thankful for our family and friends, who are always there for us!
I am thankful for you. Thankful that god thought you needed to be in our lives. Thankful that you are doing healthy and growing well!

I am so blessed :) We are counting down until you are here!

I love you,
Mommy

22 Weeks!

Another week down only 18 weeks to go, although if you decide to come when your brother's did then we only have 16 weeks left :)

You are all over the place like a little gymnast! You know, "they" say you sleep about 12-14 hours a day...but I'm not buying it! Sometimes your moving constantly, but I love it! Your favorite times of the day to practice your gymnastic skills are usually first thing in the morning and around 10 at night. Daddy is still waiting until he can feel you move, and im sure with your strength it won't be long!

On that same note, I think you have mistaken my bladder for you punching bag! I have to pee like every 30 seconds all of a sudden. So if you could just avoid punching it out in public that would be great, thanks :)

Snap, Crackle, Pop....thats the noises my hips are making. Im starting to get really uncomfortable and sore now. This also happened with your brother Mason, my hips, pelvis, and all the way into my thighs hurt. Someday's it hurts to even walk, get in and out of the bed, shower, or car. I can even feel and hear my hip pop out of place every once in a while...OUCH! I did some research and Im pretty sure I have what is called Symphysis Pubic Dysfunction (SPD). Basically it just means that my pelvic girdle area may not be working the way it should because of hormones, misalignment of the pelvis, or other reasons. Im going to talk to the doctor about this at my next appointment and see what she thinks.
My goal for this week are to take some more pictures of my growing belly, the last one I took was around 20 weeks and it has definately grown since then! Not much else going on this week, so keep growing little one :)

Love you,

Mommy

21 weeks!!

Well I'm a little late because technically I'm 21 weeks and 4 days, but better late than never right?!

Miss Taylor I can tell you are growing so fast and I just cannot believe that I'm over halfway done. I have officially entered the 5th month and your the size of a papaya! Keep growing baby girl :)

I went to the doctor a little over a week ago and had a pretty good check up! I'm still on the Labetalol 200 mg 2x a day, but it must be working. My blood pressure went from 165/102 (2 weeks ago) to about 135/82 last week :)

I had my first Braxton Hicks contractions this week, thanks those were fun! Just another sign that I'm getting closer to having you here with us!

Not much else going on this week. I look forward to what you have up your sleeve for me next week ;)

Love you baby girl,

Mommy

Welcome All!

I have decided to go ahead and create a blog to document this pregnancy! I did not do anything like this with my 2 boys and I kinda regret it. I think this is also partially because this is my first little girl and probably my last child all at the same time, so I feel like I need to capture everthing!

I have decided to try and write a "letter" to Taylor every week. This will allow me to remember all those pleasant, and not so pleasant parts of pregnancy. I would also like something to be able to give to Taylor when she is grown that she can look back on and see just what I was going through and feeling.

The one thing I want her to realize is that even though we were taking measures to prevent a pregnancy, that once we knew she was coming we were ecstatic! I want her to know how much she was wanted and how much of a blessing she will be to our family!!

Taylor your mommy, daddy, and little brothers love you very much