Well, as of yesterday I no longer dodged all the sickness going around me. Monday night I was tossing and turning and my whole body ached. That morning I awoke nauseous but still ate a normal breakfast. I was babysitting a little girl and had to pick her up from school @ noon. So feeling a little queasy, but mainly just achy like fighting off a cold, I went to pick her up. I was doing well and feeling hungry when we got to my house and I made some lunch...I was cutting the first portion to eat when the smell got to be too much and proceeded to empty my stomach repeatedly into the sick. The poor 4 year old girl didn't know what to think. Thankfully she eats lunch at school and it was time for her nap. So I put her to bed and she slept well, while I took a nap too. I informed her dad at work that I was sick and they sent over a neighbor a few hours later to come pick her up. I sure hope that she or her family don't get it. If I had known what it was, I would have not even picked her up...although I took care of her the day before, so technically she was already exposed to me coming down with it.
Thankfully if I lay in bed and sip on water in between naps and snack on almonds or peanut butter toast, I seem to do fine. I had only thrown up @ 1pm yesterday and then this morning @ 9am. I was feeling much better this morning and decided to make an egg and see if I could eat it. Well, I guess that was not a good idea. I am hoping this is a short lived virus, because despite the bouts of nausea I am starving! Sydney continues to kick me a lot, wondering what is going on, but letting me know she is okay. I read as long as you stay hydrated, your body will care for the baby first. I am just grateful this is a mild version of the virus, because I have heard stories of pregnant women needing IVs because their body won't keep anything down.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Belly Pics
Here are some long awaited belly pictures. I am sorry, but I don't have a current one just yet. If you know me, I am horrible at taking pictures and then getting them off the camera.
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| 7 weeks |
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| 10 weeks |
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| 16 weeks |
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| 20 weeks |
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Baby Girl's Name
Well, this post is a little slow coming. It has been a little quiet on the baby news front, for which I am grateful. I have been busy lately with babysitting, working a few days and researching baby stuff. =) I also need to finish up my continuing education credits. I am such a procrastinator each and every year. I just always find something "better to do", like right now it is update my blog instead of studying. =)
As I am typing this my little girl is just a-kicking away. This morning for the first time I felt simultaneous movement on both sides of my belly! I guess she was stretching out and her quarters are getting a little tighter for her growing size. It was a little unnerving and comforting when I read that my baby is now viable for survival if I would deliver her now. Of course she would need a LOT of preemie care @ 24 weeks, so please stay put for another 14 weeks!
I have been feeling great! I have gained a total of 15 pounds. I keep thinking that is too much, but it is right on track for average gain. Don't worry, I am still eating as healthy as I can and when I am hungry. I have just been trying to not overeat because everything tastes so great! =) The heartburn comes and goes on different days, but has been better lately. My midwife suggested taking papaya enzymes instead of T.UMs for the heartburn, since an excessive amount of T.UMs is not absorbed properly and will leave calcium deposits on your placenta. Which in turn inhibit blood flow freely to and from the baby. The papaya enzymes work great! I don't have to take many of them and if I eat something tomato-ey, spicy, etc. I just chew up a few after eating and it does the trick at keeping it at bay. My belly has been getting pretty tight and definitely has started to show more and more. No more incognito pregnant lady walking around. LOL! Everyone knows anyway. =)
Well, as far as names go...we pretty much had it picked out the day after we found out it was a girl. My husband loves girl names that shorten to boy names...ex: Samantha to Sam, Alexandra to Alex, etc. So, he loved this name and it was in my top five. So it was a no brainer to agree that our little girl will be named...Sydney Grace. I had picked Grace as a middle name years ago during infertility. I always wanted to give credit to God that it is by His grace that we have a child. I just LOVE it! It is still so weird to call her by her name...it really makes the whole baby thing more real!
Well, I hope to post a little more about my nursery soon and how it is coming along. I also want to post some belly pics, but I first have to crop my head off due to my low profile blog. =) But I need to transfer some laundry and fold some, and STUDY for my CEUs!
As I am typing this my little girl is just a-kicking away. This morning for the first time I felt simultaneous movement on both sides of my belly! I guess she was stretching out and her quarters are getting a little tighter for her growing size. It was a little unnerving and comforting when I read that my baby is now viable for survival if I would deliver her now. Of course she would need a LOT of preemie care @ 24 weeks, so please stay put for another 14 weeks!
I have been feeling great! I have gained a total of 15 pounds. I keep thinking that is too much, but it is right on track for average gain. Don't worry, I am still eating as healthy as I can and when I am hungry. I have just been trying to not overeat because everything tastes so great! =) The heartburn comes and goes on different days, but has been better lately. My midwife suggested taking papaya enzymes instead of T.UMs for the heartburn, since an excessive amount of T.UMs is not absorbed properly and will leave calcium deposits on your placenta. Which in turn inhibit blood flow freely to and from the baby. The papaya enzymes work great! I don't have to take many of them and if I eat something tomato-ey, spicy, etc. I just chew up a few after eating and it does the trick at keeping it at bay. My belly has been getting pretty tight and definitely has started to show more and more. No more incognito pregnant lady walking around. LOL! Everyone knows anyway. =)
Well, as far as names go...we pretty much had it picked out the day after we found out it was a girl. My husband loves girl names that shorten to boy names...ex: Samantha to Sam, Alexandra to Alex, etc. So, he loved this name and it was in my top five. So it was a no brainer to agree that our little girl will be named...Sydney Grace. I had picked Grace as a middle name years ago during infertility. I always wanted to give credit to God that it is by His grace that we have a child. I just LOVE it! It is still so weird to call her by her name...it really makes the whole baby thing more real!
Well, I hope to post a little more about my nursery soon and how it is coming along. I also want to post some belly pics, but I first have to crop my head off due to my low profile blog. =) But I need to transfer some laundry and fold some, and STUDY for my CEUs!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Tax Credit
I just thought I would post really quick something we found beneficial doing our taxes this year. The NED.C website has a letter from the I.RS stating that you can claim all infertility treatments as well as homestudies, travel expenses, medications, labs, etc. as a medical cost for tax credit. It all counts because you wouldn't have been able to get to the infertility treatment (i.e. embryo adoption transfer) without the prior steps/costs. With all the fees for our embryo adoption it always seemed unfair to me that we wouldn't get the adoption tax credit...but with this info, it is nice to get to count it all for a different type of credit. =) It is not as good of one, but hey I am grateful for whatever we can get. We are hoping for a good refund this year to use on nursery furniture and large items such as a carseat and stroller. I hope this information helps someone that didn't know about it yet...