Here’s my newest work of art, it’s a baby shower cake for my sister in law. It was simple to do, and I deviated from the pattern some so it’s not perfect but it should be yummy!
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a litte brighter w/ flash, neither do the cake justice
well my appt went very well, better than I expected. Both times my blood pressure was taken it was 120/80 and then 120/70! truly amazing! But it doesnt help explain the horrible disabling headache I had for most of the day. So to the neurologist next week, the ob agreed I need to talk to him about pregnancy and pseudo tumor. this ob was much better than the person I was seeing at the practice. I might hang around there a little longer. She even said she is going to research ptc and pregnancy so she is better informed. I thought that was a novel idea! At least she thought of it on her own! she said all she knows about ptc and pregnancy is that it causes gest. diabetes and high blood pressure. great , that explains a lot! So she is expecting things to get interesting for me in a few months! until then she said to see the neuro and that they will at least do one more glucose screening for me. Suprising my weight was the same as it was a month ago or so, despite my protruding tummy! just a little but enough for me to notice! guess all the throwing up keeps the weigh gain from showing up on the scale as much.
the best part of my day was my ultrasound. I actually started crying. For one because I was alone for it, I wish Dean was there. Secondly because I really didnt believe it could be true, us being pregnant again, now. So now I know. Theres truly a baby in there, complete w/ heartbeat and the baby actually moved around some!! so it’s truly official now!! theres a baby in there!!! caleb saw the u/s pics and keeps asking what the baby’s name is. He keeps calling the baby Steven. he has a baby doll he’s given that name to too which is odd because we know no one whom he calls Steven in real life. very odd. I dont even know any cartoons w/ a steven. oh well. But I’m hanging onto my mothers intuition that this is a girl. i knew from the beginning Caleb was a boy and guess what , he still is!!! So only time will tell. Speaking of Caleb. it’s 3:45 and he hasnt napped, and either have I and we have bible study tonight….so off to forcing him back to sleep, he fell asleep on the way home from my friend who watched him. So it was a great day, but the dr definitely said the words high risk and scheduled c-section! So she just wants to wait to see how the diabetes and blood pressure pan out, she said around 5 -6 months pregnant we will decide what to do about labor based on how things are going. but she said the due date is December 9th, a few days later than I thought, but thats ok. A great early Christmas present indeed!!!
Been out of here for a day or five, sorry! I’ve been either worn out or throwing up not to mention the internet always seems to decide to not to work when Dean isnt around to fix it. So I’ve been w/out it for days, which proved I’m becoming an addict, cause I got quite grouchy w/out my fix!!! So this afternoon will be my first real ob appt and I am getting an u/s afterward, so I am very anxious for my appt!!! I just wish Dean could go w/, but he doesnt want to take time off again I guess. Not sure why he never told me why he didnt want to take off of work.
I’m super nervous because I was spotting some yesterday, but so far this morning things seem to be fine, and I spotted in the first trimester w/ Caleb so might be nothing but my overdoing things a little again. Needless to say, I’m glad my appt is today and hopefully we’ll find out that the baby is growing fine!
my little boy had a check up yesterday, he even had to get blood drawn. the little troooper sat and watched the nurse put the needle in w/ great awe and didnt even wince and never cried one tear. he did great the whole time, it was quite amazing to me, since I wanted to cry for him!!! he proudly showed off his bandaid all day and said I bleeding!! it was cute. Apparently the dr had said a few weeks ago it looked like Caleb never had his 2 year check up, which I am pretty sure Dean took him too, but oh well. So that was yesterday, and he’s almost three!! She said his head circumference is in the 90th percentile, no suprise as he outgrows shirts more often because his head is too big than for any other reason. He was in the 75th perc. for height too I think. And his weight was a lot different, only the 50% or something. He’s tall and skinny, not sure where he gets that from, except maybe cause he’s an active kid. well the active kid needs to be refereed before he makes the puppy mad again!
I’ll post after my appt or tomorrow. I am decorating a baby shower cake tomorrow for my sister in laws shower on Saturday, so I’ll try to get pics up of that too. Have a great rest of the week folks!!!
Well, the results are in finally!!! all of the blood work came back normal!! so I wont have to get the 3 hour glucose test until around 28 weeks unless something comes up before then. So more than likely the way I’m feeling is from the psuedo tumor, so I’ll call the neuro when I get home and make an appt. Still going to find a new ob when I get home, after my first ob appt and u/s though, so I wont have wait to get in for that, I’ll just find a new dr for my next appt that way I have time to look but can find out how the baby is doing soon. Thanks for the comments gals!!!
did I mention that the morning sickness is finding its way to ruin my life!! it’s not nearly as bad as my first pregnancy, but for some reason I havent been able to stomach dinner lately. I end up finally eating something around 9 or 10 pm because by then I am starving but from 4-8 or so my stomach is always in knots. Last night we went out for pizza, and they ordered a pizza w/ the works or something and the sight of it made me feel so much worse. Not to mention the ride there made me oh soo nauseas, forgot about all of these country roads! so when we arrived I wasnt sure I’d be able to eat then the sight and smell of that pizza was it for me, so needless to say I didnt eat. I ended up fixing myself some pasta around 9:30. I figure I should at least eat when I am hungry, not eating cant be good for either me or the baby, but then I got sick most of the night. I havent figured out what I can eat and feel fine, it’s especailly hard when nothing even sounds good let alone looks good. I’ve been wanting some chinese food for days so for lunch we are going out to a buffet that we love here. We are figuring if I wont be up for dinner Dean can go to the Indian restaurant and get something he likes, we’re going to get a chance to eat dinner alone this evening!! and for the next two days we’ll have meals w/ adults only!!! I am sooo looking forward to this next couple of days. we even have a hotel reserved for tomorrow night. the conference is about 30 minutes from the in laws but I think it would be harder on caleb to see us briefly then leave as opposed to us just not being around til the conference is over. but it’s close enough if he needs us one of us will come home. I figure this is probably the last chance we’ll get for a hotel get away w/ sitters lined up, and it will give Caleb some time w/ his family he doesnt get to always see. well gotta run and enjoy a yummy lunch, if my belly cooperates!!!
I am sooo finding a new ob drs office when we get home. I had blood work drawn friday, a week ago tomorrow. I called yesterday since the lab told me the results would be done monday tuesday at the latest. Called at 9:30 am left a message and was told someone would call back. At 3:30 I called back since no one had called, talked directly to the person who was supposed to call me and she said I’ll call you back shortly w/ the results. Five o’clock came and went and no call. Called again this morning, just a few minutes ago and complained again, told them I am in Ohio have to keep using my cell phone to call and they always put you on hold for a long time, and told them it’s been almost a week, my pregnancy is high risk and no one seems to care. the lady spoke w/ the same person I spoke w/ yesterday at 3:30 and she told her she never got my message. yeah ok sure. So she told me someone will call back, I asked for the office manager but she was on another line, I told her if I dont hear from them I am calling her back. I am calling her back regardless because this is the last straw. this office just doesnt seem to care about anything. If the results werent ready they could call and say that. if it’s about needing a dr to authorize telling the results, as I know has to happen if the results arent normal since i have worked in a drs office before, then tell me , hey we are waiting for the dr to look at the results. but do something. Dont leave patients hanging. I am going to this dr because I heard some very good things about them, apparently I expect more than the normal patient, but then again, I am not the normal patient. they are going to get an earful if those results are not normal because thats crazy, if the test results are ok then theres no reason they shouldnt have called and said so that would be easy. but if something is wrong and they prolonged treatment you just wait…..not that I want something to be wrong, but the way I feel is not good so we’ll see. Thats just my long drawn out whine for the day….I think after my first appt next week I’ll be seeking a more thorough high risk ob, I am sick of dealing w/ drs who just dont think high blood pressure and ptc are risks to me or the baby. I no doubt will have to see my neurologist next week too, the headaches are growing as are the spots in my eyes. I hate to do it but I know not going or at least calling him isnt good for me or the baby.
other than that, I’m having a relaxing week so far in Ohio. Our conference we are attending this weekend starts tonight and we’ll be leaving caleb overnight for two nights which is a first for us. I’m praying he does ok and that the puppy does ok too while we are gone. I am looking forward to the conference so much. I just hope I can endure the long sessions and start feeling better. I promise I’ll post more after I talk to the drs office again, I so want to stop worrying about these results but having to fight w/ the drs office to get them just adds more stress to the whole thing. I dont think I’d be nearly as upset if I knew the call wouldnt be long distance or cost me so many cell phone minutes, which I know is not the drs office fault but they can at least do their best to return patients messages w/in the same day! Am I expecting too much from them?? tell me honestly….
Its quiet, dark and lonely here tonight. The family is out and I just finished watching White Oleander. I have been laying in bed most of the day, it’s all I have the energy for today. I didnt even want to eat the great dinner my mother in law fixed. I was looking forward to going to get a peanut butter sundae this evening w/ Dean but my stomach doesnt really want anything but water and even then thats not cooperating!
we left Baltimore shortly before 6 yesterday and arrived here around 3 am, were up and out of the house for breakfast at 8! it’s no wonder I am soo tired. I wanted to stop last night at a hotel but we didnt want to pay the price when we were more than halfway to our destination. I didnt sleep much at all on the drive, the puppy and Caleb did though. In true child style, Caleb awoke around 2:30 am wide awake and exclaiming he wanted to play at grandmoms, so getting to sleep didnt happen til around 3:30 am!! I am already fatigued w/ this pregnancy and add to it lack of sleep and I become quite the bear!! or sloth might be a better description!
the drive itself was very uneventful, I had to stop almost less than every hour to pee, love that pregnancy symptom when you have to go on a long car trip! well sounds like the crowd is returning and soon the house will be more than full so I’ll try to catch up tomorrow!
still havent heard about my blood work results, checked our home voice mail messages a zillion times today but no message so I think I’ll call tomorrow afternoon if I still havent heard , but they always say no news is good news right??? I hope so!!!
Waiting for test results is such a pain, I have no patience. Yes, I know I just had the test done Friday, but still, had I had the test done earlier in the week I’d know by now, the weekend screws everything up. Hoping to hear from the drs office tomorrow before we head to Ohio for a little much needed get away!!! I am looking forward to getting away but then again the drive is what I’m most worried about, esp. w/ a toddler, puppy and pregnant momma!!! with any luck all of the before mentioned will sleep most of the way and Dean will hopefully have enough energy after working all day to pull in the long drive by himself, but I”m almost hoping he cant and he gives in to getting a hotel!! for the sake of everyones sanity!!! I’ll let you know as soon as I get the test results and hopefully I’ll update while we are away. Have a great week everyone!!
