We had another prenatal appointment yesterday. As you can hear in the video (even though its a little difficult), we heard the baby's heartbeat. It was nice and strong in the 155-160 range. We also learned that I had a lot of sugar in my urine so on Wednesday the 17th I go back to the doctor to do the 1 hour glucose test. And on October 17th we have our next appointment and also our ultrasound to find out whether we're having a boy or a girl!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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Friday, September 5, 2008
Labor Day 2008
This year for Labor Day we decided to drive up to Woods Canyon Lake and hike. We went from 94 degrees to 63 degrees in less than two hours and it was wonderful! The sky was full of pretty, puffy clouds and there was lots to see hiking around the lake. It took us just over two hours to hike all the way around and I learned the next day that its about 5.5 miles around the whole lake. "Turtle" did quite well during his/her first trip to a favorite Porter family camping spot.
Friday, August 29, 2008
One of probably many....
On Tuesday night I had my first baby dream since finding out I was pregnant. It started out normal enough but then got really weird. At first our baby boy was very normal and cute (still a little squishy looking so he must have been a week old at most). Early on in the dream I was nursing him (why he was naked I don't know) and he started going to bathroom and Kent grabbed 3-4 diapers to clean it up. I couldn't understand why he was using diapers to clean poop off the floor so I said "what are you doing??? those are expensive!!!" Then I was walking out to the pool at my parents house and the plants around the pool were extremely overgrown so I was carefully walking towards the crib (yes, we had the crib out by the pool for some reason). When I got to it, our son had grown rapidly and had changed into a teenage Eddie Murphy. I hefted him out of the crib and he proceeded to explain to me that he had a growth disorder and that 20 years ago, it didn't really affect people until they were in their 20's but he was a special case. At some point I opened a card that was on a table. It appeared to be a birthday card for the baby and some people named T.J. and Wade had signed it. Our baby's name was also in the card and it was Sbjabereen and right after I read that is when I woke up.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Ultrasound 8/8/08
We had a 2nd ultrasound yesterday and it was amazing! Not only did we see our baby's heartbeat, we got to hear it too...nice and strong at 160! We could even see the little arm and leg buds (they look a little like flippers). I was measuring at 7 weeks 6 days and we were given a due date of March 21st, 2009. Kent's dad said the baby looks like a sand turtle so we now call the baby our little turtle =)
So far everything has been going well....I'm more tired than anything else. I've had a few bouts of queasiness but only because I didn't eat when I was hungry. But other than those few instances, things are grand!
Telling the Family
On Saturday July 26th, my family was coming over to celebrate Geli's birthday. Since mom and dad already knew, we only had to tell Mike and his girlfriend Kasey, and Geli. Mike didn't believe it at first and then when he realized we weren't joking, he lovingly pointed at me and said "haha....you're going to get fat and waddle." Geli didn't really say much about it...I guess it's a little hard for a 6 year old to understand these things.
The next day we got together with Kent's family to celebrate Wayne's birthday. His dad had gotten called out so when his mom said the prayer, she threw in a little something about a new addition to the family. However, it wasn't as clear as we had hoped and Laura was a little confused and thought she was the last to know. I told her to think about it a little more and then Jill asked "Are you guys pregnant????" We said yes and of course, everyone was excited. Jacob on the other hand, wasn't quite sure what we were all talking about so his Nana informed him that there is going to be another baby in the family and he is going to have another cousin. He naturally assumed it was Julie again so he looked at her, looked at her belly and was satisfied with that. Nana then had to tell him it was his Aunt AMA who is having the baby. So he looked at me and looked at my belly and had this look on his face like he thought we were kidding since I don't look pregnant at all. But he never said anything else about it so he either believed it or he didn't =)
The next day we got together with Kent's family to celebrate Wayne's birthday. His dad had gotten called out so when his mom said the prayer, she threw in a little something about a new addition to the family. However, it wasn't as clear as we had hoped and Laura was a little confused and thought she was the last to know. I told her to think about it a little more and then Jill asked "Are you guys pregnant????" We said yes and of course, everyone was excited. Jacob on the other hand, wasn't quite sure what we were all talking about so his Nana informed him that there is going to be another baby in the family and he is going to have another cousin. He naturally assumed it was Julie again so he looked at her, looked at her belly and was satisfied with that. Nana then had to tell him it was his Aunt AMA who is having the baby. So he looked at me and looked at my belly and had this look on his face like he thought we were kidding since I don't look pregnant at all. But he never said anything else about it so he either believed it or he didn't =)
Our New Discovery
On Saturday July 19, 2008 our lives changed. We learned we were going to have a baby! We were very much surprised because we have been battling with my lack of ovulation since April 2007 when we decided to try for a baby. I visited my OB often since that time and was always being prescribed medication to induce a period since I wasn't able to get them on my own due to my polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). In March 2008 I started taking Metformin to lower my insulin (PCOS causes an insulin resistance and that is one of the factors preventing proper ovulation). I was told it would take at least 3 months to overturn my ovarian environment and possibly after that time, I might ovulate on my own. Well almost 5 months went by and I still was not getting periods on my own (which meant no ovulation) so we decided to meet with the fertility specialist my OB referred us to. He was going to have tests done for both of us to make sure that my PCOS was the only thing we were up against. On July 2nd, they did a pregnancy blood test and it was negative so I started the medication to induce a period a few days later. After I finished it, I was expecting to start a new cycle within a day or two as has happened in the past. Well, 4 days later I still hadn't started so I decided to use one of my cheap dollar store pregnancy test and much to my surprise it came up positive before the test was even done! I went running down the hall to show Kent and he was skeptical at first. So 2 1/2 hours later I took another one and that was positive too. That night we got a 2 pack of digital tests and the one I took was positive as well. I took the other one the next day and of course, it was also positive. Kent was pretty convinced by then so we called my parents on Sunday and told them the news. They were shocked but happy!
On Tuesday July 22nd, my pregnancy was confirmed by my OB's office so we told Kent's parents that day, as well as Wayne and Julie (Kent told Wayne and swore him to secrecy but I couldn't let him keep that secret from Julie so I just had to tell her too). They took some blood to check my hcg (pregnancy hormone) levels and when they called me on Thursday, I was told they were at 15,000! I did some research and found out that a level that high is generally found in the 6-8 weeks of pregnancy. I knew I wasn't that far along so I wasn't sure if it was a multiple pregnancy or not. I was told to have an ultrasound done to confirm a viable pregnancy and to also date my pregnancy (silly doctor's office thought I was 11 weeks since I hadn't had a period since May 4th)! We had our ultrasound that Friday and we saw the gestational sac and yolk sac and everything looked quite well. The tech estimated me to be around 5 weeks and 2 days.
On Tuesday July 22nd, my pregnancy was confirmed by my OB's office so we told Kent's parents that day, as well as Wayne and Julie (Kent told Wayne and swore him to secrecy but I couldn't let him keep that secret from Julie so I just had to tell her too). They took some blood to check my hcg (pregnancy hormone) levels and when they called me on Thursday, I was told they were at 15,000! I did some research and found out that a level that high is generally found in the 6-8 weeks of pregnancy. I knew I wasn't that far along so I wasn't sure if it was a multiple pregnancy or not. I was told to have an ultrasound done to confirm a viable pregnancy and to also date my pregnancy (silly doctor's office thought I was 11 weeks since I hadn't had a period since May 4th)! We had our ultrasound that Friday and we saw the gestational sac and yolk sac and everything looked quite well. The tech estimated me to be around 5 weeks and 2 days.
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