I haven't blogged in so long! There is so much to say. So many thoughts. So much going on! Where to start....I might just bullet everything until I can actually sit down & wright an actual good blog post. So here I go...
*I had my daughter!
-Chloe Grace was born on May 26th, 2011. 9:27 AM (Arizona time). She was 6 pounds 2 ounces. 19 inches long. I had to have her at 36 weeks & 2 days. I was in labor for about 9 hours & only pushed for 15 minutes! She is currently 2 weeks & 2 days old right now. I will post pictures when I do an actual good blog post.
*I had my gallbladder removed the day after I had Chloe.
-It was SEVERELY clogged with gallstones & I was told if it went any longer like that it will burst & kill my daughter. That's why I was induced at 36 weeks & 2 days.
*My Grammy passed away the other day.
-My dad flew back to New Hampshire. My mom, Chloe & I stayed behind. I'm still recovering & just my dad going was over 800 bucks! I'm actually not really close with any of my dads side of the family. So I really hate to say it, I would of hung out with friends if I went. To be honest, everyone on his side are weirdos & they treat him like shit. It's not fair at all.
*We've been here for almost 6 weeks.
-It's getting hotter & hotter. I wish I could swim. But I can't for 4-8 weeks (from when I had my surgery on the 27th).
*I have pretty bad mastitis in my left breast.
-It's so painful. Chloe won't latch on so I've been pumping for her. I now have to give her formula & breast milk because I'm just not pumping enough for her. I feel so bad.
*Chloe was FINALLY approved for insurance!
-On Monday I will be calling a pediatrician for her to see. We had to go to a clinic when she was 6 days old for her to be checked out. It was nasty, the people were rude & they charged me 50 for the appointment & OVER 200 for blood work! I'm letting the insurance company know so I can get my money back!
*I miss the Crawford family more then anything!
-This family is amazing. They have helped me, gave me guidance, advice, support, comfort, love, everything you can ever think of. Moving away from them was the hardest thing. They are the only thing I miss about New Hampshire. Other then my mom's family. Ali is like a second mom to me. Every time I think about how much I miss them, I get all sad & teary eyed. She has helped me so much over the past 4 years. So has her husband Ricky. Her kids are like my brothers & sisters. We fight like siblings at time. I wish I was still around so Ali could help me with Chloe. She is an amazing women & they are just an amazing family. I love them so, so much. I'm hoping Chloe & I can take a trip up sometime in August to visit. This is Ali's blog by the way Crawford Life & Times!
Baby is crying. Sorry this was such a short post! It's feeding time.
I will TRY to post as soon as I can get a chance.
xoxoxo
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG WEEK.....
*BABY NEWS:
My due date has changed! Chloe is now due on June 11th & not the 20th anymore. Which puts me at 33 weeks & 2 days today. I had an ultrasound on Thursday and this baby is HUGE! She measured out at a little bit over 18 inches in length and a tad bit over 5 & a half pounds. She is still fully head down and still expected to come early because of her huge size and because of how far down she is.
I already have a new doctor in Arizona. My first appointment is on May 5th at 1:30. This new office has all girls that work there, thank God! They will also do a 3D/4D ultrasound for me, free with insurance! My dad is going to try and get me on his work insurance, if not I will have to apply for state insurance.
*MOVING NEWS:
My dad has literally the WORST luck when it comes to moving! He picked up the moving truck Friday afternoon. Saturday was down poring freezing rain! Two of my uncles came over to help my dad move...in the rain. Wellllllll, my dad got a way to small of a moving truck. Yep, we had to leave things behind because a 16 foot truck was NOT big enough. Saturday morning my mom & I left the house around 9 in the morning with the car to come down to my nana's house for the day. My dad was going to just meet us here when he was done with the moving truck. Well around 3-3:30 I called my dad to see how things were going and I had to drive over an hour back to the house so he can stuff the car with as much as possible. My uncle also had his car stuffed with a ton of baby things. It was a big, huge mess! My dad finally got things to fit in the car...from the house, this is not including everything my uncle had in his car. Then it came time to put the car onto the tow dolly. Do you think that was an easy task? NOPE! Over an hour later, my dad finally got the damn thing to work. So I rode to my nana's house with him & my dog in the moving truck. SO NOT COMFORTABLE! My ass was killing by the time we made it to my nana's.
So we get to my nana's around 9:30 at night....FINALLY. Well remember how I said my uncles car was stuffed full with baby things!? My dads Jeep had to be emptied out to rearrange everything so everything will fit. That took about another hour, maybe 45 minutes. I had to sacrafice my TV for baby things to fit in the Jeep & things that my dad needed had to be left behind. My dad said he will buy me a new TV one when we get to Arizona. YAY! I want one of the cute like 20 something inch flat screens that go on the wall.
The next morning (Sunday, yesterday) my dad left around 6:30 in the morning with Charlie (dog) & the moving truck. I am SOOO nervous for him doing this long drive by himself. He claims he will be fine because he has Charlie....uhm, a dog is NO help driving to the other side of the country. That is just my opinion! He called me around 3 (take or leave about 30 minuets) to let me know things were fine and he made it into New York. His goal for testerday was to be in Ohio. He pretty much made it there by 7 at night, I think he was like an hour away from there. Today he will call me around lunch tim to let me know how things are going, and also when he gets to a hotel tonight. I'm still very, very, very, very, very, VERY scared something is going to happen. PRAYERS PLEASE!
OHHHHH! Best part of the day....my dad hit the house with the moving truck. UGH! Roof and side panaling damadge. Wait until my uncle see's that shit. He is going to FLIP! My dad isn't going to tell him until he is back from his vacation in Hawaii. *Note my uncle was the one renting us the house in Maine. The rich one, who is a relisate agent, who has tons of money, and properties, who is up my dads ass about the rent money for this month. Sory but my dad is fucking broke and hardly has the money for this move, you will get your damn money like he told you (sorry, i get mad when I talk about him). For the record my dad ALWAYS pays people back the money he ows or borrows. Just saying.
*BAD NEWS / BAD LUCK:
My dad spoke with my mom yesterday when he called around 3 (ish). Wellllll, come to find out someone stole his credit card numbers and there is around 700 bucks missing from his account. This whole move in totoal is costing over 5 grand to beging with. My dad only had about 5 grand (not even) for the move. Money was VERY tight to beging with...and now it's even tighter. Not even tighter, he is basically BROKE and has no clue what he is going to do for food, hotels and gas. I feel so bad for him. Why does this shit always happen to him!? I wish someone would just help him out for once. But nope, all his side of the family won't help him at all. AND THEY ALL HAVE MONEY! My moms side of the family can't because they just don't have it to help him with. But if they did, her family would help as much as possible. Did I mention before how my dad's new job won't pay for this move...not sure if I have or not, so I'm adding that part in here right now.
*OTHER NEWS:
Can you tell I'm stressed for him & about everything going on!? Well if you can't....I'M STRESSED BEYOND BELIEFE! Just saying. May 3rd my mom & I are flying to AZ. We have a direct flight at 3:35. A 5 hour & 50 minute flight. NOT excited for this. I hate planes, I hate flying, I hate sitting for long periods, I'm going to be 34 weeks pregnant, I have bad gas now (I'll feel bad for the guy sitting next to me, hehehehe), I'll be hungry, cranky, you name it, I'll be it.
This week my mom & I are staying in Salem at my nana's / aunts house. My aunt has one of the houses with an inlaw apartment. We sleep at my aunts house & hang out at my nana's for the day. Well, I go back & forth between the two. My nana is a chain smoker, like SOOOO badly her walls are YELLOW! Yeah, nasty. All my clothes smell, I can hardly breath when I'm over here, she never opens the windows or door, she keeps the heat on like 70 all day. I CAN'T STAND IT! So I sometimes hang out at my aunts when I start to get dizy or can't breath anymore. My little cousin Kayla, who is almost 3, is the cutest thing in the world. So I don't mind hanging out at my aunts house. My uncle & I get along pretty good, so that's also a plus.
Easter was alright. Nothing to special. Family came over to my aunts house. we ate ham, had dessert, chatted, the usual. Every family holiday is spent with my moms side of the family besides Christmas Eve. My mom & I don't really like many of the people on my dads side...only a select few.
My birthday is next Monday (the 2nd!). I'm trying to get all of my moms family together one last time before we leave for dinner. My nana's birthday is May 5th & so is my mom and dads anniversary, so I want to have everything all in one dinner. I don't really even care it's my birthday, I just want the family to get together one last time!
OHHHH! I have a new love in my life! My new Blackberry Torch. It's my 3rd baby (Chloe, Charlie & now my Blackberry). I should name it! HA! I am in love with it. It is still hard to figure out because it didn't come with any direction booklet, just a quick start guide thing. But I have a whole week of doing nothing, so I'll just play around with it to figure it out.
Chloe has the hickups right now! Ha, she is so cute. Well, besides her foot in my rib. She gets so mad when I try to move her. She gives me one swift kick & punch when I do.
Well I guess that's all the news updates I have for now. I'm sure I'll be blogging again more this week & keep updating on my dad & everything going on.
Xo,
Courtney <3
My due date has changed! Chloe is now due on June 11th & not the 20th anymore. Which puts me at 33 weeks & 2 days today. I had an ultrasound on Thursday and this baby is HUGE! She measured out at a little bit over 18 inches in length and a tad bit over 5 & a half pounds. She is still fully head down and still expected to come early because of her huge size and because of how far down she is.
I already have a new doctor in Arizona. My first appointment is on May 5th at 1:30. This new office has all girls that work there, thank God! They will also do a 3D/4D ultrasound for me, free with insurance! My dad is going to try and get me on his work insurance, if not I will have to apply for state insurance.
*MOVING NEWS:
My dad has literally the WORST luck when it comes to moving! He picked up the moving truck Friday afternoon. Saturday was down poring freezing rain! Two of my uncles came over to help my dad move...in the rain. Wellllllll, my dad got a way to small of a moving truck. Yep, we had to leave things behind because a 16 foot truck was NOT big enough. Saturday morning my mom & I left the house around 9 in the morning with the car to come down to my nana's house for the day. My dad was going to just meet us here when he was done with the moving truck. Well around 3-3:30 I called my dad to see how things were going and I had to drive over an hour back to the house so he can stuff the car with as much as possible. My uncle also had his car stuffed with a ton of baby things. It was a big, huge mess! My dad finally got things to fit in the car...from the house, this is not including everything my uncle had in his car. Then it came time to put the car onto the tow dolly. Do you think that was an easy task? NOPE! Over an hour later, my dad finally got the damn thing to work. So I rode to my nana's house with him & my dog in the moving truck. SO NOT COMFORTABLE! My ass was killing by the time we made it to my nana's.
So we get to my nana's around 9:30 at night....FINALLY. Well remember how I said my uncles car was stuffed full with baby things!? My dads Jeep had to be emptied out to rearrange everything so everything will fit. That took about another hour, maybe 45 minutes. I had to sacrafice my TV for baby things to fit in the Jeep & things that my dad needed had to be left behind. My dad said he will buy me a new TV one when we get to Arizona. YAY! I want one of the cute like 20 something inch flat screens that go on the wall.
The next morning (Sunday, yesterday) my dad left around 6:30 in the morning with Charlie (dog) & the moving truck. I am SOOO nervous for him doing this long drive by himself. He claims he will be fine because he has Charlie....uhm, a dog is NO help driving to the other side of the country. That is just my opinion! He called me around 3 (take or leave about 30 minuets) to let me know things were fine and he made it into New York. His goal for testerday was to be in Ohio. He pretty much made it there by 7 at night, I think he was like an hour away from there. Today he will call me around lunch tim to let me know how things are going, and also when he gets to a hotel tonight. I'm still very, very, very, very, very, VERY scared something is going to happen. PRAYERS PLEASE!
OHHHHH! Best part of the day....my dad hit the house with the moving truck. UGH! Roof and side panaling damadge. Wait until my uncle see's that shit. He is going to FLIP! My dad isn't going to tell him until he is back from his vacation in Hawaii. *Note my uncle was the one renting us the house in Maine. The rich one, who is a relisate agent, who has tons of money, and properties, who is up my dads ass about the rent money for this month. Sory but my dad is fucking broke and hardly has the money for this move, you will get your damn money like he told you (sorry, i get mad when I talk about him). For the record my dad ALWAYS pays people back the money he ows or borrows. Just saying.
*BAD NEWS / BAD LUCK:
My dad spoke with my mom yesterday when he called around 3 (ish). Wellllll, come to find out someone stole his credit card numbers and there is around 700 bucks missing from his account. This whole move in totoal is costing over 5 grand to beging with. My dad only had about 5 grand (not even) for the move. Money was VERY tight to beging with...and now it's even tighter. Not even tighter, he is basically BROKE and has no clue what he is going to do for food, hotels and gas. I feel so bad for him. Why does this shit always happen to him!? I wish someone would just help him out for once. But nope, all his side of the family won't help him at all. AND THEY ALL HAVE MONEY! My moms side of the family can't because they just don't have it to help him with. But if they did, her family would help as much as possible. Did I mention before how my dad's new job won't pay for this move...not sure if I have or not, so I'm adding that part in here right now.
*OTHER NEWS:
Can you tell I'm stressed for him & about everything going on!? Well if you can't....I'M STRESSED BEYOND BELIEFE! Just saying. May 3rd my mom & I are flying to AZ. We have a direct flight at 3:35. A 5 hour & 50 minute flight. NOT excited for this. I hate planes, I hate flying, I hate sitting for long periods, I'm going to be 34 weeks pregnant, I have bad gas now (I'll feel bad for the guy sitting next to me, hehehehe), I'll be hungry, cranky, you name it, I'll be it.
This week my mom & I are staying in Salem at my nana's / aunts house. My aunt has one of the houses with an inlaw apartment. We sleep at my aunts house & hang out at my nana's for the day. Well, I go back & forth between the two. My nana is a chain smoker, like SOOOO badly her walls are YELLOW! Yeah, nasty. All my clothes smell, I can hardly breath when I'm over here, she never opens the windows or door, she keeps the heat on like 70 all day. I CAN'T STAND IT! So I sometimes hang out at my aunts when I start to get dizy or can't breath anymore. My little cousin Kayla, who is almost 3, is the cutest thing in the world. So I don't mind hanging out at my aunts house. My uncle & I get along pretty good, so that's also a plus.
Easter was alright. Nothing to special. Family came over to my aunts house. we ate ham, had dessert, chatted, the usual. Every family holiday is spent with my moms side of the family besides Christmas Eve. My mom & I don't really like many of the people on my dads side...only a select few.
My birthday is next Monday (the 2nd!). I'm trying to get all of my moms family together one last time before we leave for dinner. My nana's birthday is May 5th & so is my mom and dads anniversary, so I want to have everything all in one dinner. I don't really even care it's my birthday, I just want the family to get together one last time!
OHHHH! I have a new love in my life! My new Blackberry Torch. It's my 3rd baby (Chloe, Charlie & now my Blackberry). I should name it! HA! I am in love with it. It is still hard to figure out because it didn't come with any direction booklet, just a quick start guide thing. But I have a whole week of doing nothing, so I'll just play around with it to figure it out.
Chloe has the hickups right now! Ha, she is so cute. Well, besides her foot in my rib. She gets so mad when I try to move her. She gives me one swift kick & punch when I do.
Well I guess that's all the news updates I have for now. I'm sure I'll be blogging again more this week & keep updating on my dad & everything going on.
Xo,
Courtney <3
Monday, April 18, 2011
QUICK UPDATE....
*31 weeks pregnant today & the start of my 8th month!
*My laptop is now a huge paper weight & I'm currently using my dad's computer.
*Packing, packing, packing!
*We found out the OFFICIAL answer on my dads job & we have one week to pack & move to Arizona.
*My dad is leaving this Saturday (the 23rd) with the moving truck...ALL BY HIMSELF! (very nervous about that)
*My mom & I will be staying at my Aunts house (hopefully) until my dad gets to Arizona.
*Drive with the moving truck will take about 5 days.
*May 2 is my birthday (19!) & I believe that will be the day my mom & I will be on a plane to Arizona. Also that is the new start date of my dad's job.
*I'll be 33 weeks pregnant the day we take flight (scared.as.shit!) about a 5 hour flight. For sure bringing a crap load of food in my carry on bag!
*Very tired from packing, and packing...OH & packing!
*Chloe's dad is a pain in the ass & I am SOOO happy I will be moving across the country far, far, FARRRR away from him. (that story is for a whole new post sometime in the near future!)
*I will miss family & friends---especially Ali Crawford & her huge family.
*Hopefully we will be taking a trip back up to New Hampshire sometime after the baby is born. Keeping my fingers crossed for Late summer and / or Christmas time. Hoping money will not be an issue then. Really want to come up before Christmas because aorund Christmas time Chloe will be 6 months & I really want her to meet family & friends before she is that old.
*I am scared about having no insurance right when we get to Arizona & no doctor. I hope I can get insurance VERY fast & find a doctor asap.
*My last weeks OB appointment went very good & the DR thinks this baby will be leaving the womb early. She has been head down for over 2 weeks & she keeps pushing down, further & further and basically is about 5 pounds & has no room to grow. So she is a big baby! I personally think I am further along then told, but the DR's will not give me another ultrasound. Praying I get one once I find a new OB in Arizona.
*New OB appointment this Wednesday because now I go every 2 weeks, but will be missing my next weeks appointment so it had to be changed to this week.
*My poor dog, Charlie, has a poop infection & has been sick for almost 2 weeks. He is on an all rice & chicken diet and on meds that are now making him constipated & in more pain. He has a vet appointment this Thursday to find out what is going on with him.
*I get a new phone upgrade tomorrow! YAY! Hopefully I can get another iphone & my dad can have his phone back. My old phone (phone number like 8 from at&t) broke a few weeks ago, so my dad gave me his to use & he has a cheap p.o.s phone until I get a new one.
*Very mad my tax check in NOT in yet. GRRRR! I want my 100 bucks NOW!
*I have really bad heartburn right now, just thought I'd add that in here :)
*Nothing else really to update you about, so for now I will be going. I'll probably be posting again once I am all settled in Arizona. Or maybe when I'm at my Aunts house next week....if I can get on her computer. Bye :)
*My laptop is now a huge paper weight & I'm currently using my dad's computer.
*Packing, packing, packing!
*We found out the OFFICIAL answer on my dads job & we have one week to pack & move to Arizona.
*My dad is leaving this Saturday (the 23rd) with the moving truck...ALL BY HIMSELF! (very nervous about that)
*My mom & I will be staying at my Aunts house (hopefully) until my dad gets to Arizona.
*Drive with the moving truck will take about 5 days.
*May 2 is my birthday (19!) & I believe that will be the day my mom & I will be on a plane to Arizona. Also that is the new start date of my dad's job.
*I'll be 33 weeks pregnant the day we take flight (scared.as.shit!) about a 5 hour flight. For sure bringing a crap load of food in my carry on bag!
*Very tired from packing, and packing...OH & packing!
*Chloe's dad is a pain in the ass & I am SOOO happy I will be moving across the country far, far, FARRRR away from him. (that story is for a whole new post sometime in the near future!)
*I will miss family & friends---especially Ali Crawford & her huge family.
*Hopefully we will be taking a trip back up to New Hampshire sometime after the baby is born. Keeping my fingers crossed for Late summer and / or Christmas time. Hoping money will not be an issue then. Really want to come up before Christmas because aorund Christmas time Chloe will be 6 months & I really want her to meet family & friends before she is that old.
*I am scared about having no insurance right when we get to Arizona & no doctor. I hope I can get insurance VERY fast & find a doctor asap.
*My last weeks OB appointment went very good & the DR thinks this baby will be leaving the womb early. She has been head down for over 2 weeks & she keeps pushing down, further & further and basically is about 5 pounds & has no room to grow. So she is a big baby! I personally think I am further along then told, but the DR's will not give me another ultrasound. Praying I get one once I find a new OB in Arizona.
*New OB appointment this Wednesday because now I go every 2 weeks, but will be missing my next weeks appointment so it had to be changed to this week.
*My poor dog, Charlie, has a poop infection & has been sick for almost 2 weeks. He is on an all rice & chicken diet and on meds that are now making him constipated & in more pain. He has a vet appointment this Thursday to find out what is going on with him.
*I get a new phone upgrade tomorrow! YAY! Hopefully I can get another iphone & my dad can have his phone back. My old phone (phone number like 8 from at&t) broke a few weeks ago, so my dad gave me his to use & he has a cheap p.o.s phone until I get a new one.
*Very mad my tax check in NOT in yet. GRRRR! I want my 100 bucks NOW!
*I have really bad heartburn right now, just thought I'd add that in here :)
*Nothing else really to update you about, so for now I will be going. I'll probably be posting again once I am all settled in Arizona. Or maybe when I'm at my Aunts house next week....if I can get on her computer. Bye :)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
TWO WORDS....
STRESSED OUT!
I am so stressed out it's not even funny! So you know how I've been talking about the move to Arizona thing. Yeah, well my dad found out yesterday that he needs to get a credit check by this company before he gets the job. They already told him he had the job....until this came up. I am so stressed because my dad has shitty credit. Hello, foreclosed house says it all. He passed the drug test & the crimnal backround check. Then BAHM they hit him with a "oh you have to be checked for credit" thing now. Is this even legal? Could they do this? His offer letter says NOTHING about doing a credit check. There are tons of Indians working for this company who are over seas, did they do all this for them? DOUBT IT! This company feels that if an employee has bad credit they will be a bad worker. MY DAD WORKED FOR YOU GUYS FOR 12 DAMN YEARS THEN WAS LAID OFF 3 YEARS AGO! Of course he's a good employee. My dad's head is spinning right now. I just feel so bad for him. I have a huge headache from all this. My dad's situation, my pregnancy insurance situation, my mom being sick again...oh yeah didn't tell you about that one did I!?
So my dad finally told my uncle today how he won't know for sure until Monday or Tuesday next week if we're going to Arizona now. Well my uncle went mental! We're renting this house out from my uncle and my dad of course had to tell him we're leaving. Now, we might not be. Ughhhh! So stressful! My dad already found a place to live in AZ, put a hold on a moving truck, spent tons of money on apartment application fees for a new place in AZ. OH AND THE BEST PART IS.....HE PUT IN HIS TWO WEEKS FOR THE COMPANY HE IS WORKING FOR NOW! Gahhhhh! I'm PRAYING if the whole AZ thing doesn't work out the company he is working for now will just forget about the whole two week thing and let my dad keep his job. He can't afford to go with out one. He finally has a job again and everything is (or should I say was) going great for him....until yesterday! I feel so bad for him. The whole family already knows were moving, we started packing, everything is all set in stone....besides his job now. I just want to cry.
I have no insurance any more & I'm 7 months pregnant. So all my doctor appointments are being paid out of pocket until we leave & so are my prenatil pills. So I'm hoping my dad will know asap about this job because I need to do something about insurance...fast! I have one more doctors appointment up here on April 13. That appointment alone is going to be over 200 bucks. Plus I got a bill in the mail for my blood work // glucose test I had a couple weeks ago. 60 bucks. My prenatils cost 15 yesterday when I went & picked them up. I can't take over the counter prenatils because the ones I'm taking are special ones with extra stuff in them because of all my severe constipation probles I have.
Ugghhhh, I'm just so stressed. Some one please just send us some good news for once! PLEASE! Is that so hard to ask!? Just something good to happen for once.
So about my mom. I'll shorten it all up because everything is just to long to explain. A few years ago she had her right leg amputated, she has tons of medial problems, over 16 major surgeries, half deff, wheel chair bound, no feeling in her hands at all, very bad diabetes, almost no circulation in her body, in & out of Mass General hospital for the past 6 years, vascular problems, wound vacs on her huge open wounds from surgeries, iv's all the time, on tons of meds, hard of hearing, strokes, heart attacks, heart problems, need I say more!? You get the jist of it...right!? She has been through hell & back.
So she always has problems with her amputated leg because of circulation problems. Well a couple weeks ago she noticed a red blotch I guess you can call it on the stump of her leg. She didn't think anything of it. Well it was getting worse over the past week // week & a half. Finally went to the vascualr // amputation dr and they told her not to wear her fake leg. They thought it was causing just a little heat rash or something. Well then a hole opened up on her leg. My dad took her into Mass General (as usual). They are the only hospital with the right doctors and equipment to help my mom out. So they decided to keep her, run tests, basically trying to figure out what is wrong with her. She had a cat scan done and it came out negitive. The doctors really don't know what is wrong. They put her on tons of iv's and antibiotics for this weird infection. The infection kind of went away, then they discharged her. So she is home now, on antibiotics and meds to help heal this infection. So yeah, that's what's going on with her.
I need a brownie! & a nap!!
Xo
I am so stressed out it's not even funny! So you know how I've been talking about the move to Arizona thing. Yeah, well my dad found out yesterday that he needs to get a credit check by this company before he gets the job. They already told him he had the job....until this came up. I am so stressed because my dad has shitty credit. Hello, foreclosed house says it all. He passed the drug test & the crimnal backround check. Then BAHM they hit him with a "oh you have to be checked for credit" thing now. Is this even legal? Could they do this? His offer letter says NOTHING about doing a credit check. There are tons of Indians working for this company who are over seas, did they do all this for them? DOUBT IT! This company feels that if an employee has bad credit they will be a bad worker. MY DAD WORKED FOR YOU GUYS FOR 12 DAMN YEARS THEN WAS LAID OFF 3 YEARS AGO! Of course he's a good employee. My dad's head is spinning right now. I just feel so bad for him. I have a huge headache from all this. My dad's situation, my pregnancy insurance situation, my mom being sick again...oh yeah didn't tell you about that one did I!?
So my dad finally told my uncle today how he won't know for sure until Monday or Tuesday next week if we're going to Arizona now. Well my uncle went mental! We're renting this house out from my uncle and my dad of course had to tell him we're leaving. Now, we might not be. Ughhhh! So stressful! My dad already found a place to live in AZ, put a hold on a moving truck, spent tons of money on apartment application fees for a new place in AZ. OH AND THE BEST PART IS.....HE PUT IN HIS TWO WEEKS FOR THE COMPANY HE IS WORKING FOR NOW! Gahhhhh! I'm PRAYING if the whole AZ thing doesn't work out the company he is working for now will just forget about the whole two week thing and let my dad keep his job. He can't afford to go with out one. He finally has a job again and everything is (or should I say was) going great for him....until yesterday! I feel so bad for him. The whole family already knows were moving, we started packing, everything is all set in stone....besides his job now. I just want to cry.
I have no insurance any more & I'm 7 months pregnant. So all my doctor appointments are being paid out of pocket until we leave & so are my prenatil pills. So I'm hoping my dad will know asap about this job because I need to do something about insurance...fast! I have one more doctors appointment up here on April 13. That appointment alone is going to be over 200 bucks. Plus I got a bill in the mail for my blood work // glucose test I had a couple weeks ago. 60 bucks. My prenatils cost 15 yesterday when I went & picked them up. I can't take over the counter prenatils because the ones I'm taking are special ones with extra stuff in them because of all my severe constipation probles I have.
Ugghhhh, I'm just so stressed. Some one please just send us some good news for once! PLEASE! Is that so hard to ask!? Just something good to happen for once.
So about my mom. I'll shorten it all up because everything is just to long to explain. A few years ago she had her right leg amputated, she has tons of medial problems, over 16 major surgeries, half deff, wheel chair bound, no feeling in her hands at all, very bad diabetes, almost no circulation in her body, in & out of Mass General hospital for the past 6 years, vascular problems, wound vacs on her huge open wounds from surgeries, iv's all the time, on tons of meds, hard of hearing, strokes, heart attacks, heart problems, need I say more!? You get the jist of it...right!? She has been through hell & back.
So she always has problems with her amputated leg because of circulation problems. Well a couple weeks ago she noticed a red blotch I guess you can call it on the stump of her leg. She didn't think anything of it. Well it was getting worse over the past week // week & a half. Finally went to the vascualr // amputation dr and they told her not to wear her fake leg. They thought it was causing just a little heat rash or something. Well then a hole opened up on her leg. My dad took her into Mass General (as usual). They are the only hospital with the right doctors and equipment to help my mom out. So they decided to keep her, run tests, basically trying to figure out what is wrong with her. She had a cat scan done and it came out negitive. The doctors really don't know what is wrong. They put her on tons of iv's and antibiotics for this weird infection. The infection kind of went away, then they discharged her. So she is home now, on antibiotics and meds to help heal this infection. So yeah, that's what's going on with her.
I need a brownie! & a nap!!
Xo
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
&....
THE PACKING BEGINS!
For the past few days I've been packing, cleaning, doing laundry, more packing & oh yeah, MORE PACKING! I scored a whole bunch of boxes from Target & tomorrow I have to go to K-Mart and get all their shipment boxes they are holding for me. Thank God I use to work at Target & know for a fact they do nothing with their boxes besides crush them. The girl who I spoke to at the Target near me was trying to tell me they rip the boxes up & blah blah blah. Well I gave her a piece of my mind when she was arguing with me over how they don't even keep them. Finally I asked for the MOD & funny thing is, the MOD at the Target near me use to be my old manager at the Target I worked at. So he knew who I was and helped me out so much!
My little pooch, Charlie, seems to think he can help pack. He constantly tries to get in the boxes and when there is nothing in a box he jumps in it and lays down. I'm pretty sure he knows what's going on. He's a smart little fella. I keep talking to him & telling him how we're moving to a nice warm place & he gets to ride in the moving truck for 5 longgg days. He looks at me like I'm crazy when I talk to him. Ha, Oh well!
With each day that passes I'm getting more & more excited to move. My dad has to leave with the moving truck on April 22, so my mom & I are probably going to stay at a family members house for a week or so just until my dad has everything settled in our new place. The drive is going to be about 4-5 days & he starts his new job on May 2. So I'm hoping he makes it there on time. My birthday is on May 2, so I kind of want to stay here to spend that time with my family but I'll be pushing the cut off time to fly. My mom & I are flying down on a Southwest flight and I was told that I would be needing a doctors note saying I'm allowed to fly and S.W won't let you fly if you're over 33 weeks. I'll be I believe 33 or 34 weeks around my birthday.
Once I get down to Arizona I'll have so much to do before Chloe is here. I'll have to get insurance, set up her room, find a new doctor, get familar with the area around me, take a tour of the hospital, etc. It's all stressing me out, but I know everything will work out...I hope. As of right now I no longer have insurance so I have to pay out of pocket for my prenatil pills and my last doctors appointment I'm going to have on April 13. I'm hoping I can get approved quickly for Arizona state insurance once I apply. The lady who I spoke to that works for AHCCCS (the insurance) said I'll be approved with in 23 days but I can back date the insurance if I have an appointment before I get approved. I'm nervous to get a new doctor and a new hospital because I'm so confortable with the doctors I'm seeing now & I love the hospital up here. I'm happy that this is a fresh new start and there will be warm weather, a pool, tons of shopping places, resturants, different enviornment, just how it's going to be a different experiance. Just everything will be new and it's kind of exciting. I personally hate New Englad, the weather, the people, the time changes, everything up here. LOL! I am going to miss family & friends, but I will be coming back up here after Chloe is born so everyone can meet her & so I can spend time with family and hang out with my friends.
I'm dreading un-packing once I get down there. I get so tired as it is now trying to pack things. I'm dreading setting everything up & organizing my room & Chloe's. I am happy I get my own bathroom and I won't have to share a room with Chloe. If we were staying up here we would be in the same room. She will be in her bassinet for a couple months which is going to be in my room, but once I feel more comfortable with her sleeping alone I'll put her in her crib in her room. I'm just glad she gets her own room and my room wont hve to have all my furniture plus hers.
I told myself I'll only sit & blog for about 10 mins...I think I went over my relaxation time. LOL. Time to go do more packing & laundry!
Until next time bloggers :D
xoxo
For the past few days I've been packing, cleaning, doing laundry, more packing & oh yeah, MORE PACKING! I scored a whole bunch of boxes from Target & tomorrow I have to go to K-Mart and get all their shipment boxes they are holding for me. Thank God I use to work at Target & know for a fact they do nothing with their boxes besides crush them. The girl who I spoke to at the Target near me was trying to tell me they rip the boxes up & blah blah blah. Well I gave her a piece of my mind when she was arguing with me over how they don't even keep them. Finally I asked for the MOD & funny thing is, the MOD at the Target near me use to be my old manager at the Target I worked at. So he knew who I was and helped me out so much!
My little pooch, Charlie, seems to think he can help pack. He constantly tries to get in the boxes and when there is nothing in a box he jumps in it and lays down. I'm pretty sure he knows what's going on. He's a smart little fella. I keep talking to him & telling him how we're moving to a nice warm place & he gets to ride in the moving truck for 5 longgg days. He looks at me like I'm crazy when I talk to him. Ha, Oh well!
With each day that passes I'm getting more & more excited to move. My dad has to leave with the moving truck on April 22, so my mom & I are probably going to stay at a family members house for a week or so just until my dad has everything settled in our new place. The drive is going to be about 4-5 days & he starts his new job on May 2. So I'm hoping he makes it there on time. My birthday is on May 2, so I kind of want to stay here to spend that time with my family but I'll be pushing the cut off time to fly. My mom & I are flying down on a Southwest flight and I was told that I would be needing a doctors note saying I'm allowed to fly and S.W won't let you fly if you're over 33 weeks. I'll be I believe 33 or 34 weeks around my birthday.
Once I get down to Arizona I'll have so much to do before Chloe is here. I'll have to get insurance, set up her room, find a new doctor, get familar with the area around me, take a tour of the hospital, etc. It's all stressing me out, but I know everything will work out...I hope. As of right now I no longer have insurance so I have to pay out of pocket for my prenatil pills and my last doctors appointment I'm going to have on April 13. I'm hoping I can get approved quickly for Arizona state insurance once I apply. The lady who I spoke to that works for AHCCCS (the insurance) said I'll be approved with in 23 days but I can back date the insurance if I have an appointment before I get approved. I'm nervous to get a new doctor and a new hospital because I'm so confortable with the doctors I'm seeing now & I love the hospital up here. I'm happy that this is a fresh new start and there will be warm weather, a pool, tons of shopping places, resturants, different enviornment, just how it's going to be a different experiance. Just everything will be new and it's kind of exciting. I personally hate New Englad, the weather, the people, the time changes, everything up here. LOL! I am going to miss family & friends, but I will be coming back up here after Chloe is born so everyone can meet her & so I can spend time with family and hang out with my friends.
I'm dreading un-packing once I get down there. I get so tired as it is now trying to pack things. I'm dreading setting everything up & organizing my room & Chloe's. I am happy I get my own bathroom and I won't have to share a room with Chloe. If we were staying up here we would be in the same room. She will be in her bassinet for a couple months which is going to be in my room, but once I feel more comfortable with her sleeping alone I'll put her in her crib in her room. I'm just glad she gets her own room and my room wont hve to have all my furniture plus hers.
I told myself I'll only sit & blog for about 10 mins...I think I went over my relaxation time. LOL. Time to go do more packing & laundry!
Until next time bloggers :D
xoxo
Saturday, March 26, 2011
IT'S BEEN...
So long since I've blogged! There is so much to talk about, hmm....where to start!?
I'm currently 27 weeks & 5 days pregnant. Only 86 days to go until my due date. Thank God! Chloe is doing great & she thinks she's a little kick boxer. She is so active at night and loves when I eat. She thinks it's fun to head butt my right rib all the time. I love watching her move around and her little feet kicking me. I also think she thinks she is a cast member on the Jersey Shore....she likes to fist pump in my stomach when Lady Gaga is playing. She has the best personality already. I'm so excited to met her. I'm still praying this little girl has hair!!! She has tons of hair clips already and I'm praying she has atleast a few little hair wispies to hold a clip in.
I had my baby shower this past Saturday & it was a lot of fun (I'll explaine whey I had it so early after I wright about the shower.). The cake was.to.die.for. Just saying! LOL. I had about 30 people come to the shower. I wanted it to be small with just family and a few friends. The food was really good. The people who worked at the restaurant / function hall were so nice. They helped out with alot of the setting up and catered to everything I needed.
I got tons and tons of gifts for Chloe. The only thing I need to get for her now is a white dresser. She has an all white crib, bassinet and changing table, so I want everything to match for her room. It's going to be pink & white. I really hope she likes pink! I'm so excited to have everything set up for her and get her room all ready. I'm still debating on if I want to paint her room a light pink color or keep it white. I'm not to sure yet.
I had my shower so early because around April 22 I will be moving half way across the country to Arizona. All my family and friends are in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, so I wanted to have my shower before I moved. My dad got a really great job offer from the company he use to work for a few years ago and the job requiers him to work from the office in Arizona. He use to work from home (& does now) but since he's going to be at a pretty high position in the company he has to be in office. I'm so excited to move. I'm also nervous at the same time. I'll be around 33-34 weeks pregnant. My dad starts the job on May 2 (my birthday!). He needs to drive the moving truck down with a car dollie for the car and my mom & I are going to fly down once he is there & has everything all set up...well kind of set up. I'm so nervous to fly! I believe it's about an 8 hour flight. We'll be flying out of either Manchester NH or Boston Mass. I'm hoping my dad gets us a flight with a stop in the middle because I know I couldn't handel going that long with out walking around and eating some food other then chips and junk that will be going in my carry on bag. I'm also hoping that before we leave the whole family can get together so we can say bye and have dinner or something together.
I know that after Chloe is born her & I will be taking a trip back up here for a week or two to see the family, friends and to get her baptised. Her God mother & father are up here and I want to have her baptised at the church that my aunt & her God mother are very involved with. The priest is very nice and he is more then welcome to baptise Chloe. I'm not sure if my dad or mom will be coming up with me when I come back up here, if not I'll be fine with her. I'm going to talk to my Aunty Nicole & Uncle Jeff about staying with them when I come back up here for a week or two. I just want everyone to met her, especially my Nana & Grammy. They both arn't doing to good. So I want them to see her. I also want tons of pictures with her & the family.
I started talking to my ex again. There is a picture of him & I in one of my very first blog posts. We were together for about 3 years off & on. Technically 2 if you put it all together with out us breaking up. March 16th this year would of been our I believe 3 year anniversary. We got together the other day, sat down and had a very long talk about everything. He has changed alot for the better. I'm glad he is doing good in his life & I'm proud of him for being on the right track in life (for once). I love him and always will & he feels the same. If I wasn't moving I'm sure we would try working on things and try everything all over again. But considering I'm moving we're just going to stay friends. I'm hoping that eventually over time if we're really meant to be with each other it will happen. For some reason we always end up back in each others lives one way or another. I'll always keep in contact with him no matter what. Hopefully he can come down to Arizona for a visit once everything is all settled in. I'm honestly going to miss him so much once I'm gone.
I'm currently 27 weeks & 5 days pregnant. Only 86 days to go until my due date. Thank God! Chloe is doing great & she thinks she's a little kick boxer. She is so active at night and loves when I eat. She thinks it's fun to head butt my right rib all the time. I love watching her move around and her little feet kicking me. I also think she thinks she is a cast member on the Jersey Shore....she likes to fist pump in my stomach when Lady Gaga is playing. She has the best personality already. I'm so excited to met her. I'm still praying this little girl has hair!!! She has tons of hair clips already and I'm praying she has atleast a few little hair wispies to hold a clip in.
I had my baby shower this past Saturday & it was a lot of fun (I'll explaine whey I had it so early after I wright about the shower.). The cake was.to.die.for. Just saying! LOL. I had about 30 people come to the shower. I wanted it to be small with just family and a few friends. The food was really good. The people who worked at the restaurant / function hall were so nice. They helped out with alot of the setting up and catered to everything I needed.
I got tons and tons of gifts for Chloe. The only thing I need to get for her now is a white dresser. She has an all white crib, bassinet and changing table, so I want everything to match for her room. It's going to be pink & white. I really hope she likes pink! I'm so excited to have everything set up for her and get her room all ready. I'm still debating on if I want to paint her room a light pink color or keep it white. I'm not to sure yet.
I had my shower so early because around April 22 I will be moving half way across the country to Arizona. All my family and friends are in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, so I wanted to have my shower before I moved. My dad got a really great job offer from the company he use to work for a few years ago and the job requiers him to work from the office in Arizona. He use to work from home (& does now) but since he's going to be at a pretty high position in the company he has to be in office. I'm so excited to move. I'm also nervous at the same time. I'll be around 33-34 weeks pregnant. My dad starts the job on May 2 (my birthday!). He needs to drive the moving truck down with a car dollie for the car and my mom & I are going to fly down once he is there & has everything all set up...well kind of set up. I'm so nervous to fly! I believe it's about an 8 hour flight. We'll be flying out of either Manchester NH or Boston Mass. I'm hoping my dad gets us a flight with a stop in the middle because I know I couldn't handel going that long with out walking around and eating some food other then chips and junk that will be going in my carry on bag. I'm also hoping that before we leave the whole family can get together so we can say bye and have dinner or something together.
I know that after Chloe is born her & I will be taking a trip back up here for a week or two to see the family, friends and to get her baptised. Her God mother & father are up here and I want to have her baptised at the church that my aunt & her God mother are very involved with. The priest is very nice and he is more then welcome to baptise Chloe. I'm not sure if my dad or mom will be coming up with me when I come back up here, if not I'll be fine with her. I'm going to talk to my Aunty Nicole & Uncle Jeff about staying with them when I come back up here for a week or two. I just want everyone to met her, especially my Nana & Grammy. They both arn't doing to good. So I want them to see her. I also want tons of pictures with her & the family.
I started talking to my ex again. There is a picture of him & I in one of my very first blog posts. We were together for about 3 years off & on. Technically 2 if you put it all together with out us breaking up. March 16th this year would of been our I believe 3 year anniversary. We got together the other day, sat down and had a very long talk about everything. He has changed alot for the better. I'm glad he is doing good in his life & I'm proud of him for being on the right track in life (for once). I love him and always will & he feels the same. If I wasn't moving I'm sure we would try working on things and try everything all over again. But considering I'm moving we're just going to stay friends. I'm hoping that eventually over time if we're really meant to be with each other it will happen. For some reason we always end up back in each others lives one way or another. I'll always keep in contact with him no matter what. Hopefully he can come down to Arizona for a visit once everything is all settled in. I'm honestly going to miss him so much once I'm gone.
My cake!
Done by Carinas Cakes in Derry NH
Chocolate cake
with Chocolate ganashe filling
with raspberries & preserves
26 weeks & 5 days
at my baby shower
My cousin Kayla & I
she keeps telling me to take the baby out of my tummy!
Opening a gift
(there are over 200 pictures from the shower, so I'm just going to post a few)
Kaili
She is like my sister.
My parents were going to adopt her about 5 years ago, but things became very complicated in the adoption process so it didn't work out. But she will always be a sister to me. She is now 22 and has two kids of her own. A little girl and a baby boy.
My poor swolen sausage toes & ankles!
Pictures were taken by Allison Crawford
This is my 27 week belly picture
Taken Monday. Chloe is getting so big in my tummy.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
CHLOE GRACE...
Is a very healthy baby! I had another ultrasound on February 7th and she is doing great. She measured out at almost 12 inches from head to toe. She weighs over a pound. The ultrasound tech measured her foot and holy cow is it huge! It's almost an inch and a half. She is going to be one tall baby. The doctors and I thought I was further along in my pregnancy by a week or two, but nope. She is just going to be a tall baby. Hopefully not a huge baby. Like the 13 pound baby born in Massachusetts last week (God bless that poor woman's vagina...she did it all natural). My due date did change by a day so now instead of June 21st it's June 20th. I like June 21st better because it's the first day of summer. So I'm sticking with that due date :). During my ultrasound I received 19 pictures and a disk with 20 more pictures and 5 videos of the ultrasound. I have one more ultrasound when I am in my third trimester and that will be scheduled when I'm 26 weeks along. Then of course I'll have the ultrasound right before she is due to arrive to make sure everything is looking good with her and to get her exact weight and all that.
I have my monthly check up on the 15th of this month. When I went to my new doctor she did a thyroid test and that was an abnormal test. So I have to go for blood work again in a couple more weeks to see if anything changed.
I have my monthly check up on the 15th of this month. When I went to my new doctor she did a thyroid test and that was an abnormal test. So I have to go for blood work again in a couple more weeks to see if anything changed.
She is looking right at you!
Yep, she is a girl!
Chloe's HUGE inch and a half foot
Her profile
She loved having her arm over her head &
her leg was bent with her knee on her chest
Video of Chloe
Her tongue is moving a lot & her mouth is opening and closing
Also, you can see her heart beat
t was 146 bpm
Video number two!
Moving her arm around
She is a VERY active baby
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
HALF WAY THERE...
Chloe Grace is half way cooked!
140 days to go
I am so excited to be halfway through my pregnancy! Time has been going by kind of slow, so I'm hoping it will pick up some speed now. It is still hard to belive 126 days have passed. I can't wait until my little girl is here. June 21st can't come fast enough. I hope she comes on my due date, but I know there is a very slim chance of that happening. It's the first day of summer and I would love for her to be my little summer baby. I would hate to go over 40 weeks. I already know I will be dreading the heat in June & July. I get so hot now and it's below zero outside. I'm also going to be the size of a house by then. People think I look like I'm 30 something weeks, not 20!
I just wanted to post a quick update. It's only 7:30 and I am SOOOO ready for bed!
Night bloggers.
xoxo
Courtney
Friday, January 28, 2011
IT'S A.....
BABY GIRL!
Chloe Grace is her name. I am so excited that I am having a little baby girl. I found out about 2 weeks early what I was having because I was hospitalized last Thursday for almost a whole week.
I was having really bad stomach pains under my right rib late Tuesday night. I figured it had something to do with the pregnancy, so I just blew it off and didn't think anything was wrong. Wednesday I had my monthly OB appointment and I let my OB know I was having some pain under my right rib and in my back on the right side. She thought it had something to do with my sleeping position. So once again, we didn't think anything bad was going on in my stomach. Well, on Thursday I was doubled over in pain and I couldn't even hold down a sip of water! Off to the ER it was....in a HUGE snow storm if I may add.
I get to the ER and I'm of course the only one there, so I was seen right away by a nurse and a Dr. I explained what was going on and how I was pregnant, so blood was drawn and I had to also give a urine sample. All my blood tests came back perfectly fine besides my white blood count test. That was a little high. When your pregnant your white blood count is higher then a non pregnant person to begin with, but mine was even higher. So the Dr's knew something was wrong. The Dr thought it might have something to do with my kidney or gallbladder. So I had an ultrasound done to see if anything abnormal was going on. Nothing! Completely normal. The Dr then thought it might have something to do with my appendix. But considering I'm pregnant they x ray tech wouldn't do an x ray on me. So I was sent home with some pain pills for the pain. Big damn whoop! They did nothing for me and I was STILL in severe pain and STILL throwing up anything and everything. I was very dehydrated and by this point I had nothing to eat or drink at all since Wednesday morning. My discharge papers said to come back the next morning if I was still in pain and couldn't hold anything down...so, I went back to the ER. I was immediatly given an IV because I was so pale and very dehydrated. I was finally admitted to the maternity unit to be watched and rehydrated. More tests were done and nothing was found, again. By this point the Dr's were worried and confused on what was going on. Sunday I was discharged and I was told to drink alot of water and get tons of rest. The pain still wasnt gone and I was no better then day one. I had a follow up appointment on Monday with my OB. I walked into her office and immediatly she sent me back to the hospital because I was on the virge of passing out. Same things went on, tests, everything looked good, throwing up and not holding down anything. No one had a clue what was wrong with me. By this point, the pain had left my right side and travled to my left side under my rib.
My OB wanted me to have an ultrasound to make sure everything with the baby was fine, and I found out I was having a little girl & she was perfectly alright! I was discharged on Wednesday because the Drs couldn't find out what the problem was. Finally last night I felt like I could eat for the first time in almost a week. So I had some tuna and crackers. I finally held it down! No more pain, no more anything! I am so happy I am pain free and I can eat normal food now. Water never tasted so good to me! LOL.
This was the weirdest thing that has ever happend to me. The stomach flu was ruled out, kindney infection, gallbladder and appendix was ruled out also. The Dr's thought it had something to do with being very ocnstipated, but I kept going to the bathroom, so it had nothing to do with that.
All I know is, I am very happy that nothing is wrong with Chloe and this pain is finally gone. I am so happy to be moving on with a normal pregnancy now. In 4 months (and some change) I'll be meeting my daughter and seeing her beautiful face!
Chloe Grace is her name. I am so excited that I am having a little baby girl. I found out about 2 weeks early what I was having because I was hospitalized last Thursday for almost a whole week.
I was having really bad stomach pains under my right rib late Tuesday night. I figured it had something to do with the pregnancy, so I just blew it off and didn't think anything was wrong. Wednesday I had my monthly OB appointment and I let my OB know I was having some pain under my right rib and in my back on the right side. She thought it had something to do with my sleeping position. So once again, we didn't think anything bad was going on in my stomach. Well, on Thursday I was doubled over in pain and I couldn't even hold down a sip of water! Off to the ER it was....in a HUGE snow storm if I may add.
I get to the ER and I'm of course the only one there, so I was seen right away by a nurse and a Dr. I explained what was going on and how I was pregnant, so blood was drawn and I had to also give a urine sample. All my blood tests came back perfectly fine besides my white blood count test. That was a little high. When your pregnant your white blood count is higher then a non pregnant person to begin with, but mine was even higher. So the Dr's knew something was wrong. The Dr thought it might have something to do with my kidney or gallbladder. So I had an ultrasound done to see if anything abnormal was going on. Nothing! Completely normal. The Dr then thought it might have something to do with my appendix. But considering I'm pregnant they x ray tech wouldn't do an x ray on me. So I was sent home with some pain pills for the pain. Big damn whoop! They did nothing for me and I was STILL in severe pain and STILL throwing up anything and everything. I was very dehydrated and by this point I had nothing to eat or drink at all since Wednesday morning. My discharge papers said to come back the next morning if I was still in pain and couldn't hold anything down...so, I went back to the ER. I was immediatly given an IV because I was so pale and very dehydrated. I was finally admitted to the maternity unit to be watched and rehydrated. More tests were done and nothing was found, again. By this point the Dr's were worried and confused on what was going on. Sunday I was discharged and I was told to drink alot of water and get tons of rest. The pain still wasnt gone and I was no better then day one. I had a follow up appointment on Monday with my OB. I walked into her office and immediatly she sent me back to the hospital because I was on the virge of passing out. Same things went on, tests, everything looked good, throwing up and not holding down anything. No one had a clue what was wrong with me. By this point, the pain had left my right side and travled to my left side under my rib.
My OB wanted me to have an ultrasound to make sure everything with the baby was fine, and I found out I was having a little girl & she was perfectly alright! I was discharged on Wednesday because the Drs couldn't find out what the problem was. Finally last night I felt like I could eat for the first time in almost a week. So I had some tuna and crackers. I finally held it down! No more pain, no more anything! I am so happy I am pain free and I can eat normal food now. Water never tasted so good to me! LOL.
This was the weirdest thing that has ever happend to me. The stomach flu was ruled out, kindney infection, gallbladder and appendix was ruled out also. The Dr's thought it had something to do with being very ocnstipated, but I kept going to the bathroom, so it had nothing to do with that.
All I know is, I am very happy that nothing is wrong with Chloe and this pain is finally gone. I am so happy to be moving on with a normal pregnancy now. In 4 months (and some change) I'll be meeting my daughter and seeing her beautiful face!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
32 MORE DAYS....
UNTIL I FIND OUT THE SEX OF MY LITTLE ONE!
16 weeks & 2 days (4 1/2 months) // Day 100 // 166 days to go!
yep, that's my huge belly at 16 weeks exact
I am so excited! February 7th can't come fast enough. I am counting down the days. I just hope my little one cooperates when I have my ultrasound! I will be so upset if he/she doesn't spread eagle! I also can't wait to go shopping for clothes that are other colors but neutral. And to update my baby registry so I can add boy things or girl things.
I've been feeling little kicks here and there and the baby moving around sometimes. I know I wont feel full on movements and kicks (really strong ones) for another few days up to a couple more weeks, but I'm patient.
So I did some of those old wives tales & gender predictors and every single one that I have done is saying I'm having a little boy. Some old wives tales I've been reading up on are: If you're really cold during your pregnancy it is a boy. Well, i feel like an ice box, even with a space heater in my room on full blast! I am also carrying low, and was told (and read about it) that I am having a boy. I'm also craving a lot of salty, sour foods, which means that once again, predicted a boy. Andrew (baby's father) hasn't been gaining any weight at all through out these 16 + weeks, so yet again, boy. I also did the Chinese gender chart, yep, you guessed it...BOY! So all the old wives tales are pointing to me having a boy! But, not so many people think I am. I have been told only by 5 people (yes I'm keeping track!) that I'm having a boy. Everyone else thinks I am having a girl. So we shall see!
Oh, I have some good news! Morning sickness is officially OVER! Thank God. I am so happy that I am not sick after I eat anymore. I use to always get sick when I went to the bathroom also, which I have no clue why (something about toilets I think). And every single time I brushed my teeth I would get so sick. But not anymore! I just hope I didn't just jinx myself and the morning sickness stays away.
My cravings are also starting to kick in BIG TIME now. Before (I would say) around week 14-15 I had mild cravings, but now, you don't even know how bad they are. Pizza, blueberry bagels with bacon (extra bacon) & cheese (from Dunkin Donuts), egg rolls, anything Mexican, spicy chicken sandwiches, bin bin rice crackers, bacon turkey bravo (from Panera Bread!) and sushi (but I've only eaten California rolls!). I usually wont eat anything else. I've also been wanting alot of orange mango juice and water. Yep, I know, I've been craving alot of weird things. Thank God I don't like pickles, because those are one thing I HAVEN'T been wanting.
Well, I am hungry once again and I kind of want a grilled cheese sandwich. So I will be posting again soon. Good bye for now!
xoxoxox
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