Morning sickness has been nothing but a huge suck fest and then there are the headaches...
I totally understand that you should limit the "toxic" medications that you put into your body and believe me when I say I do not want my baby coming out with a 3rd eye or a tiny tail... but how on earth am I expected to function on a daily basis when there are people EVERYWHERE ready and willing to throw their opinion at me about how terrible it is that I am putting Tylenol into my body or that I am actually allowing my Dr to put me on medication for these pain in the butt migraines. I'd like to point out that I have honestly tried alternative ways to manage my headaches.... including pressure points, heat, ice, chiropractic adjustments, increasing my water, decreasing my caffeine, sleeping more, hot showers, luke warm baths, buying a massage pillow, switching pillows and I'm sure the list could continue. I am not in a position right now where I can up and quit my job and I cannot spend every day off between now and who knows when the pain will stop, laying in bed in tears with my zip lock bags b/c the headaches make keeping the food that my zofran actually allows me to eat down virtually impossible. I do appreciate every ones concern but please understand that not everyone has the same pain threshold. And, a bad headache is NOT a migraine... God bless you if you have never had a true migraine. I knew when I got pregnant that my headaches would either get worse or better... I prayed for better (obviously) but instead, they got worse. Yay me!
End of rant!
Ok, so on a lighter note :) WE ARE MOVED! Wednesday was moving day for us and it went off without a hitch. Our amazing Missionaries met us at our new apartment and between the two of them and Paul, they were able to get everything up 3 flights of stairs and I did not have to lift a finger. I did have to help Paul load the truck but we had a dolly that was such a life saver for the both of us. Our apartment is wonderful. It's right at 1000 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, decent size kitchen and I have to say I LOVE having a bath tub again. As soon as we get the spare bedroom put together and finish unpacking our boxes (hopefully by Tuesday) I will take pictures and post them. Yesterday our furniture was delivered. Our living room looks amazing with our new couch and love seat and the dining room has a purpose now that we have a kitchen table. Paul and I decided to go with the tall table and chairs so Harley could not rest his head on our knees and beg for food during dinner. We had friends over for dinner last night and it was humorous to watch how frustrated he got once he realized he could not get all up in our space. Poor puppy! Speaking of Harley... I have to admit that he has had a difficult year. He went from living in the Lake house for 2 1/2 years and loving it there to being moved to a basement that he hated to now being in our apartment that he is REALLY unsure of. Nothing is familiar to him besides his bed. When we moved in we bought new bedding so our bedroom no longer smells like our bedroom. Hopefully within the next couple weeks he will settle in and realize that this is his new home :)
Baby Q is apparently the size of a green olive right now. I am not really showing quite yet. I will take my 10 wk 1 day picture on Monday and post that one along with my 8 wk 1 day pic on my next post. None of my pants fit and I am noticing my scrub tops are getting a little snug around the waste. I will probably be ordering maternity scrub tops in about a month so i am more comfortable at work. We have an apt tomorrow morning at 9:20 and I really hope we are able to hear the heart beat this time. My first ultrasound was so early we were not able to hear it. That would be such a nice sound right about now. Just knowing that everything sounds good and healthy :)
Well, I guess I will go. I hope this post finds everyone happy and healthy!
EQ
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
The happenings of our home!
Who's a big huge slacker?? MEEEEE!!!! That's right. It's been almost a year since my last blog update! How in the world is that even possible??? I guess I have some catching up to do :)
I believe the last update was regarding our house being sold and us moving. I will start from there, lol.
I believe our family theme for the past 12 months should be "Ideal Timing".
When we found out the closing date on our house was May 16th, 2013, we were BEYOND ecstatic! Recap: It had taken us over 2 years to sell our house so we were feeling a huge weight being removed when we went to the loan office to sign the house over to the young man who is going to marry my sister-in-law Randi in a little over a month. As soon as we knew the date we would need to be out of the Lake Monticello house, we started looking for housing. For anyone who is familiar with Charlottesville, it's full of rich people and rich college students (I swear, it's nothing more than boat shoes, dockers and blazers, lol) so rent in this town is ridiculous.... and that's if you DON'T have a dog. We started thinking and it came to us that maybe would could possibly watch Paul's parents house for them while they were serving their Mission... and the best part is, they were leaving the first week of May so they could transition out and we could transition in. After some lengthy discussion, we all decided it would be a deal for all parties involved. So.... we have spent the past 11 months maintaining the home while his parents serve The Lord! We could not have asked for better timing. Now their mission is coming to an end which means it's time for us to move out and take on the responsibilities of being adults again such as rent, blah blah blah. That takes us back to the issue we ran into a year ago... the cost of rent. Booo! I jumped online and started looking at what a 1 bedroom apartment would cost us with our dog and I about fell over. How on earth could someone charge us $1000 a month for a tiny apartment?!?!?! After my amazing husband did some research and spoke to a few officers that he works with we found out about an amazing deal at an apartment complex 10 minutes from where we live now. With what they are charging us for rent, I told Paul I did not care if it was in the "Ghetto" of Charlottesville!!! SOLD! We submitted our application and deposit and we are THRILLED to say we are moving in April 23rd! This is the part that I get excited about b/c I pride myself on being a professional packer/mover :) At least typically it is my favorite part but I have zero energy right now so the basement officially looks like we are hoarders, lol. Why do I have no energy you ask??? Because I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!! That's right, baby Quillon is expected to arrive the week of Thanksgiving 2014 :) :) :) We are BEYOND thrilled.
Yep, there is our little peanut :) My official due date is November 23 but the babies size is saying November 26. Either way, we are going to have a busy Thanksgiving week! And, tons to be thankful for!
Several of my friends have asked me the "how did this happen" question. I always laugh and want to say "when a man and a woman love each other..." but I hold my tongue and say it was a lot of work and a lot of dedication.
For those of you who are not aware, Paul and I have battled infertility for the past 3 1/2 years. It has been quite the journey. When we got married we knew we wanted to have a family but months and months went by and nothing happened. After a good 3 years of "leaving it in the Lords hands" I mentioned it to my Dr at an apt and she suggested I try Clomid which is a fertility drug that tries to force your body to ovulate if you are not already. Paul and I discussed it and decided it would be a good course of action. What could it hurt, right?. But, before Dr. Owens wanted me to start the Clomid, she wanted to do a laparoscopy to take a look at my uterus, etc to make sure everything looked healthy since I had complained of symptoms similar to those found in Endometriosis patients. During surgery she did find Endo and it was successfully removed. That was in September 2013 and I started the Clomid that month. It was strange having my Dr be so honest with her. She said my body was in it's "prime" after surgery so we needed to go the birth control rout to preserve my newly perfected uterus or we needed to get on the Clomid and do a 6 month round. It was a big decision that we needed to make in a moments notice b/c Clomid is allllll about schedule. Paul came to my work and we discussed it in our parking lot before he left for work. We agreed we would try the Clomid. Every month I had to take 5 pills on certain days and then on day 21 of all this mess you get to have your blood drawn. Each month my Dr would call and say how happy she was with my levels and she kept saying how "confident" she was that this would work... and yet for 5 months I was terribly disappointed. Then February came. My Dr had accidentally written me for an extra month of Clomid so when I was getting ready to start taking my pills for the 6th month I realized I had a 7th month worth of pills. Hmmmm..... what to do with this extra month. Since Dr. O did not want me on the pills more than 6 months, there was only 1 option that made sense in my mind. Double my dose. So... that's exactly what I did. I typically took 50 mg on days 5-9 of my cycle and in February I took 100 mg on days 3-7. I felt like such a risk taker, lol. The end of February came and now it was the waiting game. March 13th I took a pregnancy test and it was VERY faintly positive. I did not want to jump the gun and get Paul all excited over nothing so I kept testing for the next 3 days and finally told Paul on March 17th which ironically was his favorite holiday! St. Patricks day! I am officially 8 weeks pregnant tomorrow and we cannot express how crazy excited we are!!!!!!! For those of you who have asked, yes I am experiencing morning sickness. My Dr wrote me a script for Zofran on Thursday and it's doing a fantastic job. This is another reason why I am thankful I am not a pioneer! Crossing the country while throwing up is NOT my idea of a good time :) God bless those women who did!
Well, I think I will call this post good for now! Now that we have things going on other than the day to day grind, I will do a better job of keeping this darn thing updated!
LQ
I believe the last update was regarding our house being sold and us moving. I will start from there, lol.
I believe our family theme for the past 12 months should be "Ideal Timing".
When we found out the closing date on our house was May 16th, 2013, we were BEYOND ecstatic! Recap: It had taken us over 2 years to sell our house so we were feeling a huge weight being removed when we went to the loan office to sign the house over to the young man who is going to marry my sister-in-law Randi in a little over a month. As soon as we knew the date we would need to be out of the Lake Monticello house, we started looking for housing. For anyone who is familiar with Charlottesville, it's full of rich people and rich college students (I swear, it's nothing more than boat shoes, dockers and blazers, lol) so rent in this town is ridiculous.... and that's if you DON'T have a dog. We started thinking and it came to us that maybe would could possibly watch Paul's parents house for them while they were serving their Mission... and the best part is, they were leaving the first week of May so they could transition out and we could transition in. After some lengthy discussion, we all decided it would be a deal for all parties involved. So.... we have spent the past 11 months maintaining the home while his parents serve The Lord! We could not have asked for better timing. Now their mission is coming to an end which means it's time for us to move out and take on the responsibilities of being adults again such as rent, blah blah blah. That takes us back to the issue we ran into a year ago... the cost of rent. Booo! I jumped online and started looking at what a 1 bedroom apartment would cost us with our dog and I about fell over. How on earth could someone charge us $1000 a month for a tiny apartment?!?!?! After my amazing husband did some research and spoke to a few officers that he works with we found out about an amazing deal at an apartment complex 10 minutes from where we live now. With what they are charging us for rent, I told Paul I did not care if it was in the "Ghetto" of Charlottesville!!! SOLD! We submitted our application and deposit and we are THRILLED to say we are moving in April 23rd! This is the part that I get excited about b/c I pride myself on being a professional packer/mover :) At least typically it is my favorite part but I have zero energy right now so the basement officially looks like we are hoarders, lol. Why do I have no energy you ask??? Because I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!! That's right, baby Quillon is expected to arrive the week of Thanksgiving 2014 :) :) :) We are BEYOND thrilled.
Several of my friends have asked me the "how did this happen" question. I always laugh and want to say "when a man and a woman love each other..." but I hold my tongue and say it was a lot of work and a lot of dedication.
For those of you who are not aware, Paul and I have battled infertility for the past 3 1/2 years. It has been quite the journey. When we got married we knew we wanted to have a family but months and months went by and nothing happened. After a good 3 years of "leaving it in the Lords hands" I mentioned it to my Dr at an apt and she suggested I try Clomid which is a fertility drug that tries to force your body to ovulate if you are not already. Paul and I discussed it and decided it would be a good course of action. What could it hurt, right?. But, before Dr. Owens wanted me to start the Clomid, she wanted to do a laparoscopy to take a look at my uterus, etc to make sure everything looked healthy since I had complained of symptoms similar to those found in Endometriosis patients. During surgery she did find Endo and it was successfully removed. That was in September 2013 and I started the Clomid that month. It was strange having my Dr be so honest with her. She said my body was in it's "prime" after surgery so we needed to go the birth control rout to preserve my newly perfected uterus or we needed to get on the Clomid and do a 6 month round. It was a big decision that we needed to make in a moments notice b/c Clomid is allllll about schedule. Paul came to my work and we discussed it in our parking lot before he left for work. We agreed we would try the Clomid. Every month I had to take 5 pills on certain days and then on day 21 of all this mess you get to have your blood drawn. Each month my Dr would call and say how happy she was with my levels and she kept saying how "confident" she was that this would work... and yet for 5 months I was terribly disappointed. Then February came. My Dr had accidentally written me for an extra month of Clomid so when I was getting ready to start taking my pills for the 6th month I realized I had a 7th month worth of pills. Hmmmm..... what to do with this extra month. Since Dr. O did not want me on the pills more than 6 months, there was only 1 option that made sense in my mind. Double my dose. So... that's exactly what I did. I typically took 50 mg on days 5-9 of my cycle and in February I took 100 mg on days 3-7. I felt like such a risk taker, lol. The end of February came and now it was the waiting game. March 13th I took a pregnancy test and it was VERY faintly positive. I did not want to jump the gun and get Paul all excited over nothing so I kept testing for the next 3 days and finally told Paul on March 17th which ironically was his favorite holiday! St. Patricks day! I am officially 8 weeks pregnant tomorrow and we cannot express how crazy excited we are!!!!!!! For those of you who have asked, yes I am experiencing morning sickness. My Dr wrote me a script for Zofran on Thursday and it's doing a fantastic job. This is another reason why I am thankful I am not a pioneer! Crossing the country while throwing up is NOT my idea of a good time :) God bless those women who did!
Well, I think I will call this post good for now! Now that we have things going on other than the day to day grind, I will do a better job of keeping this darn thing updated!
LQ
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