4/23/13

Since this weekend I have really started to feel pregnant.  I'm having more and more trouble sleeping, bending over, getting up and down the stairs.....

Laserbomb is moving more and more but still not a lot of big kicking. On 4/22 mom got to feel a good kick and at work, I could see my stomach moving which is just freaky! 

I also noticed this past weekend that I am starting to get that light brown line starting at my belly button. 

I feel like things are coming up quick and we are just not ready for this little guy to make an appearance yet!

4/4/13

Today I had a check up with Dr. Mauro that lasted a whole 3 minutes. Baby's heartbeat was at 150 which was good.  My blood work and glucose test came back normal and that extra ultrasound on his kidney's - everything is all good :)

In the meantime, I am still feeling blah.  My morning sickness is making a reappearance out of no where.  And looking at some meat - forget about it!

I recently asked Kailey what color hair she thought her brother would have.  Brown like mommy or yellow like her and daddy.  Her response... "No!"  Like I was crazy.  Then she went on to tell me that babies don't have hair and she didn't have hair.  Well, I have to say that she was right with that one! 

3/30/13

I've been feeling some kicks but still just lots of movement.  Tonight while I was laying on the couch, I could feel laserbomb moving a lot so I had Rob come over and sit.  Finally a good kick!  I know there will be more as he gets bigger but it was nice for Rob to finally feel him move :)

3/26/13

Tonight we had an ultrasound to check on Laserbomb's kidney reading.  Kailey and my mom came with tonight and most of the pictures were just of the kidneys.  At the end, the tech did do some over all pictures.  This little boys profile is just like his sister!  He definitely has Kailey's nose.  He gave us a little yawn and then puckered up his lips. Mom asked if they could tell how big he is and thats when the tech laid a bomb on us.  He is already 3lbs 7 oz!  All my baby books are saying that he should just be over 2lbs.  Eek!  The tech showed us the curve and he is in the 90th percentile.  He had to be above the curve to be considered a "big" baby but 3-7 sounds big to me!!  After I came home and told Rob, he said we should probably be ready sooner than later.  :)

I've had a cold for a few weeks that I just can't seem to kick and I started getting charlie horses.  3 in 1 night was real fun! 

Rob has started on the babies room.  It's all painted and he is trimming now.  Things are moving along!!

3/7/13

Today was my monthly appointment with Dr. Fitzgibbon.  Laserbombs heartrate was 148, so doing good.  I asked about why I am feeling so much pressure on my right side and she said that his back is up againts my ribs and that area is just stretching. She asked if I am feeling movemebt and kicking.  I told her not a lot of hard kicks but moving around a lot.  She said all the kicks and movement that I am feeling so low is very normal for my second pregnancy.

I had a lot of questions at this appointment - checked in about my swollen ankles and she said it was very normal.  My pressure today was 122/74 which is high for me. She said at this point in my pregnancy, this is very normal.  I also asked about going on the fetal monitor like I did with Kailey and she said about week 36 we will start doing that.

Before my next appointment I have to do my glucose test and another ultrasound just to check on his kidney's.  She said the results from the last ultrasound are very normal for a boy so no worries. 

I am off work tomorrow to start cleaning out the baby's bedroom and we picked a paint color this past weekend.  I am so ready to start getting his room ready!  Now if we could get a name so I can stop referring to him as he, him, etc oh... and Laserbomb!

15 more weeks to go!

2/22/13

Today was the first time that little Laserbomb gave me a big kick!  It was pretty late in the evening and 2 quick kicks at the top of my belly.  Of course no one was around.  Then the next morning I was laying in bed waiting for Kailey to wake up and had a ton of kicks in my lower belly so I am pretty sure he was breech then.  Rob was at work and Kailey was asleep so it was just mommy and Laserbomb time

Within this past week I have only had one other big kick.  There are some days though that I can feel him moving all around.  Not sure if he is practicing somersaults or what but he is definitely a mover!

Kailey is getting more lovey dovey with my belly every day.  She rubs her cheek against my belly and and says,  “AWWWW”.  She says in this high pitched, sweet little whisper, “Hi baby, Hi!” She talked about how big my belly is getting and that her brother is growing up.  I just can’t wait to see how she will be with him.  She is already such a good big sister!

This is a video of me and Kailey one morning while I was trying to get ready

2/7/2013

Today was my 5 month appointment with Dr Egan.  Told him I am feeling pretty good but Laser bomb is beating me up in there!

Heartbeat was very good at 158.  Dr. Egan said he is a happy baby :)

He went over the ultrasound and said everything looked good but that the kidney reading was off a bit.  The reading was 3mm which is normal but it said prominent and not abnormal.  Usually he said that the kidney would measure at 5mm if there were issues. He said there was no concern but they would do an additional ultrasound at 7 months to see how things are.

Of course I went right to google to see what the deal was.I found a lot of discussion boards that talked about how this was normal is boys and usually by delivery everything was fine.  So no worries for now.

I am still waiting for this baby to kick hard enough that Rob and Kailey can feel all his movement but for right now, it's just between him and me :)