24 weeks

I am now 24 weeks! I had another ultrasound since last time I wrote and Hayden is still a boy and everything looked good. Yeah! Had my 24 week appt this last Friday and everything is good except the weight issue. I need to start watching what I eat because I gained 10, yes 10, pounds over the last month. Yuck. I am also measuring a little large according to my doctor but I did with Paige too so he is thinking it may be the same thing with the too much amniotic fluid. I hope that's it. So I have to have another ultrasound which is scheduled for June 4th to measure the fluid levels. My next regular appt is May 28th when I will also do the 1 hour glucose test for gestational diabetes. I didn't the GD with Paige so I am hoping to stay away from it again. Otherwise everything is great with Hayden. He was measuring just over a pound at my ultrasound 2 weeks ago so I am sure he is getting close to 1 1/2 pounds if not more by now. I can't believe my due date is less than 4 months away already!
In Paige news, we had a little scare with her a couple weeks ago. She got quite sick and after a couple days of her just laying around feeling crappy I noticed her hands and feet had a rash and were puffy. Then her face had a rash. That was enough for me to take her into urgent care where the diagnosed her with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease and sent us home and that was it. Well that wasn't it. A few days later she still wasn't herself and that weekend just layed around. She also had a fever this whole time that would go away with Motrin but as soon as that wore off the fever would come back. We took her in to see her regular doctor the next day where they did a chest xray and some blood tests and an exam. Just as we got home from the clinic the nurse called and told us we needed to go up to the ER at Mayo Clinic in Rochester because Paiges levels for a bunch of different things were off from her blood test. This freaked us out a lot and we made the trek up to Mayo right away. Paiges Dr. in Austin said she thought it might be Kawasaki disease but she wasn't sure and they don't have the technology to treat it in Austin anyway so that is why they had us go to Mayo. After a multitude of tests at Mayo they determined it probably wasn't Kawasaki and sent us home with instructions to come back the next day and see the pediatric infectuous disease specialist. I took off part of the day of work and Paige and I headed up to Mayo to see him. They did another test or 2 on her and that dr. ruled out the Kawasaki disease. He did call us the next day with the rest of her test results and determined that among several bacterial infections she had something called Adnoe Virus. He switched the antibiotics she was on to something a lot stronger to kill all the bacteria/virus and now 2 weeks later she is just fine and back to normal. We are very thankful she is better, if it would have been Kawasaki it would have been pretty serious and she would have had about a week hospital stay.
Phew! That was a long post, but a lot has gone on in the last month or so! I will update more after my next dr. appt.

20 weeks!

I am half way done!! The time has just flown by so far, and now that I am getting bigger and feeling him kick from both the inside and the outside I am sure the 2nd half will go even faster! Can't wait to see my new little man! I had my 20 week appt. on Friday. Everything was great. I gained 4 lbs over the month which would be ok but since I was overweight in the first place I probably need to try and watch it a little more. I only want to gain 25 lbs at the most since that is what I gained with Paige and that was gone a week after delivery. So far I have gained 10 lbs. His heartrate was 154 on Friday also. I go back for our follow up ultrasound for the spine pictures on Monday the 19th and then my 24 week appt is Friday the 30th. I am feeling pretty good, though starting to feel more pregnant now that I am bigger. Won't be able to tie my shoes for long!! :)

Figured it out!

OK sorry for another post, but I figured out what was wrong! My backround is black and I had the text color set to black so it wasn't showing up! Nice!

Whats going on?

So I have no idea what is going on with these blogs! I have tried and tried to publish my last post and for some reason it won't work. I will try and write it later!

It's a...

BOY!!
We are so excited! We had our ultrasound on Friday. Everything looks great with our little Hayden. He wasn't cooperating very well when the ultrasound tech was trying to get a picture of his spine so we need to go back in about a month so she can get those pictures to make sure everything is ok. I am going to have her check to make sure he is still a boy at that time since I am still in shock, but I saw it on the screen and he is all boy! :) I am also on with my due date of Aug 21st, though the tech said the 20th, but I am sure my doctor won't change it for one day. He was weighing in at 10 oz. also, which is supposedly right on track to be between 6 and 7 lbs at birth, though I am sure that isn't always right. Obviously not hoping for a large baby though! Anyway, just had to share that great news that there will finally be a BOY grandchild! Paige is very excited to be having a little "brodder". My next appt is this Friday, so I will update after that!!

2nd Dr. Appt.

I had my 16 week appt. today. Everything is great! Got to hear the hearbeat which you never get tired of. It's just so amazing. Today would have been the day to have the genetic marker testing for Downs ect. but we decided against doing that. For one we wouldn't terminate the pregnancy no matter what the results were, plus our Dr. said the tests have a high rate of false possitives and also our insurance doesn't cover the testing. Since we don't have any history of any genetic defects on either side of our families we decided we were pretty safe in skipping the testing. I also got to set up my BIG ultrasound to make sure everything is alright and hopefully find out the sex!! That is set for March 26th, exactly 3 weeks from today. Can't wait!!
In Paige news, she has been sick for the last week or so. I hate it when she is sick, it's so hard to see you baby laying there feeling like crap and there isn't a thing you can do for them. I ended up taking her to the ER on Tuesday night as she was breathing funny and had a 104.7 temp!! She is fine now but she did get meds for an ear infection. Poor kid. Otherwise, she is doing well. She is excited to be a big sister and tells us daily that SHE has a baby in HER belly!! So cute!!

2nd Trimester!

Greetings!
Sorry I haven't been able to update you since last month and about my appt. ect. I have tried but for some reason blogspot wouldn't let me sign in! :(
SO-My first appt. at 12 weeks on Feb 5th went great. Rocky was able to come with as we took Paige to daycare for a couple hours. We were at the doctor for about an hour or so and it consisted of the usual family and personal health history, exam and an ULTRASOUND! I wasn't sure if I was going to get one of these but my doctor wanted to do one to check and make sure the due date was on and that there weren't any larger cysts on my ovaries. There are some on my left ovary but he said it isn't anything to be concerned about yet so that is good. My due date is still on target for August 21st also! We got to hear the heartbeat and it was 166 beats per minute, so a nice strong heartbeat. We did get a few pictures of our little one but none of them were too clear. The coolest thing was when the baby flipped around one of the times we got to see it's face and it was SO CLEAR. So cool. It still looked a little alien like but it was still cute. :)
I go back for my next appt on March 5th, next friday. Then our big ultrasound to find out the sex would be 4 weeks after that. Super excited! I have a feeling this is another girl but I thought 100% that Paige was a boy so maybe I am wrong this time too? :) Either way, as long as it's a healthy baby we won't care about the sex.
Otherwise, I am at 14 weeks right now and into the 2nd trimester. The baby is about the size of a lemon which is probably why I have been having pains from everything stretching out.
I will post an update next week after my 16 week appt!!