Sunday, January 30, 2011
Pregnancy Brain
I am not sure if this is a real symptom of being pregnant, but I have noticed recently that I easily forget things and I am more scattered brain than I have ever been. I have been walking into rooms and forgetting what I really came into the room for. Tonight, Jason and I were getting ready to go to Chipotle to pick up dinner and I asked him if he was bringing his wallet, he responded "No", but I thought he was joking, so I proceeded to take my purse back into the bedroom and then we got into the car. I then asked him if he had his wallet and he said, "No, I told you wasn't bringing it" He then looked at me and I told him I didn't bring my wallet either. All I could do was just laugh, and Jason had to run back inside to get his wallet. Has anyone else had problems with being scattered brain or being forgetful when pregnant???
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Last 12 Weeks
I know I am starting this a little late, as of today I am 12 weeks and 6 days along, but I am going to try my best to remember all the important and funny memories that we have had up to this point. From the beginning, we found out on Monday November 29th, 2010 after Jason and I both got home from work. That day I was expecting to start my period, because I had the cramping that I normally had on my first day, but I never did, so I told Jason I was going to take the test and just see what happens. I took the test and walked away from the bathrom for about 3 minutes. When I came back in black bold letters it said "PREGNANT". I walked out of the bathroom to our office where Jason was sitting and I said, "Uhh, it says its positive." Jason looked at me and was pretty much in shock and was questioning on how we know for sure. My only answer was that the box says that the test is 99.9% accurate. I had to repeat that multiple times to get that through to him. To make him feel better I told him I would take another one in the morning. The next thing out of his mouth was, "What are we going to do?" I responded with, well, if the test in the morning says its positive again I will make an appointment to see the doctor. Sometime in all the excitement he did give me a hug and told me he loves me, but I don't exactly remember at what point. After thta he did get on the computer and pulled up Google and typed in, "How to be a dad," I just laughed and that's about all I remember about that evening.
The next day I got up in the morning and the first thing I did was take another test, this time it came back as an error. I read the booklet trying to figure out what I had done differently than the night before, and I found out that I had actually peed too much on the stick, so I guess I pretty muched drowned the stick a little too much. I called Jason to see what he thought I should do, and we decided I should just take another one. So I got dressed and ran to Meijer to get another Pregnancy test. When I got home I was able to go to the bathroom again and this time it came back positive again. I called Jason back at work at and told him the news and that I was going to call the doctor's office to make an appointment. I called and made an appointment and the lady on the phone predicted when my due date was according to when my last period was and she said my due date would be August 5, 2011 and at that point I was 4 1/2 weeks along and they normally don't like to see women until they are six weeks. So I made my first appointment on December 15th.
The next two weeks were not very exciting that I recall. I wasn't really feeling pregnant, except I did have a lot of gas at the time. The only hard part of it all was keeping a secret from our families, especially me, I am not a very good liar and that's what I felt I was doing to pretty much everyone. Also, I believe it was around the 5th or 6th week was when I no longer was able to eat veggie burgers. Jason and I had been eating those the past several months because we were on Weight Watchers and trying to lose weight. Now I was eating them just because I thought I still liked them until one night I took a bite out of the second burger and had to run to the kitchen with my hands over my mouth and had to spit the rest of it in the trash. It all of a sudden tasted absolutely disgusting. A week later I tried again, but only made one burger for myself and the first bite I took the same thing happened and I was running to the kitchen and gagging all at the same time. So since then veggie burgers have not been cooked in the Townsend household.
On December 15th we went to our first OB appointment. We both really didn't know what to expect, but basically I had to pee in a cup and they did confirm that I was pregnant and also confirmed my due date of August 5th, 2011. The next thing the doctor came in and then she asked me how I was feeling and if I had any problems, and at that point I didn't so she asked me to undress from the waist down. I did and the doctor came back into the room and examined everything down there, and while she was doing this I looked over at Jason, who was sitting right next to me in a chair and I looked to try and get his attention and he had his nose pretty much buried into a magazine. Once the doctor laughed I looked at him and he pretty much started cracking up laughing and said that's all he could do but to just stare into the magazine so he wouldn't laugh when the doctor was in there. I can't take hime anywhere. Everything looked good during the exam and we were told to make an appointment in 2 weeks and to get some bloodwork done between now and then.
That weekend Jason's parents were coming up to visit on Saturday December 18th and we were planning on telling them Saturday and my parents on Sunday. Half of that planned worked and the other half didn't. We ended up telling Jason's parents Saturday when we went out for lunch at the CheeseCake Factory. Jason told them and I think his mom grabbed me and gave me about 2 or 3 kisses on the side of the head. She also said she kindof new it when they walked into the house earlier that day. She said I looked as if I didn't feel good. They were both very excited and were supposed to keep it quiet until we got home during New Year's weekend to tell everyone, but she was too excited and ended up telling everyone by the 21st. Haha! Like I said before the plan was to also tell my parents the following day, we were also supposed to go to my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Jerry's house later on in the day on Sunday to celebrate Christmas with them since my cousin's family wasn't going to be able to be at my parents Christmas day. We were just going to go to my parent's house before, because I was supposed to help Dad wrap Mom's Christmas presents. So I called my mom and told her we would be up and she pretty much shot me down and told me she didn't want me to come up because they were cleaning carpets. I said okay, but I got upset and ended up in tears and balling because I didn't want to wait til Christmas to tell my parents. At that point I think I was supposed to go to the gym with Jason, and I was too upset and started gagging in the toilet and Jason had no clue what was going on. He tried to talk to me, but that just made me more upset, I told him to go on to the gym and I would be okay. I finally calmed down and went on pretending for the next week that I wasn't pregnant around family.
Its Christmas Eve, and basically the whole night Jason and I got drilled by many of my cousins on we were going to have a little one running around soon. I pretty much blamed it on Jason and said he wasn't ready, and Jason made stories up of not having any for atleast another 2-3 years. It was very hard to lie to family like that, but we wanted to tell my parents first. So the next morning Jason, Carson, and I woke up and unwrapped presents at our house then went up to my parents for the rest of the day. We unwrapped presents, but I told Mom and Dad that they had one for the both of them, but had to wait until the end to opn it. At the very end, Mom was sitting in the chair and Dad next to her and she open up this gift with a metal picture fram and across the top it said "BABY" and in the frame it had our due date typed in it. It took them a minute to figure it out and Mom finally said, "YOUR PREGNANT!" and my dad said, "NO WAY!" I think it took them both by surprise, but they both gave us hugs and told us congratulations. My Grandma Hicks was also there when we told the news and she told me that she would like me to wait until August 11th, because that was when her and my grandpa got married. I told her I wasn't real sure I wanted to go over my due date. The rest of the day we told my Grandma Goodwin, Aunt, and Uncle.
On December 28th was our next follow up appointment. Everything came back normal with the bloodwork and my doctor did another exam and everything looked good. She then asked us if we had any questions. Jason had the list of questions and the first two VERY important questions out of his mouth were......."When can we go on vacation and our we limited to where we can travel to???" The doctor smiled and laughed and said no we were able to travel anywhere we wanted to, just not to drink the water in Mexico and that it was safe to travel after 12 weeks and before the 3rd trimester. The other legitmate questions he asked were when do we get an ultrasound and when do we get to hear the heartbeat. She said we could schedule the ultrasound for next week. The question that I had was if there was anything I could take for Nausea, and she told me to get Unisome and Vitmen B6. Jason picked those up for me the next day and since then has made a big difference in how I feel throughout the day and most of the time I am no longer gagging when trying to brush my teeth. She also told me I can continue with exercising. That was pretty much the appointment and we schedule our ultrasound for the following week.
Our first ultrasound was very exciting. I was 9 weeks 6 days along and we got to see the baby and it had it's legs crossed and even got to see and hear the heart beat which was 171 bpm. The ultrasound tech said everything looked and sounded good. I think it made everything just seem more real to both of us, especially for Jason it was way more real to him since he was unable to see anything from the outside when looking at me. No Bump Yet!
Since then I have had good days and bad days on how I have felt. The new thing that I can no longer tolerate to cook or even smell is ground turkey. I used to cook that all the time when I fixed spaghetti, but just looking at it and smelling makes me very sick and usually start gagging. Last week I tryed to make it, because it needed to be cooked. Jason got it out of the package, seasoned it, and then left to go somewhere and pick up Chipotle. So all I had to do was stir it once or twice while he was gone. To do so I had the microwave fan on High, several candles burning, and when I went to stir it I closed my eyes and had my sweatshirt over my mouth, and I still started gagging bent over the sick. This whole gagging thing really sucks!!! However, the last week I am finally starting to feel a little bit better, especially with not being as tired at the end of the day. I never thought I would be so tired the first trimester. Now I am hoping the second trimester is way better than the first and I start to feel better and not gag so much in the future.
Our next appointment is February 1st. So I will definately update you then on everything, unless something exciting happens between now and then. I hope you all enjoy and please share your comments and stories if you have any.
The next day I got up in the morning and the first thing I did was take another test, this time it came back as an error. I read the booklet trying to figure out what I had done differently than the night before, and I found out that I had actually peed too much on the stick, so I guess I pretty muched drowned the stick a little too much. I called Jason to see what he thought I should do, and we decided I should just take another one. So I got dressed and ran to Meijer to get another Pregnancy test. When I got home I was able to go to the bathroom again and this time it came back positive again. I called Jason back at work at and told him the news and that I was going to call the doctor's office to make an appointment. I called and made an appointment and the lady on the phone predicted when my due date was according to when my last period was and she said my due date would be August 5, 2011 and at that point I was 4 1/2 weeks along and they normally don't like to see women until they are six weeks. So I made my first appointment on December 15th.
The next two weeks were not very exciting that I recall. I wasn't really feeling pregnant, except I did have a lot of gas at the time. The only hard part of it all was keeping a secret from our families, especially me, I am not a very good liar and that's what I felt I was doing to pretty much everyone. Also, I believe it was around the 5th or 6th week was when I no longer was able to eat veggie burgers. Jason and I had been eating those the past several months because we were on Weight Watchers and trying to lose weight. Now I was eating them just because I thought I still liked them until one night I took a bite out of the second burger and had to run to the kitchen with my hands over my mouth and had to spit the rest of it in the trash. It all of a sudden tasted absolutely disgusting. A week later I tried again, but only made one burger for myself and the first bite I took the same thing happened and I was running to the kitchen and gagging all at the same time. So since then veggie burgers have not been cooked in the Townsend household.
On December 15th we went to our first OB appointment. We both really didn't know what to expect, but basically I had to pee in a cup and they did confirm that I was pregnant and also confirmed my due date of August 5th, 2011. The next thing the doctor came in and then she asked me how I was feeling and if I had any problems, and at that point I didn't so she asked me to undress from the waist down. I did and the doctor came back into the room and examined everything down there, and while she was doing this I looked over at Jason, who was sitting right next to me in a chair and I looked to try and get his attention and he had his nose pretty much buried into a magazine. Once the doctor laughed I looked at him and he pretty much started cracking up laughing and said that's all he could do but to just stare into the magazine so he wouldn't laugh when the doctor was in there. I can't take hime anywhere. Everything looked good during the exam and we were told to make an appointment in 2 weeks and to get some bloodwork done between now and then.
That weekend Jason's parents were coming up to visit on Saturday December 18th and we were planning on telling them Saturday and my parents on Sunday. Half of that planned worked and the other half didn't. We ended up telling Jason's parents Saturday when we went out for lunch at the CheeseCake Factory. Jason told them and I think his mom grabbed me and gave me about 2 or 3 kisses on the side of the head. She also said she kindof new it when they walked into the house earlier that day. She said I looked as if I didn't feel good. They were both very excited and were supposed to keep it quiet until we got home during New Year's weekend to tell everyone, but she was too excited and ended up telling everyone by the 21st. Haha! Like I said before the plan was to also tell my parents the following day, we were also supposed to go to my Aunt Nancy and Uncle Jerry's house later on in the day on Sunday to celebrate Christmas with them since my cousin's family wasn't going to be able to be at my parents Christmas day. We were just going to go to my parent's house before, because I was supposed to help Dad wrap Mom's Christmas presents. So I called my mom and told her we would be up and she pretty much shot me down and told me she didn't want me to come up because they were cleaning carpets. I said okay, but I got upset and ended up in tears and balling because I didn't want to wait til Christmas to tell my parents. At that point I think I was supposed to go to the gym with Jason, and I was too upset and started gagging in the toilet and Jason had no clue what was going on. He tried to talk to me, but that just made me more upset, I told him to go on to the gym and I would be okay. I finally calmed down and went on pretending for the next week that I wasn't pregnant around family.
Its Christmas Eve, and basically the whole night Jason and I got drilled by many of my cousins on we were going to have a little one running around soon. I pretty much blamed it on Jason and said he wasn't ready, and Jason made stories up of not having any for atleast another 2-3 years. It was very hard to lie to family like that, but we wanted to tell my parents first. So the next morning Jason, Carson, and I woke up and unwrapped presents at our house then went up to my parents for the rest of the day. We unwrapped presents, but I told Mom and Dad that they had one for the both of them, but had to wait until the end to opn it. At the very end, Mom was sitting in the chair and Dad next to her and she open up this gift with a metal picture fram and across the top it said "BABY" and in the frame it had our due date typed in it. It took them a minute to figure it out and Mom finally said, "YOUR PREGNANT!" and my dad said, "NO WAY!" I think it took them both by surprise, but they both gave us hugs and told us congratulations. My Grandma Hicks was also there when we told the news and she told me that she would like me to wait until August 11th, because that was when her and my grandpa got married. I told her I wasn't real sure I wanted to go over my due date. The rest of the day we told my Grandma Goodwin, Aunt, and Uncle.
On December 28th was our next follow up appointment. Everything came back normal with the bloodwork and my doctor did another exam and everything looked good. She then asked us if we had any questions. Jason had the list of questions and the first two VERY important questions out of his mouth were......."When can we go on vacation and our we limited to where we can travel to???" The doctor smiled and laughed and said no we were able to travel anywhere we wanted to, just not to drink the water in Mexico and that it was safe to travel after 12 weeks and before the 3rd trimester. The other legitmate questions he asked were when do we get an ultrasound and when do we get to hear the heartbeat. She said we could schedule the ultrasound for next week. The question that I had was if there was anything I could take for Nausea, and she told me to get Unisome and Vitmen B6. Jason picked those up for me the next day and since then has made a big difference in how I feel throughout the day and most of the time I am no longer gagging when trying to brush my teeth. She also told me I can continue with exercising. That was pretty much the appointment and we schedule our ultrasound for the following week.
Our first ultrasound was very exciting. I was 9 weeks 6 days along and we got to see the baby and it had it's legs crossed and even got to see and hear the heart beat which was 171 bpm. The ultrasound tech said everything looked and sounded good. I think it made everything just seem more real to both of us, especially for Jason it was way more real to him since he was unable to see anything from the outside when looking at me. No Bump Yet!
Since then I have had good days and bad days on how I have felt. The new thing that I can no longer tolerate to cook or even smell is ground turkey. I used to cook that all the time when I fixed spaghetti, but just looking at it and smelling makes me very sick and usually start gagging. Last week I tryed to make it, because it needed to be cooked. Jason got it out of the package, seasoned it, and then left to go somewhere and pick up Chipotle. So all I had to do was stir it once or twice while he was gone. To do so I had the microwave fan on High, several candles burning, and when I went to stir it I closed my eyes and had my sweatshirt over my mouth, and I still started gagging bent over the sick. This whole gagging thing really sucks!!! However, the last week I am finally starting to feel a little bit better, especially with not being as tired at the end of the day. I never thought I would be so tired the first trimester. Now I am hoping the second trimester is way better than the first and I start to feel better and not gag so much in the future.
Our next appointment is February 1st. So I will definately update you then on everything, unless something exciting happens between now and then. I hope you all enjoy and please share your comments and stories if you have any.
Welcome!
I thought it would be fun to start this blog to share with all my friends and family the experience of getting pregnant, being pregnant, and all the many memories that we are about to embark on as a family when our little baby comes into this world. I am starting this blog a little late, but there have already been so many funny experiences I think all first time parents-to-be should hear about, along with everyone else that has already experienced this exciting time in their lives. So I hope you all enjoy reading about what really happens behind closed doors.
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