Short post this week as we are laboring this Labor Day weekend, on none other than . . . the house. This weekend's adventure . . . painting the exterior. Ah, the fun of home ownership. At least Home Depot is running a sale on paint this weekend. And I also got a fun tennis game in this morning before it got too warm. Hoping if I play while Baby J is in utero, his/her groundstrokes may come a little more naturally and then we can retire on his/her Wimbledon winnings in a few years-
16 weeks, beginning of the 4th month. Now I'm really beginning to show. 3 people at work ran up to touch my "bump". Thank goodness for Bella Bands. Heard about them online. Essentially wide tubes of elastic fabric that look like the bottom of a shirt that you wear to hold up your now unbuttonable pants. Works great and saves having to buy pants at this early stage.
Counting down the days until the next ultrasound. Sept 12th is not coming fast enough! I also want to thank everyone for posting little comments. They're very fun to read and I do check them, so post away!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
15 Weeks
Morning All!
15 weeks, not much to report. Insomnia has resolved, thankfully, however napping still feels great regardless of how much sleep I got. Food aversions are in full swing. Chicken is out. How chicken can taste bad, I have no idea, but it does. Steak is in. Never been a huge red meat person, but evidently baby is. And ah, cottage cheese, never tasted better as does any kind of cereal, but that's always been true for me.
This week we bought our first baby item - a Bob Revolution stroller, orange. Thanks to my friend Stacey letting me know about a once a year sale, we were able to get a smoking deal on this highly coveted piece of baby transport equipment. Thanks Stac! Guess the thing is going to take up much needed space in the mean time, but how can you pass up 20% off?
On the home front, the kitchen remodel is in full swing. Although the kitchen cabinets and appliances are still intact for at least another month or so, the alcove to the skylight has been built, sheet rocked, and mudded. The useless wall between our kitchen and family room that used to house the washer and dryer is gone making the whole area feel much larger, and more dusty. I try to clean, but the dust always wins and will likely do so until the whole project is over.
Best wishes to everyone.
SJ
15 weeks, not much to report. Insomnia has resolved, thankfully, however napping still feels great regardless of how much sleep I got. Food aversions are in full swing. Chicken is out. How chicken can taste bad, I have no idea, but it does. Steak is in. Never been a huge red meat person, but evidently baby is. And ah, cottage cheese, never tasted better as does any kind of cereal, but that's always been true for me.
This week we bought our first baby item - a Bob Revolution stroller, orange. Thanks to my friend Stacey letting me know about a once a year sale, we were able to get a smoking deal on this highly coveted piece of baby transport equipment. Thanks Stac! Guess the thing is going to take up much needed space in the mean time, but how can you pass up 20% off?
On the home front, the kitchen remodel is in full swing. Although the kitchen cabinets and appliances are still intact for at least another month or so, the alcove to the skylight has been built, sheet rocked, and mudded. The useless wall between our kitchen and family room that used to house the washer and dryer is gone making the whole area feel much larger, and more dusty. I try to clean, but the dust always wins and will likely do so until the whole project is over.
Best wishes to everyone.
SJ
Saturday, August 16, 2008
14 Weeks - Second Trimester!
Good Morning-
We've made it officially into the second trimester - the so-called honeymoon phase of the pregnancy. Things are going well. Nausea has abated, but I still can only eat what sounds good, and that isn't much. Last week it was cottage cheese of all things. And being someone who is usually starving for dinner, now I'm more of a lunch person and a few bites at dinner is all I can stomach. Whatever, I'm not exactly wasting away :) Insomnia is creeping in. Approximately every other night I wake up at 2am and that's it, I'm up. Great for when I'm doing night shift, but it's becoming a real drag the rest of the time. Hopefully this will abate as well.
On a less complaining note, I found a midwife. Linds and Jen - good salesmanship! Learned that they keep a couple midwives locked away at the Kaiser San Jose that is actually closer to our house than the one I work at. Also, working in the OB dept at my Kaiser, Santa Clara, I just see way too many things that make me nervous and have heard nothing but good things about this other Kaiser's dept. So, I have my first appointment with Roseanna on Sept 23rd. At K-San Jose, midwives manage all the normal labors and have a very active roll in coaching you through the whole process. Perfect!
Heading off to the gym to try and stay as active as possible. Still hitting the ball about once a week - as that's all my schedule permits, but my work life looks much better in September.
Will post again next week. Lots of love-
SJ
We've made it officially into the second trimester - the so-called honeymoon phase of the pregnancy. Things are going well. Nausea has abated, but I still can only eat what sounds good, and that isn't much. Last week it was cottage cheese of all things. And being someone who is usually starving for dinner, now I'm more of a lunch person and a few bites at dinner is all I can stomach. Whatever, I'm not exactly wasting away :) Insomnia is creeping in. Approximately every other night I wake up at 2am and that's it, I'm up. Great for when I'm doing night shift, but it's becoming a real drag the rest of the time. Hopefully this will abate as well.
On a less complaining note, I found a midwife. Linds and Jen - good salesmanship! Learned that they keep a couple midwives locked away at the Kaiser San Jose that is actually closer to our house than the one I work at. Also, working in the OB dept at my Kaiser, Santa Clara, I just see way too many things that make me nervous and have heard nothing but good things about this other Kaiser's dept. So, I have my first appointment with Roseanna on Sept 23rd. At K-San Jose, midwives manage all the normal labors and have a very active roll in coaching you through the whole process. Perfect!
Heading off to the gym to try and stay as active as possible. Still hitting the ball about once a week - as that's all my schedule permits, but my work life looks much better in September.
Will post again next week. Lots of love-
SJ
Friday, August 8, 2008
First Trimester Screening - All Clear!
So exciting!!! We can breathe a huge sigh of relief now that Baby J. has passed his/her first test with flying colors (how could we expect anything less?). Everything looks perfect and it was amazing to see the little being move and hiccup. We saw all ten fingers and ten toes. We even saw a somersault. Not bad for only being 3 inches big. Really fantastic. I teared up of course. Next on the appointment schedule is September 12th for a good look at anatomical development as well as whether we're having a boy or a girl. I still can't get a read from the kid, maybe you have??? If so, put your vote in for boy or girl and half of you will likely be right :)
Saturday, August 2, 2008
12 Weeks
Hello Family and Friends!
What's new this week . . . my tummy is seriously starting to pooch. Not, cute, pregnant pooch, but, "has she gained a few???" kind of pooch. I've heard this is a drawback to this period of things. You don't look pregnant, you just look like you've been skipping the gym - which I haven't! Maybe not as often as I should, but I had a nice tennis game this morning.
On the home front. Our washer and dryer just went kaput last weekend. Ah appliances. I'm just glad they made it until I was out of school. So off to Sears we went and brought home these two beauties (see picture at left). Wasn't exactly in the budget, but are they wonderful. What a treat. And as cheesy as it sounds, I even got sentimental over the fact that there is a "baby wear" wash cycle. Likely useless, but makes me smile.
Hope this message finds you all well. Very much looking forward to our First Trimester Screening ultrasound on Friday morning. You can read about it if you wish thru this link http://sanjose.obstetrix.com/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=45&action=detail&AEProductID=Client%5FSanJoseM998383&AEArticleID=188
Will be sure to let you know how it goes-
Lots of Love,
SJ
What's new this week . . . my tummy is seriously starting to pooch. Not, cute, pregnant pooch, but, "has she gained a few???" kind of pooch. I've heard this is a drawback to this period of things. You don't look pregnant, you just look like you've been skipping the gym - which I haven't! Maybe not as often as I should, but I had a nice tennis game this morning.
On the home front. Our washer and dryer just went kaput last weekend. Ah appliances. I'm just glad they made it until I was out of school. So off to Sears we went and brought home these two beauties (see picture at left). Wasn't exactly in the budget, but are they wonderful. What a treat. And as cheesy as it sounds, I even got sentimental over the fact that there is a "baby wear" wash cycle. Likely useless, but makes me smile.
Hope this message finds you all well. Very much looking forward to our First Trimester Screening ultrasound on Friday morning. You can read about it if you wish thru this link http://sanjose.obstetrix.com/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=45&action=detail&AEProductID=Client%5FSanJoseM998383&AEArticleID=188
Will be sure to let you know how it goes-
Lots of Love,
SJ
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