The Search For The Perfect Baby Crib!

So, even though I do not know the sex of the baby yet, I have been looking for fun and unique things for the baby's room. Starting with the crib. I have a few ideas of what I want for either sex's nursery. For a girl I would like to do Cinderella, Lady Bugs or maybe a Celestial theme. For a boy I would like to do Trains, Space, Jungle or Noah's Arch. That is when I came across the coolest cribs.

I have fallen in love with the round cribs, though they are very expensive.

This is one of my favorite and could be used in a girl or boys room!



This is my favorite fot a little boys room!

And since I love Cinderella so much, thi sis my favorite for a girls room! Too bad it is $5,000!
I know I will have to find cheaper versions of these cribs, but keep your eye out on ebay and stuff for me! Maybe I can find a hand-me -down! For now I will keep looking!

My First Ulra Sound! BABY DUX!

Since I am such a horrible blogger, I am trying to play catch up with everything that has been going on!

I went in for my first ultra sound about 3 weeks ago! I was so excited and so nervous at the same time! I couldn't wait to see my little baby and its little heart beating, but in the back of my mind I was worried that maybe everything wasn't ok. What if when they looked the baby's heart was not beating or it wasn't the size it should be for as far along as I was.

Before every appointment I have to go in and pee in a cup. I hate this! This is the one time I wish I was a boy! I had been holding my pee for this very reason, and of course when it is time to go I miss the cup! I am able to give a sample, but just a little one. Oh well, I will do better next time!

Before I could see the baby I had to go through the torture of a pap smear, breast and pelvic exam. You know, the three things that every woman loves to do! I love how they always put a poster of a kitten or a puppy right above your bed, so you have something to look at while you are being violated! Or in my case, the Doctor's conversation about how much she loves my new coach purse, while she's doing a breast exam. Yes, even talking about coach does not distract me from the fact that someone is fondling my breast!

From what I understand I better get use to that part of my body being messed with for the next 6 months. I am sure that after having a baby, that getting an annual pap will not be so bad anymore!

After my exams, the doctor tells me that all my blood work and blood pressure are great, (whew) and that we can now go down the hall and do an internal ultra sound. She tells me to put on a robe and take my clothes with me. As I am walking my naked butt down the hall, I asked the nurse to go get Brad so he could share in the ultra sound. I didn't want to put him through the horror of my pap smear, but now, maybe I should have. Guys should know the indignity we go through! :)

Finally with Brad and the doctor in the room it is time to do the internal ulra sound. This is more unformfortable than the pelvic exam but way more worth it! There on the screen is what I am now calling, "My Little Peanut"! No more than and inch and 1/2 long! You can see it's little heart beating and it is moving around! The doctor says the baby looks good and is the size it should be for 9 weeks, and most importantly that there is only one baby in there! I could not take my eyes off the screen. At that moment is when it finally hit me that I am really pregnant and I am going to be a mother! It was a great feeling! Brad was really excited too. He asked the Doctor, "so that little pixel that is blinking, that's it? That's the baby's heart?" I wonder what he thought he was going to see in there? The baby at that point was barely a fetus!

I go in February 3rd for my next exam. At that time we are going to be able to hear the baby's heart beat! I am really excited for that! The first sound of our little baby! I am doing my best to take care of little Zachary or Ella! Keeping growing baby! Wish us luck! :)

Uh.....not morning sickness, ALL DAY SICKNESS!

So I have heard plenty of people talk about "morning sickness", but never in a million years would I imagine it would be like this.

First of all, they shouldn't call it "morning sickness" but "all day sickness"! It feels like you have the flu 24/7! Your stomach constantly hurts, Smells that you usually love, make you want to puke, and the food that you would normally love to eat repulses you! A couple of my examples, Brad got me a perfume I have been wanting from Vikor and Rolf called Flower bomb. Before I was pregnant I loved the smell of it, now if I even try to wear a little of it it makes me puke! Most of my perfume does that now! :( As for repulsive food, I will not go near Chinese now, which has always been my all time favorite. Even sadder, while we were in Aspen, we went to my favorite restaurant, "The Hickory House," where I always get ribs, as soon as I walked in the door, the smell of the BBQ was making me sick and I barely ate any dinner! I tried to eat one of Brad's ribs and I gagged!
WHAT IS THIS BABY DOING TO ME!!!!

One morning I cleared my throat after I woke up and it sent me into a 5 minute vomiting episode. Another night I was trying to make Brad his favorite meat loaf, and the smell of the raw meat set me off again! Of course Brad is always comforting, walks in after I am laying on the floor and asks, "you think you're gonna survive?" ASS! What can I expect, he is a boy after all. I washed up and finished his dinner like a champ!

The somewhat good news is I am down 9 pounds since I got pregnant. So I have not gained a single pound yet! :) I just reached the 12 week mark yesterday! One more week and I will be out of my first trimester! The sickness and horrible heartburn are still here but they are getting better with everyday. I am starting to be able to eat again. Even though nothing really taste good. I find that eating fruit, cottage cheese and grape juice are my saviors! Sometimes I get brave and eat a full on meal, most of the time I regret it later!

Even though I am feeling awful and sometimes wonder why I did this to myself, I know that it will all be worth in when I am able to hold that little baby in my arms! I can not wait to see what he/or she looks like! 6 months in counting, though it feels like forever!

The Adventure of the "At Home Pregnancy Test"

OK, so my journey of the at home pregnancy test started on Thanksgiving morning.
Brad and I had decided that after the wedding we would start trying to have a baby. It just so happened that Thanksgiving was exactly 5 days before my missed period, so I went out and got one of those early detection pregnancy. I took it first thing in the morning, and it was negative. That was fine, i knew that it still might be too early to tell so I decided to wait to see if I actually missed my period.
So, five days later, mother nature did not bring me my monthly gift, so it decided to take another test, this is where the fun begins.
The test, if positive would have a control line in one window and a plus sign in the other, If negative it would just have one line in the other window. I took the test, and waited the 3 minutes that the box told me to. I started to get excited when I saw the faintest bit of a plus sign show up. I called Brad into the bathroom to confirm. He also said he could see a faint plus sign, but was not sure that was positive enough to confirm that I was pregnant. He said I should wait a couple days and take another one.
Three days later I decided to take another test. Yet again, another faint plus sign was there but it was not bold enough to be a confirmation. Now I was getting pissed! I thought maybe the problem was that I had gotten a regular pregnancy test the second time instead of the early detection type. So I made Brad take me to Walgreen's and I got a cheap early detection pregnancy test. DO NOT GET CHEAP PREGNANCY TEST!!!!!!!! I took the first one when I got back to the house, and as my luck was going with pregnancy tests, the control did not even show up! (well it finally did, A DAY LATER!) I was so irritated, so i just decided to wait and take the second test in the morning.
I got up early the next morning and took the test. I was happy to see that the control had come up, but the line confirming I was pregnant had not. A little disappointed, I got ready for work and left.
When I got to work my boss asked if I had a confirmation yet, I told her not exactly. I still had a test left over from my first run of test and I had brought it with me. I took it and sure enough that stupid "iffy" plus was there again! It still was not good enough for me! So on my lunch break, I gave in, went to the store and bought the expensive digital pregnancy test! USE DIGITAL PREGNANCY TESTS!
Now I have my digital test. I am very excited, and waiting for my results only to come to find out that I have messed up the test!!!! WTF! My boss is teasing me saying that even 14 year old girls can take pregnancy test!!! What can I say, we know I am a retard! So i wait a little longer. This time I pee in a cup, give it to my boss and she does the test for me! Three minutes later, it is confirmed the test says, YES!!!!!!!

So if you learn anything from this post hopefully it will be:

1. Do not buy cheap pregnancy test
2. Read the instructions before you use said test
3.Just get the damn Digital ones. I should have listened to my friend Jen 2 weeks ago!!!
4. If all else fails pee in a cup and have your boss do your test for you!

Despite all the problems I had finding out that I was pregnant, I am so excited! I have decided to create this blog to document my journey to motherhood. Hope all goes well! Wish us luck!!!