You know you're Pregnant when...

...your Husband automatically gives you a push when you attempt to get up from bed.
...when rolling over in bed feels like a three point turn and adjusting the belly pillow is like moving traffic cones around.
...you apply chapstick 5o times a day and your lips are still dry!
...drink 2 gallons of water and are still so thirsty you could drink the neighbors pool.
...cant hug your husband standing up for too long because reaching over each others belly's strains your back too much.
...you can't get up and off the couch without rolling to your knees on the floor before standing up and moaning at the same time.
...you justify everything you eat by saying "Because the Baby wants it".
...you finally realize what Detox must be like and look forward to getting tipsy off of one Beer ;)
...you cant eat enough Jalapenos and actually enjoy the taste of the Tums 2 hours later.
...giving presentations at work makes you so winded that co-workers fear you might be in labor!
...every morning you can still wear your wedding ring is a major achievement because you know so many pregnant women who cant do it at all.
...your Husband looks at your legs and says "Baby... your knees look Sad" : (
...you get winded and make several attempts to put your socks and shoes on each morning.
...you realize your wearing prints on Maternity shirts that you wouldnt be caught dead in if you weren't pregnant. (Who makes this &%$#?)
...when you fear that once your baby bump is gone, your chest may stay so big people will mistake you as a stripper!

Our First Hospital Stay...

Last Wednesday Morning I woke up at 4am because my stomach decided it didnt want anything in it anymore. Between 4am and 6am, I was in and out of bed so much, that not only was I wondering where it was all coming from, but I was also so winded just trying to roll myself out of bed so many times. At 6:30 I made Shane his breakfast and climbed back into bed...I felt kind of dizzy and after a few minutes decided maybe I should call the doctor. I have heard about the body cleansing itself before labor like this and I knew I still had 6 weeks before labor so it made me kinda nervous. The nurse paged my doctor and she said to go to Triage right away...That scared me a little. I was thinking the doctors office might be fine. Thinking I would only be there an hour or so I told Shane to go to work and I would have my Dad take me. After intake at Triage I sat there for atleast 5 hours hooked up to a Fetal Moniter and IV after IV, the doctor came in and said I was severely dehydrated and was actually having minor contractions when I was admitted. A few times the babys heart rate took a dive and the nurses were great, they responded so quickly I felt like a three alarm fire was in process. The doctor told me she had to admit me due to the babys heart rate and they wanted to moniter him for 24 hours, so for the first time in my life I was admitted into the Hospital.

Shane did great. He figured out the Daddys Bed and was all set up with his pillow, blanket and computer for the night. We had a private room with Cable and Room Service. Though I didnt have the slightest appetite at all. He ate pretty well considering we ordered food three times that night.

I, on the other hand, was woken up every hour to have the fetal moniter checked and made to go to the bathroom to make sure my kidneys were processing all the IV that was being poured into my system. The next morning I woke up starving! I ordered up the biggest breakfast from room service and ate it all! Shane left for work and I was finally able to go home around noon. Apparently it was just a bug. I didnt realize that getting sick a few times wreaked such havoc on the baby. We didnt realize the intensity of the situation until we were leaving the hospital.

This experience did make me realize how NOT ready I am for baby to come home. I dont have the bags packed, or the room ready and totally forgot about Lexie in all of the chaos. I have so much to plan for still and thats just for the labor portion of this pregnancy....

I am more anxious than ever to get this son of ours here safely. Though now I am more uncomfortable than before...sleeping is not as pleasant as it once was. I still have no idea where this baby is though, as I dont look like I am due in 6 weeks. I've had a few people say to me in the past week that my tummy looks so small for being almost 8 months along. I do know he has now turned upside down, so atleast he is in the "GO" position, he just hasnt dropped yet. So until then, he resides in my rib cage. Shane says its because he wants to be close to Mommys heart....But he already is!

This is probably one of many hospital visits we will have in our lifetime together. Being that he is the son of Shane Henry, he will most likely have his fathers love of the outdoors and passion for things that have wheels and go fast! Until then he will continue to grow for the next few weeks until he is ready to come out and meet the world.

Hormone Issues...

The Saturday before Easter I brought Lexie to the Groomers. I thought, instead of having a little girl to go buy a pink ruffled dress for, (since that isnt happening with this baby) that I would get my other little girl all prettied up for Easter.

When I left her there at 8am she seemed so nervous. I was saying good-bye to her and I told the Groomers "I'm sorry, but she always gets so anxious when I bring her here" So the Groomer says to me "Its okay, she is probably just upset that you're leaving her" Wrong thing to say to a pregnant lady....

All of a sudden my lower lip started to tremble and I pulled my Sunglasses down over my eyes and left. I cried the whole way home. I dont know if its the pregnancy or what, but I felt like I was the worlds worst Mother at that point. The way she looked at me with those sad eyes...Ugh! It was just awful.

Needless to say she was fine when I picked her up. She was so excited to see me. She was soft and clean, she probably didnt even remember the tradgedy that had just occurred only 2 hours prior when she thought I was never coming back....

I realize alot of it was pregnancy related hormones. But this is the closest I have ever come to those feelings that mothers tell you they experience, when leaving behind their little ones for the first time. So I do empathize with them... I just hope I can keep it together better, I have never been like this before? Im always the tough one, atleast I thought I was?

Regardless, Lexie recovered from the horrific episode just fine and this is how I found her the next morning when Shane and I woke up....
Im so glad she is such a lady ; )

A Wonderful Surprise!

So when your husband comes home with this... 2 months before your baby is due, what does a pregnant woman assume?

A.) What will a newborn do with this?

B.) Have I really gained THAT much weight?

C.) Will the Hospital allow us to bring the baby home on this?

No, the answer is....

D.) This is for night runs out to the desert for when my Husband doesnt want to pack up the entire family and the Fifth Wheel for a long weekend. He can just grab the flat bed and go out by himself for a day.

See, now doesn't that makes sense? and to think I was wondering what he was gonna do while I was out on Maternity Leave? Im so happy that he can entertain himself....

(If anything, he deserves much more than this for accompanying me to the baby classes once a week that he so lovingly does without complaining)

So then.... He gets me this Wonderful Surprise~

and all is right with the world once more!

(I think this was a tactical manuever? But greatly appreciated none the less!)

2nd Night of our Baby Class!

So last night we went to our second class at the hospital for our 6 week enrollment of Child Birth Preparation classes. The first night was the instructor teaching us about our changing bodies and what we have yet to expect. It was informative and good to know......

But last nights class came Fast and Furious.... right off the bat - we got a video. Yes, the dreaded "Watch this Lady give Birth" video! Let me just add that she was in labor for 24 hours, no drugs, never screamed and 4 pushes the baby came falling out....YEAH RIGHT! Where do they find these women? Good for her... Not to mention they dont tell you ahead of time that your gonna get the full shot of the kid coming out. Which, may I add, I was not ready to see....they even showed the placenta! Yes... it was chillin on a plate on a table in the delivery room. I just about threw up my Twizzlers that I was snacking on like I was at the Movies. Of course, my Husband, the ex-Military War Veteran Doctor was fine with it. "Intrigued" is a better word for it. Infact, as I was hiding my eyes, he said that it didnt look any worse than BRAIN MATTER! OH... for the love of God... it just got worse for me.... and HE wasnt helping my stomach issues.

With all of this being said, you should know I have never been admitted to the Hospital, never slept in a Hospital Bed, I've never had a cast, never had any type of surgery and have only received 3 stitches in my little toe when I was 11 years old and it was in a clinic. So needless to say I have an unknown fear of Hospitals, let alone if blood or organs have to be involved, then I start to get pretty uncomfortable.

So after this Wonderful Lady popped out this kid, I was able to wipe the sweat from my brow as if I had just delivered this baby for her. The video was finally over, whew!!! OH...But wait!!! Then the instructor asked "Does anyone know what to people do with the Placenta?"....and Im thinking to myself...Oh please dont say that people keep it, what.... let me guess... they use it as a wall decoration, right? No, worse!!! One Husband piped up and said that some people EAT IT!

Dont ask.... Here came my Twizzlers....Then she said, some people donate it, some people do the whole Cord Blood Banking thing and then....

Yes... some people take it home.... and Bury it. Huh?

At this point I couldnt keep my mouth shut. I said under my breath to Shane.. "Oh sure and then during a family dinner in walks the dog with your placenta in her mouth, wagging her tail wondering who's gonna play fetch with me now!" So, needless to say we had some other couples doubled up over our smart ass comments to one another but, Come On! Who does that? She said they plant a tree where its buried, etc etc. Big Whoop! Throw that thing away... Baby is here, the placenta did its job, cut the cord and move on.

By this time I was ready for the class to be way over.... The fact that the instructor said the placenta is grissley in texture was not necessary..nobody should even know that. My brain had shut off. I was sitting there desperately hoping our next class is our Hospital tour... I cant take much more of this.

I do have so say though, I enjoy the time I spend with my Husband in the class. We enjoy each other so immensely and laugh so much when we are together. If all I ever get from this class is his undivided attention then I think it was well worth it. Our lives will forever be changed come June 3rd.... and I know we will look back at our days before baby and wonder what we did with all our time together. I cant imagine loving a little baby boy as much as I love my husband.... I'm so excited for our son to be born.

Maternity Clothes..

Okay, ALL Maternity clothes aren't so bad after all! I just ordered these from Motherhood Maternity. I cant wait for summer. Good thing this kid makes his debut first thing in June...I will be ready for the sun and my Maternity Leave for sure.

Baby Classes....

Im so excited for tonight. We start our Baby (aka~Child Birth Preparation) Classes at the hospital. We enrolled for one night a week, for 6 weeks. But guess who is putting on a really good front about it all? Yes, my Dear Husband.... I think it was a forced smile through clenched teeth really. I asked him if he was as excited about it as I am....his response was....

"If I act out enough can they kick us out of the class?"

Wish me luck...I think Im in for it now! Update to come soon.