Friday, April 27, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
My Baby Countdown: 122 Days to go!
As of today, my baby has 125 days to go before she is due to meet the world!
Today, I read to my baby one of my favorite children's books of all time: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. Every time I read this book it makes me cry and I hope little Geneveve knows I will, indeed, love her forever...
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Today I ate
Breakfast:1 bowl of granola cereal with milk
Lunch: Salad with diced celery, diced green onions, cubed cheese, shredded carrots & thinly sliced radishes. Tossed with a little ranch and salt & pepper.
Snack: 1 apple
Dinner: Quesadilla Salad from Chili's without the chicken. Salad had tomatoes, corn relish, shredded cheese & tortilla strips with citrus balsamic dressing.
Beverage total: 6 glasses of water & 4 glasses iced tea
Daily Exercise: gardening for 45 minutes
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
Today, I read to my baby one of my favorite children's books of all time: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. Every time I read this book it makes me cry and I hope little Geneveve knows I will, indeed, love her forever...
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Today I ate
Breakfast:1 bowl of granola cereal with milk
Lunch: Salad with diced celery, diced green onions, cubed cheese, shredded carrots & thinly sliced radishes. Tossed with a little ranch and salt & pepper.
Snack: 1 apple
Dinner: Quesadilla Salad from Chili's without the chicken. Salad had tomatoes, corn relish, shredded cheese & tortilla strips with citrus balsamic dressing.
Beverage total: 6 glasses of water & 4 glasses iced tea
Daily Exercise: gardening for 45 minutes
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
My Baby Countdown: 123 days to go!
Today, I spent an hour or so updating my pregnancy scrapbook. As I put in my new sonogram pictures and made notes about the past few weeks, I read some of them aloud to Geneveve... It was fun to spend this time reflecting and talking to my little one. :)
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Today I ate
Breakfast:Oatmeal with raisins, dates & walnuts
Lunch: Small cheeseburger with pickles and onions, handful of french fries.
Snack: One apple
Dinner: Salad with chopped celery, green onions, shredded carrots, sliced radishes and cabbage, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. 1/2 cup chicken salad with whole wheat crackers.
Beverage total: 1 cup coffee & 6 glasses water
Daily Exercise: walking the dogs for 30 minutes.
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
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Today I ate
Breakfast:Oatmeal with raisins, dates & walnuts
Lunch: Small cheeseburger with pickles and onions, handful of french fries.
Snack: One apple
Dinner: Salad with chopped celery, green onions, shredded carrots, sliced radishes and cabbage, tossed in balsamic vinaigrette. 1/2 cup chicken salad with whole wheat crackers.
Beverage total: 1 cup coffee & 6 glasses water
Daily Exercise: walking the dogs for 30 minutes.
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
Monday, April 23, 2012
My Baby Countdown: 124 Days to go!
Today, little Geneveve has 124 days to grow before she is due to meet the world! We marked this day by going to the doctor and receiving great news that she is indeed, most probably, a girl and that she is very healthy.
I spent a good deal of time being thankful and welling up with tears of joy that my pregnancy has continued to go so very well. I wanted to tell her that I love her so very much so again, I read to her: I Love you Forevery by Robert Munsch. I also wanted to tell her a story about children with wonderful imaginations so I read: Where the Wild Things are, by Maurice Sendak. I hope she enjoyed them as much as I did!
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Today I ate
Breakfast:Oatmeal with raisins, dates & walnuts
Lunch: Hearty salad tossed with ranch dressing, shredded carrots & radishes
Snack: two quesadilla wedges
Dinner: Crock pot cream of mushroom chicken & rice with green beans
Beverage total: 1 cup coffee & 6 glasses water
Daily Exercise: cleaning the house for 45 minutes! lol
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
I spent a good deal of time being thankful and welling up with tears of joy that my pregnancy has continued to go so very well. I wanted to tell her that I love her so very much so again, I read to her: I Love you Forevery by Robert Munsch. I also wanted to tell her a story about children with wonderful imaginations so I read: Where the Wild Things are, by Maurice Sendak. I hope she enjoyed them as much as I did!
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Today I ate
Breakfast:Oatmeal with raisins, dates & walnuts
Lunch: Hearty salad tossed with ranch dressing, shredded carrots & radishes
Snack: two quesadilla wedges
Dinner: Crock pot cream of mushroom chicken & rice with green beans
Beverage total: 1 cup coffee & 6 glasses water
Daily Exercise: cleaning the house for 45 minutes! lol
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
Sunday, April 22, 2012
My Baby Countdown: 125 days to go!
As of today, my baby has 125 days to go before she is due to meet the world!
Today, I read to my baby one of my favorite children's books of all time: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. Every time I read this book it makes me cry and I hope little Geneveve knows I will, indeed, love her forever...
***
Today I ate
Breakfast:1 bowl of granola cereal with milk
Lunch: Salad with diced celery, diced green onions, cubed cheese, shredded carrots & thinly sliced radishes. Tossed with a little ranch and salt & pepper.
Snack: 1 apple
Dinner: Quesadilla Salad from Chili's without the chicken. Salad had tomatoes, corn relish, shredded cheese & tortilla strips with citrus balsamic dressing.
Beverage total: 6 glasses of water & 4 glasses iced tea
Daily Exercise: gardening for 45 minutes
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
Today, I read to my baby one of my favorite children's books of all time: Love You Forever by Robert Munsch. Every time I read this book it makes me cry and I hope little Geneveve knows I will, indeed, love her forever...
***
Today I ate
Breakfast:1 bowl of granola cereal with milk
Lunch: Salad with diced celery, diced green onions, cubed cheese, shredded carrots & thinly sliced radishes. Tossed with a little ranch and salt & pepper.
Snack: 1 apple
Dinner: Quesadilla Salad from Chili's without the chicken. Salad had tomatoes, corn relish, shredded cheese & tortilla strips with citrus balsamic dressing.
Beverage total: 6 glasses of water & 4 glasses iced tea
Daily Exercise: gardening for 45 minutes
Total weight gain to date: 5 lbs
Friday, April 20, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
A Sigh of Relief at my 20wk OB Appt...
Today, I nervously went in for my 20 week OB appointment. The reason I was nervous for my appointment.... For the past month, I have been having some major discomfort in my tummy area... One of the discomforts is on the left side and feels like a runner's cramp. This comes and goes but I usually feel this discomfort more days than not. Additionally, and more worrisome for me, I've been having discomfort & pain in what I would call the "hammock" of my belly... This area is below the belly button and reaches from one hip area to another. This discomfort and the worry was so much that I got a belly band to support my pregnant belly until the day for another doctor's appointment came. I tried to remain calm because I have not experienced any bleeding or fluid leakage which could be associated with any particular negative outcome.
Another reason I was nervous is that I haven't felt my baby move more than a couple of times and from what I've read and heard from others, I really should be feeling her move by now! I thought I felt my baby move last Friday night. I was resting on the couch with my feet up and reading one of my pregnancy books, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Penny Simkin. I felt a little flutter on my right side - this particular feeling I had never experienced and I was just SURE it was my baby. :) So that gave me some comfort.
Anyway, by the time my appointment came this morning at 11:30, I had gotten myself so worked up that my blood pressure, when taken by the nurse, was WAY too high. I explained my worries (and luckily by the end of the appointment my blood pressure was back to normal.)
When I spoke to the doctor about my pains, I was surprised to find that this is actually pretty normal. I kept thinking to myself - really??? But, apparently, that's why baby and maternity stores sell the belly bands - to provide the very, very much needed support to bellies that are growing larger than they have ever been before. And my doctor reiterated that this IS my first pregnancy so I can expect a little more stretching and discomfort for the remainder of my nine months.
Regarding fetal movement, I was very interested to find out why on Earth I hadn't been feeling my little one move. During the sonogram, it was explained that I have an anterior placenta. Anterior placentas are located near the top of the uterus (presently right behind my belly button) and are in the front, rather than the back. As this was being explained, I began to understand the "why" question I had been asking before. Since the placenta is coiled and floating just behind the uterine wall, every time my baby moves or kicks, she kicks the cord instead of the side of the uterus and therefor it cannot be felt by the nerves just under my belly skin. So that explained it!!
Needless to say, I was so relieved after my appointment that it took a few hours to realize all of the wonderful things the doctor had to say... our baby girl is strong, healthy, growing right on target. :)
Another reason I was nervous is that I haven't felt my baby move more than a couple of times and from what I've read and heard from others, I really should be feeling her move by now! I thought I felt my baby move last Friday night. I was resting on the couch with my feet up and reading one of my pregnancy books, Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Penny Simkin. I felt a little flutter on my right side - this particular feeling I had never experienced and I was just SURE it was my baby. :) So that gave me some comfort.
Anyway, by the time my appointment came this morning at 11:30, I had gotten myself so worked up that my blood pressure, when taken by the nurse, was WAY too high. I explained my worries (and luckily by the end of the appointment my blood pressure was back to normal.)
When I spoke to the doctor about my pains, I was surprised to find that this is actually pretty normal. I kept thinking to myself - really??? But, apparently, that's why baby and maternity stores sell the belly bands - to provide the very, very much needed support to bellies that are growing larger than they have ever been before. And my doctor reiterated that this IS my first pregnancy so I can expect a little more stretching and discomfort for the remainder of my nine months.
Regarding fetal movement, I was very interested to find out why on Earth I hadn't been feeling my little one move. During the sonogram, it was explained that I have an anterior placenta. Anterior placentas are located near the top of the uterus (presently right behind my belly button) and are in the front, rather than the back. As this was being explained, I began to understand the "why" question I had been asking before. Since the placenta is coiled and floating just behind the uterine wall, every time my baby moves or kicks, she kicks the cord instead of the side of the uterus and therefor it cannot be felt by the nerves just under my belly skin. So that explained it!!
Needless to say, I was so relieved after my appointment that it took a few hours to realize all of the wonderful things the doctor had to say... our baby girl is strong, healthy, growing right on target. :)
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