Don't get me wrong I have no problem with women who are "girls girls". I have just never been one myself, and so to suddenly get all weepy over things that pre-pregnancy I wouldn't have thought twice about is strange for me.
Need examples? I have a plethora of them.
The other day, I caught the last 10 minutes of a romantic comedy (I don't even know what the name of it was, and have never seen it before...) not having invested anytime in the characters I should be completely unaffected by their getting together or not...right? Pre-pregnancy, I probably would have just kept flipping the channel to begin with but now? Oh yeah I cried, didn't even get the reference to earlier parts of the movie, still cried.
My husband will say something to me that he has said 5,000 times before (pre-pregnancy, I may have even laughed every time.) now,for some reason, the floodgates open.
And it's not just weepiness either, I have been getting aggravated way more easily too. Like people on Reddit make me want to break things, and I got so frustrated with my phone while trying to post the last blog post that I ended up with both! Simultaneously tearing up in frustration and wanting to hurl my phone out of the window.
I am going to blame the hormones and let it go at that.
As for the Bean?
4-5 inches long and weighing up to 5 ounces, and the tiny bones in the ears are in place which means Bean can hear us, yes we've been talking to my tummy. In just about 8 days we get our next ultrasound and we will get another one around the new year. We also need to get an updated schedule for birthing classes, we are taking them in February, I believe.
We are super excited, if you can't tell.
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Fat lady encouraged to put on weight, weirdest feeling ever.
Okay,Monday I had my appointment with one of the nurse midwives, and she said I had put back on some of the weight I had lost in the first trimester. She also didn't seem terribly concerned about the weight loss to begin with. The other questions I had for her were about a minor cardiac issue I have on occasion and the amount of dizziness I am experiencing. (need to let them know if I have another "episode" I guess we will call it, but unless there is chest pain or any heart attack symptoms she isn't worried and said it shouldn't effect the Bean.) The dizziness is normal, my body still doesn't have all of the blood which it has been making space for...
Now, that was Monday, today (Thursday) I had to go in for a "weight check" for WIC. If you are unfamiliar with WIC, it stands for Women Infants and Children and is a program through the FDA to encourage good prenatal and early childhood nutrition. IT IS NOT FOODSTAMPS, NOR IS IT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED.
Anyway I had to go in for a "weight check" today because I dropped 12 pounds during the first trimester and so they want to make sure I start gaining or at least maintaining weight.
Now, if you haven't been heavy (there's a word that won't make everyone uncozy, unlike the f-word which I put in the title of this post f*t)anyway I am not sure you can grasp how very strange this is to be told. I have been big my whole life. Not always as big as I am now but always obese. This is the first time in my life that I stepped up onto a Dr's scale and had someone a bit disappointed that I lost a few ounces. I don't know quite how to react. I know I actually do need to eat more often, have only been having about two meals and maybe one snack everyday but, need to start feeding the Bean more often than that. So I may just have to switch to a bunch of little meals, or grazing as my ex-mil used to call it. Feed the Bean every few hours. I think the strangest part is that I have been losing weight but my tummy is getting bigger. (the LOML, keeps laughing at me when I say this and just replies with a matter of fact, "because you're PREGNANT".)
I have also been dealing with hormones that are through the roof but as I am posting from my phone again, and as it isn't being cooperative, I will post about that another time.
Ciao for now ~
marymontama
(please be understanding of typos until I can correct them, as I said my phone is being less than cooperative)
Typos fixed, thanks for your understanding.
Now, that was Monday, today (Thursday) I had to go in for a "weight check" for WIC. If you are unfamiliar with WIC, it stands for Women Infants and Children and is a program through the FDA to encourage good prenatal and early childhood nutrition. IT IS NOT FOODSTAMPS, NOR IS IT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED.
Anyway I had to go in for a "weight check" today because I dropped 12 pounds during the first trimester and so they want to make sure I start gaining or at least maintaining weight.
Now, if you haven't been heavy (there's a word that won't make everyone uncozy, unlike the f-word which I put in the title of this post f*t)anyway I am not sure you can grasp how very strange this is to be told. I have been big my whole life. Not always as big as I am now but always obese. This is the first time in my life that I stepped up onto a Dr's scale and had someone a bit disappointed that I lost a few ounces. I don't know quite how to react. I know I actually do need to eat more often, have only been having about two meals and maybe one snack everyday but, need to start feeding the Bean more often than that. So I may just have to switch to a bunch of little meals, or grazing as my ex-mil used to call it. Feed the Bean every few hours. I think the strangest part is that I have been losing weight but my tummy is getting bigger. (the LOML, keeps laughing at me when I say this and just replies with a matter of fact, "because you're PREGNANT".)
I have also been dealing with hormones that are through the roof but as I am posting from my phone again, and as it isn't being cooperative, I will post about that another time.
Ciao for now ~
marymontama
(please be understanding of typos until I can correct them, as I said my phone is being less than cooperative)
Typos fixed, thanks for your understanding.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
T minus 20 and counting...
So, in 20 days we get our next ultrasound and get to see for sure that everything is okay in there. We have an appointment next week where we should get to hear the heartbeat again too.
I can't wait to see how much the Bean has changed since the first ultrasound, 5 weeks ago...by that point 8 weeks. I am sure it will be crazy, considering the rapid growth rate.
And am still waiting, none too patiently to feel the baby move. (I will feel better when I have regular reminders that everything is going okay in there.)
I am pretty excited about being in my second trimester and past the nausea crap! Now if I can shake this cold I can get some serious packing etc done. (Wish me luck)
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
Oh yeah and Bean is about the size of a large navel orange this week.
I can't wait to see how much the Bean has changed since the first ultrasound, 5 weeks ago...by that point 8 weeks. I am sure it will be crazy, considering the rapid growth rate.
And am still waiting, none too patiently to feel the baby move. (I will feel better when I have regular reminders that everything is going okay in there.)
I am pretty excited about being in my second trimester and past the nausea crap! Now if I can shake this cold I can get some serious packing etc done. (Wish me luck)
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
Oh yeah and Bean is about the size of a large navel orange this week.
Friday, November 23, 2012
will post once a week from now on. (at least)
So, I am trying to do this from my phone;and let's face it I should probably be Amish with how much I know about technology so please be patient with me.
I am going to make sure to post at least once a week from now on. I just feel like there isn't much new to say. I am starting to show a little bit which makes me happy. I also have gotten past nausea which makes me ecstatic,,and hungry. Trying to control what choices I make. Since
I have to go into the clinic for a weight check the week after next, because they thought I was losing too much during the first trimester we shall see.
Can't wait to find out the gender so we can start calling Bean by a proper name. And so we can start picking up clothes :-).
Tiny screen is hard to handle so I
think that's all for now.
Ciao for now
~marymontama
I am going to make sure to post at least once a week from now on. I just feel like there isn't much new to say. I am starting to show a little bit which makes me happy. I also have gotten past nausea which makes me ecstatic,,and hungry. Trying to control what choices I make. Since
I have to go into the clinic for a weight check the week after next, because they thought I was losing too much during the first trimester we shall see.
Can't wait to find out the gender so we can start calling Bean by a proper name. And so we can start picking up clothes :-).
Tiny screen is hard to handle so I
think that's all for now.
Ciao for now
~marymontama
Friday, November 16, 2012
Been lax
Sorry for being so lax in the blogging lately. A lot has been going on lately.
I have been experiencing random bouts of emotional overload. The LOML has been snapped at far more often than he deserves. I have felt more lonely than I have in years. This is strange for me, I have experienced random bouts of sadness my whole life but I have been so moved by things lately I weep openly. I was crying at an episode of Criminal Minds tonight....
So what about the Bean?
We are working on week 13, and hoping that by the week after next nausea will be a thing of the past. The Bean is the size of a peach now and soon to be just as fuzzy:).
Our next appointment is Dec. 3rd, and the next ultrasound is the 17th. (so excited to see all the work Bean has been doing in there.)
According to all of the books and sites by Christmas I should experience quickening, (as a fan of the Highlander films this cracked me up when I first heard the term) feeling the baby moving. That and there should be more surprises around that time. :)
I guess that's all for now...short and sweet, just like the Bean!
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
I have been experiencing random bouts of emotional overload. The LOML has been snapped at far more often than he deserves. I have felt more lonely than I have in years. This is strange for me, I have experienced random bouts of sadness my whole life but I have been so moved by things lately I weep openly. I was crying at an episode of Criminal Minds tonight....
So what about the Bean?
We are working on week 13, and hoping that by the week after next nausea will be a thing of the past. The Bean is the size of a peach now and soon to be just as fuzzy:).
Our next appointment is Dec. 3rd, and the next ultrasound is the 17th. (so excited to see all the work Bean has been doing in there.)
According to all of the books and sites by Christmas I should experience quickening, (as a fan of the Highlander films this cracked me up when I first heard the term) feeling the baby moving. That and there should be more surprises around that time. :)
I guess that's all for now...short and sweet, just like the Bean!
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Knowledge is power
Today we had a breast feeding class to learn about what lactation support is available, how to get started etc...
Pretty far in advance for us, as we are 29 weeks away from our estimated date of delivery but got us both super excited. I can't wait until Bean gets here, I have been excited up til now but am so anxious to meet our new family member, it is almost ridiculous.
It's kind of all I want to talk about...but I know how annoying that would be. But I can talk to the LOML about it because he's super excited too. So we do talk about it, quite a bit.
I was pretty surprised today to discover that a lot of the other women in the class didn't plan on breast feeding. It blew my mind. And when the lactation nurse leading the class asked for reasons only one woman spoke up and said she wasn't comfortable with the idea of doing it in front of other people. The lactation nurse assured her that you can feed very discreetly and that some places have lactation stations for nursing moms. She seemed unswayed on the issue. Granted later she asked if it was going to be okay to breast feed because she was a smoker who has no intention of quitting. Luckily this was at the end of class so I could leave the room.
Okay, so for some reason you think breast feeding is "unnatural" (seriously the phrase she used) but smoking during pregnancy is definitely what nature intended?! Ugh. I mean I know we as a society have sexualized the breasts but honestly people their sole reason for being is to make milk to feed babies...what could be more natural than using them for what they are made for?
Oh well, enough of my soapbox, I have a sleep study to take part in.
Goodnight all.
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
Pretty far in advance for us, as we are 29 weeks away from our estimated date of delivery but got us both super excited. I can't wait until Bean gets here, I have been excited up til now but am so anxious to meet our new family member, it is almost ridiculous.
It's kind of all I want to talk about...but I know how annoying that would be. But I can talk to the LOML about it because he's super excited too. So we do talk about it, quite a bit.
I was pretty surprised today to discover that a lot of the other women in the class didn't plan on breast feeding. It blew my mind. And when the lactation nurse leading the class asked for reasons only one woman spoke up and said she wasn't comfortable with the idea of doing it in front of other people. The lactation nurse assured her that you can feed very discreetly and that some places have lactation stations for nursing moms. She seemed unswayed on the issue. Granted later she asked if it was going to be okay to breast feed because she was a smoker who has no intention of quitting. Luckily this was at the end of class so I could leave the room.
Okay, so for some reason you think breast feeding is "unnatural" (seriously the phrase she used) but smoking during pregnancy is definitely what nature intended?! Ugh. I mean I know we as a society have sexualized the breasts but honestly people their sole reason for being is to make milk to feed babies...what could be more natural than using them for what they are made for?
Oh well, enough of my soapbox, I have a sleep study to take part in.
Goodnight all.
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
Monday, November 5, 2012
Plum amazing!!
Okay, so the pun title may be a bit much but my little Bean is about the size of a plum at this point. 2.5 inches long and weighs about half a pound...that's like 1000 times the size they started at. Pretty cool huh? I think so.
As of tomorrow I will be 12 weeks! (already?!) almost time for second trimester which I am really hoping lives up to the hype, this nausea and lack of appetite is for the birds... At the Dr.'s appointment today I found out that I have lost 10 pounds since about 2 weeks before we found out I am pregnant. (not a major concern since I am obese and they only want me to gain 10-15lbs for the pregnancy but still)
Speaking of the Dr.'s appointment, we got to hear the heartbeat again today, and will again at our next appointment, Dec.3rd! Still the most amazing little hummingbird like noise ever!
My wonderful MIL is convinced that it is a girl because the heartbeat is 170per minute and somebody told her that a fast heart rate means a girl.(two different medical professionals have made it clear to me that this is a wives tale...) She has already started calling Bean her baby girl, and K.C., which is the nickname she has chosen for Bean if it's a girl; (her name will be Kathleen Carmella Montgomery, James and I are going to call her Kat, if it's a girl) if it's a boy, which it still could be, heartbeats per minute or not, his name will be Samuel Hugh Montgomery. Either way this kid is in for a world of love!
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
As of tomorrow I will be 12 weeks! (already?!) almost time for second trimester which I am really hoping lives up to the hype, this nausea and lack of appetite is for the birds... At the Dr.'s appointment today I found out that I have lost 10 pounds since about 2 weeks before we found out I am pregnant. (not a major concern since I am obese and they only want me to gain 10-15lbs for the pregnancy but still)
Speaking of the Dr.'s appointment, we got to hear the heartbeat again today, and will again at our next appointment, Dec.3rd! Still the most amazing little hummingbird like noise ever!
My wonderful MIL is convinced that it is a girl because the heartbeat is 170per minute and somebody told her that a fast heart rate means a girl.(two different medical professionals have made it clear to me that this is a wives tale...) She has already started calling Bean her baby girl, and K.C., which is the nickname she has chosen for Bean if it's a girl; (her name will be Kathleen Carmella Montgomery, James and I are going to call her Kat, if it's a girl) if it's a boy, which it still could be, heartbeats per minute or not, his name will be Samuel Hugh Montgomery. Either way this kid is in for a world of love!
Ciao for now~
marymontmama
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