Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.  Where to begin?! I had my doctor's appointment on Tuesday.  I went early because I also had my glucose challenge that day.  I saw the doc first and found out that I have a very bad kidney infection.  I knew it was starting but waited to see him until I received medicine because it is just easier than trying to get the office staff on the phone and to relay messages. … [Read more...]

I have been having contractions for several weeks now.  What started out as just irritating have turned into downright painful.  This happened with Johnny too and I was in and out of the hospital for weeks prior to his birth and officially on bedrest for my entire 3rd trimester.  I was officially diagnosed with preterm labor with him but, thankfully, he was born at full-term. I know that … [Read more...]

I had my prenatal appointment on Tuesday.  I am currently 23 weeks pregnant and things are moving along.  I am getting bigger and bigger, but luckily not gaining weight.  Being plus-sized (and not to mention obsessed about not gaining weight), this is an acceptable thing.  My blood pressure was still acceptable and there is no swelling to talk about. Jemma was breech during my appointment and … [Read more...]

I have been having a problem for several weeks and it is about to drive me insane.  My eye is twitching.  It is my left eye all the time and it does it the vast majority of the day.  When the same eye started watering and causing more discomfort, I decided enough was enough and headed to the eye doctor.  Since then, I have found that this is a very common problem for pregnant women so I wanted to … [Read more...]

We had our ultrasound on Friday.  The baby looked fantastic.  We saw little fingers, little feet, a little beating heart, and a little head.  We also saw little baby parts and we now know for sure that we are having another baby GIRL!!!   Everything is going well so far.  Baby girl weighs around 13 ounces and her heartbeat was 153 beats per minute.  She was moving and shaking the entire … [Read more...]