If you would have asked me in February/ March how the pregnancy was going, I would have said "Great, I'm just a little tired and slightly nauseated. But besides that I feel wonderful". So, I totally jinxed myself.
On Saturday afternoon I spotted a rash springing up on my forearms and hands. I haven't been anywhere lately, so my first thought was the Tributaline that I was prescribed. I called the doctor, he told me to take Benadryl, and to call him if it spread.
On Sunday, it worsened and spread. He told me to stop taking the medicine and to go into to see a doctor in the practice tomorrow.
Today, I went to the doctor, and he completely took me off the Tributaline because it seemed that I was having a delayed allergic reaction. I had been taking it for a week, but five of those days I was also taking an anti-biotic, so the doctor think that delayed the reaction of my body.
He told me to go and get Magnesium to take, 3 times a day.
This kid is already causing me problems. Seriously??
Contractions and preterm labor
Contractions stopped, preterm labor stopped
Medicine that stops contractions is causing hives and rash to sprout up all over my body.
Oh well. Life goes on and everything happens for a reason. Hopefully all the trouble is with this kid only and won't be an issue in the future.
I can only hope.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
hobbies
So, here are some of the ideas I've been brainstorming of things to do on bed rest for the next 6 weeks:
-Make baby thank you cards
-Make Christmas cards
-Learn to crochet, and crochet stuff
-Read a lot
-Design baby announcements
-Couponing
-Online birth class (especially since ours was cancelled at the hospital)
-Play World of Warcraft or other computer games
-Write in baby book
I'd like to do other things like practice cooking and baking, which is a hobby that I love, but I am not supposed to do anything too strenuous.
Any other ideas? Let me know if there's anything that you think I should do to keep myself busy for the next 6 weeks!
-Make baby thank you cards
-Make Christmas cards
-Learn to crochet, and crochet stuff
-Read a lot
-Design baby announcements
-Couponing
-Online birth class (especially since ours was cancelled at the hospital)
-Play World of Warcraft or other computer games
-Write in baby book
I'd like to do other things like practice cooking and baking, which is a hobby that I love, but I am not supposed to do anything too strenuous.
Any other ideas? Let me know if there's anything that you think I should do to keep myself busy for the next 6 weeks!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Bed Rest???
On Tuesday, September 1, I had a doctor's appointment with Dr. Wright. She is a great doctor. I told her that I had been having some slight cramping on Sunday, and so she gave me a quick check. She was alarmed though, that my cervix was open already and thinned out (I was only 30 weeks at the time). She sent me straight to the hospital where I had a few interesting experiences. Getting an IV stuck in me (ouch-- they got it on the fourth time); having the fetal monitor stuck on me; having a contraction monitor stuck on me; getting a shot of some medicine to stop contractions; getting a short of steroids for the baby's lungs to develop in case he came early, and last, but not least, getting a catether to check my urine. Um, yeah, so apparently I was having contractions, but I wasn't really feeling them. I was also really dehydrated, and it looked like I had a urinary tract infection as well. They gave me lots of liquid through the IV, and then some antibiotics for the UTI.
What a scary experience it was to be there; Rick and I were both freaked out, because we didn't know what was going to happen, and we both felt like we weren't prepared at all for the experience. I had Rick give me a blessing of comfort, and then Rick and his dad gave me a blessing of healing later. I think this helped a lot with me. My mom, dad and the rest of the family in California were totally freaking out because we didn't really know what was going to happen-- it all depended on how my body reacted to the drugs. I was very calm though, and I am proud to say that I handled the situation well. I had decided, okay, I can be freaking out and all stressed and that won't help the baby, or I can just wait and see what happens. I managed to calm my parents down and tell them that as soon as I knew more information, I'd let them know what was going on. I ended up spending the night on Tuesday.
Wednesday, the doctor told me that I would need to stay over night again. The drugs that they were giving me to stop the contractions weren't helping that well. Apparently a shot of this stuff was supposed to help stop the contractions for 24 hours; my contractions started within 7 hours of that shot. They moved me to the more hard core drug-- Magnesium Sulphate and gave it to me through the IV. This definitely helped with slowing down the contractions. My body responded pretty well to the Magnesium Sulphate. It was supposed to give flu like symptoms and the worst it did for me was make me a little dizzy when I got out of bed after sleeping.
Thursday the next doctor I saw told me that I would be staying the night again, and that they would be monitoring me some more to make sure that my body was responding well to the treatment. At this point, I really couldn't take it any longer, and I called my mom. I asked her if she would be willing to come to Arizona. The hardest part about all of this was that Rick wasn't able to be with me from 2:30 to 1:30 AM because of his training schedule. I told him that he needed to make sure that he went to work, because it was only his second week. He came back to the hospital every night to sleep in the same room as me. So, my parents came to AZ on Thursday evening, and spent some time with me. My mom insisted on staying in the hospital with me on Thursday and my dad, whose shoulder was bothering him, stayed in a hotel.
On Friday I saw my doctor, Doctor Wright. She told me that everything was looking good and that they were going to start putting me on the pill that would be prescribed to me and she was going to monitor me that day. I would have to spend another night in the hospital though. She gave me an exam and told me that things were much better than on Tuesday. She let me shower, and took out the IV (Thank goodness, I felt alive again!) and allowed me to sit out of bed. She eventually took off the contractions and fetal monitor also. I spent another long night in the hospital. (Those beds aren't meant for sleeping in for long periods of time!) and then Saturday morning, she told me that I could go home. I was so grateful to her!!! She came in at a like 7:30 to tell me, so I was able to pack up and be back at our apartment at 8:30. She also told me that I was on bed rest for 5 weeks (until I was 36 weeks pregnant) and that the only time I was to walk up those stairs to our apartment was on the way back from a doctor's appointment.
So, I came home to a really nice clean apartment (thanks to my parents who cleaned and did laundry for us on Friday), with two prescriptions for us. I am so thankful for technology and my family. I am so happy that Evan is still inside of me, growing strong. Especially since the little punk wanted to come out way too early. Overall our hospital experience was very positive and I am happy in the choice of my OB and the hospital (which is in a totally ghetto area and about 30 minutes from where we live).
Now starts my 6 weeks of bed rest. I really don't have any idea of what I can do. I guess I will be doing lesson plans for my classroom and reading. I am also thinking of taking up crocheting and even making hand made greeting cards and baby thank you cards. This was a really interesting and eye opening experience that we had. The pregnancy has been completely smooth up to this point really, so this was kind of a shock for us. I thought that I would be able to continue teaching up until I had the baby. Well, it's a good thing that Heavenly Father knows me much better than I know myself. I think that He probably knew that this was what I needed to get myself to slow down and focus on the next couple of months. I really like to take a lot on in my job and my life, and I think that this was the only way that I would be able to relax on focus on those things that I need to. So, the next 5-6 weeks are all about me time. Any suggestions on hobbies to pick up while staying in bed would be excellent! I am going to need a few things to do over the next month or so.
What a scary experience it was to be there; Rick and I were both freaked out, because we didn't know what was going to happen, and we both felt like we weren't prepared at all for the experience. I had Rick give me a blessing of comfort, and then Rick and his dad gave me a blessing of healing later. I think this helped a lot with me. My mom, dad and the rest of the family in California were totally freaking out because we didn't really know what was going to happen-- it all depended on how my body reacted to the drugs. I was very calm though, and I am proud to say that I handled the situation well. I had decided, okay, I can be freaking out and all stressed and that won't help the baby, or I can just wait and see what happens. I managed to calm my parents down and tell them that as soon as I knew more information, I'd let them know what was going on. I ended up spending the night on Tuesday.
Wednesday, the doctor told me that I would need to stay over night again. The drugs that they were giving me to stop the contractions weren't helping that well. Apparently a shot of this stuff was supposed to help stop the contractions for 24 hours; my contractions started within 7 hours of that shot. They moved me to the more hard core drug-- Magnesium Sulphate and gave it to me through the IV. This definitely helped with slowing down the contractions. My body responded pretty well to the Magnesium Sulphate. It was supposed to give flu like symptoms and the worst it did for me was make me a little dizzy when I got out of bed after sleeping.
Thursday the next doctor I saw told me that I would be staying the night again, and that they would be monitoring me some more to make sure that my body was responding well to the treatment. At this point, I really couldn't take it any longer, and I called my mom. I asked her if she would be willing to come to Arizona. The hardest part about all of this was that Rick wasn't able to be with me from 2:30 to 1:30 AM because of his training schedule. I told him that he needed to make sure that he went to work, because it was only his second week. He came back to the hospital every night to sleep in the same room as me. So, my parents came to AZ on Thursday evening, and spent some time with me. My mom insisted on staying in the hospital with me on Thursday and my dad, whose shoulder was bothering him, stayed in a hotel.
On Friday I saw my doctor, Doctor Wright. She told me that everything was looking good and that they were going to start putting me on the pill that would be prescribed to me and she was going to monitor me that day. I would have to spend another night in the hospital though. She gave me an exam and told me that things were much better than on Tuesday. She let me shower, and took out the IV (Thank goodness, I felt alive again!) and allowed me to sit out of bed. She eventually took off the contractions and fetal monitor also. I spent another long night in the hospital. (Those beds aren't meant for sleeping in for long periods of time!) and then Saturday morning, she told me that I could go home. I was so grateful to her!!! She came in at a like 7:30 to tell me, so I was able to pack up and be back at our apartment at 8:30. She also told me that I was on bed rest for 5 weeks (until I was 36 weeks pregnant) and that the only time I was to walk up those stairs to our apartment was on the way back from a doctor's appointment.
So, I came home to a really nice clean apartment (thanks to my parents who cleaned and did laundry for us on Friday), with two prescriptions for us. I am so thankful for technology and my family. I am so happy that Evan is still inside of me, growing strong. Especially since the little punk wanted to come out way too early. Overall our hospital experience was very positive and I am happy in the choice of my OB and the hospital (which is in a totally ghetto area and about 30 minutes from where we live).
Now starts my 6 weeks of bed rest. I really don't have any idea of what I can do. I guess I will be doing lesson plans for my classroom and reading. I am also thinking of taking up crocheting and even making hand made greeting cards and baby thank you cards. This was a really interesting and eye opening experience that we had. The pregnancy has been completely smooth up to this point really, so this was kind of a shock for us. I thought that I would be able to continue teaching up until I had the baby. Well, it's a good thing that Heavenly Father knows me much better than I know myself. I think that He probably knew that this was what I needed to get myself to slow down and focus on the next couple of months. I really like to take a lot on in my job and my life, and I think that this was the only way that I would be able to relax on focus on those things that I need to. So, the next 5-6 weeks are all about me time. Any suggestions on hobbies to pick up while staying in bed would be excellent! I am going to need a few things to do over the next month or so.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
this past week
So this past week Rick started working!!!!!!! Hooray! It's been just less than 6 months that he's been technically unemployed and we have been so blessed with surviving two months without me getting paid at all! Yikes! The only way we were able to do it was careful budgeting AND paying our tithing.
Rick works for a company called 2Wire doing technical support. His first two weeks of training (this past week and this upcoming week) he works Monday through Friday, 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Totally lame, I know. Especially since I get off of work at 2:30, so basically we've just been calling and talking on the phone and he wakes me up when he gets home and we talk a little bit then also. Thankfully, this isn't his regular shift. Starting on Tuesday, the 8th, he will be working Tuesday through Saturday, 11:15 AM to 7:45 PM, which is much better! We are so blessed to have Rick's shift not on Sunday. We've been holding out on this job, hoping to get him a Sunday free shift, and I've been wondering if it would work out for us. Well, it sure did and I feel very blessed for that!
Baby is doing good--- no results from my ultrasound because they couldn't see everything so they want me to get another one, in two weeks. Sorry, but if it's that big of an emergency, why the heck am I not in the hospital???? It's totally lame, and I am going to talk to my doctor about it on Tuesday (next doctor's appointment).
So excited for September to come-- on the 16th I am going out to California to see my family. My sister Sarah is flying in from Virginia and we'll all be able to spend time together (minus Rick of course :( ) Oh well. So excited for the baby! I'm 30 weeks now and I am absolutely stoked. Hopefully he'll come a little bit sooner than November 7th (I am hoping he's actually going to come on Halloween) but not too soon because we want him to be healthy!!! One more week of the crazy job shift of Rick's and then I'll be able to see him during the week again. Hooray!
Rick works for a company called 2Wire doing technical support. His first two weeks of training (this past week and this upcoming week) he works Monday through Friday, 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Totally lame, I know. Especially since I get off of work at 2:30, so basically we've just been calling and talking on the phone and he wakes me up when he gets home and we talk a little bit then also. Thankfully, this isn't his regular shift. Starting on Tuesday, the 8th, he will be working Tuesday through Saturday, 11:15 AM to 7:45 PM, which is much better! We are so blessed to have Rick's shift not on Sunday. We've been holding out on this job, hoping to get him a Sunday free shift, and I've been wondering if it would work out for us. Well, it sure did and I feel very blessed for that!
Baby is doing good--- no results from my ultrasound because they couldn't see everything so they want me to get another one, in two weeks. Sorry, but if it's that big of an emergency, why the heck am I not in the hospital???? It's totally lame, and I am going to talk to my doctor about it on Tuesday (next doctor's appointment).
So excited for September to come-- on the 16th I am going out to California to see my family. My sister Sarah is flying in from Virginia and we'll all be able to spend time together (minus Rick of course :( ) Oh well. So excited for the baby! I'm 30 weeks now and I am absolutely stoked. Hopefully he'll come a little bit sooner than November 7th (I am hoping he's actually going to come on Halloween) but not too soon because we want him to be healthy!!! One more week of the crazy job shift of Rick's and then I'll be able to see him during the week again. Hooray!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Baby Stuff
Here are the pictures of our baby Evan's crib: 
Hooray for our free mattress that really wasn't free! (we had to pay about $90 on shipping and handling) We are so excited to have this big ticket item!
Here is Rick, the proud man, for putting together the crib in less than an hour. Good for him!
Hooray for our free mattress that really wasn't free! (we had to pay about $90 on shipping and handling) We are so excited to have this big ticket item!
Here is Rick, the proud man, for putting together the crib in less than an hour. Good for him! Other baby news: I had my 28 week appointment on Wednesday. Apparently my glucose screening test I passed; My iron levels are some of the best that my doctor's seen in a long time (12 in first trimester; 11.9 in July); and my fundal height is measuring 33 cm when it's supposed to be 28 cm... uh oh.
That was interesting. She took the measuring tape, measured my stomach, and then went back to my file, and measured me again. She repeated this process about 3 times. For all those that don't know, the fundal height is the measurement from my pubic bone to the top of my uterus. The measurement is in centimeters, and it is supposed to be the same as how many weeks you are. For example, I was supposed to measure 28 because I was 28 weeks at this appointment. Then I am measuring 33.
So, being the great doctor she is, she gave us a referral for an ultrasound since the ultrasound tech is on vacation this week and she wanted to know as soon as possible what was going on. We were able to get in Friday afternoon for an appointment for the ultrasound. It was not a fun experience. The technician didn't talk very much, I was laying flat on my back the entire time, while she asked me random questions that worried me to no end, like "Where was your placenta positioned before?" and "Do you have Diabetes?" When I told her that I didn't have Diabetes, I asked her, "Why, is he big for his age?". She said that she wasn't able to disclose that information to us (which I was kind of expecting). Now I am waiting for Monday to come in case I have a phone call from my doctor's office saying I need to come in earlier than my September 1st appointment. Or just an appointment to tell me if there's anything wrong with the baby or me.
I take a lot of comfort in the fact that he is a little worm, squirming around all over the place. He's going to be a great soccer player, with all the hard kick's he's been landing. :)
In other baby stuff, Rick and I have been debating on whether to use cloth diapers OR disposable diapers. Now, we are not what you would call "green" or "organic", but I do like more natural things. However, the main reason why we've been looking into cloth diapers is because they are less expensive than disposables, something that Rick and I are concerned with. Of course, we won't be using completely cloth diapers. Maybe to just start out with during the day, and then when I am out and about, using the disposables.
Anyways, here is a great website that we stumbled across given from our friend Adree:
And this the place where we'll probably be buying our cloth diapers from:
Some of the fancy cloth we'll eventually get into (Bumgenuis or Fuzzi Bunz), but they're too expensive right now for us. So, we're going with the prefold diapers, and maybe buying one or two of the more expensive cloth diapers per paycheck!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
24 years old!
So, school started this week. I had a great weekend with my parents before the first week of school. It was a great time to relax. They came out for my birthday--- we hung out, went swimming, my parents took me grocery shopping, clothes shopping and then crib shopping. We ended up buying a beautiful crib. We went into the store and attempted to order it from Babies'r'us. Needless to say we had a terrible customer service experience there. We left, and my parents and I bought it online from our apartment. The deal was buy a crib, get a mattress for free. The mattress was free but the shipping of it cost almost as much as a mattress, so that was pretty much the lamest thing ever. The nice thing though was that we didn't have to deal with the idiots at Babies'r'Us and we got our crib this past Thursday! We hung out some more, and tried going to the Bookman's in Mesa because it's supposed to be a bigger store and have more selection. My dad loves Bookman's because of the records they have there. Well, he wasn't able to find any good selection there. We went to Kohl's and Ross and I got some cute blouses and shirts for going back to school on Monday. Then my mom and I went to Baskin Robbins for an ice cream cake, and then we all went to Red Robin. Rick's parents and sister Renee joined us at Red Robin since it was her birthday also! My parents ended up leaving on Sunday morning. I was so happy to have them out visiting us! I miss my family and it was really nice to seem them for a few days. Okay... enough talking, here are the pictures!
First picture my mom wanted to take was my pregnant picture. So this was me last week at 27 weeks.
Rick and I waiting to order at Red Robin.
My dad and I. He spoils me so much!
My parents. I am so happy that they were able to visit this weekend. This is a really good pictures of the two of them.
They sang happy birthday to Renee and I when we got the sundaes. It was totally embarrassing though!
The birthday cake. We love ice cream cakes in my family. This one was really yummy.
My mom and I Sunday before we left. This is definitely not the best picture of me since it's totally obvious that I just woke up and I have no makeup on!!!
Thanks for the wonderful birthday weekend! I enjoyed turning 24 with my parents there! Rick and I are so grateful for everything that they do for us and we love them so much!
First picture my mom wanted to take was my pregnant picture. So this was me last week at 27 weeks.
Rick and I waiting to order at Red Robin.
My dad and I. He spoils me so much!
My parents. I am so happy that they were able to visit this weekend. This is a really good pictures of the two of them.
They sang happy birthday to Renee and I when we got the sundaes. It was totally embarrassing though!
The birthday cake. We love ice cream cakes in my family. This one was really yummy. 
My mom and I Sunday before we left. This is definitely not the best picture of me since it's totally obvious that I just woke up and I have no makeup on!!!Thanks for the wonderful birthday weekend! I enjoyed turning 24 with my parents there! Rick and I are so grateful for everything that they do for us and we love them so much!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Update
On Monday I started back to work at the district office. Kagan structures training. I was exhausted when I came home today, and I slept for about 3 hours.
But the highlight of the day was when my friend Megan emailed me to let me know I won a diaper bag from Graco!!! So excited.
This diaper bag is soooo cute and I am stoked that I won this. It's really exciting that we got this bag, because it's nice to know that's there's something we won't have to buy. Check out Megan's PR blog: justformeandyou They review products, which I absolutely love and then they have giveaways also. I am so lucky that I actually won the diaper bag, and I believe it was the first giveaway that I tried to.
Randomly enough, I made Steak Diane tonight with mashed potatoes and some biscuits. Bisquik is awesome. Here is a good idea and way to make easy, yummy biscuits.
Yummy Cheese and Garlic Biscuits
--2 cups of bisquik
--1 cup of milk or buttermilk
--1 cup shredded cheese
*** Mix these three together.
--Put on greased cookie sheet, 400 degrees
--bake for 8-10 minutes of until lightly browned
--pull out biscuits, brushed with margarine and sprinkle with garlic powder
These biscuits turned out really yummy and I really enjoyed them.
Rick had a couple of interviews the past couple of weeks. He also applied to the Officer Training School for the Air Force. We find out in September whether he gets in or not. Now we're hoping for him to at least get a small job, if nothing else right now. The best part about going back to teaching is getting the pay check.
Just a couple of updates for everyone! Hope that everyone has a great week!
But the highlight of the day was when my friend Megan emailed me to let me know I won a diaper bag from Graco!!! So excited.
This diaper bag is soooo cute and I am stoked that I won this. It's really exciting that we got this bag, because it's nice to know that's there's something we won't have to buy. Check out Megan's PR blog: justformeandyou They review products, which I absolutely love and then they have giveaways also. I am so lucky that I actually won the diaper bag, and I believe it was the first giveaway that I tried to.Randomly enough, I made Steak Diane tonight with mashed potatoes and some biscuits. Bisquik is awesome. Here is a good idea and way to make easy, yummy biscuits.
Yummy Cheese and Garlic Biscuits
--2 cups of bisquik
--1 cup of milk or buttermilk
--1 cup shredded cheese
*** Mix these three together.
--Put on greased cookie sheet, 400 degrees
--bake for 8-10 minutes of until lightly browned
--pull out biscuits, brushed with margarine and sprinkle with garlic powder
These biscuits turned out really yummy and I really enjoyed them.
Rick had a couple of interviews the past couple of weeks. He also applied to the Officer Training School for the Air Force. We find out in September whether he gets in or not. Now we're hoping for him to at least get a small job, if nothing else right now. The best part about going back to teaching is getting the pay check.
Just a couple of updates for everyone! Hope that everyone has a great week!
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