37w4d..

Hi all..

So! After today's checkup, I am dilated 1-2cm and 50% effaced and my OB was able to feel her head during the checkup. Kinda crazy..lol.

I no longer have my cast/walking boot on, and I'm fine to walk, but really walking isn't very much fun anymore. Her head is low on my pubic bone and I'm grunting a lot more now.

My DRs have decided that if she doesn't come on her own, then we will be induced on Oct. 21st..please pray that she continues to lower herself and she starts labor on her own!!

Here is my most recent picture! Sorry for the distorted color..haha!

34w

Hi all!

So sorry to have neglected you for a few weeks!
But so much has happened!!

1. I broke my ankle, slipped on some water in the garage while wearing flip flops. I've never broke a bone in my body until I happen to be 32 weeks pregnant. I get my cast off Sept. 22nd, I will be rounding 35 weeks pregnant at that point.

2. We are moving to our new house, our move out date is Sept. 24th. Again, 35 weeks pregnant and can't really do much because Sunnie's head is down by my bladder and her legs are up by my ribs. She's busy kicking and putting pressure down on my bladder. Makes walking a challenge!

3. We are going to the dr to do NST (non-stress tests) 2x a week, so Monday and Fridays I'm there and going to my OB on a weekly basis too.

We shall see when she decides to arrive..I hope not too soon since her crib isn't put together yet! :o)

28 weeks, Hello 3rd Trimester!

So we survived the Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota road trip! We went to Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse and the Dakota Zoo..amongst other places. We visited with Nate's family and got to see the devastation from the flood in Minot. We are thankful for what we have and the security in knowing that we are not in their position. I was telling my husband that if I wasn't pregnant, I would've gone to Minot to help pass out food to those who were working on the flood damage. It's just unreal.
The time spent in Bismarck with his Great Uncle was fantastic..so peaceful. I miss his Great Uncle..so much!

I'm attaching pictures of my belly at my present week. She's busy kicking and watching my tummy move involuntarily is just crazy!
Tomorrow is my 28 week ultrasound, I can't wait to see her again! We are going to get some extra copies of her so we can give them to Nate's brother and mother. :o)

I can't believe there's only 12 weeks left to full term..I didn't truly believe people when they said it would go by fast. Boy it sure has!

We are also hoping to close on a house and move before she arrives..I'm really hoping that happens sooner than later since the house we're living in is now on the market and preparing for open houses is a lot of work especially because we have a dog to pick up and tend to also!

24w2d

Hi!
So, Sunnie's heartbeat is in the 140s..it took the RN awhile to get her to calm down enough to track her heartbeat. As usual! She's busily kicking especially when Coors (our 1 year old beagle) is laying on or near her and when Coors and Daddy are baying at each other. I don't think she will have a problem telling Coors "No!" she hears it a lot! :o)

I'm feeling good..even better today since I've started taking Milk of Magnesium..sorry, tmi? If you're not pregnant but trying, get ready for the constipation! M.O.M. will be your best friend if it isn't already!

We are getting ready for our 2 week road trip to Mt. Rushmore, SD; Minot & Bismarck, ND; and Missoula & Billings, MT. I will be 25 weeks at the start of our trip and then 27 when we come back!
It will be hot, but it'll be nice to meet the friends Nate talks about so often and a good visit with Nate's great Uncle at his house in Bismarck too.

Here's an updated belly picture!

22w u/s pictures

22 weeks, Echo-Cardiogram, Flutters, oh my!

So at 22 weeks, June 24th, we went in for Sunnie's Echo Cardiogram and the actual Echo took quite awhile because she wouldn't stay still long enough to really do the heartbeat test. But thankfully after an hour and a half we were finally through and then the Dr told us that everything looked great! Her heart is normal, her size is perfect, not too big or too small and there's a perfect amount of amniotic fluid. So yay for me with the blood sugars! It's a major answer to prayers that she's developing so well!

Later on that night, I was laying in bed and I felt flutters of her moving around. It was fantastic! I felt her again this morning. I can't wait to feel her again! :o)

Here are updated belly pictures and I'll scan her U/S pictures in soon too!

20w 1d--halfway home!

I can't believe I've reached the halfway point already. People have been asking me where we are going on my babymoon. Well I am going to Vegas next Wednesday, my cousin (who is much like my younger brother) is getting married there. The trip my husband and I will take together will be in July on a road trip to North Dakota. It's going to be relaxing and fun..and HOT! :o)

I'm happy to say that I look more pregnant now than I did a few weeks ago, so that's nice to get out of the "i'm pregnant but really i look fatter" time.

Sunnie is doing well, growing strong and healthy. I have yet to feel her kick, but people are telling me it will probably happen on the airplane as we're getting ready to take off. We shall see.

I've been talking to her a lot both in Korean and English. I want her to get used to the sound of Korean so that when she arrives she won't be totally confused. :o)

Here's a picture of my belly! I've got to update Sunnie's scrapbook now too!

Til next time!

Belly & U/S Pictures!

18w6d

Hi all!

Since our last post, we had our 18 week anatomy and growth ultrasound! It was Nate's first ultrasound he was able to come to. It was fun, he was able to see the baby moving around and asked his share of questions too.

We found out that the baby is a GIRL, Sunnie Grace. Who knew that 3 dots meant girl? Well I know now!

She has all her fingers and toes and her spine looks great too! You will see in the pictures I post!

I have an appointment with my perinatalogist tomorrow to monitor my blood sugar. He specializes in high risk diabetes pregnancies. He said we have a high chance of carrying her to term. Which would be an answer to prayer, since I don't want to be induced, have an epidural, or a c-section. My heart is to go au-natural!
I will make my appointment for my echo-cardiogram for late June (after my trip to Vegas). Nate's brother will probably go to that appointment with me--it's to make sure that the baby's heart is developing correctly and there's enough blood flow going to the heart. It's scary, but essential since I may have always had diabetes even pre-baby, but just not as noticeable until now.

I'm optimistic that all will go well!

Thus far, I have gained 10#, I'm pretty happy about that! :o)

Here are pictures of my belly and pictures of Sunnie too!

2nd Trimester: 16 weeks, 1 day!

Wednesday, the 11th, was my normal appointment with my ob and my husband's first appointment with her too.

It was pretty uneventful, I think he was hoping for an ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby. He's growing pretty antsy to find out..the weeks can't go by fast enough it seems.

The student that was there did the heart doppler and found the heartbeat 150 after a few minutes and guiding from me as to where she needed to go.

I started on insulin last night, I'm taking it once a day at bedtime to work to get my resting blood sugar down. Every 3 days I will increase my units by 2. I started at 5 units which apparently is pretty low.
I will have appointments every 2 weeks instead of 4 weeks until my resting blood sugar is maintained at a level we all like.

I anticipate that we will know the sex by the end of this month. We shall see.

I'm feeling good, my belly continues to grow which is fun and exciting! I'm going to try my friend's belly butter she's been using for her belly (that is stretch mark free by the way!). It's quite spendy, but if I like it, I will splurge..it will be worth not having an itchy belly. :0)

Here's a picture of my belly, I took this morning.

Belly Pictures

I'm not sure why the pictures are posting this way, but here's the timeline!
The 1st picture is 12w3d!
The 2nd picture is 7 w!
The last picture is 14w5d!

May 2nd, 14w5d

Hi there,
I haven't been keeping up with the blog, I know. I have been busy writing in my 5 year memory book and the baby's scrapbook as well. Lots of writing!
Since my first posting, a lot has happened!

Let's see..I'm no longer in my 1st Trimester which is a blessing! I only have nausea when I'm riding in cars..so I try to drive as much as possible. I still have heartburn all day long so I'm thinking the baby will have a lot of hair! :o)

My belly is starting to show..I will post pictures. I'm glad I've been taking the pictures, I honestly didn't think that there would be much difference, but there is!

We went to the appointment that tells us about the baby, his/her chances of being a Down's baby and all was measured within normal limits. Hurray!

I found out that I have gestational diabetes, so I'm doing my best to monitor my blood sugars. However, I think I may be on the road to taking medicine. I am not giving up yet, I have a follow up meeting with my diabetic educator on May 9th who also had gestational diabetes so she may have some tricks to share with me at that time.

I am not as tired, although the 1 nap a day is still pretty consistent for me. Although when I haven't napped, I tend to go to sleep at 8p.

My pregnancy hormones have made me a crazy lady sometimes, but luckily I have a husband who's understanding.

Our next appointment is May 11th, it'll be the first appointment Nate gets to come to. Then 2 weeks after that appointment we will be going to Legacy to find out the sex of the baby! I can't believe it's already almost time to find out! Wahooey!!

Just an FYI..I will probably wait to post until then!

Ultrasound Pictures 2

Bean's heartbeat!

Ultrasound Pictures

Our bean!

March 16th, 8 1/2 weeks along

So March 16th was our first "real" ultrasound to hear the baby's heartbeat and to measure the baby as well.
It's amazing how clear the heartbeat was, it was clear as day at 158 bpm.
The baby measured at 1.47 cm!

Nate wasn't able to come, so my mother in law, Ellen came. She was fascinated by the trans-vaginal ultrasound and the all so famous wand.
It was an amazing experience, I cried both times when the baby was on the screen and then again when we were listening to the heartbeat.

I'm going to have our first pre-screen to check if the baby has Downs and then on April 13th we'll have our end of our 1st trimester appointment. Nate won't be able to come to that appointment so I will make sure that my ob doesn't show me the sex of the baby on the ultrasound. We will get the results of the pre-screen at that appointment. Then 4 weeks after that appointment I will make the appointment on a Friday so Nate can come to the appointment and we will find out the sex then. I can't believe just 8 weeks from now we'll know if our baby is a boy or a girl!

I'm starting to have major crazy dreams at night. Poor Nate he's been having to endure all the crazy fits I've been having at night, during my sleep.

Here are the pictures of our bean (now grape's) heartbeat and the picture of our bean too!

Thanks for reading!

March 1st & 2nd!

March 1st!
I'm going to be going to the Andaluz BirthCenter in Tualatin, I can't wait!

March 2nd!
I'll be going to my first prenatal appointment, I am looking forward to seeing the baby and finding out how far along I really am! It's hard telling people "I don't know how far along I am" when people ask me..I feel a little foolish.
I'm hoping to no longer feel foolish after Wednesday!

I will update this post after my appointments!

Wahoo!

February 20th, 2011

My husband and I have been trying to conceive for 6 months and last month we had had a chemical pregnancy. We were really upset and felt like we were on an emotional roller coaster. Since we started trying, I had been praying that God would bless us with a baby to be due in October. My husband's Dad had passed away October 24th, 2009. That month is never one we look forward to coming, so I thought it'd be great to give the family something to look forward to!

Today was already a special day, my husband and I were bringing our marriage into the church and sharing a luncheon at our house with our family afterwards. But at 4:15a our day went from special to extra special!

I woke up to go potty and had all my HPT tests ready to go! I did 2 cheapie tests and a First Response. Just in case! All three came up double lined and positive!

I went back to bed at 4:30a and my husband asked if everything was okay (if I was constipated) and I said no. I just went potty..and I'm pregnant. He asked how many tests I took and then for the next hour we couldn't sleep. We weren't sure if we should be excited yet or not. When you try and the prior month you miscarry, the excitement isn't as ready as it would if you haven't gone through that. I reassured him that the HPTs are 99.8% accurate but being the personality my husband is, he said he would be ready to be excited at my first prenatal appointment March 2nd. I'll have a blood test at that appointment also.

Even before I took the tests, I knew I was pregnant. I was eating pepperoni like it was going out of style and didn't have any problems in the bathroom. Usually it beats me up after I eat pepperoni pizza but I had been eating it for a good week and everyday and nothing. I had heartburn and constipation and I was nauseous at night. I wasn't able to sleep on my side or my stomach because my boobs are super sore. And actually, sleeping on my back isn't all that great either.

I can't wait for March 2nd to get the pregnancy confirmation done and to find out how far along I am. All the sites say different things..it's very confusing!

Our prayers are different now, now we pray that God will bless this baby and help him/her to grow healthy and strong. I'm so thankful that we get to pray this prayer!