So, haven't mentioned this yet on Blogspot, but today I am 17 weeks 6 days pregnant. Tomorrow is the big day where we are finding out what "baby cotton ball" is. Brad and I are so excited. The ultrasound below was the first US we got of the baby. I was 9 weeks pregnant. I haven't blogged about baby cotton yet, and I can't sleep because i am wired and my husband and his friend are downstairs playing PS3 NCAA 2010, so I am going to tell all about baby cotton.
I found out I was pregnant at about 1AM on May 21 (2 days after Brad's birthday) at St. Vincent's ED, and here is the story of how I got there. Brad and I were watching the DVR'd season finale of American Idol and I of course fell asleep. I had this weird/horrible dream about a spider and actually thought it was real. I ran around the bedroom in my sleep, and ran into something and knocked myself out. I was awakened by Brad shaking me, telling me to wake up. I started flipping out, and sweating, running around the house with this splitting headache. I passed out again in the bathroom, and Brad carried me to bed, and called my dad. He came over immediately and we went to the ED. Brad and I had been joking on the way there about how crazy the story sounded, and how everyone would think I was crazy, or he is a wife beater. We got there, and everyone was real nice. They got a CT of my brain. The lady asked me "is there any chance you could be pregnant", and I said no. Keep in mind I had previously taken 7 urine pregnancy tests and they were all negative, and I was only 2 days late. I just thought my body was coming off my birth control pills. so, i got the CT scan, and the doctor wanted labs and fluids because my heart rate was up. they stuck me 5 times and was able to get labs but not an IV. The doctor came and told me there were some "abnormalities in my tests" My CT was normal from where I hit my head, but I have a "congenital arachnoid cyst", meaning I have had this cyst on my brain ever since I was born, but he said it was small and an "incidental finding", and it was probably nothing, but I just needed to see a neurosurgeon. that really scared me. then he said, "oh, you are pregnant". all i could think about was the CT scan I had and i just started crying. to make a long story short, i was pregnant, and I went to the OB that next monday and was 5 weeks pregnant. Baby cotton's heart rate was 176 at the 9 week visit, and 170 at the 13 week visit, and tomorrow is the 18 week visit, and hopefully baby cotton will reveal it's privates to us to see if the baby is a brad or jennifer junior. We are very excited and nervous all the same with anticipation. We will find out soon enough what "BABY COTTON" is...TO BE CONTINUED...
Here are the US pics we got at 18 weeks. This is her with her little sweet legs crossed at the ankles. She was trying to hide her little parts, but we found them. We were so excited she was a GIRL, even Brad. I can't even believe she is growing inside of me. I feel her all the time now that I am almost 23 weeks. Everyone loves feeling her move around. She is very shy around her daddy (he says it's because he has a calming hand), but he's felt her kick really hard once!I went to the doctor Wednesday for my 22 week check-up. I was hoping I would get to see her again, but they just listened with a doppler. Her heartrate was 150. I saw a different doctor today, and that was fine because I had seen him before when my doctor was out before the pregnancy.
Stefanie (AKA- skeeter) was married saturday, August 22. This is a pic of us, me being 18 weeks pregnant. I was NOT pregnant when I ordered the dress in February, so I ordered the dress as I normally would, not accounting for the baby weight I would be gaining in months to come. So, when it came to the big day for skeeter, I made it in the dress, but it was like "fat guy in a little coat" so to speak. The wedding was beautiful, and I'm so glad I got to be apart of it. CONGRATS...
I found out I was pregnant at about 1AM on May 21 (2 days after Brad's birthday) at St. Vincent's ED, and here is the story of how I got there. Brad and I were watching the DVR'd season finale of American Idol and I of course fell asleep. I had this weird/horrible dream about a spider and actually thought it was real. I ran around the bedroom in my sleep, and ran into something and knocked myself out. I was awakened by Brad shaking me, telling me to wake up. I started flipping out, and sweating, running around the house with this splitting headache. I passed out again in the bathroom, and Brad carried me to bed, and called my dad. He came over immediately and we went to the ED. Brad and I had been joking on the way there about how crazy the story sounded, and how everyone would think I was crazy, or he is a wife beater. We got there, and everyone was real nice. They got a CT of my brain. The lady asked me "is there any chance you could be pregnant", and I said no. Keep in mind I had previously taken 7 urine pregnancy tests and they were all negative, and I was only 2 days late. I just thought my body was coming off my birth control pills. so, i got the CT scan, and the doctor wanted labs and fluids because my heart rate was up. they stuck me 5 times and was able to get labs but not an IV. The doctor came and told me there were some "abnormalities in my tests" My CT was normal from where I hit my head, but I have a "congenital arachnoid cyst", meaning I have had this cyst on my brain ever since I was born, but he said it was small and an "incidental finding", and it was probably nothing, but I just needed to see a neurosurgeon. that really scared me. then he said, "oh, you are pregnant". all i could think about was the CT scan I had and i just started crying. to make a long story short, i was pregnant, and I went to the OB that next monday and was 5 weeks pregnant. Baby cotton's heart rate was 176 at the 9 week visit, and 170 at the 13 week visit, and tomorrow is the 18 week visit, and hopefully baby cotton will reveal it's privates to us to see if the baby is a brad or jennifer junior. We are very excited and nervous all the same with anticipation. We will find out soon enough what "BABY COTTON" is...TO BE CONTINUED...
This is a picture of Brad and me with the beautiful bride, Kimberly Goodwin Clark. Their wedding was Saturday night, 7/11/09 at Bluff Park United Methodist Church. The reception was as the Carraway-Davie Conference Center. It was really nice! Congrats to Kim and Chris!
