Doctor News!

May has been such an exciting month! We have learned so much about myself and our baby!

This last month has been filled with doctors appointments. May 2nd was the first of them. Just a week before that I had gone and had my MRI done -I was at my OBGYNS office to find out the results and just for a normal monthly appointment. We were so excited because I was 16 weeks, and though this was still early, we were hoping our doctor would want to take a look at my crazy wacked out body so that we would "just so happen" to find out the babies gender. Well, we left disappointed. My doctor did nothing but read me my MRI results and give me a good feelskie.  - super

But we were able to find out good news. They were able to get a good look at my uterus during the MRI and determined that I have uterus didelphys. Just a bunch of mumbo jumbo to most of you I'm sure. So, pretty much this means that when I was growing as a fetus my uterus did not fuse completely together (it starts as two separate sides) and because of that my uterus is completely separted by a septum which gives me "two" uteri.  It's like two half uteri pretty much side by side. This septum that divides my uterus also divides my cervix - giving me two of those as well. Crazy sounding I know.  What this means is pretty much the same as if I had a bicornuate uterus. Women who have either typically have fertility problems, and are higher risk for miscarrages in the second trimester, Preterm labor, uterian rupture, and have more pain associated with pregnancy and delivery due to more stretching during growth and dilation... sounds fun doesn't it? But we have been so blessed and just plain lucky - other than getting pains quite often I have been relatively symptom free and the baby is growing healthy and strong.  On another high note, the MRI revealed that I have two healthy working kidneys that are totally normal and in the correct location - so definitely another blessing!

Well, like I said we left that doctors appointment bummed out but I knew that next week I had an ultrasound scheduled with the specialists. So I figured I could be patient and wait a few more days! May 7th finally rolled around and Shane and I were just so ecstatic. We arrived for our appointment anxious. I was scheduled for my fetal well-being appointment at 17 weeks - as requested by my obgyn. So were waiting, and waiting... I'm sure it was only 10 minutes but I was being super impatient. I wasn't even sure if they would tell us ( I know some doctors are stingy about not telling before 18-20 weeks) So finally "Whitney!" They called my name and our ultasound tech showed us our room. Our energy was running so high with excitement in the hopes that they would be willing and able to tell us the gender.
"So, what is your appointment for today"
"fetal well being"
"nu uh, NOPE, I'm not doing that.. NOT at 17 weeks"
"....." - I'm sure my mouth hit the floor. I couldn't believe the audacity of this woman.  " Well, that's what my doctor had me schedule this appointment for- They wanted to get get me in because of my uterus"
"Nope, 17 weeks is just too early. That's ridiculous, I'll do some but not all"
Our excitement plumetted and hit the floor.... Honestly, who says that? Aren't you a tech... I didn't order this just because I felt like it, a doctor did.
Anyways, to say the least the whole first half of the appointment I was pretty bitter and couldn't even enjoy seeing our baby up on the screen.
 She rushed around taking measurements, barely mentioning or taking time to tell us what we were looking at.
But then she said "so, do you know the sex?"
"NO!!"
"Would you like to find out"
"YES!!"

Our excitement was back! Shane came over to my side as she rolled the probe around on my belly. I swear I had already seen a little boy part when she showed us the leg, but I didn't dare say that to this tech.... waiting.. waiting.. waiting, She jostled around a lot and finally steadied our view. On the screen she typed out... leg, leg, bottom.... labeling all the body parts.. .and then came I'M A BOY!!

Even with her hostility and the bitterness at the beginning of the appointment, It was still such a fun moment to share with Shane. We finally could stop calling this baby "it" ( I felt so guilty calling him "it") and say HE! We were so excited! Just after, she stepped out and we got to share a few happy moments together talking about our SON!

We were soo excited to tell our families, but we wanted to tell them all together and in a special way. If we lived closer I would have done a fun party or something, but with the distance this is obviously impossible... soooo we came up with a little video. We sent cards out inviting them to join us online at a specific time and date. Then we posted this...

I'm sure no one thought it was half as funny as Shane and I did. But we had so much fun making it - so that's all that matters.

We have done so much in the past two weeks since we found out we were having a little boy! We almost have his nursery complete. Minus a crib and rocker.. Pictures just need to be hung and a little organization. I even have fabric on its way to make his bedding! YAY!

I had been searching for a while and came across this cute website. I started searching for fabric knowing that the bedding was just too expensive for us to buy and found the exact fabric of the bedding I was trying to replicate. I am stoked! By making it I will save us about $200. Score!!

This is what my end product will HOPEFULLY look simular to!

Shane and I finally planted our little garden yesterday! We had been growing sprouts indoors for the past 4 or 5 weeks. We have peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, green beans, watermelons, cantelope, strawberries.. and a few more that I can't remember off the top of my head. We spents hours yesterday sifting the soil, adding fertilizer and planting... it took a long time but it was a lot of fun. Planting with the hubby... we are so lame! - IF and when these babies start to grow...I will have to post a picture. Cross your fingers the bugs and field mice don't eat them all up.

Speaking of which... oh...my...goodness. Today was the SECOND time a little field mouse has run STRAIGHT into the home (while we were working). We like to leave the door open with the beautiful weather and last week a little mouse ran right in through the front door. Man, the girls went crazy. Shane was a champ though. He faced his phobia and caught the dang thing... (he even admitted it was a little cute)but goodness... we thought SURELY...there is NO WAY that a mouse would run in again. Low and behold, this Sunday as we were enjoying the day with the girls...in runs a tiny little field mouse. Seriously, our luck. Never in Texas would this happen... TWICE

Our boy is definitely a product of his father and moving constantly. Shane has even been able to feel a few good kicks in the last few weeks! Every time he feels him  he gasps "oh my gosh, I felt him!" It is so cute and just so awesome to feel him moving around in there!

Excited!

Well, let me tell you - I am just so excited! It seems like so much has gone on in our little world in just the past few days! Now, If only my poor pregnant brain can remember all of it!

Shane and I had discussed a while ago about getting a fetal doppler - For those of you that might not be aware, this is the device that the doctors use to listen to the heart beat.  You can rent the better hospital grade ones from lots of places online, or you can also buy ones (that of course aren't as "good") for about the same price as renting one! So, Being the crazy lady that I am... we got one :) We ordered it late Friday night and got it mid day Monday!! We were so excited to receive it so quickly and right away I went to town listening to our baby's little heart. It is so fun - haha who would guess listening to a "thumpthump thumpthump thumpthump" could be so entertaining.

The girls we are "home parents" to are just so curious and interested in the baby -  "What's going on with the baby today?". They ask hourly. Every Monday night we have "spiritual night" or better known as FHE. We have a time we call family business where anyone can share exciting news for the week or  just tell what is going on with them. So, I asked them if they would all like to hear the babies heartbeat and they all went crazy! You would have thought I told them I was in labor they were so excited!  Most of them have never had the opportunity to hear that before - so they were just in awe! Heck, I've heard it a million times by now and I am still in awe!

We are so happy we got our little doppler - now we can have it for all our babies to come. Talk about bang for your buck!

Yep, That's our babies heartbeat...insanity!

Alsoooo, We got a stroller this week! I know, I know - What "mom-like" news! Isn't it hilarious that these are the kind of things that make me excited - kitchen items and baby items....one happy lady!
Shane and I have been looking for some time at strollers - browsing everywhere we go pretty much. We have looked so many places and I was getting pretty bummed out because for a basic, heavy, ugly stroller it's always in the $300  range. I was bummed we would have to spend so much for something we didn't really even care for. So we were at BuyBuy Baby on Saturday night  (this is what we do with our Saturday nights....haha) looking at the usual  - cribs and strollers. There were very few options that came with a car seat or even looked compatible with an infant. So we looked at what we thought were our options and found a Gracco one that we like "best". It was ugly- but not the ugliest, and weighted around 25 lbs rather than the standard 30-40 lbs. Out of all the places we looked, this was our best bet yet.  I was pretty excited that we had even found one that was halfway decent. We had a man who was working that was so helpful and oddly excited about showing us strollers, who started boggling our minds with all the options we never knew we had. He showed us that these strollers, that we thought wouldn't work for a newborn, actual could work for us. I was half way listening to him, because of course this meant the price was sky rocketing by the second to a number we could never reach...We of course liked these strollers way more. We were crunching numbers, thinking of coupons we had- What could we do to get this ever so awesome stroller and car seat??

Well, Sunday night Shane was looking online at reviews, and top baby strollers online - and the one we were in love with, was on there. So, after reading reviews and watching videos- I was convinced...this man wasn't just oddly excited about strollers - It was actually a really great stroller and a lot of other people were crazy about it too. To our great pleasure...we found this stroller and car seat as a travel system package on amazon for $150 less than it was in the store (not to mention no tax and free shipping) - this put it right back in the range of all the other strollers we were looking at. ...SO..... I BOUGHT ITTTTTTTT! This stroller is seriously amazing - So compact. Only FIFTEEN POUNDS, you can fold it up and carry it with literally one hand and it has super good safety ratings. I am STOKED.  It is on its way to us, and hopefully will get here sometime next week - then I can drive it around my house and test it out haha! Luckily, It's just all black and not some hideous pattern like all the others. Yes, of course there are better strollers out there - but for us this was untouchable and like the holy grail of strollers

Here it is, in all its glory!!!

Still no crib or glider - but we are working on them. Glider will come next, and crib last. We figure we won't use it until the baby is a few months old anyways which just gives us more time to save up.

And probably the most exciting news of all... I am starting to feel the baby MOVE!  Let me tell you, it is so amazing and fascinating. Last week, I would feel little flutters and I was super confused. I thought It was the baby. I knew it wasn't my body and I had never felt this before, so what else could it be? Well, I still wasn't convinced. But this week, probably just with in the last 2 days or so, the movements have become much more noticeable and much stronger. They are still not huge kicks, of course, but definitely undeniably the baby. It is just crazy. I can put my hand on my belly and literally my hand will feel the movement as well as my stomach. I have even had a few "bulges". My stomach will get really hard - and literally a little spot will poke out for just a few seconds and then slowly sink back in.

Tomorrow we head to the doctor - This is the first time I will actually be meeting my doctor. She has been on maternity leave so I haven't been able to see her yet, but finally she is back and we are crossing our fingers that she will do an ultrasound and we will get to see if we are having a boy or girl! I have another appointment with ultrasound specialists on the 7th for other reasons, but hopefully if I can't convince my doctor to do an ultrasound and tell us we will be able to find out on Monday! Cross your fingers the doctors aren't stingy and will look for us!!!!

Our family just recently discovered Cherie and Cory(my brother and sister-in-law) will be adding another girl to the mix! YAYY! So it will be fun to know what little baby we will be adding next!

Shannon, Shane's sister will be coming up at the end of the month - I am definitely looking forward to having a sister here to do fun baby things with!

This is a picture of me from last week - For those in Texas who are curious. I'm just barley starting to show. I mostly just look like I had a huge lunch :/