Sunday, February 22, 2015

February thus far

It's been about a month since my last update. Life has been surprisingly dull with only a few bumps in the road. Many of you may remember how I struggled with mysterious lymph node swelling over the summer, no amount of testing found the cause. The swelling went away as quickly as it had started and I haven't been plagued with it since, until recently. After being symptom-free for 6 months the swelling suddenly started again :( This is around the same time everything started happening last year, so now I wonder if its an allergy to something that occurs during January/February. Before I was pregnant I would take massive amounts of ibuprofen to manage the pain and swelling but that is no longer an option for me until the baby is born.

I went back to my ENT, but he basically said he wouldn't touch me with a 10 foot pole while pregnant, and to come back after the baby was born so we could repeat the CT scan. Are you kidding me guy?! I'm still paying off the first one! I wanted a 2nd opinion and lucky for me I have a friend whose father is an ENT. I love my new doctor already! He offered his opinion on the situation and asked me to come back during a flare up, so now its a waiting game.



Avery at the Canyon County Kids Expo

The other bump in the road was a little tumble down the stairs. On my way down the stairs one morning I forgot how many there were, I tried to break my fall with my hands but I hit Avery's doll stroller instead so I landed completely on my belly and chest. No OB in the area was able to see me to make sure the baby was fine and after several hours of cramping and back pain I finally went into the ER. Since I wasn't yet 20 weeks I had to be seen in the actual ER instead of by the actual maternity department. I was in the ER for HOURS!! After everything was said and done the baby and I got a clean bill of health.

During my ER visit I was given an ultrasound to make sure things were fine internally. The ultrasound tech said she got a glance at the gender but when she went back to confirm what she had seem the baby's legs were crossed. Steven and I have decided not to share the gender yet based on a "glance", we are waiting for it to be confirmed at my 20 week appointment in March.


One piece of good news is that I hit my 1 year at work :) I'm waiting for my review to be scheduled but in the mean time I moved to a nice window desk at work, I absolutely LOVE seeing the sunshine throughout the day. I feel much more motivated lately.


The pregnant ladies at work :) From left: Corann due mid March, I'm due July 25th, and Melissa is due just 8 days after me!

Avery is due to start dance class tomorrow. She's had one class so far to see if she liked it, its a mix of ballet and tap. Avery is so darn cute in her leotard!


Steven started working his new tax season schedule. He works 6 days from 8am - 5pm with one day off and 5 days from 11am - 8pm with two days off. It sucks now but work is allowing him to turn that sixth of work into PTO for when the baby is born. 


The gang at Evelyn's 2nd birthday

I am now 18 weeks pregnant and so far things are going well. I have yet to gain any weight which is surprising given my current size haha. I lost 5 lbs in the first trimester and expected to gain that back quickly but nope, I didn't gain anything with Avery until I was 6 months pregnant so I have no worries that the pounds will find their way back eventually. I don't feel the baby moving anymore which was another reason I had gone into the ER at 16 weeks which really sucks. The ER doctor said the placenta was in such a place that he's not surprised I couldn't feel him/her anymore. I was lucky to feel the baby so early but once the placenta was fully formed that stopped. Also around 16 weeks I started getting Braxton Hicks which has slowed me down just a bit because they occur so often just like they did with Avery. I had to quit prenatal yoga for a few months while Steven works his crazy schedule.



18 weeks

I'll end this blog on the fact that I have had a great weekend so far. On Friday, we got off work early so I got a pedicure with my friend Melissa. As I was leaving Melissa's house I got a text from my friend Kristen, we took our kids to the park. I had dinner with my parents that night while Steven had dinner with his. I ended the night snuggled up in bed with my favorite girl watching cartoons until Steven got home :) Saturday was pretty good too, Steven had to work but the lack of actual work allowed him to go to breakfast with my parents, my brother and his girlfriend, and us of course. After breakfast Steven went back home while Avery and I ran a few errands with my parents. When we got home I spent several hours binge watching Revenge in bed haha.