Thursday, December 11, 2008

I just came from the Doctor's office, actually the nurse practitioner and she was really nice. I got a flu shot, did not get the quad testing, since it won't make a difference anyway, since we are keeping the baby. (testing is for birth defects, or disorders such as Down's Syndrome.)What else? She said that the pain and pressure on the my pelvis is normal, this is the uterus pushing against my bladder and pelvic bone. She felt the baby and said the baby is exactly where it should be. I listened to the heart beat and she was moving the Doppler thing around and got a better reading, she said, "Oh, they felt me moving around and came closer to me, what a cooperative baby!" Best news is that the sonogram is scheduled for the 22nd at 1:00, so if the baby is still cooperative we can find out! Yay! So, all in all good news! Oh and I forgot to ask how much, but I have actually lost weight.

Monday, December 01, 2008

Lots to report although not a lot baby related wise. At least not directly. Sometimes I think I feel something but it is more like a rustling or vibrating. Not a baby kick or anything.First off, Grandpa and Grandma Ober were told at Thanksgiving. Sheri had the idea to have Dave start with a thing about what we are thankful for. Grandpa went first and then Sheri signaled to Dave to go next. Dave said that he was thankful for all the wonderful additions that have made to the family this year, Kai and Eli. He was looking forward to the addition of another baby being born to Robby and Karen in the coming year. There was a good deal of teasing as he was asked if we knew about this or not to which he replied, “No, I have just decided it is time, I have waited long enough.” I thought that was super funny and super cute. The second piece was in regards to a movie Molly and I watched. The movie was “Sydney White” which was like a version of Snow White. It was actually pretty cute and funny at parts. The girl tries to join a sorority but is denied because the president of the sorority is jealous of her being prettier and more popular. So she ends up at the overflow housing with 7 guys. Throughout the movie Molly and I kept trying to figure out which guy was supposed to be what dwarf. Some were obvious (like the international student who never got on American time and was asleep all the time) or the disgruntled internet blogger who was pretty much angry all the time or the kid who could only talk through a puppet on his arm. One guy did not seem to fit, we were trying to figure out if there was a dwarf called “sleazy” There is not but the only that seemed to fit him was “happy” which was totally dumb, since when do you look at a horn dog and think “That guy is happy!” Most of the time, you think “Eww gross, I need to go take a shower.”So driving home the next day I decided that pregnant women have the capacity to embody all 7 of the dwarves. Bashful: Sometimes you like the attention, sometimes you would rather not be asked questions and just curl up on the couch with a good book.Dopey: This is my definite pregnancy brain drain talking. Where I called Monkey- Molly, Molly- Mom and forget how to spell everythng! Sleepy: I am getting better at sleeping and having more energy all around. I know have the wonderfulness of being dizzy if I stand for too long doing a strenuous activity. (poor Molly had to continue cooking breakfast in my stead. But I am sleeping just as much as usual and except for getting up to go to the bathroom five times, sleeping more soundly.“Happy” I put happy in quotations marks for obvious reasons. If you don’t get my drift or don’t want to then just think I mean usually giggly and not what I actually meant.Doc: Okay, this one I am a little confused about what they are talking about in the movie “Snow White” Was Doc really smart? Or was he a doctor? I will just say that when you are pregnant you tend to read tons of articles online, in magazines and books. You get to brandy about words like “Pre-clampsia” and “High-Risk Pregnancy” and your husband who is very brilliant actually has to ask what those things mean. (my friend Alina called and told me about her pregnancy- which is a High Risk Pregnancy, in case anyone is worried about me.)Grumpy: I am grumpy frequently but it usually only lasts a few seconds but it is very extreme and then it’s gone. Mostly at my poor husband or Anthony. It is absolutely nothing huge. We are talking about a dish not put away or the cheese moved away from the cheese drawer in the fridge. I usually just fix it and try to mention it to the boys when I am calm.Sneezy: Most of my family or anyone who has lived with me, know that I get the sneezies. It is worse now though, something about more mucus running through my system. Which is just what everyone likes to think about.I will have to see if I could add more dwarves as the pregnancy progresses.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

I had to work over the weekend and was also utterly tired, so Robby went by himself to Great-Grandma Ober’s 90th birthday party. He brought me back a bouquet of red carnations and Mango Lemonade. So, he scored a bit of a home run. I think he was just happy that I had made him and Anthony food while they had their marathon WoW new expansion set fest. I asked him when he got back if he had mentioned that I was pregnant and he said no he hadn’t but it had been a lot harder than he anticipated. He is also convinced that not only are we having a boy, but we are having twins. Twins! I am supremely highly doubtful, considering the ultrasound showed only one baby! He says that sometimes an early ultrasound fails to show two babies because the babies heartbeats are too close to each other and the sonogramist- or whatever you call the ultrasound person can only detect one heartbeat. I say that he is crazy. I have no feelings about whether it is a boy or girl. I usually talk to the baby am encouraging using terms like “little guy” so hopefully if it is a girl she will not grow up to some PC-femi-Nazi who is offended when a female is referred to as a “guy” like when someone refers to a group of people and asks, “So, do you guys want to grab a bite to eat?” or something to that effect and than gets all mad.I looked up the question, “Why do people crave pickles?” Not pregnant women specifically but people. I heard that it was for the vinegar but the article I found that was not on Yahoo Answers or Wiki Answers was on a vitamin website. It said that most pregnant and non-pregnant people that crave pickles do so for the salt. The also said that those with under-active thyroids also crave olives. I don’t know if it counts as a craving though. I have eaten a lot of pickles but I try and moderate myself and always drink lots of water with my pickles otherwise I get way too thirsty. So my own theory is that I like pickles (my mouth waters when I watch a pickle commercial for goodness sake!) not because I crave salt but because my body needs more water, so if I eat something salty I am more likely to drink something to get rid of the salty taste. Great, now I want pickles and for some odd reason cheese (which according to the vitamin website means I am craving calcium and phosphorus.) My next appointment is Dec. 11, and I think I need to talk to Sara about Quad testing but I am looking on it favorably at this point. We shall see.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Today Robby and I met my OB-GYN for the first time, she was very nice and although her last name is Chong, she is not Asian. Not that I care but I had a REALLY bad experience with my first OB-GYN who was Asian and really kind of mean. I will not go into details about the exam, it was completely normal and kind of glad that Robby was there to get a hint of what women have to go through.The doctor said that all of tests looked normal and that everything seems to be progresing nicely. She did the Doppler test and you could barely hear the baby underneath my heartbeat. She said that as the baby moves away from my blood vessels that I will be able to hear things a lot better. She also mentioned that at the next visit is when we would decide whether or not to do the Quad testing, which can help determine risk factor for some birth defects. Dr. Chong said that most people who opt out of test are classified as high anxiety. Which Robby thankfully told me later that I am the definition of. He also wondered if the doctor could simply tell him the results. The way I feel is kind of split two ways- if the baby has Down Syndrome or something like that, it is not going to make a difference. We can stress about the possibility of it during the entire pregnancy or wait and see what happens. No birth defect is going to cause me to abort the baby. The only reason to do it is to determine if the baby has an abnormality, such as a hole in their abdomen which would require surgery, which can only be offered in Portland. Of course, I can't really do that since our insurance doesn't cover that. Argh. I think that I will go to bed soon. I took a nap this after (over three hours) made a very good lasagna and am still tired. I can tell because my left eye gets this tight feeling underneath it and my stomach is always upset when I am tired. My stomach is the barometer of my body I think. That and my ears (my ears are the first to hurt when I am getting a cold). That reminds me of a joke about the brain, the stomach, the liver and the colon arguing about who controls everything. Guess who won? Well, back to my book and then sleep.

Friday, November 07, 2008

have not written in such a long time! I feel very bereft! Poor baby. There are no new leads on the baby front, I had a headache on Wednesday and stayed home but other than that I am feeling good. No more morning sickness. Yay! Glad that is over, at least for now. I was getting all sorts of stories about it lasting throughout the nine months. When i came back on Thursday, several people who asked me if I was okay, including Meagan who thought that something had happened to the baby. She was really concerned, it was very sweet. She seems to be one that is really into babies, which is nice. She said that she is going to get me a Jim Gaffigan onsie for the baby. I find that hilarious- especially since he has a lot on his online store. I know this because she showed me the site, the same day she found out I was pregnant.Speaking of which, today Porcha asked me how the pregnancy was going and two people on my team, were like, "You are pregnant? Really? Are you kidding me?" I was like, "Eric, why would I lie?" He seemed very disbelieving but eventually did offer congratulations. Weirdo! I had the best idea, I want to wear a t-shirt that says something like, "Future Duck" or something like that for Cousin's Day in December. I will look into on cafepress. well, ttfn.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Well, it is Sunday morning, I am working on a report for work and watching Unsolved Mysteries. The new version without Robert Stack- not as creepy though.I can hear Duchess trying to get into the family room and I am going to wait until she stops making noise in order to let her in. Yesterday we told Robby's brother, sister and their spouses, Eli and Grandma and Grandpa Brindley.Robby snuck in the birthday bag with the little football with the ultrasound picture. Sara noticed in and asked whose birthday it was. I told her it was just a birthday bag and Robby didn't say anything. We gave the bag to Eli and as Sara, Silas and Eli were opening it I told them that we were giving it to him early because we were going to be busy on his actual birthday. I don't remember exactly what Sara said, I think it was something along the lines of, "Really?" She got really excited, took the football, walked around the table, over the couch and gave me a hug, and started to cry. which caused me to cry. I have no idea what was happening at the rest of the table and I am pretty sure that since no one else saw the football it was confusing. It was probably the best way to tell everyone. Sara said that she was going to send me a Doppler machine to hear the baby's hearbeat so I am looking forward to hearing that little heartbeat. I am also really looking forward to Eli and little no named Ober growing up together. I was telling Robby- just think in another 20-25 years our little baby could be in Eli's wedding or vice versa. I don't know where that came from but it made me very happy. Sara asked a lot of questions about symptoms and names for the baby. I think she is a little worried that it is going to be something awful or embarrassing, which I am not going to let happen. I am excited to think about it regardless even though I won't find out the name until a month before the birth or possibly until the next baby if this one is a girl. Well, back to work.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

only have something quick to say because I am getting tired. I have really enjoyed people at work asking how I am doing and really seeming to want to know. Who knows how long this will last- considering most people found out just last week in the team meeting. But Meagan was like- "Hey Mama-Jama how are you doing?" Porcha also called me Mama and asked how I was feeling. Kat, a gal that I don't know all that well looked at Porcha funny so she was like- "She's pregnant!" I laughed and promised that Mama was not a new nickname. Tracy called me Mama-sita. Nobody has called my Prego- thank goodness. I am not going to tell people not to call me that- some people would do it anyway. Not pregnancy related- that guy from CSI: Miami- Horatio- whatever- was named one of TV's worst actor's I thought that would make mom happy because if I remember correctly (which I don't) Mom does not care for him. Considering his most dramatic move is removing and putting his sunglasses on and off- I cannot blame her.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Well, no new baby news really. I had a severe headache last night and it did not go away over night so I worked from home today. Maybe I am allergic to my bed because I went back into the bedroom and laid down for a second and the headache came back. I feel much better now, thankfully and even got through a semi-frustrating day of work. I think that the headache was caused from playing Bingo yesterday- Spirit Mountain Casino has a kind of smallish room and half of it is smoke free but there is no magical divide in the room that stopped the smoke from coming over to our side. And then you have to walk through all the smokey slot machines and poker tables to get to the bingo hall and buffet line. Not very good planning on their part. Maybe baby is just not good luck- cause we totally lost at bingo. So, we won't be going back- even if it is cheaper.The nauseau is better as long as I eat consistently and drink plenty of water. Still going to the bathroom like 4 or 5 times a night. I have no idea how many times during the day. I am still surprised about people's reactions to the news. People that I would think they would be blase about it are all excited and jumping up and down and wanting to know details. Personal details- like when the baby was conceived- What? Do you want a picture too? One thing I was happy about was the same day that people at work found out I was pregnant- Tricia told everyone that she was 6 months pregnant and just found out herself! She had no idea- she was still having her periods and really had not gained any weight. Amazing! She has been with the same guy for 18 years using no birth control and was told years ago that she could never have children- but there you are! Is that not weird? Anyway, that news kind of was shocking enough that people were happy about me being pregnant but Tricia's news took precident. Which was nice because I did not really want to be the center of attention. That is not something I am looking forward too at Baby Showers- but I got through wedding showers- I can get through baby showers- as long as there are no chocolate melted in the diaper games, guess how many rolls of toilet paper can go around the pregnant ladies belly and all that. I guess those are the only ones that I do not like. And no disposable diaper cakes. I found out that the start up cost for disposable diapers (if you buy them pre made) is about the same as two years of disposable. BUT you can reuse the same diapers for future kids so you are talking about a lot of savings. The only issue that I am having is all of the green loving fad idiots saying how good it is for the earth and how "Green" you can be. I could give a rats patoot about being "Green" but I feel very strongly about this issue (thanks mom). Robby does not care either way about disposable or cloth but does not want to ruffle any feathers about it. Well, what will happen will happen. Nature calls

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Tonight was the night of the 50th anniversary of my parents church. I think Mom had told everyone before I had even arrived. It was nice to have so many people come up and offer congratulations. I don't really know what to say, other than thank you. I did not get a chance to say hi to the Erickson's but their little baby boy is super cute and looks like one of his uncles or probably his daddy at that age. Dad said that he would be very happy with a boy or girl but I am still trying to stay neutral. I want a girl so that I can have a girl but I also want a boy cause he will have a boy cousin around his age. The baby will be spoiled either way by grandparents. Well, 9 weeks down only 31 more to go. I am looking forward to nauseau stopping although it has gotten a lot better, especially since the cruise. Robby wants to take another one in 2 years but I don't know about that. He also wants to go to the beach this weekend. This sounds wnonderful to me but we shall see. Final thought- my little you and your developing baby says that this week the embryo is moving. This is also the time that the baby goes from an embryo to a fetus- sorry to rain on your parade but it is a baby= has been from day 1. So- there.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

The Baby and I had our first ultrasound today. Which consisted of really having to go to the bathroom and then she realized that she would have to use the weird stick in order to get a picture- that is okay though. It felt odd but not painful.Baby still has the yolk sac which will soon be replaced by the placenta. Baby's heartbeat is 162-167 beats a minutes- which is perfectly normal for this age. It was very strange to see this little blob, you could make out the head, the heart, the little arms. It was awesome. The sonographer said that she would put the due date at May 18th! Which is Eli's birthday. Althoug only like 10-20% of babies are actually born on their actual due dates.Robby was super cute about the whole thing- he cringed a little on the inside when the attendant called the baby Junior but that is pretty much because he does not want a Junior. I don't really blame him, I find it a little pretentious and wreaking of some other title, such as Earl of Snoville the Third or some such nonsense. The next doctor's appointment is Nov 11. and then you can do the gender ultrasound at like 16-20 weeks so to recap- Baby super cute- 8 weeks, new due date and everything looked normal! (I added the ultrasound picture on this page)

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Well, heartburn is back but it is probably caused by the spaghetti that I had last night- but it was so good! Mmm Hmm! I made it with peppers and carrots, so it is probably the peppers or all the acidity from the tomatoes. Without fail last few nights, Robby comes to bed, I wake up and cannot fall back to sleep. Waiting until he goes to bed is not an option because then I would only get like two hours of sleep. It is 4:30 in the morning right now and I have an hour until I can log in to my computer and start work, I have to leave earlier to go to the doctor, although technically I am meeting with a nurse this time who will check me out so to speak. Robby was so cute tonight as he was falling asleep- I said that I was having trouble falling asleep and he asked me to ask the doctor about what I should be eating during pregnancy, I told him I thought I was doing a good job- not forcing myself to eat stuff that was bad for me- lots of fruits, vegetables, whole wheat, lean proteins and he was like no- ask her about vitamins and supplements. Isn't that cute? I told him I am already taking folic acid but would be sure to ask her about vitamins, well I gotta go, I am sneezing like crazy and I am at Robby's computer so I don't want to get it too messy.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Well, I was kind of expecting the nurse consult today to be some forms, questions- la de da but I has with her for like an hour and half- This is not a bad thing- I mean she went over medical stuff, medical history. She said that the doctor will monitor my thyroid levels more than normal during pregnancy because my hormone levels can fluctuate more than most. She talked about so much that it was a little hard to take in. But, I will try and partake what she said. She said that my due date is around May 17th, a day before my nephew Eli's. She said that I may not be as further along though because my periods are so long and irregular. So I am getting an ultrasound on Thursday. I gave a blood and urine sample, which is fine- I am not quite sure what they are all testing for- they took like six vials of blood. I was so nervous before I went in that I went to the bathroom like seven times but don't worry. I still had to go. The ultrasound on Thursday I have to drink like 20 ounces of water, then they did a semi-invasive ultrasound, let me pee- then the abdominal ultrasound. Robby called me today on his break and wanted to know how the appointment was- I felt like a sneak thief cause I went out to the garage to talk to him. When I let him know about the appointment on Thursday he talked to his manager to get approval to come in late that day. I know it is a small thing but it really made me happy. We can be there together to get the first look at our little baby. It is way too early to tell the gender or even make out really anything (it is not even 3 inches yet) but this will help determine how far along and the due date. I am excited! Oh and the nurse gave Regence a kudos for allowing me (well not just me) to work from home three days a week. She said that she wished that more companies would allow this for the first trimester. She also said that heartburn, nauseau, insomnia- all normal at this stage, she was glad that normally I don't have heartburn but apparently I am prone to it. So I can take tums- whoopee! well, I gotta go- nature calls- Oh I walked by the baby clothes today and had a moment- cause I was like- in a couple more months- I will be able to pick out this little tan jogging suit or purple dress. It was fun!

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Okay so we told the parenst yesterday and today. My dad got super excited and clapped his hands and jumped up to give me a hug. Mom kind of sat there for a second and then kind of responded.Sheri and Dave- Robby just kind of blurted out- we just found Karen is pregnant. Which Sheri did think that I was- which is not a problem with me. They are sworn to secrecy and she wants to do something special for Cousin's day. Last year Sara announced it to everyone at Cousin's Day and Sheri put up a little mini mystery stocking. She wants to do the same thing this year- I think that is a super cute idea and I am kind of glad that she wants to wait until then. Hopefully by then most of the morning sickness or "Until 4 or 5 in the afternoon" sickness goes away. I am praying that the morning sickness will wear off soon. I am counting my blessings that it is not as bad as it could be. I have not thrown up and some smells have been stronger than normal I think.Speaking of normal, I am sitting with my keyboard on my knees and Duchess between the keyboard and my stomach, I am wrapped in a blanket and Monkey is sleeping between my feet ensconced in the blankey and very happy. I don't know if the position will work for a lot longer. I was reminded today that Eli's birthday is May 18th so we shall see when Baby Ober makes an appearance. He may share his cousin's birthday! That would be very interesting and kind of fun. Now, Robby is sitting next to me asking how the keyboard is working and wanting to share my blankey- No Way! Oh, I was also offered an almost brand new stroller! Taking it!Well, I have a doctor's appointment On Tuesday so be thinking of me then.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

I got my medical history information from the doctor's office and am wondering about all of the stuff that they asked- very thankful that I don't fall into some of the scary categories (like being French or Canadian) I am thankful about that everyday though. I am still debating about telling my parents earlier than Robby's family, not because I care about them more but because I know how excited my parents will be, I also feel that I need to talk about some of the pregnancy stuff to someone and my mom would be the perfect person. Robby is good to talk to about it, he is a very good sounding board but he does not have any first hand information about the subject. There are a lot of things that we will have to talk about down the line anyway, like is he going to be in the delivery room. He says that he would prefer not to be and that is fine with me. I watched a baby show today and she had her husband, her mom, her sister, the doctor and two nurses (plus the camera crew) in her room. I was like, that is way too many people. I just don't want that many people looking at me. I don't even like pelvic exams with the doctor and nurse in that area. I have heard that you get to a point where you just are a lot more open and don't care- but I have a real problem with that. I would be happy to have my parents, Robby's parents, Molly and Robby nearby- but that doesn't leave anybody in the room with me. So Robby or my mom will have to be in there by my head- unless they annoy me- then I may have to kick them out. I think that I have to stop reading all the medical websites about baby stuff or I will start scaring myself. I will have to start looking at boy baby names and see what I like. Robby insists that he will know the name and that will be it. I am trying to find a name that cannot be shortened or a name that if it is shortened I don't want to stab the person who shortened the name, in the head with a meat cleaver. You may think- wow! what an exagerrated reaction- must be the pregnancy- uhm no, I have felt that way for a long time. We have a girl's name picked out already and barring some sort of celebrity arriving with the same name or a serial killer, we are going to stick with it- I will NOT reveal the name to anyone before the baby is here- I have already told several people, if you forgot than tough- if you remember, kindly keep it to yourself please! Gotta go- Seems to be a theme- going to the bathroom, sigh! Guess I better get used to it- My days as camel bladder are over!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Yesterday I was still not feeling well. We got back from the cruise a week ago and although I did not feel seasick as I did on the cruise I was still feeling pretty gross. I was feeling sick to my stomach and had heartburn. I was feeling a little tired too and figured that the reason that my underthings were not fitting as well because I accidentally shrunk them in the dryer or something. I wanted to call the doctor to see why I was feeling gross but I figured that I would take a pregnancy test just to make sure before I went in. I was totally not expecting it to be positive. It immediately turned one line pink than the next, almost right away! So I forced myself to wait the full three minutes then proceeded to run into Robby's office and started crying. Since I have taken scores of tests before and they were all negative he was pretty used to me crying over a test. I told him it was positive and we hugged and all that good stuff. This morning I took another test just to make sure and got two more pink lines. Besides, getting a doctor's appointment (uh Women's clinic does not do deliveries anymore so I had to find another one and they were all weird about it too- offering to have me see one of their doctor's first then switching to another one- I would swear if I was allowed.)and looking up pregnancy symptoms, pregnancy foods- yada yada yada- I don't have anything new to report- other than I told Robby to start thinking of names- Oh and I think that Sheri knows because she was looking at me all funny at lunch on Sunday- only time will tell- Yay! Baby Time!