IT'S A BOY!!!!

... details to follow later as we're running out to Syd's band concert now.

Remember how I promised everyone that I'd update later on with all the details about Xander's birth? Well, after resting at home for about a week, I'm finally going to write the entry! *pauses briefly to nurse baby* Okay, I'm back, Xander is chilling with Sydney on the couch watching Animal Planet (he's sleeping, she's watching Jeff Corwin rescue ( Read more... )

Just got back from the oncologist. It seems that his plan to put me on 3x the normal amount of iron has worked. My iron count is FINALLY up to appropriate for a pregnant woman of my age. It's lower than a healthy nonpregnant woman, but that's normal. I don't have to go back and get stuck with any more needles for him, and I don't need my iron ( Read more... )

Remember how I said the only thing that would get me out of work was labor? Well, apparently a note from my doctor is just as good as labor. LOL. I'll be working substantially less in the next four weeks, yay! Here's what happened:

Last week, I went to my ultrasound appointment to see how big Xander was getting. They wanted to make sure that he was ( Read more... )

I think the baby has dropped. I feel fantastic this morning, and I woke up some time during the night and realized that I felt odd because I could breathe again! I've been taking deep breaths all morning to reassure myself that I really can breathe in. I'm bummed because my parents are on the road to my house and I have to work at 3:15 today, but ( Read more... )

I'm totally nesting.

We did not get the house entirely cleaned the way Greg wants it whenever my parents come to visit, but after Veronica mars tonight he and I tackled the booksjelves for the nursery. He started building alone while I unpacked the additional things we received on Sunday and rearranged the other stuff. Then I helped him finish the ( Read more... )

Today we went to the doctor and I got checked out, and I also had an ultrasound to determine how big Xander is thus far. I am 34 weeks and two days according to their little calculator thingie.
I gained 7lbs between the last appointments (half a pound per day, can you freaking imagine????) which I *will* not stress about, dammit, and all my tests ( Read more... )

Today I had my 32 weeks and some odd days appointment.
They weighed me, and I had not gained any weight from two weeks ago, but that's no big deal because I didn't lose any either. Holding steady at 167lbs. Unfortunately, since I did not have my first doctor appointment until the middle of June, and since my scale at home is inaccurate, I have ( Read more... )

So I think I caught whatever cold is going around. Katy's description of what was wrong with her seems familiar. Can't call in sick to work, and I have my work baby shower this Sunday. Throat hurts, can't get a deep breath, dry unproductive cough, and the persistent feeling that I'm about to develop a fever. I've had that "I'm starting to get sick ( Read more... )

So this week is presenting itself as the suckiest week ever. Yesterday I had a decent day at work, but it was marred by the fact that I started to get all runny nosed and sniffly after about 10am (which is mid day for me) and generally felt like hell. I assume that my ever low resistance to germs, coupled with the astounding lack of sleep that I ( Read more... )