Leslie Lee’s Weblog

 #2  9/21/07

  #1  9/7/07

 We had our second ultrasound last Friday. It was way better than the first one. The baby got huge in comparison to the first ultrasound. Two weeks ago it was 10mm, and Friday it was 27mm! Holy cow, I know! It was really cool to see it actually sort of look like a baby, AND I saw it move, a lot! I swear it was doing the robot. It’s little arms and legs were going up and down. It definitely made it feel a lot more real.

If you look at the second ultrasound (9/21/07 – the one that’s posted first) the baby’s actually upside down, so that big bump at the bottom is it’s head and you can see his arms and legs above it….isn’t that so cool??

We’ve got another ultrasound in two more weeks, on Oct.5 and it will be my “graduating” appointment from the fertility clinic. I’ve really enjoyed being able to see the baby every two weeks, I’m starting to think that we are actually a little lucky to be able to be going through the REI department. So after this I will be moved to my regular Obstetrician at the Homestead Kaiser campus, and my next ultrasound will be sometime in November to find out the sex of the baby – which I am SO excited for! I don’t really have a preference to what we have, but I do have a feeling it’s one over the other.

I just found out that LOST – one of my favorite shows – doesn’t start until February! Are you kidding me?? That is ridiculous. I thought it was bad last year when their season started and then went on hiatus forever and then came back in February. But now they’re not even gonna start for another 6 months, that is just retarded. Damn this show. If it weren’t so freaking good, I would boycott it all together.

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Decaf coffee does not help wake you up. I thought I could maybe trick myself, but I guess I’m too smart for that. Do you think that if you drink too much caffeine during pregnancy, your child will be more likely to have ADD? I miss my regular Americanos.

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Blueberry yogurt + a banana = Delicious! Just like a BananaBerry from Jamba Juice.

Did you know that they have a super secret flavor at Jamba Juice?? It’s not on the menu, so you have to be on the “in” to know that they have it.  John’s cousin introduced me to it, it’s called a White Gummy. It’s the best, just like a white gummy bear. Try it, you’ll like it.

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6 o’clock nausea sucks! I really wasn’t expecting to get sick at all, but least of all was I expecting evening sickness. It’s miserable. It just started this week and it’s awful. I’m not barfing or anything, it’s just that really uneasy feeling that lasts until after bedtime. It makes going to bed uncomfortable with a lot of tossing and turning. Which makes waking up in the morning near impossible. Hence the coffee comment.

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Did you watch the Channel 2 News this morning? They broadcast (live) the whole OJ Simpson bail hearing. Who cares?? Why do people care so much about OJ?? Yeah, the story is bizarre, and something is definitely wrong with him, but really. I would much rather hear more about the weather.

Speaking of weather…Isn’t this the best weather ever?? I lovvvve autumn!! This means that Halloween is coming up!! My favorite holiday ever. AND this year I will be able to dress up as a pregnant nun! I don’t know why, but I have always wanted to do that. I think ever since high school. But not as a fake pregnant nun, a real pregnant nun. And NOW  I can!! I knew there was a plus side to this pregnancy thing! Do you think that it would be bad then if John dressed up as a priest? Or maybe he should dress up as a devil? It’s a good thing I’m Buddhist.

Today I was pretty lazy. I stayed in my PJ’s all day. It was great. Jodi came over and we watched TV and laughed all day. John worked on his new endeavor – a video arcade console. Even Eric stopped by for a bit and watched football. It was a good day.

I’m feeling kind of round today. My belly has always been a little chubby, but in the last few days I’ve really noticed a difference in shape, it’s just a lot rounder. It’s just so odd that a person is going to grow in there!

 On a side note…Yesterday I went to IKEA with my mom, and I just have to say how much I LOVE the As-Is department. One thing on our Before-Baby-List is a new bedroom set from IKEA in the oak color. Well, the last time I was there I found the dresser that we wanted in the right color, and for almost half the regular price! It was normally $219 and I got it for $122.90! There was nothing wrong with it, no scratches and everything worked right, it was just put together, which is GREAT. Then when I was there yesterday we found the head board that we wanted, in the right color again – and I saved just about 40%! So, if you’re ever looking for something at IKEA, go check the As-Is department, near the check out registers.

OH, and the funniest thing happened too…on the way there, we were driving on 101 and this stupid flock of pigeons went swooping down on the freeway and one of them totally ran into the front of my car, and I’m pretty sure I killed it! OMG, not to sound cruel or anything, but it was hilarious! My mom was in the front seat and I was driving and they just flew right out in front of me and made a big thump, we screamed  and all these feathers flew out behind my car and there were a couple more thumps and this poor limp bird went thumping along to the side of the road. So bizarre!

I’ve almost made it through my first full week back at work. Almost. Just one more day! It actually hasn’t been that bad, but it’s really hard not to tell anybody at work that I’m pregnant. I couldn’t keep it all in, so I did tell one person, but I’m sure it will be fine. What would happen anyways? But only a few more weeks until I can spill the beans. That will be a relief.

Today, I am officially 2 months pregnant. I’m still waiting for this to really hit me, hopefully it will happen before we have to bring the baby home from the hospital. But other than that I don’t really have anything to report. I’m still feeling alright, long showers make me a little light headed and dizzy, and I have been getting little bouts of nausea which is really only preventing me from doing dishes – darn. Otherwise, everything is A-OK!

I have another ultrasound next Friday, the 21st. I think it’s our last appointment at the REI Clinic, I’ll soon be moved over to the regular OB. We’re signed up for the New Pregnancy class in mid-October, so that’s something to look forward to also.

Well, I hope everyone is doing well…until next time…

Well after a jam packed weekend, I was surprisingly glad to see Monday arrive. This weekend was exhausting! Saturday MY baby (see, I’m getting used to the idea) and I took our first (and hopefully, only) pole dancing class – that was very interesting, who knew what a workout it would be! There was an occassion – we hosted a bachelorette party that night, which lasted until after 2AM! Being sober and tired, I was a little grumpy towards the end of the evening, but overrall I think I hung in there like a champ.

The next morning I got up pretty early and had a very long day of family. Don’t get me wrong, it was really nice to see everyone, but by the end of what seemed like a 48 hour day, I was beat.

I got home just in time to miss Britney’s so-called-crappy performance at the VMA’s so I just went straight to bed.

Ah, the life of a party girl – in bed and asleep by 9:15…

Yesterday we finally went to our first dr.’s appointment and got our fist pictures of the baby. It wasn’t really how I expected at all.

The day started off pretty crappy, I woke up with a plan to stay home and clean house for a party I’m throwing this evening. But I roll over in bed and instant PAIN. Holy jebus, I got the biggest kink in my neck that shot this gawd-awful pain all the way down to the middle of my shoulder blades. How the heck was I supposed to freakin vacuum with this?? I was kind of pissed, and this was like 6 o’clock in the morning, which didn’t help.
So I take my gumpy self out to the living room where John is already working on his billing. I got a little sympathy, I guess. But he starts talking about how he thinks we should get a boat before the baby is born. WTF?!? Why in the world would a newborn baby need to experience a boat?? I went back to bed, now with two giant pains in my neck.
I got woken up a couple hours later to the phone ringing, in which when I finally got to the phone, they had already hung up. How Annoying.
Anyways, so 3:30 finally came around. John was grumpy because he hadn’t eaten all day, I was just hormonal. I checked in. We go to sit down in the waiting room, and he sits across from me?! Why isn’t he sitting next to me?! What, he’s pissed at me now?? I didn’t do anything!! It’s not my fault he’s hungry!! What kind of expecting couple do we look like when we can’t even sit next to each other?? I could feel my blood start to boil and tried my hardest to ignore him. I don’t even know why this made me so mad, I mean who cares, but I was pissed. The poor guy…
By the time we got into the dr.’s office, I was over it. She came in. She stuck that big wand thing in my kooch, and VIOLA.
“There’s YOUR baby”. (just one baby)
The weirdest thing anybody has ever said to me. So far everyone has pretty much only referred to it as, THE baby, not MINE. That kind of freaked me out. In fact it is still kind of freakin me out. This is going to be MY baby, John and I totally and completely responsible for it forEVER. I just keep thinking…

OMG, what have we done??

So, I thought this would be a fun way to update everyone on how the baby and mommy are growing. It’s also a good way for me to get all this stuff out, so that I don’t have to bug everyone with my non-stop pregnancy chatter.

Alright, so today I am officially 7 weeks along. I feel almost perfectly fine, my boobs are big and sore, and at about 4:00 it’s hard to keep my eyes open. No real sign of morning sickness, although I have given up on the Sonicare toothbrush because it tends to make me gag and then I have a lovely 15 minute dry heaving session. But that’s only happen a few times, and not since I got a regular toothbrush.
This week the baby is about the size of a blueberry and supposedly it’s starting to move around like a little Korean-Japanese-White jumping bean. It has little limb buds with webbed fingers &toes and a tail. Ew. Let’s move on…

John has been working hard on the Before Baby List that I so lovingly put together for him. Earlier this week he crossed off his first item, putting in a new sprinkler system and new sod in the front yard. It’s very exciting, our house almost looks halfway decent now. He’s now moved on to digging out a whole bunch of dirt to extend the driveway with pavers, he thinks he’ll have the whole project done by Saturday. I don’t know about that.

 We are sooooooo excited for tomorrow, our first ultrasound is at 3:30. I’m hoping that this will make this whole pregnancy thing feel a lot more real. Because I don’t have that many symptoms, sometimes I feel like I’m just imagining that I’m pregnant. So, of course, like any normal person, when I’m feeling like that, I just take another pregnancy test. Thank gawd for the internet. I found a website (pregnancytest.com) where I bought 20 pregnancy test strips for 80 cents each. (whatta deal!) So I don’t feel so guilty taking 2-3 tests a week. All positive, by the way. Yes, I know, I’m a little neurotic, maybe even tinkering on the verge of totally nuts. Hopefully this will all end tomorrow with the sight of a heartbeat.

Okay, well hopefully I’ll figure out how to update this thing, and maybe I’ll even be able to post the ultrasound photos. How exciting!!

Until tomorrow…