First book

So I'm going to read to the baby every night and even though it's probably too early for it to hear a thing I say I started tonight. I found out that this is the worst book to read when hormones are raging... I barely got through it!

On a side note...

Alright so I wanted to reach out with this post.

I'm going to have to create a guest room with my office (So I'm going from a master bedroom, guest room, and office to a master bedroom, office/guest room and nursery) because I have family coming to stay over the summer and my mom is coming down when the baby is born to help me. If anyone has some extra furniture (preferably just a dresser, and a full/queen bed though a twin will work too) please let me know. And if someone has any extra nursery furniture I'm up for that too. Just let me know the price and if its reasonable I'll consider it. If you want to come over to help me paint, clean and organize, feel free to do that too!

Y'all know me and know it's hard for me to ask for help but if I feel this exhausted during my first trimester, I know I won't be able to move by the end of this pregnancy lol.

<3 B

5 days...

So less than 5 days and I will get to see my little munchkin. I'm so excited y'all and I can not wait. I am nervous to find out where I truly am in my pregnancy, I know the first question out of my mouth is going to be "WHATS THE HEARTRATE?". Blame the healthcare worker in me. I'm showing some major signs. Things are getting bigger (lol!) and my face is getting a little rounder even though it's not truly getting more fat (if that makes sense..). I'm getting through the horrible acne phase and I couldn't be more thankful for that. My eating habits are currently really weird. I went into the pickle phase yesterday about coming across the subway girl when she hardly put any pickles on my sandwich. I'm just excited at every little sign I see. As much as I hate the situation surrounding it, I love being pregnant (take note I am currently not in nauseous mode). The baby brain is still there as I occassionally have to be reminded of things to do at work. I'm truly hoping to get over that quick. It doesn't help that there's some drama going on but I am truly trying to put that behind me and move on.

So... today is going to be my doula appointment with Jenn. If y'all are nice I'll make a starbucks trip (don't worry, I am all about some smoothies and passion tea right now. no coffee) on Sunday to update you guys on that. I'm really excited about doing this birth the way I want to. GHS is VERY supportive in family oriented birth so I'm glad to work for that company as my insurance requires me to have my baby with them unless it's an emergency. I'm still working my oh so lovely 60 hour weeks though I'm hoping to take a break from that at the end of February. I'm trying to save up every little bit that I can. I'm still not working 24 hours at Oconee as I don't want to set my sleep schedule off too much.

Anyways, current cravings are white chocolate pretzels and pickles. I'm successfully weaning off my caffeine even though I have to have a little of it here and there to keep out of DTs. No alcohol still though I do get a virgin margarita everywhere I go. And I am trying this whole rest and relaxation thing when I go home even though I want to scrub the house clean.

So anyways, off to take my microbiology quiz. This is my last semester for this year as a full time student. I'm going to remain at Greenville Tech for the fall semester taking 2 online classes (probably nutrition and spanish) to get ready for USC Nursing and then I'll hit the ground running in Spring 2013 for my nursing degree since I have a little more motivation.

Watch next week for ultrasound photos :).

B

One way I know baby is coming,

Instead of coffee in my mug, there's ginger ale.

One week...

So first of all, I'm not one to believe in coincidences at all so the fact that today is one month from the worst day of my life AND one week from my ultrasound gives me hope that this baby was placed in my life in such an unsteady time for a reason.

Here's a little humor...
If you see the picture (I'm mobile blogging since my Internet is off at home unexpectantly) my due date is labor day!!!! How crazy is that? I just discovered it when writing in my calendar. So who knows!

Life has been a little rocky, I'm trying to dig out of the mess I was left. I'm excited about the baby but worried about who will be in its life. I will say that the people who have been supportive are incredible and that's coming from not only my family and friends but Cory's too. I can't wait to meet our little bundle of joy.

So I'm asking for prayers. My nausea is still there but eating pretzels helps. I'm going to continue working 60 hour weeks even if I would rather not to try to stay steady financially through all of this. I'm strong, I'll make it. I've been praying for strength, guidance and for this child to have both of its parents no matter their relationship with each other.

B

4 weeks, 5 days. Appointments

So here comes the whirlwind: the appointments and the decisions and the time is probably going to fly because I am glowing and enjoying pregnancy. My first official prenatal appointment (I've had a check up but it was too early for them to really be hardcore about it except for my low iron) with someone is tomorrow at 5. I'm meeting up with my doula at Starbucks (no worries, tea or smoothie for me!) to discuss my birth plan (all natural and if I can get Cory involved with the pregnancy I plan on doing The Bradley Method) and all the fun details. Then 2 weeks from tomorrow I head back to my OB for my official prenatal checkup with an ultrasound first and then meeting with Dr. Bailey, my OB. Kinda weird how I went from wedding planning to baby planning... and the sad part is, short term the baby is cheaper.

So: Where are we?

Random Craving of today: Burger King Fries.
Funny moment: I felt like I was going to get sick so I verbalized it to Deb, one of our RN's. She immediately started chuckling asking if there was something they needed to know. My eyes got huge and I did the whole "You didn't know?!?". She didn't so she quickly found out lol.
Random crying: ALL DAY LONG. my sister in law sent me a super sweet email, that made me cry. my mom called me, that almost made me cry.

I'm a strong girl and with all of this I'm even stronger!

<3 B