14 weeks .... here I come

I will be 14 weeks pregnant on Thursday and I am feeling great. I have my days when I would love to nap or I HAVE to nap but otherwise I am doing good. November went by so fast and I am so worried that this month will go fast too.. and before you know it..Isabella will be ONE and I will be giving birth again. Which by the way.. I am nervous again. I am not as nervous but I am still nervous. They always say that each pregnancy is different and each birth is different. Maybe I wont be in labor for 5 days and 21 hours. HAHA Who knows.. I might have my membrances stripped again at 39 weeks. I do NOT want a c-section. Life would not be good. I have a hard time letting go and having someone take care of me. I have a hard time letting go and having someone else control the situation. I will not let it happen.

The Christmas decorations are put up and I am going Christmas Shopping this weekend. I am getting it ALL done. I am planning on starting at 9 and being done by dinner time. I am planning it all out so I dont end up wasting gas and my time. Wish me luck! We are getting Christmas photos done Thursday and hopefully it will go well. Hopefully I will be walking out of there paying $9.99. Thats our plan. LOL

Hair business.. is not going so well but of course I have yet to send out flyers. I have created a flyer but I havent sent it out. Why havent I done this??

Did anyone else not take pictures of their kids on Thanksgiving... I feel so bad!! I am a horrible mom!

Good News

So ... were pregnant again!! 9 weeks on Thursday and due June 10th, 2010. This was planned but happened alot sooner than expected. We were going to wait until Bella was one but God has another plan for us. =) Being pregnant this time has been very easy. I only have a food adversion once in awhile and I wake up every night at 3-3:30to go to the restroom and I have my good days and bad on being tired. Otherwise.. I sometimes question if I am truly pregnant. Yesterday's ultrasound confirmed it! He/she has a strong heartbeat and is growing just fine. We are very excited about this baby coming. I will be joining the group "Two under two". I am going to have my hands full but I heard that the kids are going to be close and entertain each other. It might be tough for the first year or two but then it should be awesome afterwards. I can barely get things done with Bella now... I dont know what I am going to do with two. Jeff still doesnt understand how I dont get things done around the house. I personally think I have. I remember one day I cooked a whole chicken, make asparagus soup and this crazy dinner with Bella. I rocked that day. Oh a brighter note, I am super happy about having a summer baby. I can go outside and take a walk and enjoy the weather with the little one. With Bella, we were stuck inside the house. Poor Bella.

So my hair business is not under way. Things arent going as planned. I am going to make flyers this weekend if it kills me and send those out. I have to be careful though... I dont want my license taken away. I am also considering getting a serving job. Jeff doesnt know but I would really love to get out of the house and have time to myself. And if working does it... then so be it. Being a stay home mom is lonely. I realized I do need time away from the daughter. LOVE her but mommy needs time. Also considering a consultanting job ... but not sure what yet. To be continued.......

Stay home mom

I am officially a stay home mom! I have so much to do! Get my house cleaned from top to bottom. Get organized! Raise my daughter! Save money!! Finish scrapbooks! Update Bella's Website! I can go on and on..... Thank God I have all the time in the world. Well sort of!! First agenda on the list is money!
1. Duke Energy
2. U promise
3. P & G Savers
4. Mr. Rebates
5. Coupons
6. MS Money
7. Business cards for hair services
8. Consultant for Uppercase Living?? Scrapbooking???
There's more but I am probably boring you!

Last night Jeff and I met up with our finanical advisor about getting Isabella's 529 Plan in place. We decided to get a 529 plan that is linked to UPromise. Basically anything we buy online or products in stores, Upromise will give us money towards our 529 Plan! Free Money for Isabella College Fund! We are currently deciding on how much we are going to contribute to the 529 Plan. I have heard that some people dont benefit the Upromise plan but its worth the shot. If I had known about this .. I would have probably started a college fund when Jeff and I got married. We would be ahead of the game. Oh well! At least we are starting with something.

Also last night I enrolled us into Dominion. They are our new electric provider yet Duke still handles the billing and service. As of Oct 1st, Duke is charging like .9 cents per KWh. This company is charging .688 cents per KWh. We should see a 20% in savings. You can cancel at anytime and there are no fees for entering this program or canceling. Sounds too good to be true.. right?? I guess not! I will keep you updated.

Next on the list is printing out business cards or flyers for the hair business. I have some other things I have to look into to bring in some income!!

Thats it for now! As for Bella.. she is still army crawling.. hopefully anyday now she will be crawling on her hands and knees!!

I am a MOM

I know.. I havent updated my blog in forever. Its going to take sometime updating you all on my life for the past 5 months so please be patience. I think we should start with my birth story: NOTE: DETAIL INFOMATION BELOW-BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!

Overall I was in labor for 5 full days and 12 hours. I pushed for 2 hours and 21 mins and I delivered a 7lb 9.6 oz /21 inches baby girl!

On Tuesday I had my normal 39 week appt. I was STILL 1 cm/50% effaced. My dr kept telling me I needed to be 2 cm to strip my membranes. I had looked on the internet and read that you could have your membranes stripped @ 1 cm. So I asked again and she said we can go ahead and do this but it would be better if I was 2 cm. So we stripped my membranes that day.

That night I had mild cramping. On Wednesday, late in the day, I started to lose my mucus plug along with more intense cramping with my stomach tightening but with no pain. Thursday during the ,I had lost the rest of my mucus plug and that night I had my bloody show and that continued through Friday. Throughout this time, I had NO sleep what so ever. My cramping was so bad that I couldn’t sleep or get comfortable. I would time my contractions/cramping and wouldn’t have anything timeable. We would have contractions from 6-8 mins apart but then we would have a 10 min apart contraction after 30 mins. It was a never ending. Finally on Saturday night, I was eating dinner and had 2 contractions 3 mins apart. After each contraction, I felt a gush of water. So I checked it out and I basically soaked my underwear. I smelled it and it had no smell what so ever. So I changed my underwear and it happened again. So at that time, my contractions were 3-5 mins apart for a hour with 2- 6 min apart contractions. I called my dr and she said to go to the hospital. So we arrived and we got checked out before getting admitted. I was 4 cm/100% effaced with a high leak. HOLY COW!! So I was admitted. As soon as I got to my delivery room, I had my epidural. The epidural wasnt bad at all. They checked me right after my epidural and I was a 5 cm @ 11pm. We estimated that I would deliver by 4 am. P.S. Beware... your husband might pass out from watching the epidural. My husband got all lightheaded watching it and turned green. It was funny. At my hospital they only check you every 2 hours. So I was checked 2 hours later and I was still a 5cm at 1:30. So they decided to break my water. So they broke my water and 2 hours later I was a 6-7cm around 3:30am. I stayed a 6-7cm for 3 hours and finally progress to 8cm at 5:30am. I was then checked again at 7:30 and was still an 8cm. At 8:30 I was a 9 cm and by 9:30, I was a 10cm. I didnt start pushing until 10:15am. They gave me a little bit of pitocin to help with my contractions. If I remember right, they were like 4-5 mins and they wanted them to be 2-3 mins apart. I had a hard time pushing her past my pubic bone. I also had a hard time knowing if I was having a contraction. So my Dr. turned off my epidural for awhile. I pushed for 2 hours and 21 mins. We tried all kinds of pushing techniques and I still was having trouble getting past the pubic bone. To be honest, the only way I progressed was to get pissed off . I didn’t scream, just a lot of GRRRR’s. Once I got her to past my pubic bone, I progressed a lot faster. The Dr. had to cut me to help get the head out. It was only a minor 2nd degree cut. Finally at 12:36 p.m. Isabella was born! I cried as soon as I saw her. She is amazing and was worth it in the end.

38 weeks

So.. no progress.... Still 1 cm and 50% effaced. She couldnt strip my membranes. Whatever.. Isabella!! So next step is to see her next Tuesday for my 39 week appt. We have an ultrasound scheduled to see how big she is. And then we see the Dr afterwards. If I have progress even a little, we will then schedule an induction date for that week. But if I have NOT progress, she will NOT induce me. Ask why? Because she doesnt want me to be in more pain than I really need to be. I really dont understand it all but whatever the dr says. Now.. when it comes 40 weeks then we will have to induce me no matter what. But for right now ... this is what I got.

and it continues.....

I think I broke my toe. Its swollen, black&blue, and hard to walk on. I did this on Thursday morning.

And then today....................................I think I am getting a UTI. I'll have to get that checked out on Tuesday.

sigh....

Sigh

New symptom.... rash on belly that itches. Sigh... can I get some relief soon?? I hate being pregnant! I really do!!

2nd Internal

I am now 1 cm dilated and still 50% effaced. She did some stretching/massaging and now I am all crampy. I am so happy to be working from home because I am just miserable. Next week if I am 2 cm, she will strip my membranes and she said I should have her within 24 hours if she is ready. If she is not ready then nothing will happen. So... lets hope next week, we will have a baby in our arms. I am still terrified about the how experience of giving birth but what can I do. I am just so unhappy that I dont care anymore. A couple of people have mentioned that once I am in labor, I will say... what was I thinking. I know exacting what I was thinking......... I want my body back and lets get to recovery.

1st internal

50 % effaced. 1 cm on the outside and 0 cm on the inside.

2008

Lets start with January: Jeff and I bought a new house. We are so happy with the house and the area. We are planning on living there for a very long time. Its basically our dream house. Ask us if we would do it again?? Nope. We will never have 2 mortgages again. Lets just say it was really stressful and thank God for our tenants.
February.... I found out I was pregnant for the first time. And then in April I had a miscarriage. Like I said before, it still effects me. Nobody warned me that you dont see Marly and Me if your pregnant. I can understand why if your pregnant for the first time. All it did was bring back the memory of my miscarriage. Sorry if I ruined the movie for ya. I cried my eyes out when they found out. Jeff grabbed my hand, like a good husband and we just looked at each other. How they told them was basically the same way they told us.
In May, we found out that I was pregnant again. There wasnt as much excitement as before. When we first found out we were pregnant, I wrapped a gift and video taped Jeff's reaction. The second time I found out, I called Jeff on the phone and said " yah... I think were pregnant again". I wasn't positive because you can still have positive tests after a miscarriage. So.. with caution we went to the dr and found out that it was true.
In May, we had the birth of Emma Grace and Samatha Kay. What a celebration! They both were healthy and beautiful.
In September, we found out we were having a baby girl. We named her Isabella Faith.
In October, we had the anniversary of Tommy Wilson. I cant believe he passed away 1 year ago from cancer.
There was also a date nobody remembered but me..... October 24, 2008. We would've had a baby born that day. I thought about him or her that day. There is a lady at church who had the same due date as I. Everytime I look at her baby today, I cant help but wonder about our first angel and if she/he would be that weight. I would be holding a baby right now. But then again, once Isabella is born, I know I will have to face my thoughts about if I didnt have a miscarriage, I wouldnt have her, right? I know its what God planned for us but I still find it hard somedays. 2008 had some up's and down's but in the end it was a good year.