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Pardon my lateness. This week hasn’t been so pleasant, and it wasn’t due to being pregnant, but being sick. I’m done with the funky part of having a cold but I am now dealing with being light headed all day long. I’m feeling better but I need a solution. It seems like I feel this way right after meals. I remember going through this in September. I shall give my doctor a call.

Thursday’s doctor visit went quick. JT’s powerful heartbeat was checked. I was prescribed iron tablets because my hemoglobin was a tad low but my glucose score was 73, so I passed that. I was also given a number where I would have to schedule a time to come in a watch an epidural DVD. Basically it just covers the process, the risk, yadda yadda. If I don’t watch the DVD, I won’t be issued an epidural during labor no matter how bad that I beg or scream. I don’t know what the future holds, so I’m not going to take that risk of not going to see that DVD!

It seems that now my stomach isn’t growing fast enough for JT. He’s doing a great job with announcing his presence by leaving his little elbow and other body part imprints against my stomach. I find myself poking them back in.

Last night while cooking dinner Daddy asked me Who’s my Haute Mama? and proceeded to lift my shirt to rub my belly. A cheerio fell out on to the floor! I’m Haute and greedy, lol! Before cooking, I was eating honey nut cheerios in the bed and that one of many got trapped in my shirt!

I discovered last night after a shower, that my boobs can leak colostrum. Normally after taking a shower, I poke at my nipples to make sure that they are free of lint and that’s when they dripped. I know, TMI! I screamed and laughed out loud. Now I can get an “I Make Milk” shirt!

I leave you with the song that I think JT’s dancing to in my stomach! *sings* Ladies leave ya man at home! *sings*

(We have been keeping weekly accounts of our pregnancy since the 22nd week. If you’re interested in reading weekly updates prior to or following this one, click here!)

Today marks 26 weeks! Physically I feel great and the dreaded constipation hasn’t hit yet. Oh it’s about time I update my weight. I’m at 117lbs with a total of 12lbs gained. Today at the doctor, I partook in the glucose test. It wasn’t as bad as I expected. The cup of liquid tasted like a watered down soda. Thank goodness it wasn’t a syrupy concoction, as I envisioned. Had I not been hungry, experiencing heart burn and JT kicking, things would have been perfect. I seem to get heartburn when I start getting hungry. When I start getting hungry, JT viciously kicks. Obviously, he gets hungry too! So all of that had me a little queasy/funky in the tummy department for a few hours. I had a pap and breast exam done and we heard JT’s heart beating! Everything’s looking good. The doctor informed me that I have a wide esophageal path perfect for inserting a tube down my throat if I needed to have a C-Section and a wide pelvis perfect for having an easy delivery. He also said Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t have a baby because you are small. He just went on about how my build was perfect, something that I didn’t see coming but it put a smile on my face. I know Daddy didn’t want to hear this, another man complimenting his woman’s body! Our next visit is Valentine’s Day, we have now entered the stage where we will visit with the doctor every 2 weeks. Now I have more to add to my Mom Agenda, woohoo!

(We have been keeping weekly accounts of our pregnancy since the 22nd week. If you’re interested in reading weekly updates prior to or following this one, click here!)

As of today I am 22 weeks pregnant. I’m 114lbs and Jayden is 1lb 2oz! Jayden’s continuing his normal Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It in my belly. I’m currently enjoying fruit loops cereal and rainbow sherbet (not together). I may go back to my bacon and boiled eggs craving. Some TMI ahead…the prenatals are turning my “relief” weird colors.

Yesterday we had our second doctor visit and all is well. I was advised to start getting some exercise either by walking or swimming. If I get my heart rate going I’ll be physically prepared for additional weight gain and labor will be much easier. There’s one problem, it’s freezing outside! Yesterday was the coldest day ever but we walked around campus since Daddy had to get things sorted out with school. Hopefully it will warm up, when it does we’ll take our dog (Caesar) out with us. If I win this pedometer, walking would because less of a chore and sorta exciting =).

Here is the second set of ultrasounds we received. Jayden had the nerve to shoo away the ultrasound tech when she rolled over him! I guess you should never mess with my baby when he’s sleeping! She had to do a lot of digging in my pelvic area and it tickled so bad! Jayden’s still upside down, how convenient! I hope he stays that way even if his big head is resting on my bladder.

Our next visit is scheduled for January 31st and I will be taking the glucose test. I was told that the liquid would taste like a sugary soda…oh sure it will :-/. *heaves*

(We have been keeping weekly accounts of our pregnancy since the 22nd week. If you’re interested in reading weekly updates prior to or following this one, click here!)

After calling all over town trying to get an appointment before Christmas, we were able to make an appointment for December 12th 2007. We had to reschedule to the 14th because the ultrasound technician was sick on the 12th. On the 14th we had to reschedule (again) to the 17th because the ultrasound machine was broken! Mommy was *this* close to blowing smoke out of her ears!

We made it in and out of the doctor on the 17th with no problems, THANKFULLY. The ultrasound process took about 20 minutes and the ultrasound tech showed us many details of our bundle of joy, even it’s heartbeat! Daddy could not stop holding Mommy’s hand, nor could he take his eyes off of the ultrasound monitor that revealed the beautiful creation Mommy and he conceived together. It was hard to tell how far along Mommy was because when she discontinued the depo shots in April, her menstrual cycle stopped completely. Since we couldn’t give them any dates, the ultrasound tech assumed she was only in her 1st trimester. Typically women in their 1st trimester have a vaginal ultrasound done. Mommy was not looking forward to that! Thank goodness she shaved! This is when Daddy offered to hold her hand, lol. As soon as the ultrasound tech went in she had a surprise, the baby’s head! She exclaimed Ooo you’re further along than I thought! I thought you were still in your 1st trimester, we don’t need this! Immediately after rolling over Mommy’s belly, she told us that Mommy was 19 weeks, 4 days pregnant, due May 8th 2008 and that she could tell the gender. She asked if we wanted to know; of course we did, we need to start shopping! She showed us a BLATANT little weenie. We’re having a boy, his name is Jayden, he weighs 12 oz, and he enjoys laying upside down! Visit the Photo Gallery or here for Jayden’s ultrasound photos!

Next was the visit with the doctor. We had to come back a few hours later because he had to run to surgery. We didn’t have a problem since we had already gone through the “moment of truth”. The doctor had been going all day long, missing lunch, and the lobby had become crowded. We asked him a few questions, grabbed our prescription for prenatals and scheduled another visit for January 2nd. On the 2nd, we’ll get more ultrasound pictures of Jayden’s heart and spine. He was curled up during the 1st ultrasound so it was hard to get in there. Before we could walk out of the examining room a nurse alerted the doctor that a lady’s water had broken, her socks and shoes were soaked, and she was driving to the hospital. Hopefully the doctor got to eat dinner!

After the visit with the doctor, Daddy joked that he wasn’t going to tell anyone at his job about the pregnancy until the day Mommy goes into labor. Almost immediately after that moment, we walked out into the lobby area, and who else in the world to be sitting in there than one of Daddy’s fellow co-workers. Talk about irony, huh? Well that just threw his whole plan out the window! The secrets out…for BOTH of them!