Author: allycat143

i forgot the other stuff i was gonna say about last night. so the hormones hit as well last night. as i was lying in bed trying to fall asleep, i was feeling anxious, and tired, and nauseous, and my thoughts were bouncing around like a pinball machine, and next thing ya know, i’m crying over something that happened in elementary school!

i just had a crappy night’s (lack of) sleep. first i couldn’t fall asleep until like 245am because i felt nauseous. then i woke up at 5 feeling super nauseous. i slept sitting up in bed on and off for a bit before i finally drug myself out of bed and went downstairs for some bread. the bread helped some, and after a bit i finally was able to go back to sleep, but it was really touch and go there for a bit about if i was going to have to throw up. i kept reminding myself that unlike most other causes for being sick and throwing up, getting it out doesnt make u feel any better – i guess since u cant throw up the baby.

Just got my first ultrasound for the baby. Heart rate was 126 which she said was good. Looks like a big fuzzy blob. Baby board said it is about the size of a blueberry. Waiting to see dr Webb now and find out how far along I am and my EDD.

7 weeks
“How your baby’s growing:The big news this week: Hands and feet are emerging from developing arms and legs.Your baby has doubled in size since last week and now measures half an inch long, about the size of a blueberry.”

I’m also in maternity clothes now as of this weekend.

Let me count the ways…

1. gummy bears
2. sugar cookies
3. CARROT CAKE

So i’ve been researching the BoA short sale process, and I can’t decide if it is good news or bad. one article was making it sound like working with BoA is a pain. “Bank of America is one of the most difficult lenders to deal with in regards to negotiating short sales.” I did find another post tho from March that said they had updated parts of their software to make things flow more smoothly, so I guess it depends on how great of a job the new software updates do. if you really care to read it all….

long but informative blog read about the whole process

and
latest changes

main short sale process steps

How your baby’s growing:
This week’s major developments: The nose, mouth, and ears that you’ll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you’d find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby’s eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute — almost twice as fast as yours — and blood is beginning to course through his body…Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil.
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Current symptoms: still the smells (which the bad ones make me pause a moment because they make me feel slightly sick), still sleeping non-stop. yesterday i was a little moody but today im fine. other than that i don’t think i really have any symptoms so far.
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edit: im having the slightest bit of nausea now when i have an empty stomach
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Went to see Dr Webb yesterday. It was a really quick (semi-pointless appointment) because all they did is give me a pregnancy test and check me. Both the nurse and Dr Webb made the comment about how I’m “definitely pregnant” because the little + showed up super fast on their test the way it had mine. I’m scheduled to see the baby Mon the 27th.
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yesterday i needed a major whine fest and couldnt get a hold of anyone. just now i found funniness on the internet and there is no one online to make fun of it with me!
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because im crazy, im sitting here looking at nurseries on HGTV to get ideas for the fabulous nursery im going to make arianna. i find a link called Twilight themed nurseries. Is that what I think it is? so i click the link. The rooms are beautiful, but check out the description of this one “The dramatic angular ceiling covered in romantic purple fabric resembles the inside of a vampire’s coffin.” While the ceiling is beautiful, who wants to think of being in a coffin!?
http://www.hgtv.com/kids-rooms/8-twilight-themed-nurseries/pictures/index.html
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yay lauren is on so i can get her to look at stuff with me

How your baby’s growing:
Deep in your uterus your embryo is growing at a furious pace. At this point, he’s about the size of a sesame seed, and he looks more like a tiny tadpole than a human. He’s now made up of three layers — the ectoderm, the mesoderm, and the endoderm — which will later form all of his organs and tissues.
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So far….I can smell things more clearly and I’m tired a lot more than usual (tho that isn’t saying much since im always tired.) Other than that, no symptoms so far (fingers crossed, but its still reallly early). I’ve had to switch out my morning (pretend) coffee for chocolate milk.
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The short sale packet will hopefully finally be going to the bank this week sometime. No idea how long it will take the bank to approve it, but at least they will finally actually *have* it.
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Went to Jana’s naming ceremony on Sunday which was neat. I had no idea they give the baby a second, Jewish, name as well. I told my “secret” to Jana and Jenny, which puts the tally up to ten people. I probably won’t really tell anyone else until after the first U/S, but I at least wanted my friends to know.
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because i dearly love Baby’s Named a Bad, Bad Thing, and because I’ll now be spotting my own on the Feb ’12 birth club forums, I decided to make my own list of the ones I actually see in my birth club.
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1. Zeus Anthony for a boy and Memorii Marie for a girl 🙂
2. Girl is Quinneth Lorena Josecita (they’re white), Boy is Elim Anthony
3. girl will be acelynn renesmee jean
4. girl- khias leigh
5. Chjara (KAI-ar-AH)
6. Girl- Evie, Prim, Fallan ..Boy- Syler, Ryker, Finn..
7. Girl: Ruby Tallulah
8. Boy: Bowen Francis

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I’m also going to list all the ones I see on the birth club that are super cute. If only i could have a million kids for my million names. The #1 middle name I am seeing this year is Rose. Every other person is using it.
I’m making this list for people like Sarah and Lauren that can’t seem to come up with names for their babies to choose from the list when it is time for #2. “in other countries like Norway, they actually provide lists for you to choose from. If a name is not “allowed”, then I believe you have to choose something else or pay some kind of fine.”

1. Isabelle Nadine
2. Jacoby Dhane
3. Airen Lynn
4. Gavin
5. Darren
6. Makynna Avery
7. Tate
8. Natalie Marie
9. Emmalyn Nichole
10. Emmery Rose (Emme for short)
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this morning i noticed stuff smelling bad. like more so than usual smells; like i was about to gag. so i went downstairs and looked at my calendar and was 4 days past due on my period (assuming a normal cycle, which i havent been really having). upstairs, i had this one random pregnancy test leftover from my ovulation kit. i wasnt even 100% sure if it was a pregnancy test or an ovulation test, because it was just an unmarked foil wrapper, plus i had no instructions for it, so i winged it. as soon as i dipped it in the cup, i could see a +. so i threw on clothes and got lucas and hauled ass to rite aid to buy a real test (thinking – im either pregnant or ovulating realllly late). well the second test was just as positive as the first!
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i was like, stunned, because i had had 0 signs that i was pregnant. i sent paul a photo of the test and he called me and was like “so what is that? does that mean youre pregnant?” and when i asked him what he thought he said “im going to lunch”. it’s funny because i now have all the doubts that i don’t remember having the first time around. like, “am i ready for this? can i handle two kids? can we afford two kids?” paul doesn’t get why im freaked out since it was planned, but planning and being are two different things.
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so im going to copy jenny and lauren and post weekly updates. here is week 4!
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“Right now your baby is an embryo the size of a poppy seed….This week marks the beginning of the embryonic period. From now until 10 weeks, all of your baby’s organs will begin to develop and some will even begin to function..”
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Not really a lot to report there, it being a dot and all. If i were to give my embryo a silly nickname, i would call it poppy. or jellybean. but im not going to, because those are stupid.
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How far along?
Pregnancy Symptoms:
Total weight gain/loss:
Maternity clothes?
Stretch marks?
Sleep:
Best parts this week:
Worst parts this week:
Movement:
Food cravings:
Gender:
Labor Signs:
What I miss:
What I am looking forward to:
Weekly Wisdom:
Milestones: