I have...

Bronchitis! Sexy, isn't it? I thought that same thing when the doctor told me that this morning. It makes sense and it's what I thought I had. This cough just will not go away. She said since I am an asthmatic and it's a bacterial infection, she wants to go ahead and treat it with Zithromax (aka Zpack) and it won't harm Mr. Troy Maximus whatsoever. I came back to work and read as many articles to see if she was right, and they all say it's fine. I'm going to call my OB just to give me the final okay. My doctor said that if I don't take anything it could turn into something worse and with it being a bacterial infection, it could hurt Troy if I didn't take anything. So, I'll take it (but only after I get the okay from my OB!).

Last night my other half (aka my baby daddy) and I went to tour the labor and delivery unit at the hospital I will be delivering at. There was about 15 of us and I think I might have been the only one w/out a constant beaming obnoxious smile on their face. Don't get me wrong, I am ECSTATIC about having my little man and I love him more than anything I could have imagined, but seeing the room and SEEING the bio hazard bag where my possible poo will be dropping into it -- it was just so REAL! Looking at all of the machines and monitors...AHHH!!! I am enjoying every second when Troy moves around and feeling his little punches get stronger, but I don't think it ever really occurred to me that I have to push him out. I have done everything physically possible to make that easier on me and him -- I've worked out before pregnancy like a mo fo, I'm still working out like a preggo mo fo, and I'm eating really well. So I shouldn't be nervous, right? RIGHT! The labor and delivery rooms themselves are HUGE. I was really surprised at all the room you got in there. The nurse who gave us the tour (who I hope helps deliver Troy, she was really nice, warm and informative), told us that she has seen 12 people in those rooms. *Side note: no way in Haiti's would I want that many people there. This isn't a AA meeting people, this is me going full monty trying to bring someone into the world* There were a couple other nurses at the nurse station with welcoming smiles and I even saw a doctor who is a possibility for delivering Troy. My OB has 6 other doctors in her practice and they rotate nights they are working and are on call. Small world cause he in fact delivered my Bunny Boo about 11 years ago. I even have a girlfriend who had him deliver both of her babies and I've heard nothing but great things. Then on to the postpartum room we went. Small, cozy, has a bed and a place for Nick to sleep :) I'll be in there for 48 hours which I'm actually happy about because I want to take full advantage of the nurses and the help that will be provided for as long as I can.
Next up on the 'baby to do' list is our baby birthing classes which start on the 29th :) BRING IT!!
Happy Veterans day and Happy almost Friday!!

26 weeks and sick

Well good evening all you lovely beautiful amazing readers! I hope this Saturday is going amazingly for you. Most 24 year olds my age are out partying or some other shenanigan, but I? Knocked up, married and in bed watching tv while the hubbs plays on his iphone. I wouldn't have it any other way :) Today my mom, the mister, and I headed to Apple Hill for some fun in this beautiful weather {and Nick headed up there for the apple beer -- yes, apple beer. It's delish, don't judge}. After a fun day browsing crafts and pumpkins that you'd have to sell a kidney just to afford, we headed home since Nick and I had to be back in our neck of the woods at 3 to get my car that was getting some new {and much needed!} tires put on them. That's when it really hit. I woke up this morning with a touch of a sore throat but tried to shake it off. No such luck. Around 3:30, it was a full blown sore throat. Oh and I had a few sneeze attacks. I opted out of my full blown weekly grocery shopping trip and decided to just stop and get a few things and pregnancy friendly cold beverages {POM juice}, and went home to settle on the couch with the hubbs and catch up on our DVR. Blah! Lets hope I am up and running w/out the fabulous hot nose/ hot eyes combo, sore throat and plugged up ears before Monday.

Since this week at work has been insanely out of the norm busy, I didn't' even have a chance to do my '26 week pregnant' update. So without further ado, please read on, while I go poor myself a nice stiff drink -- consisting of POM juice and water on rocks



How far along? 26 weeks, some books say I am in my 3rd trimester, but babycenter.com says it's not until I start week 28.

Baby's size? He is about 1.5-2lbs, and is about 14 inches long : the size of an English cucumber


Weight Gain? 15lbs total

Maternity clothes? Yes and some cute ones at that!

Stretch marks? Nope. Still lubing up the belly with EVOO

Belly button in or out? Very shallow.

Sleep? I've slept for sound this past week. Im chalking it up to how busy I was at work

Foods I am loving? PB&J!! Oh mama, I could eat pb&j's with a nice glass of ice cold non fat milk all day everyday. Still have my sweet tooth, surprise surprise

Foods I am hating? Ground turkey and Chinese food

Best moment this week? Feeling every kick and roll.

Movement? Tons. According to articles I've been reading, he is developing sleeping patterns in the womb. Let's just hope that involves sleeping so mama can sleep too

Symptoms? This little man causes his mama to be one hungry lady. My eyes seem to be bigger than my stomach because I'll eat and get full super quick. I thought it was too soon for him to be taking up too much room in my belly for my stomach to expand, but maybe not.

Gender? A mini Nick

What I miss? I do miss a nice cocktail or going to sushi and not having to worry which rolls have cooked fish and which don't. Oh and caffeine!

What I'm looking forward to? Painting his room next weekend and our babymoon/Denver trip coming up :)

Weekly Wisdom: Once morning sickness passes in the 1st trimester (if your lucky), pregnancy flies by. I can't believe my 1st pregnancy is more than halfway done and the holidays are already coming up!

Emotions: Feeling really good still. I notice people at my work get on my nerves waaaaaay more than they normally did and I'm also more sensitive.

I'll be back

Sorry for the no blog yesterday lovelies! I PROMISE to blog today. N had a really bad cold the last few days (he's better now, thanks for asking), and he totally passed it on to me and my mom. So yesterday I wasn't feeling too hot (missed spin and yoga, but got a short 2 miler run in there) and today is no different. I have the beginning of a bad cold - super bad achy feeling, head hurts, eyes are watering, coughing, the works! Long story short though- I got a temp job until I start my REAL position in 2 weeks. So, I will blog when I get home from that or maybe if the people are way cool at the place I'm going today, I'll be able to get online and blog from there :)

What the heck?!

Hello lovelies! I am sorry for the no post yesterday, but I had some stuff going on. So this morning(and when I say morning, I mean 12:30AM!!!!) I woke up and was ridiculously nausea's and my stomach hurt super duper bad. I had a bad case of salmonella in October 2008 and that is what the pain in my stomach felt like. If you've never had salmonella, imagine somebody literally twisting your lower guts and wringing it like a towel, hurting so bad, it causes you to sweat and no matter what position you set your self in, it doesn't stop. Happy thoughts, no? LOL, no that I've freaked you out and you will probably think twice about ordering the chicken cordon bleu, I'll get back to today. So I woke up and ran to the bathroom. I won't go into all the gory details, but I promise you, it wasn't pleasant. I almost passed out hugging the toilet, but I dragged myself back to bed and curled back up with Mr. N. I dunno about you, but I'm a baby when I don't feel good. I don't want N to literally sit at my bed side and tell me about rainbows and kittens, but I want to know he is right there if I need him. He always is, but this California Dreamin chick is what some like to call, "A Drama Queen". I have no problem admitting it either. I am dramatic and I'm sarcastic, and some even say I'm funny, but hey, that's the ABC's of me. So when I'm sick, it kicks into high gear and I whine and make a big stink about it. I skipped my 5:30 wake up call for pounding the pavement since I think my body was crying out for more sleep, and when the alarm went off at 6:30, I felt a-okay. A little uneasy in the nausea department, but no stomach issues. I shower, eat some cereal since I don't think my stomach could handle my usual egg whites on a bed of spinach, and then..dun dun DUUUUUN!! My stomach starts hurting again! I talk myself down and tell myself, "Your fine, its okay, just get dressed, grab your lunch and go to work". So I attempted to dress, got dizzy and a sudden case of the nausea/stomach pains sweep over and its back to the bathroom. I just decided to call it a day after that cause there is no way I'm running back and forth to the bathroom all day at work people. I refuse to do any of "that" stuff @ work unless it was an emergency, and it would be an all day emergency if I had gone in. Thankfully my boss didn't seem to peeved about it since he responded back to my "out sick" email with "K". His famous word, not.kidding.at.all!

This week has been funky. I had a bad case of the Mondays, I've been super tired all week which in turn my workouts suck and I don't push myself as hard cause I lag, then my eating its like "Umm, excuse missy, when did it become okay to sneak a piece of pizza right before dinner? Wasn't that you I saw eating 2 pieces at dinner AND you had dessert?" Hopefully it was all chalked up to this bug that has hit me, and I'll be up and running by tomorrow and the weekend. Ahhh, the weekend, how I love thee. Sleeping in with N, going for a run when I want to, not when it fits into the work schedule, le' sigh......:) Have a fabulous Thursday everyone!!