Can you believe it is already August?????????? Check here to read more on 26 weeks.
The Booty was washed out Friday so I only managed to get in 5 laps which is about 15 miles. I felt great and knew I could make the 30 mile goal I set for myself. But after getting some dinner the sky grew darker and darker. Then the winds picked up and almost blew my buddies tent away I figured that would be it for me. So we stood in the middle of a field holding on to a canopy as the winds blew, rain pouring and thunder rolling. It was quite scary. All while Jacob was still on the course until they kicked him off. We headed home around 9:30pm to get some rest and Jacob to dry out. Jacob returned in the early morning hours and got in almost 200 miles over the 24 hours. Benjamin and I hung out on Saturday cheering on the bikers and checking out the scene. Unfortunately no pics since my time was short lived on the course.
Work has been busy for me this week, I helped a friend start to unpack from a move last night, tonight have yoga and then need to get things ready for my mom and Chucky to come in for the weekend festivities. (It's Benjamin's 3rd birthday.)
I am feeling great. Having some minor issues with my hips. If I sit wrong or move just right they get almost stuck. It is just my ligaments stretching and moving about so I just have to be a little bit more aware of how I am sitting. My belly is popping and feels like it is growing by the day. Hope to get some pics up soon.
Jacob has figured out my "push present" and ordered it. So that will be awesome to have. I will let him share that.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Doctors visit...
Stats from the visit. I put on a total of 15 pounds so far. Doc said I am right at text book weight of where I should be at this time. Emerson's heart was beating at 152 beats a minute. I measured just over 25 cms. He answered all my questions. This visit was much better and I really liked him.
In regards to biking he said he wont tell me to stop doing anything but will just advise me not to do anything where I could fall. So I chucked since I told him I had tripped while running. He said my body will tell me when to stop or change activities. When I start to feel beat up from running or biking then it is not worth doing and to switch to more walking, yoga, and lifting weights. Perfect I can handle that. Jacob and I have talked more about me continuing to ride and have decided that I am going to take it week by week. So I am not stopping as of yet. I will be out riding the 24 hours of Booty this weekend. Hoping to get in 30 miles but we will see.
The coolest thing about the appt was I could feel her head. He was feeling around my belly a bit and asked if I wanted to feel it. With his help, he placed my hands on either side of her head. It was about the size of a baseball or so. Her head is at the top right now which is no concern until she is like 36 weeks. Hopefully she doesn't move too much today so when I get home from work Jacob can feel it too.
He said they consider me in my 3rd trimester now since there is a survival rate if Emmi were to be born this early. Crazy at how time flies..... My next appointment is on August 15th where I will have the blood glucose screening done. After that it will be every 2 weeks.
In regards to biking he said he wont tell me to stop doing anything but will just advise me not to do anything where I could fall. So I chucked since I told him I had tripped while running. He said my body will tell me when to stop or change activities. When I start to feel beat up from running or biking then it is not worth doing and to switch to more walking, yoga, and lifting weights. Perfect I can handle that. Jacob and I have talked more about me continuing to ride and have decided that I am going to take it week by week. So I am not stopping as of yet. I will be out riding the 24 hours of Booty this weekend. Hoping to get in 30 miles but we will see.
The coolest thing about the appt was I could feel her head. He was feeling around my belly a bit and asked if I wanted to feel it. With his help, he placed my hands on either side of her head. It was about the size of a baseball or so. Her head is at the top right now which is no concern until she is like 36 weeks. Hopefully she doesn't move too much today so when I get home from work Jacob can feel it too.
He said they consider me in my 3rd trimester now since there is a survival rate if Emmi were to be born this early. Crazy at how time flies..... My next appointment is on August 15th where I will have the blood glucose screening done. After that it will be every 2 weeks.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
25 Weeks
I am now 25 weeks pregnant. Belly definitely showing yet I still am getting the response of people not believing I am 6+ months along. Gotta love that. Still having restless sleep and I am guessing it will only continue here on out.... Every morning seeing Kona still sleeping in bed makes me jealous and want to join him. Jacob is feeling much better from his kidney stones which also means he isn't getting up multiple times in the night so less disruptions to my sleep. Yeah. It threw his body for a loop since he wasn't sleeping well nor was he eating well so I am glad he is finally out of the woods.
Over the weekend Emmi's curtains got finished and hung. They look good. Last week I also scheduled a tour of the hospital, infant CPR & First Aid, and a breast feeding class. Just waiting to figure out if we should take the child birth prep class through the doctors office or the hospital. But I have the tentative dates picked out. I have also started to research pediatricians. I feel like I am getting things set in place so less things to worry about later.
This week I have a doctors appt on Thursday. I am going armed with questions. I have been reflecting back on my appts and don't feel like I have been getting the most out of them. The only one who can change that is me. So watch out Dr Fishburne. :^)
This week's thought is if I should still be riding my bike on the trails. I have really scaled down my riding. I only have been getting out with the Divas once a week or so otherwise I am out running. When I do ride with them I lead the beginners group where there are many breaks. We also do not ride any of the technical/black diamond parts of the trails. I feel relatively safe considering I normally would be riding in the advanced group hanging on with the leaders/racers. But when should I stop if now still isn't the right time? I plan on switching to riding the greenways once I give up the trails so it isn't like I wont be riding at all. Although the greenway trails arent much easier than what I have been riding. Or I can always go to the Diva rides but run with Kona on the trails opposed to riding them. That is my quandary of the week. Should I just call it quits after tonight's ride?
On a sad note... Please keep my buddy Randy in your thoughts and prayers. His brother died at the age of 30 in a car accident over the weekend on his way to a National Guard Training. His brother had a baby who is only a few days younger than Tyler. (This is my co-worker who's wife is expecting a week after me.)
Over the weekend Emmi's curtains got finished and hung. They look good. Last week I also scheduled a tour of the hospital, infant CPR & First Aid, and a breast feeding class. Just waiting to figure out if we should take the child birth prep class through the doctors office or the hospital. But I have the tentative dates picked out. I have also started to research pediatricians. I feel like I am getting things set in place so less things to worry about later.
This week I have a doctors appt on Thursday. I am going armed with questions. I have been reflecting back on my appts and don't feel like I have been getting the most out of them. The only one who can change that is me. So watch out Dr Fishburne. :^)
This week's thought is if I should still be riding my bike on the trails. I have really scaled down my riding. I only have been getting out with the Divas once a week or so otherwise I am out running. When I do ride with them I lead the beginners group where there are many breaks. We also do not ride any of the technical/black diamond parts of the trails. I feel relatively safe considering I normally would be riding in the advanced group hanging on with the leaders/racers. But when should I stop if now still isn't the right time? I plan on switching to riding the greenways once I give up the trails so it isn't like I wont be riding at all. Although the greenway trails arent much easier than what I have been riding. Or I can always go to the Diva rides but run with Kona on the trails opposed to riding them. That is my quandary of the week. Should I just call it quits after tonight's ride?
On a sad note... Please keep my buddy Randy in your thoughts and prayers. His brother died at the age of 30 in a car accident over the weekend on his way to a National Guard Training. His brother had a baby who is only a few days younger than Tyler. (This is my co-worker who's wife is expecting a week after me.)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Prego Pics
This picture was taken on 7/9 before work so 23 weeks pregnant.- The next picture was taken on 7/16 after work so 24 weeks pregnant.
I am pulling my shirt back for emphasis. :^) - The last picture is to show what our freezer looked like last week. Figured that would make the Cormier's proud. :^) It is now empty of ice cream.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Another one down....
I am now 24 weeks pregnant.
Starting to feel some of the effects of being pregnant….. Getting up from the couch or out of bed sometimes has the little bit of a reminder that I am pregnant. My feet have been hurting if I stand too long. I just ordered a new pair of flip flops with a much thicker sole since my reefs weren’t cutting it anymore. The great thing is when getting them this time of the year they are on clearance. Yeah!!! I have been having more frequent nights of restless sleep. Not that I wake up and can’t fall back to sleep but just more restlessness. People’s names are things that my memory is losing. I have never been great with remembering people’s names after first meeting them but now it is getting bad. Luckily my friends have been able to help in times of need.
We had a wonderful offer come through last week. Jacob was in the garage working on bike stuff while I was out running with Kona. Our neighbor came over to offer her services for daycare for Emmi. I am still hoping to work from home but knowing we have her is awesome. Reminds me of the days when I used to get watched by Nancy Robbins, our next door neighbor. Laura was a teacher and will not be returning to work this fall so she can watch her granddaughter (Sound familiar Cocie?). Her granddaughter, Hannah, will be 6 months or so older than Emmi. We are thankful for the offer and will definitely be taking her up on it. We will figure out the details later but it has taken a huge burden off us.
My mind has been racing since so I think we may see about having Emmi go there one day a week or even part of the day a few days a week. That way I can get work done without having to worry and she gets play time. At the beginning it may be less frequent but I am thinking once Emmi is a year and only napping once a day we may see about having her go there every morning. This will all be ironed out once I figure out what I will be doing in regards to working from home.
For those of you that are not aware of daycare prices or it has been a while, in the Charlotte area we have found centers that cost anywhere from $800-$1000+ a month. The 5 star or better day cares have huge waiting lists. We hadn’t explored much in regards to home daycares since we knew our needs for daycare haven’t been fully determined and we wanted to try to use daycare as little as possible.
This past weekend kept us busy. Saturday morning while I was out running with Kona I managed to trip and scrap up my knees. It wasn’t a huge fall but just enough for me to take it easy after hitting yoga to be on the safe side. We did end up in the ER with Jacob. He didn’t sleep much Thursday night, took Friday off work, then laid low much of the afternoon Saturday. He wasn’t sure what was up but his belly hurt no matter what he did unless he was standing. He decided he better go to the ER since he knew he wouldn’t be able to sleep. At 9:00pm we headed over. There weren’t too many people as we were taking fairly quick. Jacob was given Percicet and they did a CAT scan. Sure enough Kidney stones. It did take forever for them to read the CAT scan so we didn’t leave until 1:30am and then we had to go to Walgreens to fill his prescription for Vicodin. Finally at 2:30am we were finally home and ready for bed. Jacob was quite funny during this time as the Percicet made him loopy so that made it all worth it. Sunday was low key so he could just chill. He took today off since he still hasn’t passed the last one and has some mild pain.
Starting to feel some of the effects of being pregnant….. Getting up from the couch or out of bed sometimes has the little bit of a reminder that I am pregnant. My feet have been hurting if I stand too long. I just ordered a new pair of flip flops with a much thicker sole since my reefs weren’t cutting it anymore. The great thing is when getting them this time of the year they are on clearance. Yeah!!! I have been having more frequent nights of restless sleep. Not that I wake up and can’t fall back to sleep but just more restlessness. People’s names are things that my memory is losing. I have never been great with remembering people’s names after first meeting them but now it is getting bad. Luckily my friends have been able to help in times of need.
We had a wonderful offer come through last week. Jacob was in the garage working on bike stuff while I was out running with Kona. Our neighbor came over to offer her services for daycare for Emmi. I am still hoping to work from home but knowing we have her is awesome. Reminds me of the days when I used to get watched by Nancy Robbins, our next door neighbor. Laura was a teacher and will not be returning to work this fall so she can watch her granddaughter (Sound familiar Cocie?). Her granddaughter, Hannah, will be 6 months or so older than Emmi. We are thankful for the offer and will definitely be taking her up on it. We will figure out the details later but it has taken a huge burden off us.
My mind has been racing since so I think we may see about having Emmi go there one day a week or even part of the day a few days a week. That way I can get work done without having to worry and she gets play time. At the beginning it may be less frequent but I am thinking once Emmi is a year and only napping once a day we may see about having her go there every morning. This will all be ironed out once I figure out what I will be doing in regards to working from home.
For those of you that are not aware of daycare prices or it has been a while, in the Charlotte area we have found centers that cost anywhere from $800-$1000+ a month. The 5 star or better day cares have huge waiting lists. We hadn’t explored much in regards to home daycares since we knew our needs for daycare haven’t been fully determined and we wanted to try to use daycare as little as possible.
This past weekend kept us busy. Saturday morning while I was out running with Kona I managed to trip and scrap up my knees. It wasn’t a huge fall but just enough for me to take it easy after hitting yoga to be on the safe side. We did end up in the ER with Jacob. He didn’t sleep much Thursday night, took Friday off work, then laid low much of the afternoon Saturday. He wasn’t sure what was up but his belly hurt no matter what he did unless he was standing. He decided he better go to the ER since he knew he wouldn’t be able to sleep. At 9:00pm we headed over. There weren’t too many people as we were taking fairly quick. Jacob was given Percicet and they did a CAT scan. Sure enough Kidney stones. It did take forever for them to read the CAT scan so we didn’t leave until 1:30am and then we had to go to Walgreens to fill his prescription for Vicodin. Finally at 2:30am we were finally home and ready for bed. Jacob was quite funny during this time as the Percicet made him loopy so that made it all worth it. Sunday was low key so he could just chill. He took today off since he still hasn’t passed the last one and has some mild pain.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Random updates... at 23 weeks
I am now 23 weeks pregnant.
FITNESS: I took in that Get Fit class. What a great class with weight lifting and stretches which resulted in being a little sore despite biking and running still. I cant make the class during the week unless I can come up with a great excuse to have to leave work on Wednesday's at 10 for an hour. I may try to lift a bit when Jacob does. I have hit 2 yoga classes as well. We have suggested they try a Get Fit class at night during the week so I am hoping the schedule will change for August. I have signed up for Yoga at least twice a week for the rest of the month. I will try to keep that going until the end of my pregnancy.
REGISTRY: We went to Babies R Us to register for baby goods. I had read a book called Baby Bargains by Denise & Alan Fields which is like a consumer reports and mom's opinions on what to get. As we walked around I had that book with me so I think we got all the basics covered. It is very overwhelming to see all this stuff and trying to figure out what is really needed and must haves versus the fluffy stuff. If any mom or dad out there sees stuff that are must haves that we missed please let me know. :^) We didnt register for a diaper bag as we want to get a custom laptop bag from timbuk2.com. I didnt register for a jogger as I am still looking for a good one for our use meaning running and going on trails. Bob and Dreamer are suppose to be "the" brands so I have catalogs coming to compare. A pack and play we have one covered. Then we have two gates from when we got Kona which he agreed to give Emmi although our house isnt easy to block off so it will just be for the stairs.
MATERNITY LEAVE & RETURNING: I had a brief conversation with my boss about maternity leave and when I return. Luckily there is a program rolling out for people working full time from home. I did express to my boss that I will be looking to do that next year when I return. We also have a great thing within my company called back up day care so if I need to be in the office I can make arrangements to bring Emerson to their day care. It is 5 star, and it is first come first serve but you can call in advance to set up a day. In regards to maternity leave, I hope to be out 12 weeks. Due to the timing of when Emmi is due, my leave could push into 2008. Since I only get 8 weeks paid leave I am looking at creative ways of covering the last 4 weeks paid like vacation time, etc. All this was just some initial conversations with my boss and he was going to research some information for me. Hopefully in the next month or so we will have things set more in stone.
BAPTISM: We also have tentatively set up the Baptism of Emerson to take place over Christmas in Gardner. If things work out we will have her baptism at the same church, Holy Spirit, we were married performed by Stan. Stan is Jacob's best friends dad who also married us. Still have some leg work to make it all happen but that is at least what we are targetting. This also means anyone in MA around Christmas will get to meet the little one.
My belly is getting a bit bigger now. The picture Jacob took this morning doesnt show it well so we will have to try again later. I hope to post one up in the next few days.
FITNESS: I took in that Get Fit class. What a great class with weight lifting and stretches which resulted in being a little sore despite biking and running still. I cant make the class during the week unless I can come up with a great excuse to have to leave work on Wednesday's at 10 for an hour. I may try to lift a bit when Jacob does. I have hit 2 yoga classes as well. We have suggested they try a Get Fit class at night during the week so I am hoping the schedule will change for August. I have signed up for Yoga at least twice a week for the rest of the month. I will try to keep that going until the end of my pregnancy.
REGISTRY: We went to Babies R Us to register for baby goods. I had read a book called Baby Bargains by Denise & Alan Fields which is like a consumer reports and mom's opinions on what to get. As we walked around I had that book with me so I think we got all the basics covered. It is very overwhelming to see all this stuff and trying to figure out what is really needed and must haves versus the fluffy stuff. If any mom or dad out there sees stuff that are must haves that we missed please let me know. :^) We didnt register for a diaper bag as we want to get a custom laptop bag from timbuk2.com. I didnt register for a jogger as I am still looking for a good one for our use meaning running and going on trails. Bob and Dreamer are suppose to be "the" brands so I have catalogs coming to compare. A pack and play we have one covered. Then we have two gates from when we got Kona which he agreed to give Emmi although our house isnt easy to block off so it will just be for the stairs.
MATERNITY LEAVE & RETURNING: I had a brief conversation with my boss about maternity leave and when I return. Luckily there is a program rolling out for people working full time from home. I did express to my boss that I will be looking to do that next year when I return. We also have a great thing within my company called back up day care so if I need to be in the office I can make arrangements to bring Emerson to their day care. It is 5 star, and it is first come first serve but you can call in advance to set up a day. In regards to maternity leave, I hope to be out 12 weeks. Due to the timing of when Emmi is due, my leave could push into 2008. Since I only get 8 weeks paid leave I am looking at creative ways of covering the last 4 weeks paid like vacation time, etc. All this was just some initial conversations with my boss and he was going to research some information for me. Hopefully in the next month or so we will have things set more in stone.
BAPTISM: We also have tentatively set up the Baptism of Emerson to take place over Christmas in Gardner. If things work out we will have her baptism at the same church, Holy Spirit, we were married performed by Stan. Stan is Jacob's best friends dad who also married us. Still have some leg work to make it all happen but that is at least what we are targetting. This also means anyone in MA around Christmas will get to meet the little one.
My belly is getting a bit bigger now. The picture Jacob took this morning doesnt show it well so we will have to try again later. I hope to post one up in the next few days.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
22 weeks and still active..
Another one down…. I am 22 weeks or 5 ½ months pregnant. I have been riding my bike a ton this week. Hit a ride Sunday with Jacob at Cane Creek, yesterday with the girls at Sherman Branch and then tonight again with the Divas at Cawtaba. One guy did snap a shot of me yesterday while riding (note the Core Four shirt for the New England representation).
I am still able to hang on to the girls riding which is cool. They make extra stops so I can catch my breathe, thanks guys!!! Since I don’t ride with a heart rate monitor I feel this at least keeps things under control for Emmi. I don’t hit any of the little kickers, which are small dirt mounds that one can catch air off and I am quick to push my bike up a steep hill. I hope to still ride trail for another month or so. After that I am thinking I may start riding the greenways. Greenways are just like many of the railroad beds back home so the chance of me crashing is greatly decreased but I can still be on my bike. Charlotte has quite a few to pick from.
Patti and I are going to head to Destination Maternity tomorrow morning for a Get Fit class. She called yesterday to say she had gone to one of their yoga classes and loved it. The best part is it is free on a first come first serve basis. I hope to grab a schedule while there to start hitting yoga classes on a regular basis.
As far as the outfits go, this week I have been wearing all maternity clothes. I figured that since I can still fit in some of my regular clothes I would be able to go back if I were having a bad morning trying to pick something out. Plus it is a short week so I only have to come up with 3 work outfits and Fridays are casual. So far so good.
Looks like we will be heading to the movies this week to see.... Transformers. Jacob has been obcessed with this movie since they announced they were making it. It comes out today but I think we may take it in tomorrow while everyone else is watching fireworks.
Have a happy and safe 4th.
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