Baby Update

To all of those wondering how our sweet baby is doing, (since I haven't posted much) I have updates! 

The last couple of weeks we were told that her amniotic fluid is low. So, they told me not to be on my feet for long periods of time, to cut back on my exercise and to drink more fluids. Check, check and check. Yesterday we went in for a follow up ultrasound and found that her fluid has gone up some, but that she is very small for her gestational age (in the lower 10th percentile). Basically meaning a possibility of a few things:

1. She may have an intrauterine growth restriction.
2. The placenta may not be giving her the required amount of nourishment, stating a possible problem with the placenta. 
3. Or we might just make small babies.

 We are being sent to a specialist (perinatologist) tomorrow to do a Level II Ultrasound to find out more about what the actual problem is. Hopefully all is well and we're just making small babies. :) I'll give an update after our appointment tomorrow.

Sign, sealed and delivered!

I know it's been a long time since I last blogged, but I am here to confirm that I am alive and well. :) I know a couple blogs ago, I told you I had a few things going on and that I would update on those. Well.. here it is. We got SEALED in July!! We were sealed in the Draper, UT Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony and everything we wanted it to be. And to top it all off, we got sealed on our anniversary, July 15th.  Exactly 1 year later. Pretty awesome. We had a wonderful time visiting Utah again, even though it was a super short trip.

Gentry was freakin awesome and got us this amazing cake. Which was all completed by the way, within 2 hours.. picture taken and all! She never ceases to amaze me.

We got to hang out with family. I reunited with the little ones and prayed they would remember me. Looks like I faired well with Paisley. Doesn't she have the  most kissable face!?

I was even pretty sneeky and got Kylie to let me hold her. She eventually fell asleep while I held her. It sometimes seems like there's nothing more precious than holding a sleeping child. LOVE!

I also went to see a chiropractor about that "nerve pain" I was having and he said it was an s.i. joint strain sprain. Basically that means that while my body was preparing for my baby, I probably released more of the Relaxin Hormone than I should have, and in turn, relaxed too much around my pelvic area. Which caused my bones and muscles to spread out and create an s.i. joint strain sprain. Sounds kind of complicated, but it makes sense. I'm off crutches now and by a miracle, was in time for my sealing, as you can see. Now I only go once a month. Things are looking up. :)

In the midst of all this, we went into our 20 week ultrasound to find out if we were having a boy or a girl.. Well, the little one would not move its' legs enough for us to see. So, our ultrasound tech was sweet and said shed just put on the form that she didn't get a good enough look at one of the feet, so we'd have to come in the following week. So, we went in the following week and low and behold our sweet child opened up just enough to give us a good look to find out that she's a GIRL!! We are thrilled and couldn't be happier. We have a couple names picked out, Jaelyn and Mila. Jaelyn has been the front runner, but we love both. Here are a couple cool ultrasound pics of our little girl:

Doesn't she just look SO comfy? I think she's already my little cuddle bug. :)

Here she's showing off her guns. She's little miss independent already. :)

This one she has her hand on her face. George calls this the demon picture. Haha!

We go in for a prenatal visit in a few weeks and they are offering a courtesy ultrasound in 3D of her face. But... I dunno. They actually already did one last time when we found out she was a girl and I think they're kinda weird and take away somewhat of the surprise. The doc said her features should be set by then, she'll just need to finish 'filling out." I might just opt for a cute foot pic instead. Or I also might just have the ultrasound tech take a pic of her while I look away and have her put it in an envelope for us to open after she's born. What are your guys thoughts on 3D ultrasounds?  Anyway, enough ranting. I'll try to blog more. I'm out. :) 

OUR VERY FIRST ULTRASOUND!

We went in for my first ultrasound appointment yesterday... AMAZING! I mean, I know people probably always say that, but when it's actually yours for the first time, there's nothing like that feeling. I was so amazed that I had a little one inside of me and he/she was moving ... a lot. For the first time seeing our little gummy bear, he/she was sure active. I got a little clip of him/her moving around and part of the heartbeat (which cuts off, but it was 176 bpm.) I'm so excited. I can't wait to see the next one and how much progress he/she has made. (The video totally looks cooler in full screen! :))

Preggo News!!

Well, now that everyone knows that I'm pregnant, I thought I'd share some updates.
First of all, our insurance company has issues. For real. But they have since been resolved. Thinking I was having to have a baby without insurance.. not such a fun thought to entertain. Believe me.
Morning sickness has made it's debut. But of course its mostly been hovering over the toilet just THINKING I'll puke, but never do. I threw up only probably 2 or 3 times. That started at about 7 weeks and kicked my butt for a couple weeks after that.

I then discovered a pain in my lower left tailbone area and decided to stretch it out to see if it'd loosen up. And I just made it worse. The next night, I toppled to the floor in excruciating pain, unable to put pressure on my left leg, and with pain radiating down my thigh. I got a blessing from my husband and we decided to wait it out. 4th of July was when I received crutches and Tuesday, July 5th I went into my OBGYN. I had an appointment set for this Saturday for my 1st prenatal visit, but instead decided to do the visit then to see if I could get help. Nope. Just a check up and a referral to a physical therapist and a boot out the door. Oh, and not to mention the oh, so polite, "Congrats on your pregnancy!"
In the meantime, my mother-in-law went to see her chiropractor for her back and told him about my situation. He said he thinks he knows exactly what it is from what she's explaining, and can help me within 1-2 visits! He said, that usually when you're heading toward the end of your 1st trimester (which I am) sometimes you can develop a lot of these surging hormones one in particular called Relaxin, that will start to separate the bones to make room for the baby, and in doing so, can cause the bones to pinch a nerve. So, I have an appointment tomorrow morning and am praying I'll be able to feel better. Because after all, I'm getting sealed next week and am not anxious to be doing such on some dang crutches!!
Yep, that's right! We are getting sealed July 15th, 2011! It will be exactly one year from when we got married. And we are thrilled! I do, however want to state that we have a fairly small sealing room and have decided to only invite immediate family members. We so badly want to invite many that mean so much to us, but are unable to do so with the room requirements. So, immediate family it is. We thank everyone who supports and understands this. We love you guys so much!

I will blog again once I find out whats going on with my nerve pain and have seen my 1st ultrasound which will be this Saturday. Can't wait!

Wanna know a secret?

So, I have a secret that I'm ready to tell, I've been blogging a little bit and have decided to combine the blog posts into one so it won't be a scheduled blog. So.. here it is:
(Friday, May 27th, 2011) It's kinda crazy, but I know I'm pregnant. (.. and I just cut out much unnecessary info that you did NOT need to know. Continuing on...) And now I'm 3 days late on my VERY regular period.

(Saturday, May 28th, 2011) We went to Walmart this morning for George's eye exam, and I figured now would be the best time to grab a pregnancy test while he's not around. So, I grabbed one real quick and waited in line and... I forgot my wallet. Dang it. Well, I'll just ask George for his debit card real quick to get it over with. He asked why I couldn't just wait til he was done since I had some grocery shopping to do first anyway. But, I insisted that I needed to buy something separate and he finally gave in. So, I did my grocery shopping and as I got to the counter, I put the test up first and told the guy I wanted to buy it separately. He looked at the test and said, "is someone going to be happy?" I laughed and said, "Very much so! I just want to purchase it separately before he comes or sees it on the receipt." As I finished up, George came over and the guy noticed it was my husband by the way I said, "Oh, hi sweetie!" as I signaled the cashier as if to say, "don't screw this up." He asked for the pin number and I froze. Shoot! What's his dang pin number? "Honey, can you put your pin in real quick please?" So he did as I laid the rest of the groceries on the belt. Shoot! the bag! I turned back and saw George peeking in the bag! I looked at the cashier and he looked at me as though he was saying, "don't worry, I got your back." I took the bag real quick and saw he had wrapped it up 3 times. Lol. Awesome. My cashier's helping me out. Lol. I walked away a happy woman with a curious husband. I'm very excited to take the home pregnancy tests tomorrow morning, (apparently morning is the best time for your hcg levels to show a true reading) and especially can't wait to tell my oh, so eager husband, after we've been trying for 5 months to conceive. I better get to finding out how to tell him. Hmm.. what to do, what to do...




(Sunday, May 29th, 2011) NOW IT'S OFFICIAL.. WE'RE PREGNANT!

Just as I suspected, this morning I took 3 pregnancy tests. All of which came back POSITIVE! Yay! I unfortunately couldn't think of a clever way to tell my husband so soon, so I just grabbed 2 pieces of paper and wrote on one, "GUESS WHAT...", and showed him. He said, "What's on the next piece of paper?" So, on the second I wrote, "WE'RE PREGNANT!" He asked how I knew and I showed him the 3 tests. :)
According to a couple website due-date calculators, I should be due to have my very first baby around Jan 31st, 2012. Can't wait to make a doctor's appointment to find out for sure. I should be about 4 weeks right now. YAY!

Not even 7am

(Sunday, June 5th, 2011) My family is home from Washington and now I can tell them. I wanted to find a cool way to tell them, but when you don't even live in the same state, it makes it a tiny bit difficult. So, I decided that I wanted to tell them that I want to take a picture for Father's Day coming up (to distract them from wondering why I want them to all be there.) But in addition, I really want a picture to keep of their reaction to put in the baby album. So, they all came over and I took one normal one. Then  I pretended like it wasn't working and asked George to come help me. He came over and fiddled with some stuff and on the next one I said, " Okay, on the count of three everyone say.. Chelsea and George are pregnant!" Nothing. "What did you say? We couldn't hear you." George and I looked at each other and laughed then said it again. Needless to say, the pictures say it all. :)

(Wednesday, June 8th, 2011) So, as of yesterday, I am 6 weeks along. I am feeling very good. So I'll treasure the last days I have before morning sickness kicks in. I have an appointment for June 25th. So I'll keep ya'll updated.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month.. for me. :)

From Facebook's "What Color's Your Bra?"and "Where I Like It" campaigns, to touching emails about people's remarkable success stories; social media is becoming a faster and better way to get people's attention on breast cancer awareness. And it's got my attention.
Now, I have to admit that I, myself, have only done maybe two self-check breast examines in my life. And with a history of breast cancer that runs in my family, you'd think that I was a complete MORON! And so.. it's true. I am. Because why should I think that I wouldn't or even couldn't become breast cancer's next victim?
With the internet becoming more and more accessible through our home computers, to our laptops with wi-fi or now even our cell phones and iPods, we are able to hear about these life-threatening health risks at our fingertips.
 Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women (after lung cancer.) 
According to the American Cancer Society, about 1.3 million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer annually worldwide and about 465,000 will die from the disease. About 1 in 35 women die from breast cancer in the United States every year. White, Hawaiian, and African-American women have the highest incidence of invasive breast cancer in the United States (approximately four times higher than the lowest group). Do a self exam. Don't know how? Click here: 
http://www.bebrightpink.org/programs/support-community/breast-self-exam-email-reminder/

Now, doing a post solely on breast cancer does not mean that anything else such as SKIN CANCER shouldn't be checked just as regularly.. ahem! ... mom and gentry!!! Get those blotches checked out PRONTO! Don't make me do a blog about skin cancer.. :)

Random Pic #2

I told you guys before that when I got lazy with blogging that I would at least post a random picture to suffice. So here's my next random pic. I freaking LUF HIM! (From our engagements pics.. I still have to post THOSE! Man! I fail.)