Naomi!

Hey you...you need to get me your email address since you don't have a blog :) I want to see how you are doing preggo !!!! YEA!!!!!

Anterior Placenta

We had our "after the ultrasound" check up yesterday. All went well! They ruled out 246 things that could have been wrong with baby, which means things are looking to progress smoothly throughout the remainder of the pregnancy. Now all that is left for the baby to do during the next four months of COOKING is grow fingernails, eyelashes, and practical things like that. He also did a great job of explaining my anterior placenta that the ultrasound tech told me about. It means that the baby is taking a backseat to the placenta. Most of the time a fertilized egg will attach to the part of the uterus closest to the spine (or the backside) allowing the thin layer of the uterus to be exposed on the front side (or belly side) where all of the nerves are. My fertilized egg attached to the front side of the uterus with the baby behind it. This location makes no difference to the baby. To me, I am less able to feel the baby's early kicks and punches because the placenta will serve as a cushion between the baby and my tummy. For the same reason, it is harder and will take longer for Adam to feel the baby's movements from the outside of my tummy. Thankfully my anterior placenta is not laying low in my uterus, rather is high, which if low, could partially or completely block off the cervix (and the baby's way out which would make a cesarean section necessary).

All this said, it really makes no difference where the placenta is, it will just take longer for me to feel that baby moving around or doing cartwheels in there. It made me feel great knowing this is the case because i was getting a bit worried about not feeling the baby move, thinking something maybe wrong, but as soon as we saw the little baby moving during the ultrasound, it reassured me that indeed it was moving, and the reason behind why i couldn't feel it was explained. It was also moving around quite a bit during the doppler yesterday to hear the heartbeat. Everytime you hear static while listening to the heartbeat the baby is moving, and the dr chuckled, and said, this baby sure is moving around a lot. I smiled :) even though i can't feel it, i know it is still doing flips :)

It will just be that much more exciting when i am feeling it often and more intense as the anticipation will grow with each week. I also am excited for Adam to be able to feel the baby...every time i do feel it move (which isn't all that often) i let Adam know, and he runs in and puts his hand on my belly, even though we both know it may be weeks before he can feel it still. I know he is excited for that moment!

Now you all had a little bit of a physiology lesson on placentas!

ULTRASOUND! And More Pictures

We had our 20 week ultrasound today which went really well. The baby wasn't moving around very much, and was curled up in a little ball for a while. She propped me on a few different sides and finally we saw the baby stretch it's little legs out. Here are some pictures of the ultrasound. Most of them are profile pictures and a few you can see the little hand come toward the mouth. It kept sucking on it's hand and taking it out, and then opening it's mouth and sucking on its hand again....SO FUN.

1st one...mouth open, hand down.

2nd one, hand it it's mouth.
3rd one hand up by it's forehead.

4th one, little body curved and legs stretched up top.

5th one, little hand about to go in mouth.

Here are some more pictures of other things slowly finishing around the house, and some extras.

This is our almost finished guest bedroom :)

Our new entertainment center that we purchased for $25 on craigslist :)

AWE LITTLE CAEDA!

Thanks Chewy...I LOVE my new heated pad!

This is Lily, at grandma's birthday party last weekend.

This is our new niece (born right before Christmas) Sophia.

Pictures! As promised!

This first picture was taken on Thursday after i got my haircut. I was going to post then, but my camera died right after Adam took it :(

This picture was taken today...or tonight, while Joey and Adam were busy laying the floor. There is a bit more of a baby bump now vs a few weeks ago. Still not much, but for 20 weeks there is something there!Here is a picture of the floor in the entryway that Adam and i laid a few weekends ago. Looks good huh?This is the new piece of furniture we bought for 70% off at World Market... I LOVE IT!We found this sofa table which replaced our old one for $25 on craigslist. I am OBSESSED!Here is the paint that Adam did in the living room and the red is the wall between the kitchen and living room. There needed to be some color in our house!
Here is one of the projects at hand. I know i have blogged about this...no mirror for about 2 months, and the bathroom tile has been taken off of the walls. As soon as the guest bedroom and babies room are finished i know this will be next in line...i was getting my hair cut yesterday and it was weird to look at myself in the mirror for the 15 minutes i was in front of it while cutting. How funny is that!
Here is Adam and Joey tonight in the what will soon be the guest bedroom. Adam painted this room last week. It looks and will continue to look SO GOOD! Thanks JOEY!
Here is the picture of the wall colors. I love them! It is going to be a beachy theme!Here is the old guest room...what will be babies room, and all of the babies stuff that we have acquired so far! So excited to finish this room!

Here is the same room, just the other wall, with more babies stuff, and stuff for the guest bedroom once the floor is laid!Amidst all of the craziness the last few months, things are finally coming together.

20 weeks

***I was going to post this on Wednesday with a picture of me, however our camera died and i decided i would post today anyways. I will post pictures soon :)***

I can't believe it has already been 20 weeks since i have been pregnant! Time has just gone by so fast! Adam and i have been so busy trying to accomplish so much around the house. I feel like once these last projects that we are working on are complete, that everything in our house will finally be "home." Our house has been in shambles, but slowly, room by room things are finally coming together. Last weekend we drove to Eagan and purchased all new interior doors and trim for the house. We also purchased a bathroom counter top to go on the vanity that we had found on Craigslist a while back. Sunday we found two dressers for the guest bedroom and a new sofa table for the living room on Craigslist, and Adam drove all around town to pick them up. Thank you to my parents who let us borrow their car to pick that up Sunday, and thanks to our neighbors Bruce and Lisa for letting us borrow their truck Saturday to pick up all of the doors and such in Eagan. Finally...Thanks to my amazing husband for running all over Minnesota to pick up all of these things, for painting and not complaining, and for putting up with my stressed out self, who has been the drill Sargent pretty much for the last month.


I really feel great at this point, and am finally looking a bit "pregnant." At times i have to remind myself that i am pregnant, because i don't feel nor really look it.


On a final note, i am glad that the Reberg and Antonello babies are home and doing well, and glad that little Addison Sorbel is finally home from the hospital. We will continue to pray for her to keep on the up and up. LOVE YOU!

It's about time...GOOD NEWS!!!

It has been far too long since my last post, but there has been so much going on at home. We have pretty much rearranged our entire house trying to start/finish projects, and i have just had no time to update.

I have GREAT NEWS to post. Not just one baby was born today, but two babies were born today.

Angel and Joe Antonello had their baby boy, Silas Jon this morning at 7:36 am. He was 8 lbs 7 oz and 21 inches.

Lisa and Ben Reberg had their baby girl, Emma Grace this morning at 9:01 am. She was 8 lbs 2 oz and 22 inches.

Such exciting news for both families. I CAN'T WAIT to visit them and see the new additions!

Good job guys! I am sure that Silas and Emma are so beautiful, and they have the bestest parents ever!!!

Love you guys!
Ana

Massage...mmmmmmm

My massage was AMAZING yesterday. I was like putty in her hands. 1 hour focused just on my back and neck. I have another tomorrow, and then TWO next week. So peaceful and nice. The only bummer was that when i was flipped on my stomach, my nose ran the ENTIRE time. What a sight to see runny nose congested Ana, getting a massage. Thankfully the headrest thing had protection that absorbed my runnyness, and it was slightly dark in there, so the woman didn't notice....ICK!!