Addison Ann is officially in the early stage of viability. Of course we do not want her here a day earlier than she is ready, however 24 weeks feels like a milestone to me. ~16 weeks to go. Crazy to think 16 weeks ago I was 8 weeks and terrified of another miscarriage. Now here we are looking forward to hitting the third trimester and making plans to meet our little girl.
We had our monthly (love that I can say that) visit to the OB this last week. I have gained 14 lbs and am having no issues. I have never appreciated it more having a healthy & happy (for the most part) pregnancy. In reality I am not sleep well & when I do I have crazy & scary dreams. For someone who usually sleeps 9 hours a night this has not been a welcomed change. The new sleeping patterns has caused some severe pain on my right side. I have found a way to stop the shoulder pain but the hip is almost unbearable I have known for quite sometime that my hips do not stand straight. The orthopedics are not sure if it may have caused by knee issues almost 10 years ago or if the knee injury in some way caused the hip alignment Either way it is not fun when it flares up like it is now. However if it is not causing issues to Addison then I will learn to deal with it.
My contractions are only at the braxton hicks stage & happening 1-2 times an hour on average. So far so good. :) The doctor told me to "take it easy" and call if any new symptoms pop up. I feel really good that they trust my instincts and are not over treating me based off my history with Alexa's pregnancy. Addison's heart beat was in the 150 range & we measured right on schedule. I do not go back for almost 4 weeks!!! The long space between appointments is rare for me after the second half of Alexa pregnancy & the trimester of Addison's following the miscarriage. No complaints from this Momma. I am hoping at the next one they will let me go 4 weeks ago & then we will be safe and in the home stretch.
This past weekend Alexa and I picked up a travel swing and Addison's bedding. This was our first purchase for Addison and I was very excited. I decided on a Victorian style nursery of pale pink and ivory with a brown accent. There is a princess theme within it, but I am passing on anything with a tiara or the word princess. It is not my style but I love the bedding otherwise. I was hoping Justin would be willing to move the nursery set upstairs this weekend. He however believes it is way to soon for all of that. :/ So we will wait for another month or so. If it was up to him he said he would wait until the end of July/ early August. There is no way I will wait that long. I think I will wait until after Memorial Day Weekend and then bring it up again.
That's about it for now. 16 weeks to go!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
21/22 Weeks
Baby girl had two anatomy scans. The first one was our normal scheduled appointment. I took Alexa with me and she was able to see her little sister. Double A was rather calm during the ultra sound. She had a heart rate of 154 and everything measured right on schedule. A few of her bones measured up to a week ahead. I know it's very subjective but it's great to see a good size baby. Alexa commented that double A had a big head. Haha! This Momma hopes that is not the case.
Baby girl is sooo active. For a few weeks I was only feeling little flutters here or there. More recently I feel her very consistently. She was uncomfortably low until last week. Now she is up more in my belly and her movements are not as painful for me.
I have started having braxton hicks contractions. I cannot believe how much I forgot about being pregnant until the symptoms came back. After I had my first contraction is was an unwelcome reminder of the months ahead. This time I know what to expect and feel a little more relaxed about what I am feeling. As long as the doctors are monitoring me I am not going to worry. I really want to make it to mid-August. It will give all of us enough time to prepare and allow my maternity leave to be at the best time for Justin & Alexa as well. Of course baby girl may have other plans, we will have to wait and see.
We have finally decided on a name. At first I was hesitant because I did not want another A name thinking it may be confusing with mine & Alexa's. I tried really hard to love a J name but could not. The closest we got was Juliana, however Justin is not a fan of 4 syllable names and I do not like Julie or Julia. There were lots of A names that I loved. Baby A's name just feels right and I cannot wait to share it. We are still deciding on a middle name. We have been trying to either do another A or J letter. We have considered forms of our names (Ashtin, Justine) but feel more compelled to use one of our middle names, Ann or Allen. So nothing is definite yet. Hopefully by the end of April we will have something decided... hmm the name April just came to me. Might be silly to have a months theme named (Alexa Justin & A*** April) ;)
Baby A should be over 1 lb and getting very close to viable. 24 Weeks will be a big milestone. I have gained 12lbs and am over 100lbs. The only time I have ever been here before was the last 4 months of pregnancy with Alexa. It's a welcomed change but only temporary. We still have not purchased anything for the baby yet. We have decided on a car seat, double stroller & a few other things but will wait awhile to purchase. I get really excited with new things and do not want to have a baby swing sitting out for 4 months. :) I think we will start on the nursery sometime in June. I have until then to figure out the theme. So exciting! I cannot wait to have 2 girls.
Baby girl is sooo active. For a few weeks I was only feeling little flutters here or there. More recently I feel her very consistently. She was uncomfortably low until last week. Now she is up more in my belly and her movements are not as painful for me.
I have started having braxton hicks contractions. I cannot believe how much I forgot about being pregnant until the symptoms came back. After I had my first contraction is was an unwelcome reminder of the months ahead. This time I know what to expect and feel a little more relaxed about what I am feeling. As long as the doctors are monitoring me I am not going to worry. I really want to make it to mid-August. It will give all of us enough time to prepare and allow my maternity leave to be at the best time for Justin & Alexa as well. Of course baby girl may have other plans, we will have to wait and see.
We have finally decided on a name. At first I was hesitant because I did not want another A name thinking it may be confusing with mine & Alexa's. I tried really hard to love a J name but could not. The closest we got was Juliana, however Justin is not a fan of 4 syllable names and I do not like Julie or Julia. There were lots of A names that I loved. Baby A's name just feels right and I cannot wait to share it. We are still deciding on a middle name. We have been trying to either do another A or J letter. We have considered forms of our names (Ashtin, Justine) but feel more compelled to use one of our middle names, Ann or Allen. So nothing is definite yet. Hopefully by the end of April we will have something decided... hmm the name April just came to me. Might be silly to have a months theme named (Alexa Justin & A*** April) ;)
Baby A should be over 1 lb and getting very close to viable. 24 Weeks will be a big milestone. I have gained 12lbs and am over 100lbs. The only time I have ever been here before was the last 4 months of pregnancy with Alexa. It's a welcomed change but only temporary. We still have not purchased anything for the baby yet. We have decided on a car seat, double stroller & a few other things but will wait awhile to purchase. I get really excited with new things and do not want to have a baby swing sitting out for 4 months. :) I think we will start on the nursery sometime in June. I have until then to figure out the theme. So exciting! I cannot wait to have 2 girls.
Monday, April 1, 2013
We are back...
Ugh I swore I was going to get better about blogging but once again it got put on the back burner.
The highlight of February was lots of snow & snow days. My morning sickness continued on the entire month. At our 15 week 3 day appointment the doctor did a quick look to see if she could determine the gender. She told us she did not see boy parts but could not say for certain. Justin still thought we were hanging a boy & I still said another girl.
The first week in March we traveled for our first family trip to California. Justin, Alexa and I had a great time. We saw San Diego, Disney World, Sea World, Legoland, the San Diego's Zoo wildlife park, Laguna Beach and I am sure more I cannot recall. Alexa was such a trooper. She slept great & had a smile on her face most of the week. We had a hard time with using the potty but I decided not to worry about it and kept her in a pull-up. She LOVED all rides, animals and of course Mickey Mouse. Our last weekend in California we decided to sneak away a do an elective 4D ultrasound to find out the babies gender. We found a great place in Anaheim & we were now having a second girl. We are super excited to give Alexa a sister. Although it would be nice to have a son, we really wanted another girl for Alexa. It is a built in best friend that she will have (hopefully) the rest of her life. We feel two girls are what we are meant to have and we are super excited.
We told a few people right away and then decided to keep it to ourselves for a little while. It was nice to be able to enjoy it before everyone started asking us the follow up questions... Do you have a name? Do you want a third? Blah blah blah!
We made the official gender announcement on Easter after the 20 week anatomy scan.
Now lets see how long we can go before we spill the beans on the name. For now we will call her double A (AA). ;)
The highlight of February was lots of snow & snow days. My morning sickness continued on the entire month. At our 15 week 3 day appointment the doctor did a quick look to see if she could determine the gender. She told us she did not see boy parts but could not say for certain. Justin still thought we were hanging a boy & I still said another girl.
The first week in March we traveled for our first family trip to California. Justin, Alexa and I had a great time. We saw San Diego, Disney World, Sea World, Legoland, the San Diego's Zoo wildlife park, Laguna Beach and I am sure more I cannot recall. Alexa was such a trooper. She slept great & had a smile on her face most of the week. We had a hard time with using the potty but I decided not to worry about it and kept her in a pull-up. She LOVED all rides, animals and of course Mickey Mouse. Our last weekend in California we decided to sneak away a do an elective 4D ultrasound to find out the babies gender. We found a great place in Anaheim & we were now having a second girl. We are super excited to give Alexa a sister. Although it would be nice to have a son, we really wanted another girl for Alexa. It is a built in best friend that she will have (hopefully) the rest of her life. We feel two girls are what we are meant to have and we are super excited.
We told a few people right away and then decided to keep it to ourselves for a little while. It was nice to be able to enjoy it before everyone started asking us the follow up questions... Do you have a name? Do you want a third? Blah blah blah!
We made the official gender announcement on Easter after the 20 week anatomy scan.
Now lets see how long we can go before we spill the beans on the name. For now we will call her double A (AA). ;)
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