Blood sugar

~Day 58~

     Morning (fasting) blood sugar: 95.  Haven't felt super bad any except for about 45 minutes after I take my vitamins-then there is a rush of nausea.  After the flash nausea, I'm good though.  So I'm going to start taking them at night and see if that helps.  Went to Christmas party with Mom after work-had chicken and dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad with italian dressing.  2-3 hours after that I checked my blood sugar again: 125.
     So while I know that this does not mean a whole lot, I like to conclude that my nausea was contributed to the rush of vitamins into my system at one time.

Just another Monday...

~8 weeks, Day 57~

     I called and scheduled a Doctor's appointment for a week from today at 2:30pm.  Met up with Mom after work at Wal*Mart and picked up some groceries.  Also borrowed Dad's glucose meter to check my blood sugar.

I need some rest!

~Day 56~

     Sunday morning services were really good! The youth that accepted Christ walked the aisle! We also had another younger family join the church! YAY!  Also it was our 1 year anniversary of coming to the church.  After church, we took Kenny, Matt and Amber with us to go eat at Chili's. The boys went to help an elderly couple put out their Christmas decorations and I took Amber with me to get everything ready for the Youth Christmas party tonight.
     After eating well throughout the past few weeks, Chili's did not like me.  However, on busy days like today, you don't really get the option to lay out.  It was ok though-didn't last long.
     I had made Puppy Chow goodie bags for all the youth, we had a White Elephant gift exchange, I whipped up a big pot of beefy vegetable soup and another mom brought some homemade cornbread.  All in all, it was great! The kids had a blast and the adults had a blast laughing at the kids!

Pictures to follow!

Feelin' Puney again...

~Day 55~

     A little bit of bleeding this morning, but it stopped in less than 30 minutes so I'm not too worried.  Probably going to go ahead and schedule a doctor's appointment next week even though my work insurance doesn't kick in until January 1.
     I went ahead and ate my healthy breakfast sandwich with a glass of orange juice.  Then, I made a batch of cupcakes for a birthday luncheon we were going to at noon.  So, of course I had to sample my creation! Then I hopped in for a quick shower and just about tossed my cookies while I was in there.  I'm not sure if it was a combination of what happened earlier, or too much sugar caused a spike followed by a tremendous drop or maybe the shower was too hot for me right then-who knows but I felt really bad all of a sudden.
     I called Mom's cell hoping to talk to her about it while we drove to the party.  Instead, I got Dad (which is fine, I was just hoping to keep this kind of low key...) and a lecture about eating right, taking care of myself and going to the doctor (haven't been yet due to insurance complications).  Indirectly, I also had a wave of feelings of irresponsibility hit me.  What were we thinking getting pregnant?  We're doing good to make ends meet right now!  I just have to keep telling myself this baby is a gift from God and it was meant to happen. :)
     So at the party, I stayed away from the potato chips and no birthday cake (which wasn't a big deal really, I haven't been wanting sweets) and I ate a hamburger and some beans.
     I felt off pretty much all day-but started feeling better towards sundown.  We had all the youth over to our house for a bonfire, smore's & chili dog feast, and a movie.  For some odd reason, after I got a couple of chili dogs down, I felt a lot better.

P.S. Had a youth accept Christ-WHOOP!!

Oh progesterone, how you make my body do funny things!

~Week 7, Days 50-54~

Very emotional and achy/sore in my top region pretty much sum up this entire week. Along with a GAZILLION trips to the bathroom everyday.

Practice

~Day 49~

     Church was good-lots of ladies surprised that I'm not experiencing morning sickness.  We went to lunch with several church members at McKay's steakhouse.  Bro. Bill paid for our dinner-the turkey! He didn't have to do it but boy am I glad he did :)  Afterwards, Megan & Lily rode with us (Chris has her car) and we went to Atwoods.  Megan let me get some practice in by carrying Lily around.  Then Cory twisted my arm into going ahead and getting a Christmas tree.  We came home and decorated the tree and played with Lily.  We were bad and didn't go to choir-hehe.

*Megan also shared with me that whenever we take the baby for its shots, give baby tylenol BEFOREHAND. She said no one had mentioned that nifty fact to her before she took Lily.

Wonderfully lazy...again :)

~Day 48~

     I sat bundled up in front of the lake all...day...long. 

And I loved it.

I needed it.

Deliciously lazy

~Day 47~

     Today was a wonderfully lazy day.  We slept late.  Then when we finally got up and going, we picked up Papa John's pizza (yes, I was craving it :) and headed back over to Ken & Carla's for movies.  We watched A Christmas Carol first and then Grown Ups with Adam Sandler next.  Then we sat around for a while and Carla had an idea of going camping.  So Cory called around to all the lakes in the area to see if anyone had an open RV campsite.  The only one with sites left was Lake O'the Pines.  So we loaded up in Cory's truck to go check it out and see if it was worth driving the RV up.  It was-so we came back and loaded up the RV and came back.  I had never spent the night in an RV before-it is DEFINITELY the only way to camp!  We finally got into bed around 10:30pm.

Thanksgiving Day

~Day 46~

     Today was good-left our house at about 12:15pm to head to Ken & Carla's to get there by 1pm.  Everyone asked how I was feeling and said their congrats if they hadn't had a chance to already.  Lunch was at 1 and everyone cleared out by about 2-2:15pm.  Cory and I stayed, helped clean up, and then watched the Cowgirls take on the Saints (Saints won).  We left their house around 6:15pm and headed to Granny & Papaw's.  The Aggies kicked off at 7pm and STOMPED the wronghorns :) Dad was in a mood so the evening had a bit of a damper on it.

     One really odd thing that I never thought would be me-I don't have any desire whatsoever for sweets.  I had one bite of my apple pie this morning and 1 teaspoon Mom's banana pudding.  But seriously, I don't crave them whatsoever.  (I just hope it stays this way!)

Marvelous

~Day 45~

     Growing a baby is a marvelous thing.  On my "What to expect When you're Expecting" (WTE) Application on my phone/website, they said to watch to see your body changing.  I looked tonight and saw the criss cross highways of my veins.  The veins expand to allow more blood flow to the baby so in turn, you can see them better.  It is so neat.  I'm very glad to be feeling better as well.  I was a little worried that little bout with the stomach bug was morning sickness.  So very glad it wasn't! Well, I'm off to bed-lots to cook tomorrow!

Better

~Day 44~

     Last night wasn't much better than Sunday night.  I was up every hour with severe diarrhea.  The really odd thing was, there were no cramps with it.  I debated on staying home today but since I don't get sick time, or paid holidays, thats not happening.  Which was a good decision in the long run because I was fine once I got up and to work.  I grabbed a Gatorade on the way into work and made sure to still drink my 64oz water.
     I cried a little this evening when we missed out on eating dinner with my little brother (I haven't seen him all semester).

Please don't let this be the flu!

Week 6: Day 43

     Miserable! I ate a piece of cheese toast for breakfast and had a yogurt at 10am with wheat ritz scattered throughout the morning but I still felt like I was going to puke any second.  After a Sonic lunch of chicken basket with a Sprite, things got better.  I still felt achy all day.  I'm going to bed early in hopes of a better night's sleep.

Funny Moments

~Day 42~

     I walked into church this morning and was saying 'Hi' to everyone when our church secretary, Gail, whispered to me to tell Racquel (her granddaughter, and one of our youth) about us being pregnant.  So I told her, "Racquel-Cory and I are expecting.) To which she replies, "Expecting what?" :)
     Later, right before the service, Kenny (another youth) asked me, "So when you gonna find out what it is?" I think someone else is excited too :)
     Tina and Lindsay came up, hugged us and told us Congrats.  Chrissy asked what they were congratulating us on-so I told her.  She was excited and asked how far along I was.  Then we talked for a while about ob/gyns and insurance.
     Funny moment again-I was telling Kenny and Brittani to go ask "More than a Remedy" (the group that sang tonight) if they needed help packing up.  In the middle of my sentence, Brittani sticks her hand to my stomach and says, "Baby!" and giggles.  I completely lost focus and laughed too.  They're a mess!
     Our Thanksgiving feast was at church tonight. I'm not sure if I ate something bad, got a stomach bug or what-but I tossed and turned all night long and got up 4-5x feeling extremely nauseated and having stomach cramps.

Note: started different prenatal vitamin today.

You've got to be kidding me...

~Day 41~

     For some ODD reason, I woke up at 3:45AM.  So I decided to go to the grocery store and Cory had woke up as well so he went too.  WORST trip to grocery store IN MY LIFE.  I cried the entire time there. (It all started when Cory told me not to do everything on my list, including the party I had been planning for a week).  I still don't know what got into me (read: I know, I'm PREGNANT). Finally got back home around 7am and went back to bed.  Slept hard for about 2 hours then laid there wallowing in depression for a while. Finally shook myself out of it and got up & cleaned for a while.  Lived in my lovely new sweat pants.  I cooked homemade lasagna for Ken, Carla, KayKay and Nathan.  Then we watched my Aggies beat up on the Nebraska Corn Huskers-WHOOP! Man I hope this baby A.) wants to go to A&M and B.) loves football.

TGIF!

~Day 40~

     TGIF! Worked hard all day-paused for a moment during the morning for the girls at work to share their delivery/pregnancy stories.  Note to self: do NOT watch 'Trauma in the Delivery Room.' Lunch with Cory at Whataburger (I was craving a burger, or maybe it was the salt).  Dinner was at Matsu with Cory & Josh (very good friend from college).  I'm going to go ahead and apologize now for tmi-but Chinese food=ATOMIC gas.  I told Jimmy (one of my bosses) at work-he was very excited for us and started sharing his baby stories. We went to bed around 10:30pm after visiting with Josh for a couple of hours.

Let's get comfortable :)

~Day 39~

Pay Day! So I went and bought a couple of pairs of sweat pants after work at Target.  $6.50 a pair=LOVE! Browsed their baby stuff real quick-it's more expensive than Wally World but LOTS cuter!

No morning sickness?

~Day 38~

I have found eating small meals through out the day, rich in fruits, veggies and yogurt are going to be the best thing for me.  If I get hungry, I get a little nauseous. It hasn't been too bad yet-Mom said she nor Granny got morning sickness during their pregnancies so here's to hoping! I feel like I've lost weight too (shirts fit better, for a little while anyways).  I've also been sure to drink at least 64 ounces of water everyday too.  Pants seem to be fitting tighter though (which makes no sense). Cory and I looked at baby stuff at Wal*Mart and ran into Mrs. Ann Howard.  I'm sure my ears will be burning tomorrow :)

Crazy

~Day 37~

CRAZY day! Might as well have been a Monday at work!  I'm dealing with a little bit of acne popping up.  Potty trips are getting more frequent.

Home Alone

Week 5: Day 36

I was bad-Cory convinced me to stay home and play hookie. It was good though.  I needed a day alone to gather my thoughts and chill.

Not-so-secret

~Day 35~

Cory started the morning by letting the youth kiddos in on our not-so-secret anymore.  Our music minister was out that morning so he was leading music during the service. At the end of the service, we always join hands and sing the chorus to a song.  Well, right before we did this, he announced to THE ENTIRE CHURCH that we're going to have a baby.  Everyone in the congregation erupted in cheers. To his delight, I turned bright red and really wanted to crawl into the hymnal around page 323.  My only consolation was that he forgot the words to the song and how it went! 


Very good day! Here's to a great 9 months!

Spreading the News!

~Day 34~

Slept somewhat late (8-ish). Finally got up & got dressed.  We went and ate lunch at Cheddar's then headed over to Ken & Carla's.  We saw Nathan's truck there when we pulled up (my sister-in-law's fiance) and found Ken, Nathan and Kaylee around back working on various projects.  I asked Kaylee, "So how's Aunt KayKay doing today?" She almost knocked me down hugging me :) Carla called Poppa Charles and she was chatting with him for a little while and then she asked where Mrs. Nora was.  He told her she was at the store and Carla told him, "Well you better call her and tell her to get some diapers for that great grandbaby!" He was so excited, you could hear it in his voice. Then she told us we better tell Uncle Chuck.  So I texted him and said, "How's Great-Uncle Chuck doing today?" He called and asked, "Now did you mean that I'm a great uncle or I'm going to be a great-uncle?" We explained and he was ecstatic as well.  He exclaimed, "I didn't even know ya'll was gardening!" We hung around there for a little while longer and then headed out to Derrick's house (Cory's best man).  We hung out and Cory played with their boys for a while.  Then we told him we were expecting and he started bouncing off the walls with excitement! He started asking a million questions and repeating over and over, "That's so exciting! I'm so excited for ya'll!" Then he started reminding Cory about paybacks. (Side Note: We've kind of pseudo-adopted his kids. We brought them fire engines one year that made a lot of noise and flashy lights and we always seem to rile them up real good while we're there (never on purpose;) so Derrick is ready for payback).  We said our goodbyes and headed out to Shirley's for dinner (Cory's Grandma).  Cory went over and when he hugged Shirley, he whispered we were expecting and she started clapping and laughing.  Then she started getting on to me for not telling her sooner (see Nov. 9). Kaylee texted Kennan (sorry Kennan I didn't tell you sooner! (roommate from college)) When we finally got back home, Cory posted on his facebook that we were expecting.

Overall a really good day with lots of excited people, all of which really helped my mood.

Emotional...

~Day 33~

The first of many emotional days (I'm sure).  Starting to notice the frequent trips to the bathroom (not too bothersome just yet).  Left work a little early to go sign papers to refinance our vehicles (Whoop to lower interest rates!!) Grabbed BBQ on the way home (was supposed to eat with Blake & Amy).

WHAT did I tell you?!

-Veteran's Day,  Day 32-

     Today I let the girls at work know-Brianna and Rena.  Brianna asked me, "If I get you a shirt that says 'knocked up,' would you wear it?" Oh my.  Mom and I had lunch at Tele's Mexican restaurant and enjoyed some wonderful yogurt for dessert from a neat little place called It'll Do Deli.

     Cory had to work late, so since we're down to one car for right now, Mom came back and picked me up from work.  Then, we went over to Granny & Papaw's to share the news.  Those nervous jitters from last night rushed back.  Apparently, I was deep in thought trying to decide how to tell them when Papaw interrupts my thoughts by asking, "What's on your mind? You look deep in thought..." So I jump on the opportunity & tell them.  Granny sits there with a stunned look on her face so long I almost thought she had  stroked out.  Finally, she says, "WHAT did I tell you?!" The only thing that I could possibly think of was that almost everyone on my side of the family had drilled it into my head that I had better wait at least 1 year after we got married until we got pregnant. NEWSFLASH Granny-its been over a year and a half.  She kind of dropped that point right after she said it; I imagine she realized how long it had actually been.  They muttered some "Congratulations-if thats what you want" and "things like this have a way of working themselves out."  Gotta love the enthusiasm and joy you get from my side of the family.

Me? Nervous? Never!

-Day 31-

     Work was same ol, same ol. I texted Kari Lou and asked her wen she thought she would be in next.  I told her, "I have something to tell you and I was wondering if I could wait that long." She guessed it right off the bat-little stinker!

     When I got home, I talked with Amy for a little while on the phone.  She was asking how I was feeling and if I had found insurance. (Just for everyone's info-we did get the insurance matter taken care of :)  Then, off to church!

     For those of you who don't know, Cory is a Youth Minister.  So our youth kids are like our own children.  Tonight, Cory didn't mention our little secret but rather just asked them to pray for us right now.  I went ahead and told Ms. Alexander (a couple of our youth's mom).

     After church, we ran out to my parent's house.  I was so scared and nervous that I couldn't manage to say anything when we first got there at 8:45pm.  It took me until after 10pm to tell them.  Dad yells out, "I told you!" to Mom and ""Congratulations" to us, but that was it.  Mom said, "Congrats" and told us how it was funny that a lady at work had asked her today when she was going to be a Grandma.  I cried on Mom's shoulder for a minute afterwards, (a little out of relief) and told her I was nervous and scared to tell them.  She said, "Oh Baby!" and we hugged.

Dear Aunt Flo, where did you go?

-Day 30-


     OMG! I woke up and had been thinking about taking a pregnancy test.  My last two cycles had lasted 28 & 29 days and I wasn't feeling any cramps (at least not "normal" ones) today.  So I grabbed a test....and I waited....and I waited....and waited for what seemed like a LOT longer than I had been to see the 'not pregnant' words pop up. Finally it appears...

     A million thoughts start rushing through my head, "I don't have insurance, we do good to pay bills now, will we have a boy or girl, maybe its a faulty test"-to my biggest question: "What will my parents say?" Not that, ultimately, it should matter a whole lot, but I'm the type of person who wants the approval of my parents.  Finally I got a hold of myself and stood up to tell my husband, Cory.  All I could manage to get out of my mouth was, "Cory-come here." He got up and rubbed his eyes, trying to wake up. He looked at the test lying on the counter, then to me, his eyes got huge and all he could stammer was, "Are you serious?" (I really wish I could've thought of something witty to say back to him like 'April Fools' however, all thoughts of witty sayings had escaped me at this point) I said 'Yes,' and he pulled me into an embrace that I knew would help me get through these next 8-9 months.


     We were (read: I was) a little hesitant to share with very many at first.  Cory shared with a guy name Chris at work and I went over to Amy's (Very Good friend of mine) after work.  I had to tell someone (especially since Cory told someone!) She was so excited! I really hope she gets pregnant while I am.  She gave me some samples of pre-natal vitamins and we three went out to dinner at Jalapeno Tree Mexican Restaurant. 


     When we got home, I took one more test (just to be sure) and Cory started looking seriously at insurance.  I was texting Carla and Shirley (Cory's mother and pseudo-grandmother) back and forth. Finally, Carla told me to call her (her hands were hurting her). So we talked a little, and she says, "I have been having this dream for the past 3 nights that someone is pregnant.  We're all in the delivery room and the doctor holds up a pink little girl but I can't see the face of the person in labor."  So without any intention of doing so when I called her, we told her and Ken (Cory's dad). Ken started crying and Carla was very excited.


     It may be a rocky beginning of sorts, but I know the good Lord will help me and our little one through this.  


"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward." Psalm 127:3