kwinkleman
IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 16, 2012
Hello friends
long time no post LOL. Things have been going a mile a minute here in sunny Florida LOL. I am happy to say that I am all moved into my new place....it is such an amazing feeling to finally be out and on my own and enjoying life. I am also happy to say that I had another ultrasound this past Monday and I am having another BOY!!! While I was hoping, praying, and doing the baby girl dance every second of everyday....it has finally sank in that I am having another boy and I am excited about it. Boy's are fun, my son is amazing and I wouldn't trade him for the world. I take it as an honor to be blessed with the responsibility and JOY of raising another boy! Hopefully I can lay a solid foundation for him and Alex to be strong, independent men and teach them both how women should be treated! Maybe they will grow up to be doctors, dentists, lawyers, scientists, or even the president LOL 
I have gained a little weight....which I guess is normal LOL for being pregnant. When I saw the nurse at my surgeons office she told me that I had already lost 70% of my excess weight and she had no worries in her mind that once the baby was born if I went back to the basics and used my tool like I am suppose too that I would not only lose the baby weight but more excess weight as well. So I am hopeful that she is correct. I am looking forward to getting back on track. I haven't totally fallen off but it is so much more stressful when you are trying to eat for two (per say). They say a normal pregnant woman only needs an additional 300 calories per day...but when you don't eat like a "normal" person period it makes things a little more difficult. At my first few appointments they were worried because I was underweight for my pregnancy development...but I think I have gotten that under control. It is CRAZY to think about eating more calories when for my entire life all I have thought about was eating LESS calories. Then after surgery calorie count and watching what I ate was even more important. So to hear them say...eat more healthy calories like peanut butter, nuts, eggs, etc it is shocking. I never thought in a million years that I would be trying to get more calories in for the day. Mind boggling!!!
Well my original due date was July 8th but since I am having a scheduled csection it will be scheduled a week early which puts me around July 1st...but that is a Sunday so maybe the 2nd or even the end of June. A summer baby
. I have been thinking about names...mostly girl names until Monday, but I do have a boy name that has stuck in my head.....Mason! Of course the daddy wants the baby to be named after him.....but he already has a son named after him so I think I am going to pass on that one LOL. I officially have about 4.5 months left and I wish I could report that my extreme bloating and pain has gone away but that would be a HUGE lie. I stay bloated at this point. No one knows why and no one can tell me what is going to happen when baby gets to be 5-7 pounds and I have all this bloating....something isn't gonna fit. I literally look about 6 months pregnant now the way my stomach sticks out, and it is all above my belly button which my OB told me is all intestines and other parts being pushed up due to my growing baby/uterus....OK, so my question remains...what happens when baby is 6 pounds and I have all this bloating? Where is it all going to go? And how an I going to survive or move around when this happens? I literally live on Gas-X. Literally I buy a box of 36 probably twice a week. I chew them all day everyday. Water makes me bloated. Sitting here typing is making me bloated LOL, it is literally everything. My surgeons nurse said "well this is just the way your body is responding to baby". My OB says "well keep trying a different combination of small meals". Ok great. LOL the ONLY thing that helps is not eating...but I guess that really isn't an option for the health of baby. Who knows. I am thinking about scheduling an appointment with a gastro on my own and getting a 2nd...well 3rd opinion. One day at a time I guess.
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About Me
FL
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29.0
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Surgery
11/29/2010
Surgery Date
Oct 01, 2010
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