27 Weeks and Baby Shower

Alright so it has been a few weeks again. I was waiting until I could get my shower picture on here as well as my 27 week belly shot. I also had a doctors appointment last Thursday so I thought I would put what happened there on here too.

So I will start with the doctors appointment. I had my 26 week check up and I had to drink the "juice" to check for gestational diabetes. Good new, came back with a clean bill. So we don't have to worry about that. However I would have to say the appointment did not go all that perfect. About 4 weeks ago I noticed my legs and hands were starting to swell. I had to take my wedding ring off at 20 weeks. At the time I did not think much about it because being a rookie at this whole pregnancy thing I just figured it was part of the deal. Well, I mentioned it to the doctor on Thursday that my legs were swollen and when I push my skin in, it stayed in. I also told her that both my legs and hands hurt by the end of the day. She took a look at my legs and did not seem to happy with what she saw. She informed me that it was to early to be swelling like this and when I told her it started 4 weeks ago she said "what??" So, overall she informed me about Preeclampsia and that it looks like I am heading in the direction of dealing with it. What do I do? Well, slow down for one, not to be go go go all day and all night. Which is really tough for a busy body like me. LOL! I have to change the type of socks I wear...SEXY! And from there they are going to monitor me VERY closely. I now go to the doctor every 2 weeks but if things get worse in between those 2 weeks I am to go into the doctor prior to my appointments. Other than that, if it gets worse I guess they make me cut back my hours and even then if it doesn't get "stabilized" then they put me on bed rest. The only way to get rid of Preeclampsia is to take the baby!! Let me tell you...that SCARES ME! But, I guess all I can do is listen to the doctor and take it day by day. Good news- my blood pressure isn't bad! Enough about that, on to more exciting things.

I had my girlfriends baby shower on Sunday. It was awesome!! Bobbi and Alicia threw it and they did an AMAZING job! Thanks girls!! I couldn't have asked for a better time with all the gals. I got awesome, wonderful gifts! We played fun games and had GREAT food!! What more can a pregnant chic ask for. : ) Thanks for everyone that came! Following are some picture from the shower.





























Lots of fun pictures!!

Following is the 27 week belly shots!!

22 Week Ultrasound

I thought I would update quick and post pics from the ultrasound we had today.
Baby Malloy measured at 22 weeks and 6 days, I am technically 22 weeks and 3days. So I believe she said baby was at 51%. Which I am told is right where they want them at this point.
The ultrasound itself took longer than normal, baby was being difficult. Ha, imagine that as Brady put it, "difficult just like he/she's mom." The ultrasound tech said it was the second hardest ultrasound she has had in a LONG time. The hardest one was right before us, poor lady I bet it makes it for a hard day when the babies don't cooperate..lol! The baby was positioned downward and was moving like crazy. Made it really difficult for her to get measurements and a profile pic. She had me moving from my right side to my back, then over to my left side and back again. I think she was hoping it would help the baby move to where she wanted he/she.
As you can tell I keep typing he or she, YUP we did NOT find out the sex. I asked the tech about 2 minutes into the ultrasound if she knew yet what it was and she said, "oh yea." OHH my goodness did I almost ask her to tell us. It was sooo tempting.
Heartbeat this week was 155, up from last month at 150. Both doctor and ultrasound tech said baby was VERY active.
All in all they said baby was measuring normal and all seemed to be healthy. YEA!!
Here are the pics and the some video she got. Said it was hard to get the video too.











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20 Weeks

Alright, so it has been a while since I last posted. I knew I was not going to be very good at keeping this updated. Although, here I am updating you on what has happened in the last 7 weeks.

All in all I have been feeling GREAT! I really can not complain, this pregnancy has been going good so far. I am, however not really enjoying HOW much your body changes and HOW much your emotions change.

As for appointments with the doctor, we heard the baby's heart beat again on Sept 18th. Words just can't describe how AMAZING that sound is. This last time while we were listening the doctor said, "wow, can you hear that, your baby is moving around like a lot!" YEA..I could HEAR it but NOPE I could NOT feel it. I told the doctor that I still had not felt anything and he assured me not to worry because it all depends on how your uterus is placed and how the baby is postioned. That made me feel better because I was starting to think I was a bad mom and could not feel my baby.
BUT...I do have a little excitment that has happened the last two mornings..I THINK I have felt some little sort of movements. Yesterday morning and this morning while laying in bed I have felt these like faint feeling of something, it's hard to explain. I guess we will see if I feel more definte movements soon.

October 16th is our ultrasound. We could not be MORE EXCITED!!! Although, sorry to report but we are NOT finding out the sex. We have decided to wait until the BIG DAY! We are, however VERY excited to see the baby!!

In other news we started working on the baby's room. And, what a mess our upstairs is now. Just when we got everything the way we wanted it, here we are again moving everything around for little baby Malloy. We got the a crib set from my mom, it was my brother's and mine. It came with two dressers and a crib. Very nice set in great conditions. So, last weekend Brady and his dad put it together and so far it is the crib and two dressers in the baby's room. Yup..that is as far as we have gotten. Hopefully soon things will start coming more and more together and I will have to get a picture of the room on here.

Well...I think I have gone on enough. Here are belly pics at 20 weeks. I was not overly thrilled about putting this on here but here they are.

Here are ALL the belly pics!

Okay, okay...so I got them all. I am learning here guys, as I go along I do better. Here are ALL the belly shots taken last weekend. I also put a group shot of the girls that all made it up north. Enjoy! :)

Belly Shot:13 weeks!

Okay...so after I got done posting and updating I went onto Mindi's blog and saw she had a belly pic from girls weekend. Mindi and I are exactly 1 week apart. Here is our belly's next to one another. I will still try and get the other ones I have on here with in the next few days.

13 weeks

Well, I knew I would be bad at keeping this updated and here it is over a month since I have posted anything. Sorry, but I have not had an new pics until last weekend and I guess I did not have much to say. I had plan to put pictures up today but Kelly has them on her camera and the CD she gave me with them on it does not work. So...I am here to just update you for the time being on how things have been going.

Overall, I really can't complain. I am still SUPER tired! I would say that is the most frustrating part to me because I feel like I'm not get anything done around my house. By the time I get home from work I am so beat that all I want to do is SLEEP! : ) My nausea has gotten better in the last month, although I still have my days that are rough. Heart burn has been pretty bad, I have never had it before I got pregnant and MAN do I feel bad for those that get it regularly.

We did get to hear the heart beat on Friday. WOW, that was the coolest thing EVER! Brady and I agreed it was the coolest 2 minutes of out life. It made it MUCH more real to me, and I think for him too. It really reminds you, YES there is a baby in there.

Well, I hope to have picture up within the next few days, once I figure out how to get pictures from Kelly's camera to my computer. The belly pictures were taken at girls weekend on Aug. 9th, so I was just about 13 weeks then. I am just about 14 weeks today so hopefully I can get them posted before I am taking new belly pics. :)

Another Ultrasound...

So we had another ultrasound on Monday. It was pretty amazing! We could not believe how much baby Malloy has grown. We could see a head, a shape of a body and little buds for arms and legs. Although we would have to say the coolest part was seeing the baby move. He/she "squirmed" it's lower body. We were in shocked to see this little thing move. They were able to measure the baby this time, and the predicated a new due date, Feb. 16th. Which is actually Vienna's (our niece) birthday. Although I am sure the likelihood of us having the baby ON the 16th are slim. So that would make me actually 8 weeks today. Following are the picture they gave us from the ultrasound. Kinda cool to see how much it has grown already.

Quick note on how the pregnancy itself has been going....overall things have been going pretty good for me. I would have to say the worst is just how tired I am all the time. I do have my moments of feeling nauseous, but it's not really in the morning or at night specifically, it's more on and off all day. Although, I am not throwing up, which is great! My sense of smell is UNBELIEVABLE, I am smelling things I never smelt before. I have notice are definitely smells now that make me feel icky, guess you could say I have a sensitive stomach. Well, that is about it. Hope you enjoy the pics. :)