I've been having dreams about being pregnant again. Not that I am yet, but I'm taking that as just one sign (one sign among many) that it's time to try this again. I'm ready. Jeff's ready. Maybe in the next month or two...
My whole attitude/outlook on becoming pregnant again has really changed drastically in the last month or so. At the beginning of this month, I was still scared to death about what might happen when I get pregnant again. All of a sudden a couple of weeks ago, that whole thing changed. I know that I could miscarry again, but that those chances are fairly small. I also know that so many of my friends who have suffered a miscarriage went on to have totally normal subsequent pregnancies as well as that I am in several sets of good hands - God's, Jeff's (support-wise), and my OB's. I will be nervous, especially until we hit that 15 week mark. I am half expecting to want to go in to hear the heartbeat each week until we get confirmation via ultrasound that everything looks normal. I wonder if we'll get more ultrasounds than normal this time around? I actually think we might go out and get a relatively inexpensive stethescope (Michele-suggestions?) so that once we get to the 17 week mark, we can listen whenever we want, right in the comfort of our own home.
December is a very busy month for us. Jeff's and I work at a tree lot every year. The money is good, which is nice, but the hours suck. I see him maybe 5 minutes in the moring and then maybe 10 or 15 at night before we go to bed, if I'm even awake when he gets home. I'll be glad when Friday comes. No more late nights.
This is my first Christmas without my family around. It's going to be a bit odd because of that. At least we have Jeff's family nearby, and everyone will be home this year, which will be cool. Max is driving me a lot nuts with the tree and presents. He thinks the bows are there for him to play with, that the tree water is there for him to drink, that the ornaments are there for him to bat at, and that the space behind the tree is for him to hide in.
I'm sending Jeffy on a treasure hunt on Christmas morning. It's going to be a blast to watch. I'm going to have fun on Saturday morning! LOL I'm more excited about watching him open his presents than I am about opening my own. I think that's a good thing!
Enough for now. Have a wonderful Christmas!
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Owen's Growning Vocabulary
Spoken words:
mama, dada, mommy, daddy, max, kitty, cat, dog, all done, gramma, papa, dude, please, bye-bye, hi, hello, hi there, water, hot dog, night-night, there, right there, book, read, truck, Isabella, Katie, Greggy, Mikey, Austin, Scott, Dan, Cissy, Nick, pbj, milk, (ba)nana, apple, baby, belly button (sounds like baby...), Wiggles, wake up Jeff! (really unintelligible, but he's consistent in what he says so...), ahoy, uh-oh, potty, uh-huh, no, diaper, yippee!!, teddy, choo-choo, car/truck sound, yummy-yummy (numma-numma), did it!, do it, more, that, two, three, bubbles, fishie, la-la-la, backpack, duck, ball, wipes, max, hat, eat, bear, this, a, the
and the list keeps growing...
Animal Sounds:
dog (different sounds for big and little dogs!), cat, cow, horse, sheep, duck (though he sometimes confuses it with a rooster...), rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger/lion/bear (anything that roars)
Signs:
eat/food, please, thank you, milk, apple, water, more, fishie, all done
Favorite Songs:
Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (Wiggles song), Hot Potato (Wiggles song), Monkey Dance (Wiggles song), Twinkle Twinkle (can sing "how I wonder" and "up above the"), ABCs (knows "w"), Old MacDonald (sings "E-I-E-I-O" unprompted and will do the animal sounds with prompts)
mama, dada, mommy, daddy, max, kitty, cat, dog, all done, gramma, papa, dude, please, bye-bye, hi, hello, hi there, water, hot dog, night-night, there, right there, book, read, truck, Isabella, Katie, Greggy, Mikey, Austin, Scott, Dan, Cissy, Nick, pbj, milk, (ba)nana, apple, baby, belly button (sounds like baby...), Wiggles, wake up Jeff! (really unintelligible, but he's consistent in what he says so...), ahoy, uh-oh, potty, uh-huh, no, diaper, yippee!!, teddy, choo-choo, car/truck sound, yummy-yummy (numma-numma), did it!, do it, more, that, two, three, bubbles, fishie, la-la-la, backpack, duck, ball, wipes, max, hat, eat, bear, this, a, the
and the list keeps growing...
Animal Sounds:
dog (different sounds for big and little dogs!), cat, cow, horse, sheep, duck (though he sometimes confuses it with a rooster...), rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger/lion/bear (anything that roars)
Signs:
eat/food, please, thank you, milk, apple, water, more, fishie, all done
Favorite Songs:
Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (Wiggles song), Hot Potato (Wiggles song), Monkey Dance (Wiggles song), Twinkle Twinkle (can sing "how I wonder" and "up above the"), ABCs (knows "w"), Old MacDonald (sings "E-I-E-I-O" unprompted and will do the animal sounds with prompts)
2 comments:
The scopes can be very inexpensive. I don't know if you will be able to hear a heartbeat, though. Don't you think that is why they use an ultrasound?
Merry Christmas.
According to what I've read, the fetal heartbeat can be heard by stethescope at or around 17 weeks. I'd love any suggestions you have when we get to that point in our next pregnancy.
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