Its been a rainy quiet week.

Its friday and its literally rained every day this week. I don't remember the last time we had a spring like this. The temperature at night has been in the 50's and 60's.!! Honestly, I am not complaining because i know for sure that i am going to be miserable when the heat hits. I am going to enjoy the comfort for as long as I can.
So after last weeks torn ligament episode I decided that there was no way I would make it 5 weeks with out know if this baby was OK, so I order a hear beat doppler. It's called Angelsounds. It arrived Saturday morning and it works great. It does not count the heart beat but I was able to find it and hear it perfectly clear. I started to panic a little bit when I couldn't find it at first so I decided that I wouldn't check every day. With Chris not being home I don't want to freak out at night if I can't find it. So, I asked Chris to hide it and I will only check on weekend! Tomorrow Saturday and I can't wait to check again.
My belly is getting bigger and I am having a hard time fitting into my clothes. Thank God for the Bella Band, but I don't know how much longer I will be able to use it. I was looking up maternity clothes when I came across a website for a massage place called Edamame. Its located in Paramus on route 4. I decided to go check it out. Its actually located inside Destination Motherhood. Edamame is a very small massage area that caters to just pregnant women. They offer differnt massages and treatments. I check out the place and thought it was very clean. I also looked very calm and relaxing just like a spa should. I booked myself the Vital Leg Treatment. Its a customized leg treatment that reduces water retention and provides an instant lightness and freshness to tired and swollen feet while increasing circulation and restoring energy to fatigued legs. It ends with a relaxing shoulder and scalp massage! I can't wait!!! After I booked the appointment a sales women broughtme some water and asked me if I was shopping for anything specific. I told her I could use some bras. Well she measured me and these boob are out of control. I think she measured me as a 40E!!! The store doesn't carry that size but the plus size section had some 42d and DD. I tried them on and hated them. I bought one but I don't why i did. I am use to warting my minimizer which hold them up firm and tight. These bras provide no support at all. I then decided to try on some tops. I am running out of clothes to wear to work. I walked around for what seemed like an hour before I picked somthing out to try on. I tried on three tops an a dress. All the ops had th elsastic under the boobs and made me look like I had two cannons on my chest and that I was 8 months pregnant. The dress looked horrible. I left the room crying for my mommy. I guess I am just not mentally prpared for this. I am not comfortable showing off these large breast. I have been wearing a minimizer for as long as I can remember!! After my 20 week appointment my mom is going to help me shop. I just hope I am feeling better by then adn these boobs don't get any bigger!!!!!

Its Friday!!!

Its' Friday, I'm at work and I can't wait to start the weekend. I will be sitting home tonight alone as usual. I conplain that I am alone all the time but secretly I love it. Don't get me wrong, i would love for Chris to work days and be home at night. It would be so nice to have dinner with him every night.But sometimes i just want to be alone to do what ever I want. Laugh, cry, chat on the phone, watch a chick flick or sit on the computer for hours search the web. Tonight I think I will order some food and rent a movie. I am feeling pretty good and looking forward to date night with myself.
So, our 16 week appointment went well. I lost three pounds, my blood pressure was in the normal range but a little high and Dr. Gallo was able to find the heartbeat right away with the doppler. We left and he told us to come back in 4 weeks. When we went to make the appointment the recepcionist told us that the ulrasound technition would not be in that week so we would have to come in the week later. I was a realy upset. Having to wait 4 weeks is hard, waiting five weeks is going to be torturous!!!
After the appointment i went to work. later that afteroon I started to feel terrable pain in my lower abdomen. It was about two inches below my belly button to my felt. I kept thinking it was round ligament pain, but it was in the same spot and it wouldn't go away. I had the pain all night and it kept me up. By eleven the next morning I was getting really worried. I knew the baby was Ok because I just heard its heartbeat the day before. I called Dr, Gallo and he said to come in for a urine test and that it probably was a bladder infection. So I went late that afternoon. The next came back negative. Dr. Gallo did an ultrasound and the baby look great. I was really glad that this happened because I got to see the baby. he did and internal exam and concluded that I twisted a ligament. I took the next day off of work and relaxed on the couch. He said a heating pad and and warm bath would help. The pain started to go away and I felt a little better today.

Sixteen weeks today!

Today I am 16 weeks along. Alot has happened in the past few weeks. I wish I had more time to blog and update but it always seems like I get side tracked and than forget. I can't believe how fast the past 4 weeks have gone. Everything was great until week 14. I noticed some brown spotting on my underwear. I thought maybe I was seeing things so I out a pad on and sure enought I was spotting. Surprisingly I didn't freak out. I just kept thinking to myself that brown blood is old and OK. So, I called Dr. Gallo and ofcouce he said to come in immediatly. He check me and couldn't find any blood but to be on the safe side he ordered me to stay off my feet for one week. That was the tuesday before Memorial day weekend. We had plans to go upstate that weekend. I stayed on the couch for 4 days. It was terrable. I did get to watch some great movies. By Friday I was ready to go crazy. I just don't know how some of these women on bed rest do it. We decided to go upstate. I just sat around all weekend and did nothing. The bugs were terrable to I spent most of the weekend inside. I didn't sleep well and honestly I couldn't wait to get home. It was a crappy vacation. I think I need to book a mini vacation this summer. Anyway we went back to the Dr. the day after Memorial day. Everything looks great. Dr. gallo said I have a low lying placenta and that is probably where the blood is coming from. He said if the placent doesn't more that i will probably have to have a c-section. I was not happy when I heard this. I always dreamed of having a vaginal birth and to be honest I am a little scared of the c-section. Not of the procedure itself but of being tied town to a table with a screen in from of my face. I am extremely clostraphobic and agoraphobic. Anyway, the baby looked good. My next appointment is tomorrow. We got the bad news at this appointment last time so I am extremely nervous. I feel like everything is going to be OK but I just hope I am not fooling myself. If everthing goes well I thing I will seriously consider getting dopller to get me through the next 4 weeks. I haven't felt the baby more yet and I don't think that is going to happen for a few more weeks.
Chris has been home from work for the last four weeks. It has been so nice having him home at night. He has made dinner every night and has really helped me around the house. He goes back to work today so I will be going home to an empty house. I am actually a little anxious about it. I am tired of being alone at night and actually a little scared. I'll probably stay awake until he gets home at midnight. I am not working tomorrow because of the OB appointment so I can stay awake.
This weekend we went down the shore to my parents house. The weather wasn't that great so we never made it to the beach. My clothes have been getting tight on me so my mom took me out shopping. Target and Kohls had nothing. I did get a new pair of pajamas and one shirt. My paretns really want to buy me some new clothes, so if everhthing goes well tomorrow I think I might let them. My cousin Daniel is my size and she did all her shopping at desination motherhoos so I guess I will go there. I also want to check out Edamame. Its a maternity spa!! I can really use a massage!!
Ok... keeping my fingers crossed. I will update tomorrow after my appointment.