Ouch!

I just got back from my doctor's appointment because my hips and inner thighs have been hurting. I was told I have a pinched nerve, and boy does it hurt. The explanation I got was that as the baby gets bigger and pushes on me, my vertebrae in my back move, and that can sometimes caused a pinched nerve. I seem to have gotten 'lucky' and had it happen to me. My body can get use to it and my pain could go away, but I could also keep it until delivery. I hope it gets better, otherwise I have 4 more months of this. I guess I am paying for the wonderful first trimester I had. I felt so good then when most women feel their worst. Oh well, it's all worth it. :)

My Easter weekend was great. On Saturday I went to a church cookout and watched all the children hunt eggs. I got to meet my 2nd cousin, who is almost 2 years old. He is what I hope my baby boy will look like. He has such pretty brown curly hair. Unfortunately David didn't get to go with me, he stayed home to work on our house. But on Sunday we went to church with my parents, and on the way we had a flat tire. Luckily we got it changed and was only 15 minutes late. Church was also late to start, so it turned out fine. We also went to his parents house and watched his family hunt Easter eggs. I didn't get to see David's little niece because her mom still hasn't had her baby yet, and needed to stay near the hospital. But I saw cute pictures of her on facebook of her hunting eggs in the yard with her grandparents.

Update

It's been quite a while since I've posted. Nothing has really happend worthy of reporting. And that can be a good thing, it means things are going very smooth. :)

I've reached 20 weeks pregnant, and I'm starting to feel like I have a drum inside of me. I keep having that feeling of being beat on, and little Jacob is my drummer boy. lol I had the anatomy scan done at 18 weeks, and he was given a clean bill of health. Thank God! That's when I got to find out the gender of our baby. I didn't really need much help figuring it out once it came upon the screen. lol I felt like screaming, "I can see his wee weee!!" But yeah, that would've been inappropriate at the time. :D

Church has been going well, I really like where we started going. It also gives me a chance to see my sister-in-law. She is going to have her little baby at ANY time. She went in a couple weeks ago to stop her labor, but now it's safe for her to have the baby. She's gone back 2 times this week because of contractions, but it just never seems to happen. We saw her yesterday evening and she was once again having contractions and having back pain. We're all hoping it will happen soon, especially her because she's in so much discomfort.

Yesterday was great, we all got together at her house and had a birthday party for David's mom and brother. I had the most fun watching David play with his 2 year old niece Isabella. First time I've ever seen him play with baby dolls. lol The best part is when Isabella, her doll, and David all had plastic bowls on their heads for hats. Wish we had a picture of that, it was so cute. He said he couldn't wait until he could play with Jacob. :) We will have our time, just have to wait.

We are now in the market for a new mattress. I wonder how many pregnant women shop for new mattresses?? lol My back has been killing me! I have this horrible dread when it's time for bed. I know I'm going to lay on that lumpy mattress with no room. We have a very old full size bed, it was my mattress before we got married. I got the mattress from my grandmother who had it in storage for I don't know how many years. I bet it's older than me! David gave in yesterday and we are going to try and buy a queen tempurpedic mattress. I am so looking forward to that! A full size is just too small for a girls growing belly, a man, and a dog to all try to sleep on.

I haven't played World of Warcraft for a while now. I played for a little while on my warlock, and it was fun. I got her to lvl 80 and got some nice epics. But they just weren't nice enough to take on the big raids. I guess if I had stuck with it long enough I could have gotten her there, but just sitting around waiting in que for a dungeon wasn't very fun. I got to the point where I only really needed gear from the new Ice Crown dungeons, but I almost always got a group that wouldn't finish it. Either the healer or the tank got mad at someone and left, which made us have to wait forever to find a replacement. The best runs I had was when I got my husband to fill one of those roles. He doesn't play anymore either. He is basically in the same rut I am. He started to play Aion again, but I doubt that will last long. It just something to do because we are so bored in the evenings. I don't know what to do with my time now that I don't raid!! I miss WoW, but I can't find anything to hold me there. There seems to be set raid groups, and I don't want to disrupt that by raiding a while and then quitting, it's not fair to those who are dedicated.

Church

Recently going to church has been on my mind a lot. I have been a believer since I was a small child because my parents took me to church and explained it to me. Now that I have a child on the way I feel that I should do better and raise it in church like my parents did me. I also have been having these feeling before I got pregnant, it's just now they are stronger. I guess you could say I have been 'lukewarm' for a while, and I know that is not good.

I chose a church that my brother-in-law and his wife go to. I've visited there a couple of times and really enjoyed it. I like the way the pastor presents his message and I enjoy hearing them sing. They don't sing what most churches around here sing, which is the older gospel music. Not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just not for me. I can't say that I've ever liked it. My mom and dad love it and I remember as a child closing my door and turning up my t.v. to block it out. It sounds so 'twangy', like bad country music.

This church also seems to be active, and has a lot of activities if you choose to take part in them. Once I have my child I would like to join MOPS (Mothers of preschoolers). My sister-in-law goes and enjoys it, so I think I would give it a try.

I'd like to buy a new Bible, one that doesn't have all the thee's and thou's in it. I guess I will have to go to a Bible Bookstore and ask someone who works there to help me. It would be no use asking my parents, if it's not the New King James Version you are just wasting your time. lol

Well, keep me in your prayers that I keep this up. I really want to do better. :)

WoW Complaints

I have recently taken a leave of absence from World of Warcraft. Why? I was bored of doing the same things over and over, and being almost rock bottom dps. Granted, I never researched my class further than what type of gear I needed and the stats I required. I just recently read Daughter of Ravenholdt Manor, and saw her graph of the diffrent classes dps. Guess what, balance druids were on the bottom! AHHH! What am I good for? I can't think of much. I have a buff and a battle rez, and if you're a leather worker you can do the buff without a druid being present. If I went feral dps I could do better if I had the gear, but I don't WANT to be feral. The rotations are a pain to keep up with, in my opinon, and it means I have to be melee. I enjoy being in the background throwing my spells at the boss. Plus, fuzzy boomkins are just cute. :) Is that any reason to play a balance druid, not really, but it doesn't hurt.

Other things that took me from WoW was the raiding situation. I didn't really enjoy 25 mans. Sure, you got much better gear, but you had to pay for it with constant head banging. I'm not a hardcore raider. I don't like trying a boss more than 3-5 times. After that I start to scream at the computer screen and make not so nice remarks to myself about whats going on. I also had little patience with those who don't know what to do in the raid after they had done it before, many times, or asked repeatedly what to do with loot when the raid leaders have instructed us before the raid.

My prefered raiding situation is a 10 man with the same people, or at least mostly the same. Now that there have been a lot of people quitting WoW, the guild has been forced to do 10 mans and only do a 25 man once a week. I REALLY wish that was the way it was when I was playing. To be honest, I liked the guild when it was small. It's so large now, and they have to try and please the majority. I understand that, but it's just not the way I liked it. Maybe I just don't like change, that is probablly the biggest part of it. The raids when we were doing kara, that was the best times for me. It was a small group of close knit people having fun.

Oh well, I guess I should stop complaining. Things change, and if you don't change with them you get left behind. At least I have good memories. I won't be gone from WoW forever, I may even be back within a month of so if I see the guild is still doing 10 mans more than 25. But I will certainly be back for cataclysm. I've got to make a worgen druid. :)

Our Bouncing Baby

Yes, that's my little one. He/She is getting so big! I'm starting to feel a little more at ease now that I've gotten to the end of my first trimester. I know that there is always a chance something can go wrong at any time during a pregnancy, but it's now less likely.

I got this ultrasound two days ago, and it was the most exciting thing I've ever seen. Sure, I've seen the baby in earlier ultrasounds, but I always thought it looked like a little blob. I couldn't really make out what anything was. But that's all now changed, as I layed there on that table watching the big screen in front of me, a little human image came into focus. I was amazed! I didn't even realize that I was tearing up until I noticed I couldn't see the screen very well anymore. This is what I've been waiting for for 3 years! I looked over at David and he was smiling at me, and I could tell that he was just as happy as I was. I turned my attention back to the screen and saw our baby move around. He/She was moving their hands around and bouncing all over the place. I wonder if that's why I have to go to the restroom so much? lol I also thought it was so cute when the baby decided to flip over and show us it's little rump. It had it straight up in the air. :)

This ultrasound was actually to determine if the baby has any genetic defects. While I still have to wait for results from my blood tests, the doctor said the baby looks normal. They measured the fold on the back of its neck and that is suppose to determine if it has a higher chance of having down syndrome. I was very relived to hear that it appeared normal.

I have an appointment with my OB this Monday, so I hope our baby gives us another good show. I can't wait to see it bouncing around again.

Good news, bad news

Today I went to the doctor, just like last time, I wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary. I was calmed by my obvious pregnanc symptoms, so I didn't think that anything was wrong. But I found out I lost one of my little babies. Of course I am upset about this, but I find myself taking it a lot better than last time. This time is diffrent, I still have my hopes in the living baby. The doctor said that the baby is very healthy looking and is growing ahead of what is expected. I hope it stays that way, it makes me feel a little safer.

One thing that makes me nervous is the doctor asked me if I wanted a Nuchal translucency screening. It screens for problems such as down syndrome. He tells me it's optional and doesn't think anythin is wrong, but yet he askes me if I want to do it. It makes me feel scared he thinks something could be wrong. But, no matter what happens I will still love my child with all my heart. I am just so thankful that we still have one baby on the way, and pray that everything will be ok.

7 weeks

Today marks my 7th week of pregnancy. I'm still very worried about them and will feel a lot better when I hear their little hearts beating. I go on Monday for my next ultra sound, and I pray everything goes well.

I am already starting to fit a little snuggly into my pants. I started to notice yesterday that my shirt seemed to feel tighter, and I decided to try on a pair of pants that usually fit me pretty well. They are way to tight now and I seem to spill out of them a bit. I have been keeping an eye on my weight and I've only gained a pound. From what I have been reading this in perfectly normal. A couple of pounds at this stage is considered ok and I read that your pants should be becoming snug in your 7th week..and that's if your having one, I'm having two! At least I have a couple of pairs of pants that still do fit me, but for how long? I may be going clothes shopping soon. lol

I have been taking it easy and trying not to over do anything, but I have to say, if it were up to my parents I'd be on complete bed rest and never move until it was time to have them. My mom warned me against vacuuming..come on! I surely hope I can push something around on wheels and not get hurt. I don't lug it up and down the steps, but that's different. David's been handling it pretty well, he just seems to get overly worried when I don't feel that well. I actually, so far, have been having it very well. I have only gotten a little nauseous a couple of times. The major thing that concerns me right now is the soreness in my tummy. I've read that your uterus is expanding to make room for baby at this stage, so I hope that's all it is. I don't want a repeat of last time. I was told not to worry unless it feels like a cramp, and I am having a hard time determining which it is. It's in God's hands, and hopefully I will find out more on Monday. Merry Christmas everyone!