Introducing Noah Thomas

After a long grueling 9 months, Noah Thomas finally made his apperance on Sept. 30th, 2010 at 23:23pm. He was born one week early and had no intenstions on leaving his warm home. I was induced due to blood pressure. However, I knew that when I got to the hospital that morning, my blood pressure would be normal. Sure enough, it was normal. biggest fear? being sent home to wait it out. Thankfully they went ahead with the induction.
My day began at 6:30am that day as i had to get ready and then call the hospital to see if they were ready for me. After I got off the phone with them, someone rang the door bell, at 6:50am. Phil and I were "who the hell is that at this hour?" ha ha ha. He thought it was Tom, I thought it was the police. I opened the door, to Jackie standing there. My first intital thought, "aren't you in Thailand?" I was utterally shocked I didn't know what to say or do. I was "what are you doing here, shouldn't you be in Thailand"? Jack, "no you are having a baby today". WOW!! Now if that's not friendship, I don't know what is. Everyone asked Jack if she was here for any other reason and she answered, "nope, just here for the baby's birth". WOW! I am so appreciative of her and her surprising me and wanting to be here for us and for our new son, Noah. I will definately make sure he is reminded all the time about the day Aunt Jackie came all the way across the world just for him. He (and me) are very lucky to have someone like that in our lives. Thanks soooo very much Jackie. We will never forget what you did for us.
The birth part was hectic. I laboured for 8 hours, got to 10cm, pushed for 1.5 hours and Noah decided he wouldn't fit, so off to the OR I went to have a c-section. Which I might add I would take over labour any day. The recovery from that wasn't that bad for me. The nurses even kept coming in trying to give me pain meds but i was "i don't feel any pain".
It was a very interesting day that's for sure. But I am soooo happy I finally got to meet my baby boy and am very happy. Phil has been great throught the whole thing also. He comes home and holds Noah until they go to bed. The love in his eyes towards his son is heart melting. He already has told me he wants another. lol. Keep viewing/reading for updates on Noah and how we are getting along with life with baby.
Again, Thanks jack for being here for us. We hate to see you go! Hurry home soon.

4 more weeks, I'm done right now lol

Well went to the dr. today. I have 4 more weeks to go which means i will be seeing dr every week. my dr does surgeries on thurs so when i saw him today i told him "i'll be seeing you tomorrow" at first he didn't get my joke and was "oh ya, ok" then when i said "do you have any openings for tomorrow?" he got it. lol. Then when i left i told him "don't forget, i'll see you tomorrow, oh ok, maybe next thurs" and he said "you want the lungs to develop a little bit more" then he said "be careful what you wish for" regarding wanting a c-section. I am so done being pregnant. To be honest, i haven't even had a bad pregnancy. No unusal pains but i hate having all these pains between the legs and lower abs. Yes I know that doesn't make sense but I'm saying I have had any complications (knock on wood). It's just so uncomfortable. It's more nerve racking being pregnant than anything. You worry about EVERYTHING when pregnant. Any time you go to the bathroom and check the toilet paper, you pray and wish for no spotting. then when time gets closer to your due date you worry about your water breaking and how you will know. My aunt said, "your underware will be wet" to which I answered "my underware is always wet" ha ha ha. I told my dr. about this wet problem and he says "it's normal" cause every time i tell him something he goes, "that's normal" ha ha ha. ok.
Phil is going to be a mess these next 4 or so weeks. I lost part of my plug (Jack, that is the plug that plugs your cervix and when it expells from you, you can have baby in 24 hours or 4 weeks from now). Told the dr about the plug thing, "that's normal". ok, just wanted to let you know lol. I also told him about some other stuff that i won't go into cause it's gross ha ha ha. And he said "your cervix is starting to open". YES!!!!!!!!!! Next visit i'm sure he'll look to see how much it has opened. It's so cool how my dr. grabs the head with both hands. I wonder how big he is. This time his head is "engaged" into my pelvis which is great news. It means he is ready. In other terms, the baby has "dropped".
We've decided on a name. Noah. Now for the middle name. We can't agree on that. Quelle surpirse. I think I better start packing so I'm ready to go.

7 weeks and counting...I'm ready

That's right. I'm ready to meet my little one. I'm soooo curious to see what he looks like, how he is going to act, etc. We are starting to get his room together and buying stuff for him (finally!!) Phil has been very caustious with buying lots of stuff "just in case" something happens. Now he's on my ass about car seats and stuff, ha ha ha. It's like all of a sudden he realizes he's having a baby. (typical male). We have our crib (yeah!!) and in the next couple of weeks we will have our playpen (or as they call them now adays, playards) and a stroller. There is some very nice things out there.
Oh the other day Phil says to me "I don't like the name Leo. No one at work likes it either". So? I don't care what they think at your work. grrrrrrrrr. Now i'm like "what about thomas?" he goes "it's better than Leo". grrrrrrrrrrr. He ALWAYS tells me "don't be like other people" I should preach to him "don't care what other people think". I'm still going to push Leo. It's all of a sudden he comes up with this " I don't like leo anymore". In the end, we'll wait and see what he looks like when he is born. I hate hate hate trying to find a name that we both agree on. The problem is we can't agree on ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!! If he was a girl we'd be all set, lol. I guess we have to wait to get a girl. Oh but who knows by then he'll be "I don't like the name Annie anymore" then i will have to kill him that way i can name our kids whatever the hell i want, ha ha ha.
I have a feeling I'm going to be the "bad guy" and Phil is going to give his son anything and everything he wants and I'm going to have to put my foot down. We've discussed all this and yes he believes our child can't be a spoiled brat by us (we can't control others, especially my parents, dad already pouts when mom won't let him buy a cars sticker book for the kid, ha ha ha). Anyways, I'm getting bigger by the second it seems. I also found out my last dr visit that he is due Oct 7th, not the 3rd like I thought. I'm going to have to discuss this with the dr. I only discussed it with the nurse so far. Anyways, my dr induces after one week overdue. So he will be here Oct 14th the latest. That's about all that is new here. I have another dr appointment on the 24th of aug. Oh we also dicided to bank his cord blood. It's actually really a great idea. My friend Kathyrn looks at it as Health Insurance. You pay money every year for them to store your child's cord blood in case he or any blood relative gets ill with 80 different diseases (there are specific ones the blood cures). So if my parents, or phil's dad or our siblings get sick, our baby's cord blood can help them. Obviously if our child gets sick, his cord blood helps him too.

Rihanna was AWESOME!

I think the title says it all people! Rihanna was the best concert I've ever been to. Last year, Jackie and I went to see NKOTB and I thought that was the best concert to date. Wow, Rihanna blows away any boy band concert I've ever been to. And you all know how i love my BSB. I rocked out to all her songs, singing my little heart out! Picture an 8 month pregnant girl belting out and dancing to Rihanna! AMAZING! She sang for an hour and a half, but it felt like only a half hour. Her costume changes were speedy, which shouldn't be surprising cause she didn't have much to change into, lol. But she looked great! I have a new girl crush. Angelina Jolie who?
Anyways, from now on I only listen to Rihanna (and Flo Rida) in the car. lol.

30 Weeks and counting!

Well here is a pregnancy update for those of you who are still reading this. I have only 10 more weeks to go. Seems like a long time, but really it will fly by. We still don't have a name picked out. But it's narrowed down to Noah or Leo. We won't name him until he is born. Some people look at us weird when we tell them we are going to wait to see what he looks like. People say "that's dumb" well i say "you are dumb" ha ha ha. Some people agree with me. Some baby's just don't look like the name you have picked out. He may not look like a Leo or Noah or he may just come out and be a girl, in that case he'll be an Annie. ha ha ha. My OB says "those ultrasounds are only 95 % right and I just delievered two that were wrong" so take that!!! ha ha ha. I love my OB. I'm starting to get really tired again just like the first three months. It almost feels like i'm going backwards. I have most of the same symptoms as I did the first three months. It's weird. I'll try and get a pic of me this weekend while I'm away at my uncle's house and post it/ send it to some friends. There isn't much else to tell. Every time I go to my OB he says everything is perfect. Which is very nice to hear. I'm measuring the right size. I went for my Rhogam shot. For those who don't know what that is, if you are a negative blood type, which i am A negative, i don't have the right antibodies that a postitive blood type has and my body will think the baby is a foreign object if our blood mixes somehow and will reject the baby. So at 28 weeks they send you to the hospital for a Rhogam shot that is full of certain antibodies to prevent things from going wrong. Oh and I also had a glucose test (twice) to see if I have gestational diabeties. The second test was because my first one came back slightly elevated. The second test was not fun. I almost passed out in the blood test waiting room. Now we are just trying to get the room ready and set up and just patiently await his arrival. Stay tuned for pics.

Baby Update!

Well i am currently 22 weeks. Two weeks ago we found out we are having a boy!!! However, when I went to my ob, he told me those are only 95% accurate and he JUST delievered TWO babies that were the opposite of what their parents were told. Wow. That's not cool. ha ha ha. Phil heard that and he wass all "don't register for too much blue". Which he is NEVER allowed to register with me ever again. While I went to the washroom, I gave him ONE task to do, hand in the registering gun. What did he do? He put a 600 dollar crib AND a 300 rocking chair. ARE YOU FREAKIN NUTS?????????? urgh, i was so ticked.
Also you know how pregnant women have all these different foods we aren't allowed to eat? I asked my ob about that and he said "it's bullshit and I'd like to meet the person who started that whole thing about not eating certain foods". He said to do/eat whatever I want unless he tells me No. AND I'm to let my kids eat dirt so they don't develop ashma. Apparently the reason why sooo many kids have immune problems and ashma is because their parents are too clean with them and don't let them get dirty. Good point.
Yesterday I played a dance song called Winter by Max Graham. and put the ear phones on my tummy and he went nuts. I got elbowed tons. It was a very cool feeling!! Can't wait until he gets bigger and Phil and others can feel him moving about inside. Soon we will get to meet him. I am less than half way through. woo hoo!!!

wow it's been a long time

So as you all are aware, 3 months after a miscarriage IS the magic number. Phil and I are 'with child" ha ha ha. It happened right at the third month. I am now 17 weeks and 6 days. ha ha ha that is how they calculate things. My due date is Oct 6th. The first three months were not fun. I felt sick all the time and very very tired. and in the 12th week it was like a light switch went on and i felt 85% better. a lot less tired and not sick at all. We have had two ultra sounds so far (the first one was because of a scare i had, but turned out i had a normal abnormalty called implantation bleeding) ha ha ha. tmi I know. Then I had a second ultra sound for that prenatal screening, that was at week 12. At week 14 or so my dr put the "doppler" heart rate thingy on me and I heard the heart beat very loud and clear.
Other big news, I'm off to see my fav singer, Rihanna in Aug and I CAN"T WAIT!!!!!!! I have been dying to see her in concert for a very long time. Now all I need is for Flo Rida to come to The big city and i'm set for life.
We haven't done much yet in prepartation for the baby's room. I would like to wait until i know it's a boy or girl, yes we are going to find out. Phil isn't much into spur of the moment or surprises.
This weekend (mother's day) is our first anniversary. Where the heck did the time go?
i should probably go out and get an anniversary gift as well as a mother's day gift. hmmmmm, is the first year paper?