Memoirs of Baby Number 2

My 2nd pregnancy adventure!

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Laying down, trying to figure out what to do to take my mind off things until tomorrow. The OB's answering service informed me that my symptoms are those of Ectopic Pregnancy and that I should call and be seen today. Well I called and they have nothing until tomorrow at 1:45. So now I am left to worry for 27 hours or so. My husband can't go with me, due to work. My friend is on vacation with her family out of state. I have no family here and I don't want them to come back with bad news while I am there alone. I have been crying since I talked to that nurse and I am terrified. I can't go through something like this, I am not strong enough. 

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Worried

For the past few days I have noticed spotting, which is completely normal during early pregnancy. Last night though, the pain on the right side returned. I am going to call the OB's office as soon as they open and see if I can get in and make sure there won't be a co-pay, since I can't do that until tomorrow. I am trying to take it easy and not move around a lot, but I am worried. I mean if something is going wrong, there isn't anything that can be done anyway, but I would still like to know why I keep experiencing this pain and now the spotting. UGH why can't everything go easy for once?!

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Big Sister Prep

My plan, for the baby shower, is to get our daughter realistic baby stuff. Toys R Us has Graco baby doll items like pack-n-plays, car seats, strollers that will look like the ones we buy for baby. Then when the baby comes, we will grab her an Adora Nurserytime doll. Then while Daddy and I are taking care of new baby, she can have a baby to care for as well. I added everything to the Babies-R-Us registry, so people can buy a little something for her, too. That way she won't be left out.

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New Meds!

So my OB put me on a new medication for hypertension, which I seem to have during pregnancy. Started it Friday, by Saturday afternoon I was feeling really weird. I took my morning dose and nausea medication, drove home, got undressed for a nap, and noticed my calves and my thighs are the same size. Couldn’t freak out though, the nausea stuff knocked me out. Woke up 3 hours later and it is back to normal. So we took our daughter to the sitter for the night and then went to the party. I had dinner, took my night dose, and sat in the same spot of hours. I was FREEZING, shaking, and felt like if I moved I would fall over.

Finally asked my cousin to run me out to Saint Thomas Rutherford and they did all their tests. I was severely dehydrated, despite drinking toms of fluids, mostly water. My thyroid is also functioning below where it should. I have to see if my OB confirms that with the million things of blood they took Friday. If I do have hypothyroidism it would explain SO much! So anywho, that’s the latest baby stuff.

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Well those are gonna break the bank!

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Share a Room?!

In case our daughter and the new baby need to share a room, I am trying to find something neutral to do their room in. I like this owl look  if the baby is a boy. If they are both girls I am torn between two; black and pink or ladybugs.

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So I think this is the collection we want for a boy... Roundabout by Graco. It is $320 more than the Safety 1st stuff, but it's Graco! Highest safety ratings and best reviews, and it's just too darn cute!

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Girl Names

Charlotte

Adalynn

Danielle

Emberlynn

Abigail

Caroline - after CAROLE

Madison

Taylor

Jadzia

Elsa

Raegan

    Caroline Danielle Brown

Taylor Madison Brown

Charlotte Danielle Brown

Elsa Abigail Brown 

Current Most Liked: Abigail Taylor Brown

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Boy Names

Tiberius

Grayson

Finn

Alexander

Atticus

Mason

Reed

Rhys (pronounced Reece)

Taylor

  Taylor Rhys Brown

Alexander Mason Brown

Reed Grayson Brown

James Reed Brown

James Tiberius Brown

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Spoke too soon, here comes the pain again. Please don't let this be anything bad! 

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TEAM BOY!

Friday is the FIRST appointment with my OB/GYN, his names is Boles. He has a new office now, different from the one he had when our daughter was born. That one was at the old hospital, but they opened the new one about two months after she was born (boo) and he moved. The new one is SOOOOOOO much nicer! Anywho, he has the ultrasound stuff in his office now and doesn't have to make a separate appointment with a different office, so we should know what's going on by next Friday afternoon! I haven't really had anymore pains... I mean I did tonight. It was mostly my back hurting, but it stopped. So hopefully it is not ectopic.

In other news, we have decided this is our last child. So we are going to discuss doing a tubal ligation (tubes tied)... I like to research EVERYTHING before I do it and most times, I have noticed, if you are going to do the tubal ligation the OB will do a C Section and tie the tubes while they are in there. I actually watched a video of this happening on YouTube... guess what's not happening now! I am trying to talk my husband into just getting a vasectomy. Let's see how that goes.

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Some sleep would be nice!

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The Beginning

Well ok, went to the ER, because I was having some pains.. about where my ovary would be on the right side. I get there and they do a urine sample. Like an HOUR later, a doctor comes in to ask how far along I am. When I told him I'm not, he just smiled. So on to ultrasound and blood work. Apparently for the pregnancy test to even register you're pregnant, your HCG level has to be 100. Mine was 117. So we pretty much got pregnant on Easter. He told us not to get excited because I was having the pains, but we found out the pains were due to a bladder infection. 

Now I am extremely excited, but I am still leery of telling people because it is SO early. I have never had a miscarriage, but I don't want to jinx it either. I can definitely confirm I am though. I am nauseous, I want to eat, but I just throw it back up. The smell of food cooking is gagging, even water is making me feel sick to my stomach. I remember when I was pregnant with my first child it was like this, but not until I was about 9 weeks pregnant. This time around seems like it is going to be WORSE!

OB appointment next Friday at 1:30. We will finally get to see what is going on! Gotta remember to shave my legs!