Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Yay for movement!

Just because I want to remember when I felt the movement, I officially felt somersaults yesterday!  That would be at 15 weeks 5 days.

I've felt flutters for a while now, but I have been having a lot of muscle spasms in my uterus ever since my c-section so I was never completely sure if it was that or the baby.  That being said, I always thought that I could end up being on of those "I didn't know I was pregnant" ladies since I would never know if it was a baby moving!  But seriously...I don't know how people go nine months and don't know they're pregnant...but I will admit to watching that show all the time on Discovery Health! :-)

Friday, September 17, 2010

Dr. Appt. Update

Went to the dr this morning.  Had a nice long chat with Dr. Askew about both the pregnancy and her financial planning.  I teased her as I was leaving that I don't usually go to the dr. to give advice! :-)

Based on my last U/S I was measuring nine days ahead, she decided that was accurate and changed my due date.  She also changed my status to high risk due to my humongous babies!  She said she'll schedule my c-section at 39 weeks assuming everything keeps going well.  That puts me at around March 2nd.  If this baby gets super big that might change that date.  She said she'll probably schedule the c-section either March 2nd, 3rd, or 4th.  I told her I'm fine with any of those, but if we can somehow swing it so Misty and I are there at the same time, that would be pretty fun! (Misty being my friend here in SA who's only a few weeks behind me, but pregnant with TWINS!)

She mentioned that its time to start gaining weight.  So far, all I've done is lose weight.  I've NEVER been told to gain weight...how fun! :-)  If only I felt like eating more, the gaining would be easier.  I did tell her I'd been having really bad vertigo and she asked if I'd called the office to ask for medication.  I told her I honestly hadn't even thought about it!  I grew up with parents that would tell you "oh you'll be fine" when you could see organs hanging out...I just figured it would go away.  She prescribed me some medication to help with that and also told me to STOP all my other meds.  WOO HOO!!!  I'm so done with all of the other meds. 

Basically, it was a great visit and I'm having a great birthday so far!  Oh, and the best part...I get to have my anatomy scan three weeks from today!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

We're okay...

Since I know most everyone that reads this has heard about ISD's troubles, I figured I'd share our spin on it and what this means for us.

We knew ISD was having financial problems due to a lack of work which can most definitively be attributed to the dragging economy.  ISD has done well to keep its head above water for a while now, but as of yesterday the operating budget far exceeded any predicted money coming in.  This meant major cuts and unfortunately the San Antonio office was one of the major cuts.  Many many people both here and in the Baton Rouge office are being impacted by this. 

I'll admit, when I first found out, I was SO overwhelmed.  Its a stressful thing to think that we're losing one of our sources of income.  Greg has put many many hours into that company and its unfortunate that this is the position ISD has been put in.  I know they did their best for a long time to prevent this.  We'll be okay, I have a great job and we'll survive.  We've been trying to live on less and have both cars paid off so we're in a better position today then if this had happened a year ago.  Greg's deciding where he wants to go from here, and that will likely be school.  He knows he wants a different industry, but needs additional schooling to make that happen.  He has an appointment today to figure out what that means for him.

We're thankful for what ISD provided to us the past 4 years and pray for the other families who are in far more stressful situations this morning.