Bed Rest for Mommy

Well I went into the hospital Monday evening for dehydration, vomiting, and contractions that were 2-3 minutes apart. When Dan brought me to the hospital I hadn't kept any food down all day and was throwing up/dry heaving... YUCK!!!

So they gave me a shot to stop the contraction, thank goodness I wasn't starting to dilate. I spiked a fever in the middle of the night so in addition to the I.V. fluids they started me on antibiotics. When they ran some blood tests they were showing signs of infections.

It took the nurses three tries to hit a vein when they were trying to start the I.V. and finally got it on the third try. I was so dehydrated that the first two veins "blew".

By Tuesday I wasn't showing anymore signs of dehydration or signs of infection. But I was still on fluids, and the I.V. antibiotics. They were not letting my go home because of a elevated heart rate. So Tuesday evening they did a EKG and hooked me up to a heart monitor, which made for great sleeping. They did non-stress tests on the baby through out the day/night. Wednesday morning they did a echo-cardiogram on my heart, looking for a explanation as to why my heart rate was elevated.

Dan, my mom and I sat in the hospital all day on Wednesday waiting for the doctor to come in, and give us the results of the echo. The doc finally came to see my around 430pm on Wednesday evening and said I am going to send you home but you are going to be on bed rest.

So here I am at home just trying to take it easy. I have a follow-up appointment on Tuesday afternoon at 2pm. But until then I have orders for no work, no stress, not doing much of anything...

Happy Halloween

This year was the first year that we actually got to take Darren trick-or-treating. He didn't really want to go at first. He didn't want to put on his costume or go to get candy, as we called it. We finally talked him into putting his costume on, and at least going to see Grandma and Grandpa in Plover. In the end he trick-or-treated for about 2 hours. I was dead tired, and had to pee so bad I ended up cutting it short. Dan continued to go from house to house with Darren. He did get a lot of compliments on how cute his costume was.I also wanted to throw in a picture of my belly. This little girl is growing very well, and I am feeling great! We are excited for her arrival on December 15th, which is when my c-section is scheduled for. We are all set up with her room, and will be posting pictures of her when she gets here. Until then have a great Thanks Giving!

Darren Turns 3!

Darren turned 3 September 17th. I can't believe that it has been three years already. He is smart, fun and funny. Of course there are times that I don't feel like a good parent but then don't we all have those moments.

For his birthday we took him to Quarry Quest over in Neenha. He had a blast and he tired him self right out. He got to ride in a crane, and "drive" a excavator. We through rocks in the big lake, and learned a lot about the Quarry. We had just a small birthday party for him at my parents house over in Appleton but all in all it was a great weekend.Thanks everyone for all the wonderful birthday gifts that Darren got! He loves them all!

good weekend

We had a great weekend. It stared on Friday night with a grill out at our friends grandparents house in Plover. They are moving back to the Midwest from New York and it was great to see them. Darren had a great time playing with a new friend that he met, they played with the water hose and as always played A LOT of baseball. A couple of people that were at the grill out had gone fishing earlier that day, and so they cleaned them while we were there. Darren was very interested in this process.
Then on Saturday I had to work in the morning, then we took Darren to see all the fire trucks down at river front. He really liked looking at all the firetrucks. One crew had a game with the water hose, which Dan and Darren(mostly Dan) tried. Then we headed over to the Grabski's house to swim and grill out. The pool was at a warm 86 degrees so it was great to swim in.
Sunday I got to go see a movie while Dan took Darren to the parade. Eclipse was awesome! Then we had a few friends over to eat dinner before walking down to the river to watch the fireworks. Well it pretty much rained from about 6pm for the rest of the night. So fireworks got postponed until tonight, but it has been raining all day so not sure if they will happen tonight or not.

On a side note had a doctors appointment today for my 16 week check-up. Mom and baby are both healthy, I actually lost weight from my previous check-up, and Baby's heart rate was about 165bpm. I started getting my weekly shot which I get once a week from now until 36 weeks. I also had a ton of blood drawn for various tests. That made me pretty tired this afternoon, so I took a nap. Ultrasound is scheduled and I have my twenty week check up August 2nd. Things are moving along very well, and I have no complaints.

Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful 4th weekend too!

our "water rat"

Darren has been loving swimming this summer. Which really isn't much of a surprise because he has always been a water baby. This summer he has discovered his love of the floaties. He was in the pool once with them. Dan and him were swimming, got out to jump back in. Dan jumped and before any of us could react he was in the pool right after Dan. He went under, Dan was able to grab him right away, Darren said "Don't help me Daddy" so Dan stopped. Darren then doggy paddled over to the ladder climbed out and did it all over again. It was like a switch went on in him and he just figured out how to swim on his own. For a moment I was sad because it made me realize just how fast he is growing up. But then again it is a lot of fun to swim with him! Here are a few pictures from our recent trip to the pool.
After all that swimming the boys were tired! It was such a great day! We have renamed Darren our little "water rat". Dan asked him if he was a water rat. Darren said "Nope, my name Darren." Kids can say the funniest things.

its all about Me

Well this week I remembered what it is like to just be myself again. Yes I am still a mom and a wife, but this week I had time for me. To do what I wanted to eat what I wanted and to be lazy when I wanted.

As most of you know Dan is working out of town. Yes we are doing that again. This job will not take nearly as long, but still being pregnant and taking care of a 2 1/2 year old all by myself is madness. But we get through knowing the light is at the end of the tunnel. This week was different. Uncle Randy and Aunt Amanda took Darren and their niece Kaitlynn for the whole week. And Dan is working out of town. That means I got to just be me this week.

Monday was a little weird not having anyone but me to get ready for the day. I ordered pizza and bread sticks from Pizza Hut, which I only ate one piece of pizza and two bread sticks but I was able to order the toppings I wanted. Then Tuesday I had a half day, and cleaned like a mad lady. Then I warmed up some left over pizza and fell asleep on the couch watching Twilight, a movie I wanted to watch. Then Wednesday night I didn't feel guilty about hanging out with the volleyball team for a little too long after the game was over. Tonight a friend and I went for the longest walk in history, and it felt great! It took us over an hour. But it was great to catch up and vent and laugh. I didn't have to worry about Darren being antsy in his stroller or it being past his bed time.

So here's to a week of being me!

New Addition

Dan, Darren and I are excited to announce that we are adding another little bundle of joy into the family! My due date is December 22nd. However my C-Section will be scheduled for the second week in December.

I am very excited to be pregnant again. After all the crazyness that happened when I was pregnant with Darren, I am just hoping for a happy and healthy 9 months. And So far so good, not a signal complaint. Other than the fact that nothing ever sounds good to eat. I have so many aversions this time around, and even one day I couldn't keep anything down. That really sucked.

Just recently had my 12 week check up, Dan was able to make it to hear the heart beat for the first time and his mom joined us too. She was super excited to come with me since I didn't think Dan would make it home on time. The doc started to listen to the heartbeat he goes, so you hear two heartbeats and we all just about passed out. The doc then went on to explain that the slow beat is mommy and the fast one is baby. Dan said, " Ok doc there is just one baby right?" He laughed and said yes just one baby. We all let out a slow sigh of re-leaf. Baby was at a healthy rate of 165 beats per minute.

Darren was really excited at first, he would come up and rub my belly and say,"Baby in mommy's tummy." He is really excited to be a big brother, we would ask if he wanted a brother or sister, and without hesitation he would say sister. Then last Friday when I picked him up from daycare, Sue was asking how I was feeling and we had a small chat about the new little one and how Darren was feeling about it. So I asked him if he wanted a brother of sister he said, "Ummm, no thanks." So that has been his answer lately. I think he is starting to realize he won't have mom and dad all to himself anymore. So I am glad we started the preparations early.

Any advice on preparing Darren for his new sibling is welcome!