Why does it take so long?

Just waiting very patiently for the results of our amnio. Trying not to think about it and just keep our minds busy on something else. Of course, that is not hard to do with Bailey around. I get up early am to walk and feed him and then we basically have to take care of him every 3 hours for bathroom walks. We went to the dog park the other day and he seems to be happy pretty much anywhere we take him. David has been sneezing- I am praying he is not allergic to Bailey, which would be strange because he never had allergies with Maxwell and he had a lot of dander-because of his Cushings. Well hopefully next week at this time we will have good news.

It's A Girl

Had another ultrasound Friday and it is a girl. They told us that a few weeks ago but I wanted to wait until we posted it becuause, well you know people can make mistakes. Everything looks good so far, had an amnio done Friday and now we are just playing the waiting game. I still don't think I look as pregnant as all the other woman in the office, but the nurse said you just wait and in a few weeks you'll be complaining about how big you have gotten. We are just so excited to hear it is a girl and now we have to pick out all the pink and purple outfits and accessories.

Our Newest Addition

Well, we gave in and got a new puppy. I couldn't take the quietness in the house and we decided to go to the animal shelter. We found the cutest little puppy-he is 3 months old and is a maltese shih tzu. We named him Bailey Maxwell, Bailey because he was born on March 17 and Maxwell after little Maxie. Boy is he a lot of work. David thinks this is great training for us, because he needs a lot of attention and we are up all through the night having to walk him. He cries a little bit when we put him in the crate, but overall he is a good boy.

In Honor of Little Maxie

It has been a while since my last post. Things have been busy around here. Unfortunately we had to put Maxwell to sleep last Monday May 26. He was 13 years old and had been diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome a few years ago. He was doing okay for him, David usually carried him out to the grass to be walked and he slept most of the day- well last weekend he took a turn for the worse. It was really said, he started to have problems breathing, he wouldn't eat, drink, go to the bathroom or sleep. As hard as it was, and it is hard we had to put him to sleep. Needless to say, I had a rough week. The first few days, all I could do was cry and just look for him-now I am getting a little stronger and I keep telling myself he is in a better place now. The hardest part is when I come home from work and the house feels empty. Since I also have had him for 13 years it really is hard to remember life without him. We will always love him and he will have a special place in our hearts.
We love you Maxie.

Sonogram at 12 weeks 5 days

We went to the doctor this week to complete part one of the Nuchal Trans. test. They said the skin fold of the neck looked good but I won't find out the complete results until they test my blood from this week and in 5 weeks. The baby looked a little bigger, it was bouncing all over the place. The ultrasound tech wanted to know what in the world I had for lunch-I ate pizza (something I haven't eaten in a long time-but my boss bought pizza for everyone as a congrats for good work). The hearbeat was 158 and as you can see in the ultrasound the baby was waving at us. The picture isn't as light was we would like but it will do. This weekend we have been cleaning so we can make room for the little one. We got rid of the desk in the baby room and cleaned out our closets. We still have a bunch more to do but we are trying to do a little bit each weekend. I am still sleeping okay although my hands fall asleep for some reason. I am looking to buy a pregnancy pillow. I am still in my regular clothes-thank goodness for wearing my scrubs during the week. Our next appointment is May 30 and we are hoping to find out the sex of the baby.

WE ARE PREGNANT

I know it has been a while, and from now on I will be better about writing in the blog. I guess I just took a break becuase we found out March 3 I was pregnant and of course I wanted to wait until I was 12 weeks to officially announce it. We are so excited. We conceived naturally which is great. I guess the Glucophage was all I needed. I went for the HCG tests and they doubled as they were supposed to (69, 309, 2160). We have had a few ultrasounds done, and so far so good. The RE released us at 8 weeks to our OB-GYN and then he referred us to the perinatalogist. As far as having morning sickness, I really have just had boughts of nausea and an icky feeling if I eat too much or too little. My biggest thing has been fatigue and tiredness.

She's Back Again and Right On Time

I can't believe that once again-she has arrived exactly 29 days later. As usual, it was quite a letdown for me. I think what made it worse was I had no signs that she was coming so it kind of came out of left field. In the back of my mind I thought "maybe I am pregnant this month, after all we did it on the right days". Well the positive thinking did not work. Back to square one. AGAIN. We have a bar mitzvah tonight. Hopefully it will be fun. David is busy working on his book and Maxy has been on/off with the blood in his stool. We took him to the vet again and they said put him back on the Flagil. So far, it looks like the medicine is working.

I am getting used to my medicine as well. Although today I am supposed to increase it to the 2000 level. The only issue I have really had was kidney pain occasionally and if I don't eat with the medicine I get really nauseus. I just hope the medicine works and I can finally be pregnant. Two months left and then moves to Plan B-the shots.