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You followed me through pregnancy and watched my belly grow, now you can see what we are up to and watch Brenna grow outside my tummy.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008


My doctors appointment

I met with my OB doc earlier this week and he really made me less nervous about everything.
I think part of my nausea was also from nerves about everything. They had to do blood work, a quick physical and then they went over this huge baby book that breaks down everything you will do and experience in the next 8 months.
Its a great resource.. like I never knew about certain fish I couldn't eat or how you need 1200mg of calcium a day! yikes.. i better start eating my greens!

Also... a big change around our house is that Mike has to clean out the kitty litter box because of the risk of toxoplasmosis in the cat poop that can be transfered to the baby. I felt bad for him.. becausehe gags everytime he looks at the poop... i guess its good practice for when the baby arrives. Cat

For all you that will be getting pregnant down the road.. thought i would enlighten you with
the TOP 20 foods for pregnancy
  • low fat milk, yogurt
  • broccoli
  • spinach and romaine
  • green/red peppers
  • tomatoes
  • baked potatoes
  • Tomato juice, V8
  • Orange juice
  • Cantaloupe
  • Chicken, Turkey
  • Fish#
  • Fortified cereals
  • Bran Flakes
  • Fortified cooked cereals
  • Bran muffins
  • Whole wheat bread
  • Pizza
  • Popcorn







Wednesday, January 9, 2008

The first week

January 1st-6th



The first week after finding out I was pregnant was definitely rough. I had morning sickness everyday and was tired 24-7.



Places I've been sick

Sick



  1. My bathroom at home.

  2. 4th floor bathroom at work (my floor)

  3. Hwy 10 exit ramp

  4. Work parking lot

  5. 3rd floor staff bathroom (I was shadowing some cath-lab nurses) oops
  6. End of driveway
  7. Begining of driveway
  8. Gym bathroom
  9. Every bathroom at work





Stepping In Poop



Things that for some odd reason make me gag:




  1. any mention of alcohol

  2. anything with meat in it

  3. SWEETS! anything from chocolate ice cream..just can't do it :-( .(i know...it sucks.. and i have a huge sweet tooth!) Hopefully it will change soon

  4. Pizza (mike is really bumb-ed about that one)

  5. car exhaust

  6. cologne, perfume

  7. cereal. especially when i hear the bowl clinking in the morning (like with a spoon)

  8. coffee...yeah..coffee.. haven't had a sip...Starbucks may go out of business !




So that narrows it down of things i actually can eat and keep down:



My diet has basically been of mashed potatoes, any fruit, saltine crackers, carrots and crystal light lemonade.





Through all my gaging of odd stuff Mike has been really supportive and is doing really well at not getting annoyed with my specific requests.....like to eat breakfast far away from me.













Monday, January 7, 2008

The first few hours

On December 30th, 2007 I found out that I was pregnant! I had my sisters with me as I took the test and made them look at it first.
With my sisters behind me we hunted down Mike and I showed him... he was speechless!
After hugs and kisses we made it down to the kitchen to tell me mom, and then dad.
Dad was a bit confused at the whole pregnancy concept.. wondering who was actually pregnant. Was it Corrina? Was it me? Or his wife? We had a little laugh and then enjoyed a grand breakfast. Right afterwords mom was up in the atttic searching for baby stuff and a crib.
The preceeding hours we started to call all family and friends. Everyone was so happy to hear our good news.
At that time it hadn't really set in yet....

When do you think we will have our baby?