Last week we went to our monthly check up and baby is doing wonderfully!!!! His heart rate is good and the results from his anatomy scan we had a few weeks ago showed that he is growing healthy and just like he should. Just puts me at ease to know that right now our son is growing and developing into a healthy little baby.
He is getting stronger and stronger with his little kicks. At least a couple times per day he kicks me so hard I gasp because he startled me. Before I was pregnant the idea of a baby moving inside me freaked me out!!!! But now its the opposite, when I don't feel him it freaks me out. I actually prefer the moments that can feel him kicking around in there compared the moments that I can't. If it wasn't for feeling him move around I would absolutely hate pregnancy.
Every one says that the second trimester is the easiest, but my back and or my hips hurt almost every day and dealing with heart burn has become a regular struggle. I am still exhausted all the time and I am sure my husband is so tired of me complaining about how tired I am, not to mention he is bored hanging out at home with me I am sure. Well soon enough we will have a son and we won't have any time to be bored any more.
Just four more months and our little man will be here and then I will have a whole new set of complaints to deal with, but I will have my son!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Today is a good day
Today I went down to the medicaid office to apply for health insurance for the baby and things just worked out smashingly (is that really a word?). While right now we can afford health insurance for the baby, once the baby comes Ted will be decrerasing his hours to just part time so that he can stay home with our son. Making it near impossible to pay for insurance once our son is actually here.
I have been stressing over how to get the insurance set up before the baby is born, but it looks like I was WAY ahead of the game. I met with a fantastic lady at the medicaid office who let me know that as long as I apply within 3 months after the baby is born his hospital costs will be covered as long as we qualify. And since we only have to claim that months income that we are applying in, our little man will qualify for medicaid or a low cost health insurance called CHP+. This has been weighing on me for months worrying about the sky rocketing cost of health insurance and its just a relief to know that our son will be covered.
It doesn't help Ted out at all, who we still can't afford health insurance for. I just wish we could have socialized medicine in America so that those of us who are not offered health insurance through our jobs would still have the same access to health care that others do. I could write another 10 pages about my feelings on Americas health care system, but I will spare you all. After all this blog is supposed to be about my journey through motherhood. So until then, I will just continue to dream that one day all Americans will have equal access to healthcare!
I have been stressing over how to get the insurance set up before the baby is born, but it looks like I was WAY ahead of the game. I met with a fantastic lady at the medicaid office who let me know that as long as I apply within 3 months after the baby is born his hospital costs will be covered as long as we qualify. And since we only have to claim that months income that we are applying in, our little man will qualify for medicaid or a low cost health insurance called CHP+. This has been weighing on me for months worrying about the sky rocketing cost of health insurance and its just a relief to know that our son will be covered.
It doesn't help Ted out at all, who we still can't afford health insurance for. I just wish we could have socialized medicine in America so that those of us who are not offered health insurance through our jobs would still have the same access to health care that others do. I could write another 10 pages about my feelings on Americas health care system, but I will spare you all. After all this blog is supposed to be about my journey through motherhood. So until then, I will just continue to dream that one day all Americans will have equal access to healthcare!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Not Allowed
Just for fun I thought I would create a list of all the things I have heard to stay away from while you are pregnant, some are valid, others are just crazy. Ill let you decide for your self.
1. Alcohol
2. soft cheeses such as brie and queso fresco
3. lunch meat unless its heated up first
4. hot dogs
5. hot tubs
6. Bath tubs over 100 degrees
7. face wash (seriously people come on)
8. moving furniture (I am OK with this one)
9. dying your hair
10. most seafood
11. sushi
12. cat liter
13. most household cleaners (this one I like because now Ted cleans the bathrooms!!!)
14. pumping your own gas
15. caffeine
16. Sleeping on your back
17. Laying on your stomach
18. weight bearing exercise
19. wearing make up
20. most medications, including Aleeve, cold medicine, most allergy medications, pain killers, a lot of antibiotics.
21. Sports, including; bike riding, jet skiing, sky diving, soccer, basketball, football, hockey, any team sport where you might get bumped into etc.
Those are the big ones I hear about a lot. Some of those are totally valid but others are ridiculous. I think some one out there is just making this stuff up to validate the desire to be lazy during pregnancy. This pretty much cuts you off from doing much other than just kicking back and watching TV. sounds boring to me....
1. Alcohol
2. soft cheeses such as brie and queso fresco
3. lunch meat unless its heated up first
4. hot dogs
5. hot tubs
6. Bath tubs over 100 degrees
7. face wash (seriously people come on)
8. moving furniture (I am OK with this one)
9. dying your hair
10. most seafood
11. sushi
12. cat liter
13. most household cleaners (this one I like because now Ted cleans the bathrooms!!!)
14. pumping your own gas
15. caffeine
16. Sleeping on your back
17. Laying on your stomach
18. weight bearing exercise
19. wearing make up
20. most medications, including Aleeve, cold medicine, most allergy medications, pain killers, a lot of antibiotics.
21. Sports, including; bike riding, jet skiing, sky diving, soccer, basketball, football, hockey, any team sport where you might get bumped into etc.
Those are the big ones I hear about a lot. Some of those are totally valid but others are ridiculous. I think some one out there is just making this stuff up to validate the desire to be lazy during pregnancy. This pretty much cuts you off from doing much other than just kicking back and watching TV. sounds boring to me....
Sunday, September 4, 2011
My Little Man
Now that we know we are having a little boy the excitement has grown exponentially. I cannot wait to meet my son. I am starting to by adorable little boy clothes because I just cant control myself. The thought that Ted and I get to meet our son in a couple of months is just amazing! I love him so much already I just can't wait to see him in person.
I also love to see how excited Ted is about the idea that he is going to be a father! Its just getting more exciting every day. Its still earlier enough in the pregnancy that I am not worried about the pain of labor yet, I am just enjoying the idea of being a mother to my son! What a wonderful feeling.
I also love to see how excited Ted is about the idea that he is going to be a father! Its just getting more exciting every day. Its still earlier enough in the pregnancy that I am not worried about the pain of labor yet, I am just enjoying the idea of being a mother to my son! What a wonderful feeling.
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| Just a few items i couldn't resist buying for my little man! |
Monday, August 29, 2011
Crunching the Numbers
So tomorrow is the big day, we will find out the gender of our baby!!! I sure hope that he/she doesn't decide to be shy tomorrow. Last time we saw our little wiggler it was only about the size of a gummy bear and it didn't look like a baby, now its baby shaped and everything! I am glad that we have plans tonight otherwise I would go crazy waiting around for the appointment.
In other developments, after Ted and I have been crunching numbers we have decided that rather than paying for day care, that Ted is going to stay home with our little one. We will still need him to work part-time but his job is very flexible so he can do that around my schedule so that we won't have child care costs.
It definitely won't be an easy adjustment because we will have to scale back on a lot of things, but it was going to take half of Ted's income to pay for childcare any way. We just figured it seemed silly to have him work those extra 20 hours per week just so that we can pay for childcare. Of course there will still be times we still need a sitter, if we want to go out or have things planned for the day but we have wonderful friends here in town who are willing to help us out!
This will not necessarily be a permanent change, because as our baby gets older the cost of daycare will be less once it's not an infant and Ted might want to go back to working full time, but for now this is what makes sense to us. Sure we will have to cut back on some of the things that we want, we won't be able to go on a date every week, we are cancelling our cable, i will have to be more diligent about couponing to save on groceries and we will actually have to budget rather than just spending money with out thinking. To me these are good sacrifices, and it will show us what is really important. I am just glad that we are in a position that we can do this, and that I have such a wonderful husband that is not only willing to do this but looking forward to all of the time he will have with our child!
Gosh I can't wait until we can actually call the baby he or she, I am getting tired of saying IT!
In other developments, after Ted and I have been crunching numbers we have decided that rather than paying for day care, that Ted is going to stay home with our little one. We will still need him to work part-time but his job is very flexible so he can do that around my schedule so that we won't have child care costs.
It definitely won't be an easy adjustment because we will have to scale back on a lot of things, but it was going to take half of Ted's income to pay for childcare any way. We just figured it seemed silly to have him work those extra 20 hours per week just so that we can pay for childcare. Of course there will still be times we still need a sitter, if we want to go out or have things planned for the day but we have wonderful friends here in town who are willing to help us out!
This will not necessarily be a permanent change, because as our baby gets older the cost of daycare will be less once it's not an infant and Ted might want to go back to working full time, but for now this is what makes sense to us. Sure we will have to cut back on some of the things that we want, we won't be able to go on a date every week, we are cancelling our cable, i will have to be more diligent about couponing to save on groceries and we will actually have to budget rather than just spending money with out thinking. To me these are good sacrifices, and it will show us what is really important. I am just glad that we are in a position that we can do this, and that I have such a wonderful husband that is not only willing to do this but looking forward to all of the time he will have with our child!
Gosh I can't wait until we can actually call the baby he or she, I am getting tired of saying IT!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Baby Insurance!
I am a very lucky girl...I am still covered by my step fathers health insurance until my 26th birthday so all of medical costs during my pregnancy will be covered by that. However, because I am a dependent the health insurance company will only cover the baby through delivery. Meaning that I need to have health insurance set up for our little one before giving birth.
This seems like it would be a pretty easy task right? Wrong!!! I have looked up a lot of very afforadable health insurance programs, that would be a great fit for what our baby will need. The problem is signing up for these programs so that the baby will be immediately covered once I give birth. In order to get insurance for a child I actually need a name and birth date, which I don't have yet, because MY BABY IS NOT BORN YET!!!!
The websites I have visited so far say that the baby will be covered by the mothers insurance for a period of time after birth, but in my situation...with my insurance the baby will not be covered at all once delivery is over. I need to have insurance set up in advance in case there are any complications (I am hoping there won't be).
I know I am only half way through my pregnancy but if you know me, you know that I am a planner and I do not like the unknown, so I am wanting to get things set up as soon as I can so I have less to worry about in the days prior to the babies birth. I am just starting my search for all of this so if any of my readers out there know of any places to look or what the next step should be, please let me know!
This seems like it would be a pretty easy task right? Wrong!!! I have looked up a lot of very afforadable health insurance programs, that would be a great fit for what our baby will need. The problem is signing up for these programs so that the baby will be immediately covered once I give birth. In order to get insurance for a child I actually need a name and birth date, which I don't have yet, because MY BABY IS NOT BORN YET!!!!
The websites I have visited so far say that the baby will be covered by the mothers insurance for a period of time after birth, but in my situation...with my insurance the baby will not be covered at all once delivery is over. I need to have insurance set up in advance in case there are any complications (I am hoping there won't be).
I know I am only half way through my pregnancy but if you know me, you know that I am a planner and I do not like the unknown, so I am wanting to get things set up as soon as I can so I have less to worry about in the days prior to the babies birth. I am just starting my search for all of this so if any of my readers out there know of any places to look or what the next step should be, please let me know!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Wiggles
Last time I wrote on here I was way over being pregnant and all the restrictions that pregnancy has placed on my life. And while I am still feeling that somewhat, a new development has really brightened my outlook.
Over the last week or so I kept thinking I felt the baby moving but then I would doubt myself and assume it must have been really weird gas. Well a few days ago I had an undeniable poke, that right a baby poke. It felt kind of like a few kernels of popcorn popping inside of me, it was kind of funny to feel. At first I didn't even think that was the baby, but then I thought about it some more "if it wasn't the baby moving in there then what could it be?" So I had to accept the fact that I finally have a wiggly baby growing inside of me.
I had been really anxious. excited about feeling the baby for the first time, I was scared that I wouldn't like the way that it felt. It turns out that its actually pretty cool, now I find myself wishing that I could feel it more often. So far I have only felt it a couple times a day for the last few days!
Feeling our baby move inside of me has made this whole experience more real to me, and honestly more exciting .I love how excited my mom and my oldest sister were when I told them I could feel the baby moving, it made me so happy! I just love how supportive my family and Ted's family is being through this process. Ted and I just can't wait to meet our baby, 5 more months really seems like a long time.
Over the last week or so I kept thinking I felt the baby moving but then I would doubt myself and assume it must have been really weird gas. Well a few days ago I had an undeniable poke, that right a baby poke. It felt kind of like a few kernels of popcorn popping inside of me, it was kind of funny to feel. At first I didn't even think that was the baby, but then I thought about it some more "if it wasn't the baby moving in there then what could it be?" So I had to accept the fact that I finally have a wiggly baby growing inside of me.
I had been really anxious. excited about feeling the baby for the first time, I was scared that I wouldn't like the way that it felt. It turns out that its actually pretty cool, now I find myself wishing that I could feel it more often. So far I have only felt it a couple times a day for the last few days!
Feeling our baby move inside of me has made this whole experience more real to me, and honestly more exciting .I love how excited my mom and my oldest sister were when I told them I could feel the baby moving, it made me so happy! I just love how supportive my family and Ted's family is being through this process. Ted and I just can't wait to meet our baby, 5 more months really seems like a long time.
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