4 posts tagged “kamnitzer”
Darren caught what I had, and he makes it look much worse. Oops! I took him home yesterday, gave him tea and chicken broth. He napped for a little bit and then woke up for the evening. He said he was freezing.
I was sitting upstairs at my desk when I heard a funky sandy sound at the window. I peek out the blinds and freak. At first I thought it was white smoke swirling outside the window drifting up from the porch, then I realized that it was snow. Very fine snow. White out!!! It covered the ground quickly. We went down for some soup and more hot tea and relaxed for a while. Isis got another good kick from Kol… I got another dirty look from Isis.
I left Darren on the couch to nap a little and went up for my shower and went to bed early. He came up later and fell asleep. A little bit later he woke up shivering and put on some sweatpants and a heavier shirt. Darren coughed most of the night. Between him, Kol and Kaizen I’m not sure exactly how much sleep I got… I think about 4 or 5 hours. Not terrible but not great considering I went to bed early. LOL
Trying desperately hard to behave myself today. Eating carrots and TRYING to pay attention to my work. It’s tough when all I really want to do is pick up a book or turn on a TV, grab an assortment of cookies, a glass of milk and zone out.
Kaizen has taken to sleeping on my head… anybody else have this cat “problem” and a solution? I don’t mind so long as she sits still, sometimes she cleans herself and it drives me crazy. I hate slurping sounds. Ew.
Yes, I know it's not the best quality and the start is a little shaky... but I can't watch it enough. It is more special to me than it is to anyone else and I know that but I HAVE to share. I promise that I won't be that person that shoves everything my kid does in other peoples faces but this is cool on more parts than that, I mean... there's science involved, technology and a feeling of kind of seeing into the future with an Ultrasound. You can see the little spine, so bright... and waving hands and practice breathing. It's amazing.
Without further rambling, I introduce to you my 75% chance that it's a boy... Kol Darwin Kamnitzer, the boy who is going to keep the Kamnitzer name alive. Future computer & science geek (just like his mum) and math & pinball wizard (more like dad!)
Like I said, I know it isn't half as interesting for you as it is for me... I'm just proud. : )
Thinking about doing the 4D for about $100 to get a better "guess" at the gender. I'd hate to start sewing all the nursery stuff just to find out I need to do a color change! LOL
Oooookeee…
Well, I’m back. Ta-da!
Update time.
On October 2nd I had my first positive pregnancy test, on October 3rd I had my second. (Just to be on the safe side.) Of course, October 3rd was the “Shiny Toy Guns” concert at Promo West so we did a little rock-out and left right after the set.
Note about pregnancy tests: I know they tell you to wait 2 or 3 minutes or whatever before you read it but I swear that I had barely set it down and finished up peeing before it came up with that + with the control line lighter than the result line on both occasions. Silent shock took over.
On October 9th we went in for our first “confirmation” (where they do an in office pregnancy test) appointment with Dr. Balaloski who came highly recommended for personality and knowledge… later to find out that our good friends (and old neighbors) Zach & Lisa also had Dr. B. as their OB for their daughter Mekenna. Unfortunately for Dr. B. (Very fortunately for Lisa) he didn’t make it to the hospital in time for the delivery as the labor was very fast.
On October 19th we went in for our second “consultation” visit plus first ultrasound! This is where it gets interesting… the Doctor and Nurses thought I was 13 or so weeks along because my last recorded menstrual cycle was July 7th. I assured them that THIS particular information could be very misleading as I have never had a regular cycle and it was highly possible that I simply did not bleed in August when my cycle came around. It was no surprise to me that this held true. I was in fact 8 weeks and a few days along, not 13 as would have been right if they counted from my last CONFIRMED cycle.
The ultrasound shows the womb, the black mass inside said womb is the placenta… the shape inside is my bean. The live feed of the encounter showed a steady fluttering heartbeat in the middle of that bean shape. Wow. It hit home. Nothing can prepare you for the wonder of seeing this mythological thing that you hear of other people having, you know you once were but never really believed would be happening TO you but THERE IT IS!!! It does exist!
We have MiniKam! (For lack of a proper gender name) BTW, it's either Kol or Ivy.
Another note: The technician found a rather large cyst on one of my ovaries. Apparently this is not uncommon after taking Clomid. BTW, I had stopped Clomid in May… she’s still trying to credit it for the pregnancy. I’m not 100% sure on that myself but she seems to think so.
I had been having occasional morning sickness off and on, “Preggie Pops” and “Preggie Pop Drops” work beautifully. It’s basically sugar with flavoring. They sell the same thing under another label for motion sickness and nausea so that people who AREN’T preggers can take them without having people look at them funny. Morning sickness has pretty much gone away, now I just cough myself sick… ungh.
On November 6th we had our first “social” visit where we went through some of the changes, voiced concerns and had questions answered. We told Dr. B. about my sinus/upper respiratory infection plus poison ivy. Neither are harmful to an unborn baby, for the record. It’s common for a cough to linger for pregnant women after a serious cold. As unfortunate as this is, there’s not much that you can do about it. No cold medicine, no Vicks Vapor Rub, no cough drops and no menthol in your vaporizer. *sigh* AFTER 13 weeks, it’s generally considered ok to take Sudafed.
I am currently 12 weeks and 2 days according to the due date that our ultrasound technician gave us. Interesting note on ultrasounds and babies… the earlier along you are the more accurate the predicted due date is within a couple of days because the fetus progresses and changes rapidly over those first 10 weeks. After that it looks about the same (save for changing size) though the rest of your pregnancy.
Our next appointment “social” visit is on December 11th. We will be 16 weeks pregnant (the earliest that they could possibly check gender with ultrasound. From there Dr. B. will schedule our next ultrasound which will hopefully be the “And our baby is…” day. It’s killing me to not know, the last thing I want in my nursery is pastel yellow and green. GROSS!!! I’d like to know if I can do blue or pink and I’ll like even more to not have to do it all the day after I deliver.
I’ve had a few people scoff at me for wanting to know the gender, my reply is “Why not?” and their reply is usually “because it’s supposed to be a surprise!!” To which I use my infinite logic and retort “It’s still a surprise, now or later, it’s still a surprise! You just choose when you want to receive it and I’m satisfied with knowing that the day that I deliver will still be a delight beyond delight, even knowing already what it will be.” After that, they usually shut up and go away because it is realized that not everybody shares a same viewpoint and it’s wrong to try to force yours on another person.
We imagine that the end of December or early January will be the telling date. If not, we’ll schedule a 4D with one of the clinics around town… It’s surprisingly less expensive than I thought. $260 for their most expensive package. Not bad, not bad at all… though I’m not going for that one, I’ll go for the $165 one methinks. Good balance in cost and included package things.
So that’s where I sit. Can’t wait for my pillow to show up on the 19th and I can get some decent sleep again. I’ve never been a sound sleeper but pregnancy is exhausting. Not being comfortable when you sleep makes it worse so I recommend taking early sleeping precautions, get used to pillows between the knees… avoid back sleeping (because you’re going to HAVE to shortly) Laying flat on your back restricts and can even STOP the flow of blood to your uterus. Bad thing. Also, if you’re a belly sleeper like myself, you better learn to like side sleeping and quick!
I joined a free site that has a lot of women who are trying to conceive, women who are already pregnant and women who are mothers. It’s been fun and educational… everyone is so nice. The forums are full of useful info on fertility and conception to what kind of sippy cup should your toddler use. If you’re reading and have an interest, send me a private message with an email and I’ll invite you. (Yes, I get referral points but it’s no big deal, it’s just for the leader boards in your Mommy Teams.)
Ok, I’m winded… sorry so much in a single post but I’m too lazy to break it down. : )
I forgot that this evening we are to meet Bruce, our friendly neighborhood handyman, to go over a material list for our basement and to see if he could reinforce the ceiling fan in the computer room.
That is, IF he calls Darren back. *shrugs* They talked about it last week but when Darren called last night he left a message for Bruce to call him back... no call back, YET!
So I don't believe we will be making it to Lifestyle Family Fitness this evening. : ( This kind of sucks because I'd like to get started. I guess one more day isn't going to destroy me or anything....
Hopefully Bruce WILL come over tonight to give us the material list and we can get started on section "One" of the basement. For those of you who have been to our home, it's the section with the Dart boards and juke box. Section "Two" will be the enclosure of the furnace, hot water tanks and the under the stairs storage. Section "Three" will be the Pinball, water pump and Freezer section and Section "Four" will be the Bar which we're thinking we might leave the walls bare with a grey, black or white paint finish instead of drywall for character.
I expect section "One" to cost around $300 after remembering what went into the basement at the old condo. This does not include carpeting but DOES include canned lighting, drywall & studs. Since most labor will be ours, we luck out a great deal in costs.
Doin the basement in sections will be the easiest on our wallet... including the fact that we will utilize the benefits of the "In Store Credit" cards for Lowes/Home depot to our advantage with their supurb 10-15% off with new account offers. You may be thinking that we're crazy... but I'm not going to money onto a card if I can not afford to pay it off in a few months. We did it that way with the condo and things worked out lovely! Trust me, you can work the system to your favor if you don't go overboard. ; )
