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I slacked off again, but I'm still here!

So updates!


Diabetes is kicking my butt. It won't be determined until after this kiddo is born whether or not I have true type 2 diabetes or if it's just gestation diabetes again. They caught it at 11 weeks of pregnancy, so the doctors are really thinking I'm s.o.l. I'm up to 3 injections a day, which wouldn't be so bad if I could figure out where I'm supposed to be giving these injections! When I was preggo with Angelina, it worked out just fine that I did the shot in my leg, so I figured that would be the way to go. Problem being that I had to start on the diabetic diet so early in this pregnancy that my fat disappeared. If I give the injection in the leg, no matter how hard I pinch the fat, I end up doing the injection in my muscle which causes my blood sugars to go too low. Like about to pass out low. So at my last endochronologist appointment, the doctor told me to give myself the shots in this spot just below my ribs. Fine and dandy for a couple days, but now I can tell I'm not hitting fat there either. Oy. I wonder how much I'll weight after I give birth this time. Maybe I could be the next Kate Moss... gross.



Thanks to the diabetes, I got to go for a special ultrasound. Lovely 2 hour appointment with a 1.5 hour drive each way. That went nicely. They said they could tell with 98% accuracy that there were no defects with my munchkin, which is another girl :). I would have been happy with a boy or girl, honestly. But it is nice to think about how much money I'm going to save on baby clothes in the short term. Angelina has far too much clothing for each size she's worn, so it's nice to know for sure those clothes will see plenty of use.



As for her royal highness Angelina, she's doing well. Lil Miss Cranky Pants is finally starting to not be quite as cranky. She definately has a strong personality, very humorous, and knows what she wants. She's learned to use the VCR (heaven help me!!!) to watch the same episode of VeggieTales over and over no matter how many times I tell her no.















Angelina is totally obsessed with the Disney Princesses. Clothes, couch, chair, coloring book, books, shoes, etc. She gets so excited when she sees them and shouts "Sessa, sessa!". Definately cute. Okay, so maybe she doesn't look quite that cute in the picture above, but she does have a huge thing in her mouth lol!





So here's a better one. Note the Disney Princess pillow and nightgown. Now I just need to find a Disney Princess toddler bed that I approve of and we'll be set. Maybe! Right now the two basic ones I can fine are either plastic with decals (yeah, those would be picked off in no time), or wooden beds that cost twice as much as the plastic ones. I'm almost tempted to try ebay....

I'm back!!!

After a tough time with PPD and keeping up with a baby, then a long bout of no real internet access, I'm back!

For those that don't know, I'm currently expecting baby #2! Due on Christmas, but it'll be a scheduled c.

We're doing good over here. Angelina is really thriving (a little too much, doc said to watch what she eats).

DH joined the Army. He's off at basic training right now. When that's all over with, I'll get to be a SAHM!

More to come, just taking so much time catching up with all things internet that I really need to hit the sack!

Time flies!!!

I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted! I did actually make an entry since my last one, but I'm keeping that one private, it's much to emotional.

Angelina is almost 8 weeks old now and I'll be heading back to work a week from this coming Friday :(. In some ways I am looking forward to it, but if I had the choice, I would not be going back.





Things are going pretty well for us. We have a nice bedtime routine now and it works pretty well! It's amazing how much happier Angel has been in the mornings since we started our routine a week ago.

We've had some trouble with gas, but that's getting better. Angel just gets a little cranky in the evenings because of it. She's growing like a weed, I swear and is truly my little angel :).

As for me, I just can't do anything normal. Despite exclusive breastfeeding, I managed to see the return of my period at 6 weeks post-partum. I hadn't even stopped bleeding from the c-section yet, uhg! I've also managed to come down with nice case of PPD, but thanks to some good meds, that's under control.

UTI?

The nurse finally called me back and after consulting with the doctor, they think it's just a UTI. That makes total sense to me so I asked Chris to pick my up some cranberry juice on his way home from work, that usually does the trick for me. They told me to watch my tempurature and if things get worse, they'll gladly see me right away.

Kristy - In response to your comment, yes we are only doing sponge baths right now, those were my instructions from the doctor and the nurses at the hospital. And after a minor bleeding episode last night, I'm not going to push it... as much as I'd love to. Also, I really need to get Angelina used to taking a bottle from DH. Once I go back to work, he'll be the one feeding her during the day. I still have plenty of time to get her used to it, I'm wondering if part of the problem could be that Chris is nervous about feeding her and she's sensing that? I don't know if he is nervous at all, but maybe it is a matter of having to get Chris used to feeding Angelina, not the other way around lol!

Everything I've been meaning to post.

I've been trying desperately to come up with something to write here that isn't baby related and I've finally found it! lol

I'm getting angry. We live in a nearly brand new apartment and the paint is coming off the walls! There's a spot over our balcony door about a foot or so long that is threatening to fall and further down on the same section of ceiling you can clearly see areas where the paint is bubbled out. Not cool. And last night, I ever so gently ran into the corner of a wall on the other side of the room and a chunk of paint about 2 inches wide fell off the wall. WTF? Also, the balcony door isn't closing all the way. I can get it to close enough to keep a draft out when combined with the storm window, but I can't get the deadbolt locked and it's pretty obvious if you look at the top of the door that it is not closed.

Chris talked to the apartment manager about the ceiling paint last week (he didn't know about the door) and was told someone would be up this week to take care of it. It's already Thursday afternoon and no sign of the maintainance guy.

Now on to the baby...

Breastfeeding is still going very very well. I'm not really enjoying it because it puts us both to sleep. Many times I've picked Angelina up for a feeding only to wake up 30 minutes later to one very full baby! I think I could drink 2 pots of coffee and still fall asleep during a feeding. I'd probably give it up if there weren't so many benefits to it. Aside from the fact that it's really good for baby, I don't want to think about how much money we're saving by not buying formula. And then there's the perk of dirty diapers and spit up not being quite as foul as those of most formula fed babies.



I wish bottle feeding was going as well. Every other day or so I have to pump, feeling way too full not to. I see this as an excellent opportunity for Angelina to learn to take her meal from Chris. Sounds like a great plan until I realized that I have one backwards baby. I've read that generally, breastfed babies will not take a bottle from mommy since the boob is right there and that mommy should leave the room when someone else is going to attempt a feeding. However, what we're experiencing goes against all of that. Angel will take a bottle from me with no problems whatsoever. Bottle, breast... it's all the same to her as long as it's coming from me. If Chris goes to give her a bottle though, assuming that she'll take it, Angel will drink half an ounce tops. I could offer her that same bottle immediately after and she'll drink 3 ounces (once she drank 5!!). Yesterday when Chris tried to give her a bottle, she was obviously hungry but would not take it. After a few minutes of trying, I had to take the bottle and offer it to her myself while Chris held her. Angelina accepted the bottle and after a few seconds I handed it off to Chris and she continued feeding. Seems rather strange to me!

Yesterday's bath was an adventure. I had just finished giving Angelina her bath and as soon as I picked her up in the towel, she pooped. Not just a small poop either. So I asked Chris to grab me a clean towel. I set Angelina back on her bath "sling" and rewashed her butt. I wrapped her in the clean towel, picked her up and she pooped again! This time was even worse. I got her cleaned up again and had Chris bring me a diaper and her robe this time. Crazy baby :). I had to do laundry yesterday just because she pooped on her last two clean towels. Hopefully her cord will fall off soon and bathtime won't be nearly as traumatic for her.

I think I might be getting an infection... uhg! My hospital discharge papers told me to call the doctor if my tempurature hits 100.4 or higher and it happened last night. Up until last night my temp had been anything between 98.2 and 100.1. My temp is usually a little on the low side so anything above 99.5 or so is what I consider a fever. And with that, yesterday evening I started noticing some mild internal pains. I do feel kinda silly calling the doctor about it because who usually cares if their tempurature is 100.5? But I called and left a messege, just waiting to hear back from them. I guess I should also consider the fact that I am still on one of my pain killers... the one that has a crap load of tylenol in it, so I imagine that is helping to keep my temp down. I had taken my medicine an hour before having a temp above 100.4 and my instructions for this med are to take it every 6 hours so I know it wasn't wearing off already. I'm hoping that if they want me to come in that it can wait until Monday.

"2 week" appointment and other updates

Ok, so Angel is only 11 days old, but my pediatrician of choice is going on vacation so we had to schedule a little early.

Angel was born weighing 6lbs 12oz and was down to 6lbs 5oz when we left the hospital. Today she was up to 6lbs 15oz. She also gained 2 inches in length bringing her to 20 inches. Way to grow lil one!

She slept all the way to the doctor and even slept through me undressing her at the office, but I think she heard the nurse coming with the armpit thermometer lol. She hates those things and promptly started screaming her lil lungs out. Oh boy, can't wait til shots next appointment!! In her usual brat-like fashion, Angel peed all over the scale. Teach that nurse to have me take her diaper off lol! We had quite a few admirers as we walked through the hall on the way to and back from the scale. My little cutie pie :).

I must admit I haven't been handling motherhood the best the last few days. I've been getting 2 hours of sleep or less each night since we came home from the hospital because Angel sleeps all day and is awake all night. Throw in the fact that it's really hard for me to sleep during daylight hours and you have one burnt out mommy! Thankfully it didn't really hit me until Sunday. I'm very greatful, today DH finally noticed how hard the sleep situation was on me and he gave up some of his sleep time to make dinner and let me take a nap. It was only an hour long nap, but I feel so much better! I was feeling super guilty because I wasn't able to enjoy my time with my daughter nearly as much as I should, but now I'm ready to tackle tonight with lots of hugs and a happy heart (and a pot of coffee).

If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can get Angel to spend more time awake during the day, I'll gladly take them!! Mom and I tried everything we could think of, but it seems impossible to annoy her enough to wake her and she's starting to sleep through diaper changes. The only guarunteed way to wake Angel is a bath. She hates baths right now, probably because it has to be a sponge bath, but once it's over she'll go right back to sleep. A few nights I tried doing tummy time right around the time I would have normally considered my bedtime. That wore her out for about half an hour. Not nearly enough lol. I know that it's to be expected that I lose sleep, that babies do wake during the night, but we can't even get her to wake for visitors. It would be really nice to be able to spend time with Angel when I'm most awake, instead I get to hold and pay most of my attention to a soundly sleeping babe. Too many times I've fallen asleep during feedings in the middle of the night and I'd much rather be awake to enjoy the closeness (she feeds a LOT more during the night... every 30-45 minutes as opposed to every 3-4hours during the day time).

Speaking of tummy time, Angel does the cutest thing. She actually started doing this at 4 days old. She'll kick her legs out, but her little feet slide on the blanket. So what I do is simple put my hand down and let her use me as a kicking board. I don't push or anything. With me doing this, she can scoot on her belly about 3-4 feet before she gets too tired. Strong legs!!!

Anyway... I think I'm healing alright from the c-section. I'm still on the full dose of pain meds because I just can't slow down. If I were having some kind of problem, I'd definately be taking it easy, but since it's just normal pain, I'm not limiting myself nearly as much as I should. I just can't help it. That and we've had a few visitors lately so I'm trying to keep the living room and kitchen as clean as possible. I'm not getting much help from Chris with that because he's been working wya too much lately. Considering the little time he's getting at home while awake, I'd much prefer him spend that time bonding with Angelina than housework. That bonding is very important to me. Besides, who can resist watching a big strong manly man cradling a tiny little baby and speaking baby talk??? It just melts my heart.

No new pictures to post. I do have a ton of them but they were mostly taken the same day as the ones I posted before. I want to get a few new ones tomorrow, hopefully I can catch her awake and alert!

Pictures

I figured I'd start with the belly pic. This was taken Thursday, the day I went into the hospital. Definately not the best picture of me lol, I was getting impatient with Chris and was smirking at him.








And here's a few of Angelina, taken today (3 days old)















I'll be sure to post more as I get them. I am sure I'll have quite a few before this week is out as my mom has decided to take a few days off work to help me out (Thank goodness!).