Week 17~

Hello to all who read our blog this week. Week 17 has been a bit of a difficult one. This week started of very hard due to some health issues that I started experiencing on 1/9/2010. It was about an hour before Jake and I went to bed, when I started to get severed cramps and stabbing pain in my side. I had never experienced anything like it before. I would normally be the one to freak out, but due to the pain that I was in, I could not even think about anything else. I normally don’t like to put anything in my body especially during pregnancy, but I took some Tylenol that night. I know that this is fine, but I always feel better not using anything if I can go without. The next 2 days the pain continued off and on until finally on Monday we went to the doctor. The doctor was very through and the final conclusion was that I had an infection in my tummy (outside if the placenta) and most likely kidney stones. Jake was such a trooper he got off work early to drive me, sat through my appointment with me and stayed strong for both of us. I know that we were both very scared because you never want to deal with health issues and then to add a baby to it makes it worst. I think that we were both relieved when we heard the baby’s heartbeat on the Doppler at the doctor’s office. This is music to our ears! I was put on some antibiotics and today this is the first day that I’m finally starting to feel better. I was supposed to get an ultrasound on Thursday to check out my internal organs, but there were some insurance issues like normal so that got put on the back burner. We have a follow up appointment on Monday to make sure the infection is all cleared up. I just want to be 110% better and not deal with any more health issues.

Jake has been pretty busy this week with work and also getting his officers package all put together. He worked on 2 of his days off to get things done, but then realized he had a few more months than expected to get it turned in. We are just keeping our fingers crossed that he will get in. It will make for an even more interesting summer. The reason being that the baby is due in June and then we should find out in June-July(ish) if he got into OCS (Officer Candidate School), but the real fun comes when we have 1 maybe 2 months to pack up and head back stateside. I’m not worried about this because we did it before, and I feel we can handle anything. It’s all part of the adventure and excitement of military life.

I don’t really feel like the belly has grown this week, but maybe I’m just getting used to it. It’s so hard to not compare yourself to other pregnant people you know, or in my case compare myself to every other pregnant person on the face of the internet. I think that sometimes I do a bit too much research on the internet! Jake and I went to dinner last night and I said to him, “Do you think it’s weird that I’m still so small and almost half way done?” He said, “I sometimes think that you’re just playing a joke on me, but then we hear the baby’s heartbeat and see pictures on the ultrasound and I know things are real. Candice this is not something to worry about.” I’m a person that always has to worry about something, but I guess that is how Jake and I balance each other out. It has been hard because pretty much every medical professional has now told me how tiny I am and considering I’m pregnant. I know they say this as a complement, but you can’t say this to a first time mom. If they want to tell me this after our baby is healthy and born that is fine, but until then don’t because I get freaked out. They are medical professionals not my friends or family. Poor Jake has had to deal with very moody emotional Candice all week. I think that he should get some sort of award after all is said and done.
I feel so bad because I have not talked about Daisy and Daffney. They are both doing great and getting old. They both got haircuts this week and new beds so they are very happy girls.

I hope that everyone enjoyed the blog this week. I’m sorry if I sounded super crazy this week, but this is all part of following along with my pregnancy I guess. We only have 10 more days till we find out if we are having a boy or girl! If you have not done the poll on our page yet, then please do so. I think it will be fun to see what everyone else’s predictions are.

Love,
Candice

Side View~ No those are not stretch marks, but marks from my clothes and bathrobe. Yep, I wear my bathrobe (house coat) all day

Front View~ Some more wonderful clothing marks. Also my belly is a bit shiny from the lotion I just put on. Thanks Grandma Darla for the lotion!

Then a picture with some clothes on. This is on of my maternity shirts that I love and it's nice a cozy! Thanks Mom for the shirt.

Daffney in her new bed.

Daisy in her new bed.