more energy coming...

this morning i received a phone call from my midwife's nurse. my heart sunk when i saw the number on caller id because i knew she would call only if i didn't pass my gestational diabetes screening. but when i answered the phone, she told me i passed the screening but that my hemoglobin was low. mine was a 10.6 and they like to see it in the range of 12-16. so she called in a prescription for some medication to help it out. i realized quickly that meant my iron was low and probably explained why i am so tired all of the time. so hopefully this medication will help me to feel a little less tired and then i can have some energy to work on the project list.

28 weeks...

wow, today i am 28 weeks prego! crazy to think i am in my third trimester. i love being pregnant and i am going to be sad when it comes to the end, but then again i will have a beautiful baby girl to hold and that will be so exciting!!!!

last week, i had my o'sullivan's test for gestational diabetes. i haven't heard from the doctor's office yet - so it seems to me that i have passed - yeah!!! that was a rough one. i woke up sick the morning of the test - weak, achy, chills, headache. i had to drink that yucky sweet beverage on an empty stomach, wait an hour and then have blood taken. not a fun time.

during the hour wait, i did get to see my midwife for my prenatal check up and everything is going great. i am measuring right on target with my due date. and the baby's heart beat sounded wonderful. i have heard that a girl's heart beat sounds like a galloping horse, i don't remember noticing that with jordyn but i really heard it this time.

with twelve weeks to go, i have the nesting instinct going on!!! i started working on the girls' room this past weekend. i have changed my mind on what i am doing in the room. and will soon post pictures and plans on what i am working on! just let me say it will be a room fit for two princesses!!!! i have also had the desire to shampoo carpets, clean out cabinets, drawers and closets, reorganize toys and the kitchen, hand mop floors, bathrooms etc. you name it i want to fix it, clean it and organize it!! the only problem is i don't have a ton of energy. so with the little spurts i get i will work on this list of projects i have going on!!!

hair or no hair???

with my other three pregnancies, i had heart burn and acid reflux. i remember it being pretty bad. even with my first pregnancy, my friend amy remembers me carrying around a big bottle of tums. with my second pregnancy, i took zantac or pepcid. with my third, my midwife gave me a prescription for an acid reducer. taking these meds was the only thing that gave me comfort.

for this fourth pregnancy, i started having it right around the end of the morning sickness, so going into my second trimester i had a lot of heart burn. i even got a prescription from my midwife. the prescription was outrageously priced - and amy suggested i try the over the counter prilosec. i used that for two weeks and felt much much better. now i rarely have any discomfort and when i do i just take a prilosec and feel better.

so i was thinking about the old wive's tale with heartburn... and wondering if having heartburn has anything to do with the amount of hair baby has... all three of my previous newborns have had a lot of hair...and i had a lot of heartburn. so i wonder if baby jaelyn will have way less hair or be bald??? here is some pictures of each of my babies...

Joshua 10/00

Jordyn 7/03

Jesiah 3/05

Looking at all three of their pictures shows me how much they looked alike as newborns.

14 weeks to go...

wow, only 14 weeks until we will meet baby j!!! i just started week 26 of this pregnancy. and i am thankful for my pregnancy calendar on the internet, because somewhere along the way i think i lost track of what week i was in. i have been really excited thinking about what this little girl will look like!! jordyn and josh think she will have straight hair and look like me. i guess we will see in 14 weeks or so!!!

i have been uncomfortable lately. and she has been moving a ton! i have noticed that she moves A LOT when we are at church. go elevation church!!!! she really reacts to pastor steven's voice. there were a few weeks when pastor didn't preach and she wasn't nearly as active when she heard the other pastors. yesterday, pastor was back and preached his heart out and she was moving around like crazy!!! how awesome!!

finally, i am tired of using "baby j" or "she" or "baby" to refer to this little one when writing. but since i hadn't really announced her name or used it when writing (because we hadn't decided on a spelling. ) i just haven't used it. well, i think we have chosen a spelling (although the name and spelling are subject to change - my personal disclaimer here!!) and i am ready to share it in writing on this blog!!!! i am excited to announce it and be able to use it in writing from now on!!! so here it is....

baby gear...

i had some quiet time yesterday while the kids were watching a movie and i began to research and create a list of the baby gear that we need! i was excited to make some decisions and chose some of the items we need like an infant seat and stroller. with it being our fourth and tagging along by three years, there are quite a few things we need to get. when i showed jamil the registry on amazon.com, basically everything i picked out was PINK, even down to the baby bathtub!!! it was fun -- when i was prego with jordyn, they were not making things in pink like they are today. and i had everything from josh - so jordyn didn't have a lot of pink gear. of course her bedding, blankets and clothing were pink and girlie but her car seat and stroller and stuff like that were a gender neutral navy and tan - practical and good for using for both a boy and a girl. but now that we have to buy a few new things -- they are all pink and girlie and i am in heaven!!! so is jordyn, she helped me pick out a few things by saying baby j----- needs this and has to have it in pink!! i have created a monster!!!!!