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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Cheese Please

I read a post today on Arcane Matters that made me laugh. It prompted me to post an update on Shelly's cravings. Thanks Jennifer!
Shelly has always been a simple water drinker. No soda for her. She'll mix it up now and then with OJ, V8 or Wine, but that's about it. The first month of pregnancy she started craving Coke, as in Coca-Cola. My opinion was that no soda should be consumed because it's full of lots of "bad" stuff and no "good" stuff. Of course my opinion doesn't count when it's comes to cravings. She's the prego, not me. She instead decided she WAS GOING TO HAVE HER COKE! But, only ONE a day. For the first six months she stuck to it. There were days where she would have no coke but very rarely would she have more than one.

Now that we're headed into the third trimester her cravings have gotten wackier. For example, today it was cheese. Cheese bread, cheese cake, cheese soup, cheese and crackers, etc. Anything with cheese. So, being the loving wife that I am, and since I'm working from home today, for lunch I ran out to get her a Cheese Enchilada, Cheese Quesadilla, and Cheese and Beef Taco. Why so much you ask? She doesn't eat much at any one sitting but she does like variety. She's now got enough leftovers to enjoy this cheese craving for three more days. I hope the next craving turns out to be cookies or something I love!
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

We Started Riley's Room

We started Riley's room today!

We HAD chosen Baby Bee Yellow. We'd cut in all of the corners and started the first coat on one of the walls and realized it was just TOO bright. We had thought it was a soft, muted yellow. NOT! So, back I went to Home Depot. This time I came home with a color called Clam Chowder. It's perfect! If any of you are familiar with Stampin' Up! colors it matches, almost exactly, So Saffron! That's great news for me as it makes it much easier for me to match colors when making paper craft decorations for her room.

Yesterday I went shopping! I bought some of the wood pieces I need for her room. The main thing I got was the wood block letters for her name. They're such a cute cut (font)! I'll hopefully be able to start painting and decorating the letters next week. Some of you may be wondering what in the world I'm talking about. Below are pictures of the BOO I did at Halloween. I'm doing the same thing with Riley's name but of course the colors won't be orange, black, green and purple.

We get our new fridge and stove tomorrow! Yippee!
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Sunday, February 25, 2007

27 Weeks!

We are 27 Weeks today!

Below I've posted a belly shot at 27 weeks and an update on how Riley is developing. But first, a little bit of ranting.



I think I'm going through the anger stage finally. As with all change or grief, there is always that point where you get angry. I think I hit this yesterday. Out of the blue I decided F$%K the doctors telling us we had to wait until 30 weeks. This is our pregnancy, our baby, and we've not yet been able to fully enjoy it. We both feel much better about how things are going. We both feel very positive about Riley. And we decided we're moving forward! So today, we went to Home Depot and bought the paint, bead board, and tools we need to get started on Riley's room. We're getting started! Finally!!! It's going to take a few weeks to get finished because we have a friends Birthday Party at our house this weekend, but we are moving forward. I really, really needed this.


Now, on with Riley's update:
  • Riley's little brain continues its rapid growth. It's time we share music, conversation, and even books with her!
  • Response to sound grows more consistent toward the end of the seventh month, when the network of nerves to the ear is complete. Riley's hearing continues to develop, she may now be able to recognize our voices.
  • Her lungs continue to grow and prepare for functioning outside of the womb. Each day in the womb greatly increases survival rates!
  • She also continues to take small breaths and although she's only breathing in water and not air, it's still good practice for when she's born.
  • Her eyelids are now open more. She can distinguish between light and dark.
  • Retinas have formed.
  • She will grow over ½ inch this week alone!
  • Average size is now 14.4 inches (36.6cm) and 1.9 pound (875gm).

27 Week Belly Shot:

Below is a picture of Shelly at 26 weeks. She looks so beautiful, peaceful, content, and happy I had to share.

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Our Conception Story

After eight years together we were pretty sure we'd spend our life with our four legged kids, doing lots of camping, and traveling the world. On August 12, 2004 that all changed with the birth of our God Daughter Tate. We immediately fell completely in love with her and soon began to re-think our decision of not having kids.

In October 2005 we began the process of trying to conceive. As soon as we started trying Shelly began having very erratic cycles which made the process that more complicated. After four tries over six months we decided to schedule a consultation with the a Reproductive Specialist. We were desperate to conceive and on a limited time frame since Shelly had just turned 41. Dee was 35 at the time but not able to conceive due to a medical procedure.

Our first appointment with the Repro Man was May 2006. He suggested we try IVF using Dee's eggs and Shelly as the gestational mother. He felt this scenario would give us the highest chance for success of a healthy pregnancy. We spent a short amount of time weighing our options and decided this was the best choice. We began our first IVF cycle in August. They did the Egg Retrieval and Fertilization on 8/31. Three days later, 9/3, they transferred three embryos into Shelly. Then the wait began.

Shelly promised not to begin the home pregnancy test too soon. Dee had to travel out of state for business a week after the transfer and asked Shelly to please wait to test. BUT, the wait was too much for her and she started testing after a week. At first there was no line. But after a couple of days testing a faint line started to appear. When Dee came home from her trip Shelly told her, "I know I'm pregnant." Dee didn't believe her and insisted the line wasn't dark enough so she tested herself to compare. There was absolutely no line. She began to believe Shelly was pregnant but still had doubt. Dee went to the store and bought another brand of testing strips. After five home tests, we were convinced we we're pregnant due to all positive results. A blood test at two weeks confirmed it; we were going to have a baby!