I don't have an obsession with my belly button, but I've always thought I had a 'nice' belly button. I notice that during pregnancy, my belly button goes through huge changes. This pregnancy, it started out 'less-nice' than with Matthew and Kayla's because I had a little extra skin in my belly than I did the last time, so I started out with an innie with a little 'hood', I like to call it. Right now, my belly button is still an innie, but it's nice and flat. So flat that there's no way I could get any belly button lint because there are no creases for it to hide in. Anyways..
Yesterday, at work, I noticed that my belly button area was really sore when I pushed on it. It felt like it was pulling a muscle. I was a little concerned, so I kept pushing on it every time I thought about it to see if it still hurt LOL. I noticed at night, it stopped hurting. Now I can push on it and I feel nothing again LOL. I guess Baby Struik was just laying in a really odd position that was interfering with my belly button? Who knows. Glad I don't have a sore belly button anymore!
After struggling with infertility for three years, we were blessed with the birth of Matthew and Kayla in March 2011 (by in vitro) , Nathan in October 2013 (by frozen embryo transfer), and Olivia in August 2015 (naturally!). We are loving every moment (well, almost!) of our lives as parents.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
16 Weeks
I wish I had something exciting to say, but I don't. I'm 16 weeks, which in and of itself is exciting because I'm starting (yes, just starting now) to feel more confident that I won't lose this one. I'm still trying not to think too far ahead in case something were to go wrong, but I just enjoy every day that I am pregnant. I'll be glad when I definitely 'look' pregnant, and people stop staring and taking double glances trying to figure out if I've just eaten a little too much lately or if indeed I am pregnant again.
Matthew and Kayla both mention 'baby' all day long. They both like to pat my tummy (or my boobs) and say "baby", to which I just smile and agree. I'm not going to try to teach female anatomy to two-year-olds. Kayla also likes to lay her head down on my tummy and hug it. Oh man, this little mommy's girl could be in for a huge awakening when she realizes she'll have to share me not just with Matthew, but with Baby Struik too. Or maybe she'll be really good about it. We'll see.
I always told Jon that once I'm three months pregnant then we could start looking at buying a house (because with just two kids, it made more financial sense for us to continue to rent the place we're in). Jon gets claustrophobic just thinking about adding another body to this place, so we're starting the process. Our mortgage pre-approval application will be sent off tomorrow, and then it's a matter of finding out what we get pre-approved for and getting a Realtor It's quite stressful...trying to figure out how much we need for a down payment, how much we can afford if I don't return to work, or how much we could afford if we had a basement suite to rent out etc. Even though I'm a numbers person, I really dislike dealing with my own financial numbers. Yuck. I need someone to make all of the decisions for me because I don't enjoy this. Not yet, at least. Once we figure out what we want to spend then maybe it will be more enjoyable. Well, only if Jon and I can agree easily...hmm...that could be interesting.
Anyways, 16 weeks gone...24 to go. I really love being pregnant, so I'm looking forward to the next 24 weeks. Really looking forward to feeling some good hard kicks, and then having another ultrasound done.
Matthew and Kayla both mention 'baby' all day long. They both like to pat my tummy (or my boobs) and say "baby", to which I just smile and agree. I'm not going to try to teach female anatomy to two-year-olds. Kayla also likes to lay her head down on my tummy and hug it. Oh man, this little mommy's girl could be in for a huge awakening when she realizes she'll have to share me not just with Matthew, but with Baby Struik too. Or maybe she'll be really good about it. We'll see.
I always told Jon that once I'm three months pregnant then we could start looking at buying a house (because with just two kids, it made more financial sense for us to continue to rent the place we're in). Jon gets claustrophobic just thinking about adding another body to this place, so we're starting the process. Our mortgage pre-approval application will be sent off tomorrow, and then it's a matter of finding out what we get pre-approved for and getting a Realtor It's quite stressful...trying to figure out how much we need for a down payment, how much we can afford if I don't return to work, or how much we could afford if we had a basement suite to rent out etc. Even though I'm a numbers person, I really dislike dealing with my own financial numbers. Yuck. I need someone to make all of the decisions for me because I don't enjoy this. Not yet, at least. Once we figure out what we want to spend then maybe it will be more enjoyable. Well, only if Jon and I can agree easily...hmm...that could be interesting.
Anyways, 16 weeks gone...24 to go. I really love being pregnant, so I'm looking forward to the next 24 weeks. Really looking forward to feeling some good hard kicks, and then having another ultrasound done.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
First Kicks - 15 weeks and 1 day
I felt it!! I suspected on Tuesday night (14weeks 6 days) that I 'felt' Baby Struik in my stomach while lying in bed. Yesterday and today my suspicion was confirmed as I could feel movements being made...it was almost like a rolling feeling. Then, this afternoon, Matthew was laying on the couch with his head on my lap while I stroked his back. I thought I felt a few faint kicks inside (sibling rivalry already?) and so I kept concentrating on it to figure out if it was my imagination or not. It's so weird this time, because with Matthew and Kayla I could feel it on the outside of my stomach right away. This time, I could only feel it inside me, which require much more concentration. So exciting though...hopefully I'll be able to feel it every day! That will calm my nerves even more, and will definitely add to the excitement.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
First OBGYN Appointment
First off, let me say how much I dislike when offices are behind schedule. Specifically doctor's offices, which in my experience are NEVER on time. I was given at 1:30pm appointment...but by the time the doctor saw me it was 2:30pm. LAME. Luckily I wasn't in a pay parking spot or wasn't pressed for time.
My doctor for this pregnancy is Dr. Susanna Ng as Dr. Christine Wagner (the doctor who I had at the beginning of my pregnancy with Matthew and Kayla) is off on medical leave. Dr. Ng is your typical middle-aged female Asian doctor. I don't mean to stereotype...but she's TINY and has the classic middle-aged female Asian laugh. We were discussing my past pregnancy history and she thought it was absolutely amazing that Matthew and Kayla were born full-term boy-girl twins with good weights, after a relatively short time of being in active-labour (to which she warned me that I better be prepared for a quick labour this time). She was giggling the whole time, saying it was "perfect" and "great" and "amazing". It was pretty funny. She also loved that my family and myself have no medical conditions. I told her I wasn't lying when I said I was an easy patient to have. :)
Anyways, the appointment went well. My blood pressure was 110/70. I was a little shocked that it was so good, as I had noticed all day that I was much shorter of breath than normal, and I had a spontaneous bleeding nose just before lunch. Glad it was good though.
It took Dr. Ng what seemed like eternity to find Baby Struik's heartbeat...which was starting to freak me out. As soon as I heard the 'woosh-woosh' sound I was so relieved. I hadn't heard the heart beat sent 11 weeks and 2 days...and so when you're still freaked out at 14 weeks 1 day about having a miscarriage it was the best sound I had ever heard. I think if I was an emotional person I would have cried tears of joy. But I'm not...but the thought crossed my mind :). Love that sound. I'm just dying to start feeling movements so that I know everything is still going okay. Hopefully within the next month!
Now that I've heard the heartbeat again, it's time to make it official at work (my boss and accounting colleagues know, but management doesn't yet). And maybe I'll start allowing myself to believe that this is actually going to work out this time. Maybe.
My next appointment is in four weeks - and I made sure to book the very first appointment of the morning, 8:30, so I wouldn't have to wait at all!
My doctor for this pregnancy is Dr. Susanna Ng as Dr. Christine Wagner (the doctor who I had at the beginning of my pregnancy with Matthew and Kayla) is off on medical leave. Dr. Ng is your typical middle-aged female Asian doctor. I don't mean to stereotype...but she's TINY and has the classic middle-aged female Asian laugh. We were discussing my past pregnancy history and she thought it was absolutely amazing that Matthew and Kayla were born full-term boy-girl twins with good weights, after a relatively short time of being in active-labour (to which she warned me that I better be prepared for a quick labour this time). She was giggling the whole time, saying it was "perfect" and "great" and "amazing". It was pretty funny. She also loved that my family and myself have no medical conditions. I told her I wasn't lying when I said I was an easy patient to have. :)
Anyways, the appointment went well. My blood pressure was 110/70. I was a little shocked that it was so good, as I had noticed all day that I was much shorter of breath than normal, and I had a spontaneous bleeding nose just before lunch. Glad it was good though.
It took Dr. Ng what seemed like eternity to find Baby Struik's heartbeat...which was starting to freak me out. As soon as I heard the 'woosh-woosh' sound I was so relieved. I hadn't heard the heart beat sent 11 weeks and 2 days...and so when you're still freaked out at 14 weeks 1 day about having a miscarriage it was the best sound I had ever heard. I think if I was an emotional person I would have cried tears of joy. But I'm not...but the thought crossed my mind :). Love that sound. I'm just dying to start feeling movements so that I know everything is still going okay. Hopefully within the next month!
Now that I've heard the heartbeat again, it's time to make it official at work (my boss and accounting colleagues know, but management doesn't yet). And maybe I'll start allowing myself to believe that this is actually going to work out this time. Maybe.
My next appointment is in four weeks - and I made sure to book the very first appointment of the morning, 8:30, so I wouldn't have to wait at all!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Ultrasound #2 Report
Just wanted to let you know that I finally got a copy of my ultrasound report from my doctor, and have updated my "Ultrasound #2" entry with a couple measurements.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Spring Break is OVER!
And you know what? I'm SO SO SO glad. It was a crazy two weeks. The first week was consumed with birthday parties and then recuperating from said birthday parties and work, and the second week was consumed with me working and Jon home with the kids. It was nice that Jon could watch them because Matthew and Kayla got more comfortable with Jon doing things, and Jon enjoyed spending one-on-one time with them (that is, time without me around), and got a glimpse of what my life is like. Unfortunately, when Jon stays home he doesn't clean up after him and the kids, so I would come home to a disaster of a house. Anyways, waking up this morning to a 'normal' day for us was so exciting. We've just done our usual routine...breakfast, baths, Super Why while I shower, play, lunch, play, etc. Meanwhile, I got to get a few things done around the house to start straightening it up again. I feel so much happier when my house is organized. Love it.
And here are a few photos from around 12:30pm today. Thought I would try to take advantage of our sun-less (and thus shadow-less) day. My Mom is dying for some decent pictures of Matthew and Kayla to display on her mantle, so every opportunity I get I try. These turned out alright!
Matthew and Kayla asked to both sleep on Jon's and my bed today for their nap, so I agreed...but warned them that if I heard any talking or jumping then they would be moved to their cribs. And you know what? I didn't hear a peep!
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