19 weeks!

I am so excited to find out if we are having a boy or girl next week!!! I just finished our announcements and can't wait to send them out. It has been a pretty good week but I'm getting a little nervous. I have been feeling the baby move more going from flutters to actual kicks and punches but I am worried the baby isn't growing. I know it sounds crazy but I feel like I should be bigger than I am. I know most women would be excited but by this time with Bella I was already wearing some maternity clothes. So I am glad we are having an ultrasound next week so I can see just how big this baby is. Hopefully it is right on track. Almost half way!!!!

12 weeks

Bella and I comparing bellies.

Appointment went well today.  Baby is doing great but I am exhausted and sick!

10 weeks

Happy New Year!!!  We went to Bozeman for our annual New Years celebration.  We all had a great time even though it was my third new years without drinking.

 Today I had another ultrasound today. Everything looked great and I got to hear the heartbeat this time. The baby is measuring perfectly. The heartbeat was 176 bpm. I am sick and exhausted. I'm not sure if I'm sicker this time or not but definitely feel more tired this time. Not eating much these days. Feeling little flutters here and there.

Merry Christmas!

Almost 9 weeks!  Nervous but very excited.  What a great time to be pregnant!  Love all the holiday food if it doesn't make me sick. ;-/    We spent Christmas Eve. visiting the Grandparents and then dinner and games at the Shellnutts.  Today we woke up and opened presents.  I think Ryan and I were still more excited than Bella.

8 weeks

I had my first doctors appointment today. There is a heartbeat! We couldn't hear the heartbeat very good but I could see it. The babies heart rate was 145 bpm. The baby is due July 29th, 2013(our wedding anniversary). Everything looked great but they did some blood tests and decided to put me back on thyroid meds.  My blood pressure was 13?/8?.  Oh, Pregnancy brain already!  I tried to do an announcement picture today so it could go out with our Christmas cards but Bella was NOT in the mood!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 4 weeks with baby #2

Positive pregnancy test! Here we go again!!!  Ryan, Bella and I went to the farm for Thanksgiving.  I asked Ryan to buy a home pregnancy test on his way home from work the night before we left but he didn't.  So we went to the farm but he and I both had a feeling I was pregnant.  I was car sick on the way up there and felt sick the entire time we were there.  As soon as we got back to town I bought a pregnancy test and it was POSITIVE!  Time to call the doctor!

38 Weeks & Here comes Baby Bella!!!!

I had a doctors appointment Monday to have my blood pressure checked.  It was high so the doctor told me to go get my bags and head to the hospital.  Ryan took the day off anticipating the bad news.  So we headed to the hospital to be induced.  Monday night they gave me medication to thin my cervix.  We didn't get ver much sleep.  Tuesday morning at 6 they gave me pitocin to start my contractions.  By noon my water broke naturally and Ryan went out to tell the nurses.  They were excited Ryan was terrified!  My contractions were getting stronger but I was not dilating at all.  My doctor came to check me and said I wasn't even at a 1.  He suggested a C-section.  Ryan and I were scared to death.  I cried.  They got me ready for surgery and handed Ryan his scrubs.  I walked to the operating room and told the anesthesiologist I was feeling sick.  He gave me some meds. before he did a spinal.  Everything happend so quickly.  Family came to the hospital and Ryan barely made it into the operating room in time.  Ryan watched the entire surgery and didn't pass out or puke.  Baby Bella wasn't ready to come out yet.  When the doctor opened me up and reached in to get her she decided to hide up by my ribs.  The doctor couldn't reach her so he  had to suction her out.   They finally got her out and she was born at 6:08p.m. on October 18th, 2011.  She was 5 pounds 13 ounces and 18 inches long.  After the nurses cleaned her up Ryan brought her over to me.  Love at first sight!  We then went to the recovery room where we sat for 2 hours because I couldn't move my legs.  The family didn't get to see her until 8p.m.  After everyone went home I passed out and Ryan watched Bella.  I woke up at 4 a.m. and Ryan said it was my turn to watch Bella.  After a few days in the hospital they finally let us go home Friday.  After 4 long years we are finally a family of three.

Welcome Home Bella!  We love you!!!