The First Ultrasound!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so we went to the doctor for the first ultrasound expecting to see our baby for the first time and that’s it. Well we got a lot more! I laid down on the table and there was a tv above my head where I could see everything and Jason could see on the other one. Well we saw the baby right away! It was moving all around, moving it’s feet and it’s arms. The umbilical cord was on it’s knee and it was playing with it with it’s hands. So then after a few pictures the ultrasound lady asked us if we were planning on finding out what it is, we said yes, and she said well i can tell you now if you want! We were not planning that! Well Jason and I are having a baby girl! So her full name is Rogan Jean Appleton. It’s great news. I have a bunch of the pictures and I’m gonna post a couple on here but i have to find a scanner!

Well now that bad news……The doctor came in and talked to me because I have something called placenta previa. Its basically where the placenta is over the cervix instead of the baby. The placenta should be on the side wall or above the baby, instead it is below the baby. So he came in and basically said that I’m gonna have an ultrasound every 4 weeks until the placenta has moved away from the cervix. If however it doesn’t by the time the baby is ready to come out then I will have to have a c-section. Which they said in most cases it does move. Which it better cause I do NOT want to have a c-section cause it just seems really scary. Well remember how I said he is a really funny man? Well he said that also meant no sex….Jason and I looked at each other in fear but then I looked at the doctor and he had a big smile on his face…..I was like  “you’re just kiddin!” He said “nope, not at all. Not till your next ultrasound” So basically for the next 4 weeks Jason gets taken care of….every man’s dream! Haha. Thats ok it gives us a chance to be more creative i guess.

So that’s how the first ultrasound went. i have another doctor appointment on Tuesday, a week from now. I’ll keep you posted (HEHE)

New Doctor

I really should have posted this before but thing have been so crazy and my laptop has been up in the bedroom instead of my office so I’ve been too lazy to come ALL the way up stairs and post. I’m so bad, cause lately I only come up here for bed and for naps! Well The new doctor is like complete night and day compared to the last one. He met with us in a conference room and just got to know us and answered all of our questions and gave us  a lot of great tips and educated us on so many things. Not only was he so informative but he is the funniest 5ft man i know! I feel so confident giving birth with him.

Well then when it came time for the exam, he was very gentle and explained everything he was doing and everything i was feeling and going to feel so there were no surprises. He joked around in a great manner and just made the whole situation comfortable. We found out that we were definitely 14 weeks along. He also did an extended pelvic exam which it sounds like a new technology because it was extra for it and he used a microscope and something else that examines incredibly closer to look for cancer and STDs. So everything looked healthy! He also scheduled my first ultrasound less than a week from that appointment! So that’s that!

Its madness i tell you! complete madness!!!

I never realized how much of a pain in the ass it is to move into a new house. Both Jason and I didn’t think that we had alot of stuff but it has been 2 weeks and I still don’t have everything put away! I will admit we do have a cute and cozy house and its a perfect place to have a baby! Speaking of which I went to my first doctors appt yesterday and it was AWFUL! I don’t mean like “they poked me and prodded me and it hurt” awful I mean “that was the most uninformative, cold, useless doctor I have ever been to in my life. “A podiatrist could have told me more about baby rogan! So therefore I am going somewhere else! I have my next appt the 20th of this month with Dr. Swartz at Christ hospital. It is in the medical building in front of christ and I have heard wonderful things about Christ Hospital so I think this week I am going to go tour there. I went to Mercy Anderson and I loved the hospital but there is no way I would have faith in that doctor I went to the other day to deliver my baby.

When I was pregnant with Ian I went through Cresent Womens Medical Group. It is a wonderful place, very nice people, and better yet all female doctors who where always very gentle. Every doctor told me every little feeling I would feel and everything they would do so there would be no surprises. Then we delivered at bethesda north which was a great hospital. The only thing I didn’t like was the room we stayed in after having Ian. It was one of those painted cinder-block rooms that was very cold. So I am hoping that Christ is different. Like at Mercy Anderson the birthing room and the recovery room is the same room. You dont go anywhere. And even if they have to move me at Christ, I just hope the room is very warm and welcoming.

But we did get to hear the heartbeat for a second (Thanks doc…we would have loved to have heard more!) and I am 3 months along tomorrow. Things are getting better I feel. I am not as tired, still in a size 2 and I cry at everything that has to do with a child! lol

no internet!!!!

So we move into our new house today! YAY! However we wont have internet till the 29th!!!!! Both Jason and I are totally gonna kill each other! lol J/k! So I figured I would let everyone know.

But I have good news! Rogan is no longer an embryo! It is now an inch long and all of its organs have developed and it’s going to grow nearly 3 inches over the next 3 weeks! Which is huge in such a short amount of time. So that means that my tummy is going to grow bigger too pretty quick! And I got a new camera so I will be posting pics soon. I;m very excited about my belly getting bigger because I will feel like everything I am feeling and going through is for something great…..

9 weeks now!

Well I am now 9 weeks pregnant and I think it is really starting to hit me. I am starting to feel all of the symptoms that I remember when I was pregnant with Ian.  I  left work early today cause I was just feeling BLAH! I came home ate lunch, laid down for a nap, woke up 3 hours later and still felt extremely tired! I just don’t have ANY energy. If any of you guys have an suggestions on what to do with me always being tired please let me know! I’m feeling so many extreme emotions too. I wish they made a hormone balancing pill for pregnant women! That would be the most amazing thing ever!

funny story

So my true pregnancy hormones came through this morning. I was feeling terribly sick before I went to work and left the house around 10:15 so I could make it to McDonalds for breakfast. Well I made it to the drive through line with 3 minutes to spare. Now I know you guys are thinking what is she doing in the McDonalds drive through when she is supposed to be eating healthy??? Well I will let you in a little on how my mind thinks with that healthy food thing…..(if I only eat something unhealthy in the morning that will give me all day to work it off…haha) But as soon as we have a kitchen I can get back to cooking my eggs and toast every morning. Anyways so back to my story…I made it there with only 3 minutes to spare and the nice woman on the speaker said “Welcome to McDonalds we are serving lunch now, go ahead with your order” Well no way was I going to stand for that! I just drove 80 mph on the higway to get there before 10:30 and I was there before 10:30 so I wanted my breakfast! I said

“no I came for breakfast.”

She said “sorry we are serving lunch now”

“Well you guys stop serving breakfast at 10:30 and it isn’t 10;30 yet so I would like breakfast now”

“Well we sometimes stop serving breakfast before 10:30 because sometimes they stop cooking it”

and I wasn’t going to give up…..”It isn’t 10:30 yet so I will take a sausage egg and cheese bagel meal with……..”

hahaha I did not give up and they gave me breakfast! I checked for loogies and there wasn’t any but I sure was expecting them. That was just really annoying though because when you go there before the switch you are expecting breakfast food and your mouth and tummy are expecting it and the thought or lunch food is gross and I was already feeling sick enough! I just couldn’t believe I argued with the McDonald’s workers… oh heavens!

soooo tired

my goodness! I slept in till 10:30 this morn! This baby is making me soo sleepy all the time. Oh am I’m starting to get excited about my belly! Tonight while I was at work Sarah Brooke pointed out that it is sticking out, she said  when I dont  pay attention  I stick it out.  I think I am going to post  pics of my belly on here  so you guys can see the progression. But dont worry they will all be clothed!

Ian is excited about the baby too! He tells me all the time that he wants to see the baby thats in my tummy…..  I know he wants a boy. But I told him that if it is a girl we still have to love her! haha Everyone asks me what I want it to be and honestly I would be just as happy with either or. I think I would have fun with a girl but I sorta hope its a boy just for Ian to have the little brother that he wants. Well no new exciteing events happened today just the normal. You know woke up, felt sick, ate felt sick, got ready for work, tired and thats about it….

Oh and one more thing. I love the fact that I just put up this website last night and already alot of people have looked at it! It just makes me want to post more!! So thanks guys this is really exciting!

What will baby Rogan look like?

I’m so curious as to what baby Rogan will look like…can you guess?

Here is a picuture of Jason and myself.

Starting off….

Well they always say that every pregnancy is different and that is definitely true! With Ian I had morning sickness and I would throw up in the morning and then start my day. Well with Rogan I am sick all day, everyday! Sometimes I vomit and sometimes I lay there in misery. Also I learned with the last one that pregnant women have the tendencies to cut their hair short. Why I don’t know. But I have been on a mission to grow my hair out really long so I am trying to fight every urge. Instead when I went to my hair appt this week I decided to be “crazy” and dye my hair really dark but I actually like it better this way instead of blonde. I hve been blonde all my life. So huge change but at least it fulfilled my crave for something crazy.

Also one thing that I have had the hardest time dealing with is the hormones. I know it sounds like I am complaining a lot but I really am! Ha Ha I just can’t wait for baby Rogan to get here though. But back to the hormones. The other day for instance, I just got off the phone with Jason and walked back up to the counter at work and my friend Joy was there. Well I just burst into tears and she said “Lacy, what’s wrong?!?!” and all I could say was ” I don’t knoooooooooow!” And the funniest part about it all was I really didn’t know! Not only that but I am intimidated by almost every pretty women. Even though nothing has changed about my body other than my butt has a little bigger bubble and the chest has gotten a little bigger, heck whats to really to complain about that? But I have been trying my best to distinguish between what’s my true feelings and what’s my hormones raging! Today has been pretty good. Very relaxing. I had the weekend off which was nice because I just took a nap and cleaned a little but we watched movies and spent good quality time with just the two of us. I know that is another thing that helps keep my hormones down is spending time with Jason. He has been such a great help and so understanding with everything.

We decided on the name Rogan from one of those baby name books I pick up from the book store. When you think about those books they are pretty pointless. I mean it has 75,000 baby names in it and you are only going to have, what maybe 2 children; 3 if you have super baby sperms and eggs! Anyways, ours was in the section of surnames as first names. They are supposed to imply elegance, style and sophistication. So Rogan was in there and it wasn’t in the girl section of the book but in the boy section as Irish/Gaelic meaning “red-haired” haha. Now how funny is that considering he has brown hair and always had and I have well brown hair but always been a blonde. And I know you don’t mix a blonde and a brunette and get a red head! But thats ok who goes by their meanings anyway?