34weeks!

Nursery

A few new decorative items.... Plus the flowers on the dresser Joey gave me for Mother's (to be) Day!









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Nursery Progress

What it looked like before ( it used to be the study, this is post furniture move of course).






And after paint and furniture move in:












Much more decorating to be done! Many things to purchase... The walls are so bare! The 2 BIG things are done, paint and furniture! Thanks soooo much to my loving brother Trevor for painting (with Joey's assistance)!

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The nursery

Joey and my brother finished painting the nursery last night, yay! It looks awesome! Pictures soon :) Tomorrow the furniture is delivered, double yay! It will be so nice to have her room mostly complete! The thing that stinks about the furniture delivery though it that I work tonight and tomorrow night, so the delivery will interrupt my very needed sleep. Oh well, I can do one night shift sleep deprived, this is what a little bit of caffeine and a lot of busy work is for, right?

Almost May!

The month of April has been quite eventful... Lets hope May isnt as crazy!


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The past week...

A few things have happened in the last week..

Pregnancy wise: Joey and I had a pretty eventful day last Saturday. We ran a ton of errands and were pretty much on the go all day. It felt great to TCOB (ask if you don't know..)! That night, I did a girls night, pretty tame. Board games at Lindsay's house, skinny girl margies for them and soda for me of course :) Around midnight I started having horrible cramping in my tummy. Like, period cramps but 10 fold. Laid around for a bit, tried to let it pass, drank water, etc. etc. The cramping just wasn't letting up and it was starting to go into my back. I wasn't having contractions from what I could tell, but was still worried so I called my OB's answering service and my dad (who is also an OB). My dad told me he always tells his patients with similar symptoms to go to the hospital to be on the safe side. I drove from Lindsay's way out west all the way back to my neck of the woods to my hospital; 40mph the entire way because I was in sooo much pain.

Joey and I made it to the hospital and went in through the ER, knowing all I was going to get from them was a wheelchair ride to OB. I arrived in OB, put on the monitor and my nurse called the doc. I wasn't having contractions (yay and duh) but I did have increased uterine tone, but continuously. The doc wanted me to drink as much water as I could (I downed about 2000mLs!) and the gave me some terbutaline (smooth muscle relaxant that relaxes uterine muscles). Terbutaline has a similar mechanism of action to albuterol (which I use for my asthma) as its primary indication is for asthma, a side effect is that it relaxes uterine muscles, so I didn't have to horrible effects most people get. I was somewhat shaky and I could feel my heart beating really fast; but it made the cramps go away! They kept me there on observation for about 3 hours and was sent home.

Seriously, no more of these trips until little missy is born! Which will be in August!

Family wise: Lucy was spade (sp?) this week. She went in on Monday, we got her home on Tuesday. Everything went well, she has been acting like nothing happened! When Callie had her surgery they did internal sutures and glue. With Lucy, she has external sutures, which I think are itchy to her. I really have to watch her to make sure she isn't itching. Poor pup :( Next Thurs she gets her stitches out.

House wise: On Wednesday we got our house back!! No more sleeping on the mattress in the basement!! The wood floors look AMAZING, and we bought some awesome area rugs :) Joey's coworker Jeff came over and helped move all the furniture back in. Did a little bit or rearranging and everything looks great! We took a little trip to NFM and bought a new dining set. The one I had from my apartment was a freebie from a friend (it was nice, but didn't match the style we're going for) and we sold it on Craigslist last month. Next week we should have the table, and it will be complete!!

My brother Trevor is going to come paint the baby's room on May 1. I can't wait!! Then the following week the furniture for the baby's room should be delivered! I can't wait to get her nursery going!! The bedding in here, the mattress is here, the changing table cushion is here, I need her furniture!!

I'm feeling especially fat lately. Now that my cold is gone, I need to get my self back in shape!! Joey doesn't want me to overexert myself, understandable. Which means to stay in bed all day if I'm not at work. I know he's just worried because of the visit to the hospital, but I can't be a lumpy preggo blimp! I want an elliptical in my house.... gym, tomorrow.

That's the latest and greatest. I need to update when this stuff happens, no more weekly recaps (or atleast I'll try!)

Still sick!

Warning: Major complaint session.

Well i had a day of reprive after my icky asthma attack. I started feeling cold like symptoms on Monday I THINK. At first just chalked it up to irriration for the polyurethane still. As of now, my voice is completely gone (I sound like a man), my throat hurts, I have an annoying but productive cough, my nose goes from being completely plugged up to running like a faucet!

I was supposed to work tonight, but already called in sick. Supposed to go to the dentist at 10 but called to reschedule.

I'm currently laying im bed (which is still our matress in the basement as we cant put area rugs on the new floors till next week) with the humidifer on, and it is really soothing to my throat!

So once again, another wasted day due to illness. Catch up on some TV and snuggle my pups!

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Holy fumes!

This past week (Thurs, Fri, Sat) we had all of our wood floors redone, which consisted of the dining room, the living room, the master bedroom and the baby's room. I stayed at my parents, Joey was out of town. Yesterday, Joey came home and we had planned to stay at the house. Walking in the door we were hit by fumes! Callie wouldn't even walk into the house! We decided to stay at a hotel. We ran inside to grab a few things for overnight, and we both left with burning eyes and headaches, jeeze!

Joey and I are at Element Omaha Midtown Crossing. It's an awesome hotel! It's all ecofriendly, the rooms are super nice and the bed is comfy! We enjoyed the best continental breakfast I've ever had this morning! Callie is enjoying it too! (Lucy is still up at Joey's parents' house). Check out is at noon, and boy do we have a big day ahead of us!

First things first, we need to head home and open the windows to air the house out! We can finally walk on the floors (well, we could have lastnight at 8pm, but we weren't going to wait that long in those fumes!) Then off to find area rugs for the living room, our room and the dining room. Then a little bit of yard work (don't judge, the Christmas garland is still up on the porch... I'm so embarrassed! I blame it on preggo fatigue!)

Off to shower up and seize the day!

Starvin' [Megan] Marvin

I feel hungry, constantly! I am a bottomless pit, I swear. This baby is so dang demanding, why can't she just feed off the fat I've already gained for her? Everything says to "graze" but it isn't satisfying! I swear this child is going to come out at 10lbs, and I will be 200 by the time she arrives!

Sorry for the vent.....

Sleep?

All I have to say is I miss beimg able to lay on my back to sleep. I know that the discomfort of sleeping while pregnant has only just begun, but this sucks!

Im at my parents house right now hoping to take somewhat of a nap. The floors are being refinished in our house as I type this. I must say though, its always nice coming home :)


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Why oh why ER??

I spent 3 hours tonight (well, early this morning technically) in Labor and Delivery at Clarkson..... as a patient. Scariest thing I've ever been through.

I had to work last night, all day long while I was trying to sleep I woke up short of breath and just feeling "tight" in my chest. Used my inhaler once, and tried to fall back to sleep. Went to work, proceeded to feel "wheezy" and "tight" in my chest for almost half of my shift. I used my inhaler multiple times but I still had a hard time breathing. (Background: I've had asthma since I was 15) I finished my midnight pt cares and told my lead I needed to go to the ER because I was having difficulty breathing. I thought, "this is going to be expensive, but if I'm not getting oxygen, the baby isn't getting oxygen, so it's worth it." I also cringed at the thought of incurring and ER bill...

I made it down to the ER, sat down at the registration desk, told them what was going on and that I am almost 22 weeks pregnant. The receptionist informed me that since I'm >20 weeks, I HAVE to go to L&D (Labor and Delivery). I immediately started crying... flashes of 22 weekers I've taken care of in NICU going through my head, and the fact that Joey is in Tucson right now. I was terrified. A tech then wheeled me up to L&D. I was a little annoyed that I didn't even get vital signs or pulse ox spot checked (amount of oxygen in my blood... that little red light that goes on your finger) or had eyes laid on me by atleast a nurse. But whatever.

I arrived on L&D (this is where I will eventually birth little Miss Channell in August) and had to change into a gown and they hooked me up to the monitor. The baby's heartrate was 150, and she was VERY active. I was not having any contractions (duh....) so that was reassuring. The nurse took my vitals and blah blah blah. She paged the doc on call and since my SpO2 (blood oxygen) was >92% he wanted to discharge me home and told me to take Tylenol. I tried to calmly tell the nurse "But I still can't breathe..... that's why I went to the ER, not because I thought anything was wrong with the baby!" She paged the doc back and he wanted the Internal Med resident to see me. (At this point, the L&D nurse didn't even listen to my lung sounds.... a bit odd!?) The i-med resident came in, he was very nice. He said he didn't like how I was using my accessory muscles to breathe and tachypneic (breathing fast). He ordered an inhaled respiratory treatment. RT (respiratory therapy) came in, administered nebulized albuterol, and I could breathe! The treatment made my heartrate shoot up and made me really shaky (which I already was from using all those albuterol puffs) but I could breathe! They watched me for another 30 min or so, listened to baby's heartbeat once more, vitaled me, and sent me home. I plan on NOT going back there until this little lady is ready for the outside world! The nurse did tell me though that going to ER from now on will be a waste of my time, anyone >20 weeks pregnant is automatically sent to L&D. Even if its not a baby related issue. Good to know!

So I'm home now and feeling much better. Still a little tight in my chest, but breathing well enough. I plan to hang out here for a few more hours, then head over to my parents house to sleep. I have to work again tonight. No more trips to L&D for me until August!

(PS: the photos above were added with the assistance of Google Pictures)

Nursery Things!

I finally broke down and bought the furniture set and bedding set for the baby's room, yay!

The crib set should be delivered in a few weeks (not pictured above). We got a smokin' good deal!

Thursday, the wood floors in the dining room, living room, master bedroom and nursery are being redone. So excited to have that over with! As I work overnights Wed, Thurs, Fri; I will be staying at my parents house. I have enough of an issue sleeping in the first place, add the sanding/grinding and fumes of floor finish, total no go! Joey will be in Tucson for a business trip, so he gets to miss out on all of the fun!

I slept about 5 hours lastnight (yay!) and plan to get some things done today then drift back to dreamland until I have to work. Lucy is staying at the in-laws (they have a pack of labs she loves to play with!) and Callie is staying at my parents; so I will be dropping the girls off sometime later this morning.

On to hopefully being productive today... !

iPhone app!

Awesome! Just downloaded an app to my phone that will let me blog! That is all...


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A blog!

So I've tried to blog many times in the past, and it hasn't been able to hold my attention for more than a few days. As of late, I am an insomniac. Why? I work rotating day and night shifts and I'm pregnant. I know sleep disturbance is somewhat frequent in preggos, but I believe mine is compounded due to my crappy work schedule. For the most part, this month, I work overnight shifts. 7:00pm until 7:00am the next day. I do just fine on my shifts, don't get too tired, but am physically unable to convert back to "normal" on my days off. For example, I slept a few hours during the day today (because I slept 10p-4a the night before), went to bed at 11p lastnight, 3am, WIDE AWAKE! So I guess this blogging may keep me occupied during my sleepless early mornings.

Yes, I'm pregnant! 21 weeks and 3 days to be exact. I feel I don't do pregnancy very well, I has pretty bad nausea until about 14 weeks (Zofran and I were BFFs...), I've had the shingles (on my forehead... sweet!) at around 16 weeks, and right now I'm still riding out an upper respiratory cold thats going on week 3.... All complaining of physical ailments aside, we found out about 2 weeks ago we are having a girl! So excited! My husband, Joey, is now very outnumbered by ladies in the house (myself, baby girl, and 2 female dogs). I'm lucky to have an OB as a father (and no weirdo, he's' not delivering the baby.. and no he's not my doctor...) who has been mercilessly available with all my over worrying questions.

It's 10 till 5 in the morning, Joey will wake up soon to go to work so I'm looking forward to that so I can turn the TV on! Right now, I'm laying in bed, Callie (our Yorkie) is snuggling under the covers next to me, and Lucy (our English bulldog) is snoring at the bottom of the bed by Joey. I'm craving orange soda. There's some in the fridge upstairs and I will be indulging in that as soon as the TV goes on.