It's been too long...

...and I've gone through a few changes in the last several months.

I'm now 22 weeks pregnant and it seems like one day I could still fit in my jeans and the next day BAM! there's a bump. Definitely need to go shopping...

I'm in the process of moving into Sebastian's house. Taking it day by day, but definitely making myself at home. I'm starting to love this house that I only used to visit once or twice a week. Also it's quite interesting finding my inner neat freak. I was always a bit messy about things at my parent's house and I've definitely taken 180 from those days.

Sebastian has one part time job, a pending full time job and an on-call job, all three as a respiratory therapist. The part time job is a home care, which means he has several patients that he gives breathing treatments to several times a week. The pending job is for a sub-acute facility and supposedly is having orientation and training on Jan 20th...but we'll see...And the on-call job is a registry that has him go to different hospitals based on which ones need him. The registry is great because he needs all the hospital exposure he can get. Needless to say, I'm proud of my man.

And finally - It's a Boy!

We like the name Lionel (pronounced with a Spanish accent - Lee-O-Nelle) and we're mostly 100% on it, even though my parents don't really know it. I've even got clothes for him which makes waiting another 18 weeks so much harder!

I'm going through so many changes at this point. Changes in my emotions, my ideals, my habits, my maturity, my interests...Just six months ago I was a care free 23 year old girl. Now I'm so much more...domesticated. You know what I did this morning? Swept, organized some stuff in a cabinet in the kitchen and jotted a list of things for Sebastian to do when he gets home. Who am I?!

Honestly, this change of lifestyle doesn't bother me one bit. It's weird and different, but I'm happy. All I'm really concerned about is losing my personal interests and I know I have to make an effort to nurture my hobbies. That's why this Saturday night I'm going to the Pomona Art Walk to shoot for my friend's internet magazine. Getting out and shooting is one of my favorite things to do...let's just hope I remember.

Anyway, Happy New Year!

The Internet: A Source of Insight...

...And utter fear.

Today, with much care to my pregnancy, I got my two bottom wisdom teeth pulled. Everything was double checked with my OB including the anesthetic my dentist used (he didn't put me under, just a local anesthetic) and the x-ray I got prior to the surgery. The entire day I haven't worried about the surgery and how it may affect the pregnancy...until I visited BabyCenter.com. There have been forums with inquiries about getting the surgery and most of the answers sound like "I have always heard that you cannot get dental work done during pregnancy" or "my dentist WILL NOT do this during pregnancy". And now I'm a little freaked out.

Motrin? Vicodin? Anesthesia? Aspirin? Two months ago, these considerations wouldn't have even phased me. And by the way: motrin - no; vicodin - in moderation and not during the end of pregnancy; anesthesia - only local; aspirin - low dose and only when absolutely needed.

I'm halfway between a laid back mom and a paranoid mom. I read stuff like this, get freaked out and then forget about it until I have a tiny cramp - then I get freaked out again, even though I KNOW that that cramp is totally normal.

Luckily, I read something like this "I talked with my OB, who said not to worry about anything. First of all, he said anesthesia is given to pregnant women all the time when emergency surgery is required- such as appendicitis, etc. Wisdom teeth can be removed with local anesthetic- which is completely safe during pregnancy, according to my OB."

So here I am, drinking a Slim-Fast 'cause it's all I can get past my sore jaw, feeling at ease; but maybe in the mean time, I should stay away from these forums...




Quotes from http://community.babycenter.com/post/a1762135/wisdom_teeth_pulled_during_pregnancy

A Father's Wisdom

Sebastian and I spend a lot of time talking about our kid-to-be, and a lot of the time we both come up with really insightful ideas. The other day Sebastian said something that stuck with me. Something so wise, so eloquent...

"I just want my kid to have as little complexes as possible."

Then we got on the topic of self acceptance. My favorite pearl of wisdom from the man I'm going to spend the rest of my life with...

"I think part of loving yourself is knowing that you're pretty stupid."

Oh, our child will have a lot to learn.

Real Life

I'm starting to realize that life goes on while I'm pregnant. When I first found out that I was pregnant i was freaked out and then mostly blissed out and I felt like I was in dream. But now it's become apparent that there's not such thing - real life is happening!

The other day I was on my way to the mall. I was on the 60 freeway, trying to change lanes to get onto to the 57 freeway. While I looked in my rear view mirror to see if I could change lanes, the car that was in front of my slammed on its brakes. I swerved into the next lane to avoid the car and ended up losing control. Nothing happened, miraculously. I just swerved side to side without hitting a thing. But let me tell you, the whole thing left an impression on me.

First of all, it's not just me now. Second, I was worried that if I freaked out too much, the stress would wear on my growing little one. My wanting to be as stressed out as little as possible has actually made me paranoid. Which is actually counter intuitive. So what did I do? I just breathed, told myself I did a good job and got the hell off the freeway...and got myself a tube of lipstick at RiteAid...then went to the Vietnamese restaurant next door and got a bowl of pho...and then saw a movie with the man.

...and yes, the Pho made it better :)

Our Baby

Here's a scanned picture of me and Sebastian's 10 week old baby.

Update!

It's been a while, so I definitely have a laundry list of things to talk about; but instead of getting too into it and writing another novel like I usually do, I'll just give you a brief run-by.

I've been noticing all the changes in body, mood and habits: pizza is always good, prenatal vitamins make me wanna hurl, fruit is a MUST, light cramping here and there freaks me out but it's normal, my emotions are running rampant and lots of love songs get to me in an instant and next thing you know I'm balling on the 60 freeway on my way to work.

I'm a 36DD! I've always been a D, but geeze! These things are getting uncanny!

I got my first ultrasound today and I am officially due on May 8th, my birthday :D We got to see my little prune baby wiggling around and though I couldn't stop giggling from nerves and excitement, sharing the moment with my mom and Sebastian was truly beautiful. I'll post a picture soon.

Sebastian wanted the picture to scan at home, and I was reluctant because I wanted to show my dad when he got home. Sebastian got a little upset and it was really my fault. He's Papi - he's the priority. So, I guess I'm gonna have to work that before baby gets here.

Okay, so this was a novel but oh well!

Check It Out

Okay so I'm sure it's been made apparent that I'm a little obsessed with TheBump.com. Well, I just added a little something to my blog to prove again my obsession. Check out my baby ticker. It represents the size of my baby, week by week, with a picture of a fruit. This week, I have a raspberry baby :)