28 w 2 day u/s

Sorry for the delay in updating. Time fly's when you are having fun.
The stats...baby weighs in at approximately 2 pounds 12 ounces which means at full turn...he should be at least 7 pounds. Now thats my kind of baby.
From the profile pic...he has the bone structure of his daddy. Looks to have missed mommies eyes too. So my little boy will look like a little boy. He has nice longer legs and a normal sized head. His heart beat was 145 beats per minute. He is head down with his head facing left. His booty is under my right rib and he had his legs bent with his feet under his booty. I am certain that that is no longer his current position because he has done some massive stretches tonight.

We are so excited about the way our lives will change once he born. Me learning not to work so hard will be the biggest obstacle. We have decided to breastfeed. Since the beginning of this process, I have looked forward to this bonding time with my son. I know it will be challenging because I would not like to pump for the first few weeks.

We are finishing his nursery this week. Pictures to come.

I am a little sad that this pregnancy will be coming to an end so soon. It has been the experience of a life time. I have enjoyed every part of this ...even the bad parts. It is amazing how short my memory is of the bad parts. I can't wait to meet this guy but then I will have to share him with the world. Right now...he is all about his mama. Selfish I know...but true. I am looking forward to my yoga classes to get ready for my natural birthing. On to 32 weeks...!

I apologize for moving so slow but here is our update.
1) We have been to the doctor almost everyday this week. Because of some test results the doctors thought that there may have been some problems with TJ...but he is fine. All results were normal. Once again God knows more.
2)We have new pics of TJ that I will include below.
3)We have a new midwife/doctor! I love them! Life is good right now!
19 weeks 3d ...the babies profile

16w 3d The babies perfect spinal cord.
16w3d...it's a boy...on the left and right of the pointer are the butt cheeks.

Ernest Tylin DeVane IV "TJ"

I was so excited to find out that we had been blessed with a little guy. So of course the next exciting process was to decide on a name for our little blessing. Well there were a couple of traditions to continue:

• From Ty's family...his grandfather was Ernest...his dad was Ernest...he is Ernest...and so it only makes since for our little guy to be Ernest
• From my family... all of the kids (my brother and I) have the same initials as my daddy: CRW. So it makes since that our little guy should have the same initials as his daddy :ETD.
  
• From my family... names for the first born should be a combination of the mommy and daddy. So now this is the complicated part. My name is ClarLynda Raynell and that comes from CLARence RAY and LINDA darNELL. So notice that my moms I changed to a Y. So for our son we thought we would combine TYrone and clarLYNda and change the Y back to an I. So his middle name will be Tylin.
  

Daddy was not so convinced that this was the right name. However, this was the only name for our little guy. I like to think that I took the best from my mom and dad and I would hope that our little guy would do the same. Like his math and science skills from me and his history and english skills from his dad. I never thought that I could love a man as much as love my daddy and granddaddy but I love my husband in a way that words cannot describe. He makes me laugh so hard that I just have to cry. His sprit has grown to be amazingly lite and inviting. I would hope that our little guy would have the same traits as his daddy. Even the traits that get on my nerves... So that is the short of it.
We have new u/s pics...but mommy has been too lazy to scan them. I will do it this week because we get new ones next week. Have a great week people.

Was that a Kick?

So...the baby kicked. It was an amazing feeling. It happened last week for the first time, but I did not believe it. Now at least once a day he reminds me that he is here. I say right now that I can't wait until the kicking and movement is more frequent...but I know I will regret that statement soon. My belly is growing so rapidly it seems. [pic coming soon] I think that my previous procedures have something to do with that. The baby is certainly not causing this much growth. Anyways theres my update.

12w3d: Never been so happy to....

have a normal pregnant lady infection. I think this was God working my miracle. I was very disappointed that there was a 7 week gap between my last OB appointment and my next one. But I was not feeling well since last Friday (I slept until 2 pm on Sunday), so I called my nurse and she said I needed to come in. What a blessing...the problem was fixable and I got to see our little person (I think boy because I am the mommy and I just know, but who knows). Heartbeat was 151bpm and the baby was there. They used the Doppler u/s machine so I could barely see the baby. I am excited to know that it was not me eating too much of my mommy's cooking this weekend, and that the baby's house has moved up from behind my pelvic bone. Wheewww! My blood pressure was perfect for me 122/82 and my weight was...down seven pounds since my last visit. This was expected since I had been so sick two weeks back.
So my second piece of big news: We heard the baby's heartbeat tonight with our EBAY doppler. 148bpm...I was getting tired of hearing my own heartbeat.

So excited...3w4d until my level 2 u/s !!!!!

U/S Pics 6w, 7w, 9w

6 weeks and 3 days old
7 weeks 3 days
9 weeks 3 days

Oh My Gosh it's really positive! BFP 7/11/2009

So as you can tell I was excited. After waiting so long, I wanted to be sure...my husband still did not believe it. I took the first test on 7/11...it was a digital one...really sensitive and I screamed and hollered. It said PREGNANT...immediatly! Well I took the picture too late. The next day I took another one...it was positive too. So I went to the doc the next day and my Beta was 142 and progesterone was greater than 45. They did a repeat beta and its was 321. Betas measure the amount of HCG in your blood stream. So We were really pregnant!