Pulled/strained muscle

How lame is this? I was putting a large stack of dishes away this morning in an upper cabinet, when all of a sudden I had to sneeze, so I sneezed. Well, I pulled or tweaked something in my intercostal ribs along my right side and now everytime I breathe in, or cough, or laugh, or do anything really it hurts. Not sure this is pregnancy related but I posted it anyway.

I had a pretty terrible night of nightmares last night. I kept dreaming that my navel piercing was overgrown by my growing belly and becoming a bloody mess and no one could get it out. Of course I freaked out and ran to the bathroom and attempted to get the dang thing out myself, but to no avail. I aggravated the piercing so much it was becoming the bloody mess of my nightmares. I somehow managed to give up and crawl back into bed by convincing myself that a few more hours wouldn't overgrow the piercing. As soon as Mike woke up though I begged him to help me get it out. He had no problem of course.

We now have our little preggy piercing in which is huge and plastic and it is adorned by a little "W" charm. Too cute for words...well, my belly just has to grow into it now.

Four Month Photos

Since I'm showing more now we decided we'd start taking photos. I absolutely love my girlfriend Audrey for coming up with the idea to hold a little note card for every week we take the photo. She originally said take the photo wit the same dress on, but once you see the dress you'll soon know why that's gonna be a little difficult to do in a couple weeks.

Enjoy the photos!

Genetic Testing came back negative

I just received the call from the doctor's office after two weeks of waiting and nervously wondering whether everything would be alright or not. The Nuchal fold tests for genetic abnormalities including down syndrome. We've come back negative which in theory means we're out of the woods, however the physician assistant that I spoke with said that "because of my age...." they still recommend that we either have the CSV or the amnio, both of which I thought that my doctor saiad if the nuchal came back negative we wouldn't have to have. I asked if my doctor could call me back to discuss the tests, what the risk factors are etc., I'd much rather discuss with her than someone who hasn't seen me before.

On a sidenote, Mike and I drove to Santa Barbara this past Saturday to pick up the buggy of my dreams. Yes I bought our buggy used, but only because brand new the thing is almost $1000 and Mike would have divorced me if I spent that much money. We ended up getting the Bugaboo Frog, which goes from a bassinet to a full child stroller. It also has adaptions for the infant child safety car seat as well. The bad boy is pretty loaded, with 4x suspension, all terrain tires (which are inflatable, not plastic) and other options which I thought were absolutely crucial, ie the seat needed to be able to adapt to both forward facing and parent facing for bonding, in addition to having the option to recline in multiple positions with ease. All that for just $400! That's a steal!

Finally, since its been awhile since I've updated last (probably actually was the day we went for the nuchal translucency now that I think about it) I have gained 7 pounds during the course of the past four months. 5 pounds during my first trimester and a pound a week so far during the second. I'm up to a whopping 114 pounds now! How many more weeks do I have? About 25 right so I should technically only gain about 25 more pounds. IN THEORY!! I have to admit, I'm getting nervous with the numbers! I should do what they did when I had the eating disorder and not face the scale when I get on it, that way I don't concentrate on the numbers so much as healthful gain. I'm also hoping that I'll start to have more energy now and be able to work out more regularly. Today I went to a bootcamp style circuit tone and strengthen class. It completely kicked my pregnant butt, but I'll be back as long as I can do it comfortably.

Thats it for now. Dawne n Bun signing off. xoxo

The cat's outta the bag!

Thank god too! I got a call early Saturday morning from my father asking me about how to backup a hard drive...he fooled me! He was really calling to tell us congratulations. My mum received her Happy Mother's Day Grandma! card and gift in the mail. It was the first time they got to see a picture of the bun. It was funny too because my dad said when my mum opened it she said, "Bede, I think your daughter's having a baby." I don't know WHAT gave her that impression! Was it the grandmother mother's day card? Or maybe the Baby picture frame with the sonogram in it? Hmmm.

Yup, the cats out of the bag. They were so excited that they notified all of our relatives in the same day. I feel like a huge secret has been lifted now and finally feel truly happy to no longer have this secret.

Yay!