Life is not always beautiful.....

Mothers Day 2012. 

It has been over a month since I have written in this blog. One of my worst nightmare has come true... my mother passed away a couple of weeks ago due to a multitude of things that are hard to discuss. She was in ICU for eight days and then passed away surrounded by our immediate family. Her death has been the hardest thing that I have had to go through thus far in life. I witnessed her take her last breath and felt what it is like to truly feel your heart break. It's hard to explain to someone who has not gone through it.....there are times when I felt like I couldn't breath, times when my heart ached so bad I thought it might stop, and times when I knew I had to be strong for the little baby boy who is still growing in my tummy. A wide variety of emotions is something you go through, just like any other tragedy that one has to endure.

My mom lost her mom two years before I was born, so I never knew my Grandma Herminia...it makes me so sad that my baby boy will never physically know his Grandma Teresa, but I will make sure that he knows all about what a lovely, giving, and strong women she was. I still cry daily and I am not sure the pain will ever go away, but I have to stay strong.....I don't have a choice. My baby is depending on me to be healthy and strong. He is what keeps me going everyday, along with my faith. One day I will be reunited with my mom and all of my loved ones who have passed on. What a day that will be when I  get to be surrounded by our Heavenly Father and live forever in his Kingdom. 


Loosing a loved one is never easy and I will miss my mom and think about her every day. My mom was the strongest woman I have ever know and I only hope to be half the women she was one day.

Bubble Boy

This Ultrasound was taken at 27 week, almost four weeks ago. He is blowing a bubble. 

Sick

I couldn't fight it any longer...after about two weeks of feeling like I was getting sick it finally happened....and with vengeance. Went to the Doctor and I have a sinus infection and ear infection. I  have not had an ear infection since I was a child. This bites....

20 week Baby Bump

Update...

I have been a horrible blogger lately and I apologize. Life has been a bit crazy to say the least. I work at an elementary school and I am currently finishing my Bachelors Degree of Science Degree in Elementary Education: Special Education. Being pregnant has made me more tired and I am finding it hard to fit everything into a twenty-four hour period. I know..I know....just wait until baby comes!

I had an ultrasound and Doctor's appointment last Monday, and Doctor said everything looked good. I have a two artery vein in my umbilical cord, instead of a three arteries. He told Jacob and I that he has delivered all babies with this issues and all have been healthy. That news made me feel better about the situation. He did say that he will want to induce me at 39 weeks instead of waiting the full 40 weeks, which is fine by me. I will still have another Ultrasound in 4 weeks, October 23 (27 weeks), and then will have another four weeks from that (31 weeks) and then have them weekly after that just to make sure baby is getting his proper nutrients and growing. Time is going fast and this baby boy will be here before we know it!

Ultrasound results.

So after finding out we were having a boy I sat down and talked with my Nurse Practitioner about my 19-week ultrasound. Baby is perfectly healthy and is actually measuring big, which pushes my due date up to January 18 instead of January 22. One thing that they did see was that my umbilical cord is a two vessel umbilical cord, which is a single artery (Single Umbilical Artery) rather than two. The artery that feeds the baby, (the vein gives the baby it's blood supply) is missing one vessel. Good news is that baby is growing ad is big for his age (I knew I was going to have a big baby), he defiantly is getting his nutrients!I have to follow up with my Doctor and another ultrasound. I have been doing research on my own and the chance of delivering a healthy  baby is high so that made me feel a bit more at ease. Still, can't help but worry some.

Drum roll please.....

Okay, so it has been awhile since I have posted anything one here. Last Tuesday August 28, 2012 we had an ultrasound that determined the gender of our baby. We are having a Boy! Jacob and I couldn't be more excited. :)

Newest Bump

This picture was taken at 15 1/2 weeks. I am currently 17 weeks. Almost half-way there!

2 Weeks!

The baby is not coming in two weeks, but we finally find out what gender our Lil' Tamale is....hopefully if baby cooperates. It has been slowly killing not knowing if I am carrying a boy or a girl...I'm a planner and I need to start planning. People ask me if I am leaning more towards one gender or another and honestly I have no idea what I am carrying. What do I want? A healthy baby. To be continued.......

"Flutters?"

So, I got up this morning around 4:45 A.M. to use the restroom and when I laid back down I swear I felt baby doing something. My Lil' Peanut has always been on my right side and I just had a Doctor's appointment last week and heartbeat was found to the right of my belly button. What it felt like was my baby was tickling me from the inside. I am almost 15-weeks and they say you can't feel "flutters" until 16-20 weeks. I know it was my baby moving around, already letting me know that he/she is okay. 

Coming Soon!

Due Date January 22, 2013.

This is how we announced our pregnancy on Facebook. Of course we told our closest family members and friends in person. We got a lot of Congratulations and well wishes. This baby is going to be very loved. 

10-Week Baby Bump.

First Ultrasound

Proof there is a baby in my belly. 

This is my first Ultrasound that I got taken at 7-weeks. I won't get another one until my 20-week Ultrasound, which is at the end of August. Little peanut.

First Blog....Better late than never...

Okay...so I am starting this a  bit later than I wanted to. I am about 14 1/2 weeks pregnant with my first baby. I wanted to start a blog early in the pregnancy, but first trimester totally kicked my butt! No one ever told be me how difficult it is being pregnant, I always envisioned  I would be happy, perky, and have a beautiful pregnancy glow. Uh, not so much. Fatigue was horrible, no matter how much sleep I got I felt like I was a walking zombie.I had black circles under my eyes, my kiddos in my classroom even noticed I was tired. One student said to me, "Ms. Garcia, you look sick, you should go to the doctor's." Kids are so brutally honest... If my students could tell I looked like crap, I must be pretty bad.

 I started getting cramps early on in this pregnancy and I was worried I would miscarry. It felt like I had the worst menstrual cramps ever! I ended up going to the ER soon after I found out I was pregnant because I could not take the pain anymore. After running some test, the Doctor told me it was still too early in my pregnancy to see anything and I would just have to wait it out. Cramps lasted a couple more weeks, turns out my uterus growing and stretching getting ready for a bigger baby was to blame. Something no one had ever told me about and would have been useful information. Thank goodness the cramps have subsided for now, I hear they come back during labor.....Yikes!

Let's now move on to acne. I have always had clear pimple free skin up until  now. My face looks like a pubescent 13 year-old girls face. Not only is my face getting pimples, but my skin is so dry and flaky that I often don't recognize the person when I look in the mirror. It sucks, but I am hopeful that this is not permanent and after I have my baby my face will have the once youthful, dewy look I had.

I am naturally an emotional person, I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve, but now I cry at everything. A tire commercial, a mother hugging a child, my boyfriend telling me he would rather have hamburgers than pizza, pretty much anything will make me cry. So crazy and very annoying.

These are just a few things that I have experienced so far in my pregnancy and I'm sure there are many more to come. My boyfriend Jacob and I are excited about this new little blessing that will make his/her debut around the middle of January. I made it to my second trimester and am now trying to enjoy every moment of pregnancy.