Our Body Week 34

I ... can't .... move .... anymore.

I can barely breathe or walk, let along, get out of the bed, a chair, the car, roll over in bed, stretch to reach the remote (2 feet away). I am only good for laying in bed and allowing Ty to stretch and wiggle as much as he likes. Oh and he finally found my ribs ... no that is not a good thing. Did I ever mention how strong he is already ... I have internal bruises. Well it hasn't been confirmed but I am sure I do.

So far week 34 has been very eventful. I went out Monday afternoon to pic up the free car seat Chris had won last week, awesome downtown adventure with my mom. Then on Tuesday had some more WIC checks to collect ... feeling blessed to have that little help. And then on Thursday had an awesome time with my dad at the dentist waiting 3 hours to be seen by the doc that only took about 10 minutes. Good thing is though I will be able to have the much needed tooth extraction need week.

As for baby and my body we are progressing very well. He's still hanging in there, I'm holding him in and he is getting bigger by the day. I can tell he growing not only from my ever expanding belly (I didn't know it could possibly get bigger) but also from how extremely tired I have been getting lately. He is sapping all my energy again forcing me to sit still and take naps as much as possible. Great for him ... tiring and boring for me.

My Body Week 19

I can't believe that we are almost half way there. A lot has happened this week so look forward to see a few posts in the next couple of hours. As for my progress, here is what the babycenter.com has to say about week 19 of our pregnancy. I love the little disclaimer they have each week that each baby develops differently. I'm convinced that we have the text book pregnancy.

Oh wait ... hold on the little monkey is moving around right now ....

Ok so how am I doing this week? I am doing pretty good. A little tired but good. We have been busy working around the house. We are going to be changing bedrooms with my nephew because his room is a little larger and we will need the space. We are still praying that by the time the baby arrives we can afford our own place but just in case we need to start the change over now. Because of that I haven't been able to work out as much as I like but I think with all the work we are doing around the house it equals out.

I have noticed that I am starting to move a lot slower now though. I need to keep myself active so I don't start getting lazy and bummy. But getting up and just walking across the house takes a lot of effort. Hope this doesn't continue.

I have been gaining a good amount of pounds. Great for the baby, bad for me. The doctor said if the weight gain is too much, and not necessary going to nutritious and sustain the baby, I should start by cutting out the sugars ... starting with my juices. I drink a lot during the day but not enough water. She said I don't have to cut out juice all together but drink more water and when I do drink juice, to put a lot of ice or add more water to dilute the sugar some.

That's it really. Other then that I am just excited and looking forward to the weeks to come. Glad things are moving along faster now.

Continue to pray for Chris and I as we are still looking for employment. God has really covered us these past few months and we are so grateful.

Peace Out,
Philippa Channer

So Tired

I wish I wasn't so tired. I have been sleeping so much and just have no energy to do anything. This weekend Chris and I did the laundry and everything is clean but I just haven't had the energy and umph to put the clothes away so they are still piled up in the room. I hate feeling like this. Poor Chris has to do so much now. I just pray this doesn't last. I want to be able to get up and do stuff.

Getting Better

Well it looks like our hard praying have paid off yet again. I am glad to see that all my great unpleasant pregnancy side effects have returned. I am as nauseous, sleepy, and sore as before and at times even worse. Praise God!!!

If it were possible for me to be put to sleep for the next 6 weeks so I can just pass through all this greatness I would do it but I don't think anything like this exists and I am sure I would regret it later on.

As my mom said, once the baby is born I will be so overwhelmed with the joy and peace of see my baby for the first time that I will forget all this craziness I am going through now.

Peace Out

Philippa Channer

My Day Today

Well I have had much better days. But before I start with today let me catch you up from this weekend.

Saturday was a pretty good day. We started the day going to Bahama Breeze for my cousins surprise baby shower. She is due next month on the 17th. Her office was planning a surprise party for her and since Chris and I missed her first shower we were invited to this one. It was a nice shower. We had lunch, played games and they opened their gifts. Great gifts at that. I was feeling a little woozy near the end so I had to rush Chris to take me home. Besides I had to start getting ready for the Cookie Lee party that I was having that night.

The Cookie Lee party went pretty well. Great start and made over $125.00. Can't wait for the next show.

Sunday Chris and I went to our new church again and it was really nice as usual. After church we came home for just a minute, just long enough to change and then head over to my cousins house (the same one we had the shower for). We were going there to hang out, watch the super bowl and stay over their home. The lived about an hour away and knew it would be late after the super bowl so we didn't want to risk trying to drive home that late.

So that leads us to this morning. Last night I for some unknown reason wanted to look at the differences I was experience with the pregnancy compared to the last time around.I guess I shouldn't have because I realized that this coming Wednesday would be the same amount of time passed of that when I had the miscarriage. But I was okay last night, but this morning when I woke up I noticed that my boobies weren't as sore. That is the first sign I noticed 2 days before I lost the baby last time. I am still feeling nauseous and gross but now I am scared and worried that I am feeling the sames things like last time. We have been praying hard and long but I know these next few days are going to be tiring and rough. Will keep you posted.