Baby Simpson #2

Yesterday, I was 19 weeks along. I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy has been going. I guess I have been so busy with things that I haven't had time to sit and think about it as much.

At 19 weeks, Baby Boy Simpson is the size of a mango.

Mangos are Antonio's favorite fruit, so I wanted to be sure to put that mango up.

Things are getting much better. I am only getting sick about 3 to 4 times a week and I can definitely handle that. I have found some energy that has been gone for so long and I know Antonio is a bit happy about that. I spent 3 hours the other day cleaning the kitchen. It needed it very badly. I went through all of the cabinets and organized everything and I was quiet proud of myself for getting it all done in one day. Now if I could just get to the rest of the house...sigh...

Now for TP Tuesday....I am 8 and a half squares around today. I thought for SURE I was much bigger since last week because I feel like I have REALLY been growing, but to my surprise, I am still holding under 9 squares.

However, I DO think I have gained a few pounds. I will update on that next week. Antonio and I go in for our official ultrasound Monday morning, so I will get to weigh in then as well.

We still do not have a name and have not really discussed it too much. We have a few more months until we have to make a decision, so we aren't in a hurry at this point.

I have not started on Tatum's new room yet and therefore have not started on the nursery yet either. I did go and try to purchase new bedding for Tatum's big girl room, but it was sold out, so it has been ordered and is on backorder. If you are wondering at all, I did go with the brown with different color circles for her bedding. It was #4 in the post where I asked for opinions. It was my favorite to begin with, but I like that everyone liked it the best too.

I can't seem to make a decision for Baby Boy Simpson's bedding. Antonio and I LOVE sports, but I haven't found any bedding that I like. I also found a jungle bedding that I like, but am not 100% on. Then, I thought I might just go with blue and brown, but don't like anything really either. I will figure it out soon, but may have to get opinions before I order for him.

On a side note, please keep me in your prayers if you are a praying person. I am dealing with something that has been concerning me for a week or so. I would rather not discuss it at this point, but may later on.

After many discussions, lists of pros and cons, etc. Antonio and I have decided NOT (I repeat NOT) to find out the sex of the baby. I know that some of you may disagree with me on this, but there are so few things in life that are actually surprises, so we want this to be. We will truly be happy either way, boy or girl. Especially after my miscarriage, we just feel fortunate to be pregnant again, so soon, and hopefully with a healthy baby.

We will probably buy a few boy things and we already have girl things so that the baby will have some beginner stuff (sleepers, etc.), but of course we will keep the receipts so we can take things back that we don't need. We will be buying 2 NEW take home outfits too. I am SO EXCITED that we are not finding out. We will not be taking an envelope home with the answer either(Thanks for the advice Amanda W.). I am not sure yet if we will do the nursery gender neutral or if we will go ahead and buy boy bedding and take it back if it is not needed. I loved Tatum's bedding so much, so it would be okay with me to use it again, so we will see I guess.

So, for the family out there that wants to buy all of this baby stuff for us, we won't know the gender until the baby comes, so buy gender neutral or diapers and wipes are ALWAYS nice. :-)

I doubt we will change our minds about this, but if we do, we will let you know.

Okay, so here is my belly picture at 12 weeks. I realized that my camera has a timer on it, so I don't have to wait on Antonio to take my picture for me.

Here is my 12 week picture....

I will go ahead and make fun of myself cause I am just too lazy to do these again. I took the picture and I was about to post it and realized my undies are hanging out above my shorts. oh well, I will make sure that I don't do that next week.

I am still getting very sick and I even got sick yesterday even though I took my Zofran and everything. I am hoping this slows down very soon. I am also still going to bed pretty early (between 7:30-9pm every night).

I have also been having troubles with my migranes more and more. I had an appt with my nerologist next week, but his office called and cancelled today. So, I will have to reschedule.

I still havent gained any weight, but when this "all day sickness" stops I know I will cause I am eating pretty well when I feel good. My boobs feel like they are really growing and even though my belly picture doesn't look like I am too big, I think I am expanding on the sides instead of in the front. Hopefully that makes sense. I can still wear my clothes though, so who knows what my body is doing.

Finally, if you notice my ticker at the top is a little different, it's because I changed my due date to go with Dec 29th. My dr has told me over and over that I WILL be having this baby in December, so it seemed kinda silly to leave it at Jan 1. It makes me feel better to be further along too....lol It's only like 3 or 4 days different.

I am debating just combining this blog into my original one. I will keep you all posted on what I decide of course.

That's it.

When I look back at the time that I was pregnant with Tatum, I am mad at myself that I didn't take belly pics every week, but now I remember why I didnt.

Before we went to bed last night, i asked Antonio to take a belly pic for me and he didn't seem too thrilled. He finally did them, but they aren't the greatest angle.(he sat on the couch and took them).

Anyway, here are my belly pics at 10 weeks 5 days. I can promise that you won't be getting these everyweek I am sure unless I can figure out how to do them myself. You can see my 'LOVELY' love handles and all....these are the times I need to 'photoshop' these....lol


As you can see, I have a little hump, but I am not sure that I didn't start with that to begin with. I guess if I had started taking these pics earlier then I would know, right?
I think my HIPS have expanded....they have always been big, but they are growing too.

******UPDATE******* My dr's office called me after lunch and they called in my Zofran script to the pharmacy. Better late than never, right? I got 60 pills this time, so I should be covered for the next month and hopefully my morning(all day) sickness will be gone by then? I am sure thankful today for Zofran!!!

So, I got up this morning and called my dr's office. I left a message for her nurse and I am still waiting on a call back.

In the mean time, I decided to be proactive and go by my pharmacy to see how many Zofran pills my insurance actually covers.....ya know, is it really just 20? or is that all my dr. wrote the script for.

The pharmacy tech at the pharmacy was SO NICE. She said she was taking 3 Zofran a day so she understood my pain. Long story short, my insurance covers 60 pills a month for only $5.

The problem? I don't have a script for it in the computer (it ran out and no refills are in the system) and my dr's office hasn't called back. I asked her if there was ANY way that I could pay cash or something for like 2 pills to get me through the day(I have already gotten sick twice today!!!eeeerrr). She said she didn't think that would be an issue. She went and asked the head pharmacist and she did NOT like me even asking this. She said that she couldn't help me until I had a LEGAL perscription. WOW....needless to say I walked out without any Zofran!!

So, I am sitting at home, gagging every once in a while, and wondering how I am going to go have lunch with a dr. at noon. I guess I will be explaining to her that I am pregnant so she doesn't think I am crazy because I keep running out of the room?

It's ALL worth it.....it's all worth it.....it's ALL worth it!!!

Well, my God-sent meds that have helped me function from day to day without nausea has a little problem....

Apparently my insurance only pays for 20 pills a month.(That's how many pills were in my bottle that I picked up). I take 2 pills a day.....so let's all do the math together....

20 total pills / 2 pills a day = 10 days worth of meds (AKA April is out of her much needed meds until a later date)!!!

I go to the dr again on Friday, so I am hoping she will have some solutions for me, but until then, I am a little nervous. I plan to call my dr's office first thing tomorrow morning to see if they have any suggestions to get me through the week.

Do any of YOU have any ideas for me??

Yesterday, Antonio, Tatum, and I travelled to Nachez Trace for the Coleman Family Reunion. We left home about 9am and got back around 4:45 in the afternoon. I drove all the way there and back, so Antonio didn't have any problems with me taking a nap when we got home. I went to bed at 5pm Saturday night and got up at 7AM SUNDAY MORNING (OOPS!!!) I guess I was needing some sleep? That was without taking my Phenagran too!

Well, as soon as I get my camera and computer working and transferring pics, I will start taking belly pics.

I haven't gained any weight. I am still wearing my regular clothes. I bought some dress pants that were a size bigger when I was in Destin, but I wore them the other day and they are still way too big, so I will hold off on them for a bit I guess. I do think my belly has grown and I can see a little bump, but nothing too major yet. Let's face it, my body never went back to "normal" after I had Tatum.

I think I like updating this blog more since I haven't spoiled readers with lots of pictures. Anyway, here is a quick update on me and baby #2....

We went to Destin last week and enjoyed spending time on the beach and in the sun. I only got sick one time all week and it was nice. This Zofran is WONDERFUL except for a certain side effect that I will not mention on here since I am sure you don't want to read about it.

Let's see, I came home from Destin and was a little worried that I MAY have gained a little weight since we ate so well in Destin, but I actually lost a pound. I am still in my regular clothes, but I am not sure how much longer I will be in those.

I did tell my manager while I was working the convention with him in Destin and he was super excited and supportive. He told me that his wife had 3 miscarriages before they had their child, so he understands a little of what I am dealing with.

I still have not told my partner at work, but I will soon. She is working on losing weight, so her eating is minimal while I am trying to make excuses so she will stop to let me grab a bite to eat.

I am still super tired and I think it is getting worse instead of better. I could sleep 12-15 hours a night and still be tired the next day I think.

Memphis is getting HOT like it does every summer. I pray that I won't get too big an miserable until AFTER the fall hits.

I guess that's it. Everything is going well, just a little hiccups here and there. Even with these hiccups, our family is blessed!

First let me say that I have opened this up to all readers, so if you are reading this for the first time....welcome!

I figured I would do a quick update before I head to Florida for a week. I have been feeling a little better thanks to Zofran(or Zophran) and Fenagran(not sure how to spell either one of those). I have been taking these two meds around the clock since my last post and I can actually function now. I still have a day here and there that I get sick, but it's not ALL day like it was before.

I have lost a few pounds, but my belly has grown about an inch. Funny how that works.

I still haven't told my manager yet, but I plan to while we are in Florida this week. SO, if you are reading this and work with me then DON'T fill him in before I do.(There is only one of you that works with me that reads this so I will know if you tell my secret).

I guess that is it for now. I am going to enjoy my trip next week so much, but I wish Antonio was going with us. He is going to have to work, but we will have fun at the beach with him at the end of June.

Please continue to keep our growing family in your prayers. Everything is going great with me and the new baby, but you can never have too much prayer.

Also, I have a friend that is in need of some prayer as well. She is someone that I have been friends with for a long time and we keep in touch now that she doesn't live here in Memphis. She is in the same situation as I am in.....had a miscarriage in the last 6 months and is now pregnant again. Please keep her and her family in your prayers that everything will turn out great for her.

Until next week.....

Antonio and I went to my dr's appt together on Friday. We knew that we should be able to hear the heartbeat, so I wanted Antonio to be there with me.

After waiting about 45 min in the waiting room(EERRRR), we finally got called back. The ultrasound tech was talking to us and asked why we were coming so early to get an ultrasound. She asked if I was spotting or anything. I told her that I had a miscarriage a couple of months ago and so my dr wanted to watch me a little closer.

So, she did the ultrasound and turned the screen towards us. There it was, the tiny baby and I could see the heart beating. A second or two later, the tech turned on the sound so we could hear the heartbeat and it was the best sound ever!! It was at 126. She let us look and listen a little longer than usual I think and I sure appreciated it. She also gave us a couple of pics and I wanted to post one, but I can't get our scanner to work and taking a pic of the pic is no good.

Next we saw my dr. I told her about how sick I have been. She asked if I was taking my meds. I told her I was taking one, but I was scared to take the other because of the first time I took it. She laughed at me(not really, she giggled with my embarrassment), gave me a good pep talk, and sent us on our way.

Today I got up and took the other med and it worked WONDERS!!!! I haven't gotten sick a single time!! In fact, the only time I have felt really nauseated is this morning when I first got out of bed. I took it again this afternoon and plan to take it around the clock until further notice. I sure was out of my mind for not taking it a week ago!

Anyway, that's it. I go back to the dr in 4 more weeks. I will be around 11 weeks then. The dr. also said that my due date is anywhere from 12-29 to 1-1. These different dates are from the ultrasounds that I have gotten.

Please continue to keep our growing family in your prayers.

Hello! If you are reading this post then you are one of the FEW people that we have told we are expecting baby Simpson #2! I have been writing on this blog for a little over a week, so you can scroll down and read the other posts and catch up on what has been going on.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE....We have not told may people that we are expecting so we ask that not link to this page from your blog page(if you have one). Also, please don't share our secret with anyone. We will be announcing in the near future. We have an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow, so if all goes well, we will begin telling more people after that.

I have been SUPER DUPER Sick with this pregnancy, but I know this baby is all worth it, so I just keep telling myself that. To clarify, I am not just feeling nauseated, I am actually getting sick!!! That sucks my friends!! Not just in the morning either, it is all day every day. I am taking a couple of meds to 1/2 way function. I have lost 2-3 pounds already...But enough about that...

I found a great website today that I wanted to post. It gives everyone an idea of the size of the baby. Anyway, here is the website...

http://community.thenestbaby.com/cs/ks/blogs/nb_checklists/pages/how-big-is-baby.aspx

On another note, I had a dream last night about the baby. I dreamed the baby was a boy. Let me clarify that Antonio and I are not WISHING for anything other than a healthy baby with 10 fingers and 10 toes.

I have expressed to Antonio that I don't want to find out the sex of the baby this time around(I was inspired by Amanda W.). He is totally against it, but I think I have enough time to sway him. He HATES that I spend money like I do(trust me, it could be worse), so I keep telling him, if we find out then I will want to shop for the baby no matter if it is a boy or a girl. And if it is a boy, my oh my, will he(Antonio) be in trouble!! We could just buy some neutral necessaties and then wait and buy the rest later. I mean, the baby won't even be in its room til he or she is about 2 months, so we won't really HAVE to buy the bedding until after he or she is born. (If it is a girl then we will just use Tatum's again). All of our big stuff(stroller, high chair, bouncy seat, etc is all gender neutral, so we don't need any of that stuff either way either).

SO, maybe you guys should vote....leave me a comment below and tell me whether you think we should find out the gender of the baby at the ultrasound in a couple of months. Also, let me know WHY you feel the way you do. If you do not know how to leave a comment, double click on "comment" at the bottom of this post and then follow the instructions from there.

FINALLY, I had originally planned to tell my boss this week that we are expecting. He was planning to ride with me two days, but after spending a 1/2 day with me, he had something come up and had to cut our time together short. So, he is not riding with me tomorrow either. We do have a 3 day meeting next week, so hopefully I will find time to tell him then.

We go for our ultrasound tomorrow at 2pm, so hopefully everything will go well. Please keep us in your prayers!

As we had planned, we told my parents and Antonio's parents that we are pregnant. We first drove home and went to church with my parents. We went to eat after that and then gave my mom her presents. 2 were pictures of Tatum and one was the Mother's Day Poem that I posted in the last blog. Here are my parents with the poem after they had gotten the great news.(My dad was looking at Tatum because she had the saddest face when she was looking at them).As soon as we finished lunch we rushed back to Memphis and went to Antonio's parent's church and stayed there for a couple of hours. We told him mom and she was really excited too! I failed to get a picture of her with her picture frame because her whole church was still there, so we didn't want to draw attention.

On Monday, I called my sister, two brothers, and sis-in-law and filled them in on the good news too, so the family knows.

I plan to tell my manager this week and then we will tell everyone in a week or two. I am going back to the doctor Friday to get another ultrasound done and we are hoping to hear the heartbeat then.

Since my bloodwork from Wednesday that test my progestrone was in the range it needed to be in, we are going to take advantage of Mother's Day and tell our parents that we are preggers. We were hoping to have an ultrasound pic to frame, but I didn't get any pics to take with me, so I found plan B. I found this poem that we are going to frame and give to Antonio's mom and my mom. So here it is....

A Mother’s Day Riddle

I do not have a face to see, or to put inside a frame.

I do not have soft cheeks to kiss, I don't yet have a name.

You can't yet hold my tiny hands, nor whisper in my ear.

It's still too soon to sing a song, or cuddle me so near.

But all will change come January, that's when the say I'm due.

I'm your new bundle of joy and fun, and I can't wait till I meet you.

All I ask between now and then, is your patience while I grow.

I promise I'll be worth the wait, because of all the love we'll know.

So what I have to give you now, is a wish to you from me.

I cannot wait to be a part of this wonderful family.

Happy Mother’s Day Mom!!!

I will keep you posted on how it goes. Also, after thinking about when we would tell everyone, we were going to go ahead and tell right after we tell family, but I think we are going to wait another week so that I will have time to tell my boss. I think that is the respectful thing to do. I don't think he would hear from someone else first, but I need to make sure.

My new manager is such a great guy and I know he will be excited and very supportive. The last time I saw him he told me that he and his wife were together many years and couldn't get pregnant and they had pretty much given up. Then, when they were least expecting it, his wife was pregnant and his daughter Claire, came 9 months later. She is now 13 and I can tell she has her daddy wrapped around her little finger. He just glows when he talks about his wife and daughter.

Anyway, this blog site will have to stay a secret for a little longer, but I will keep updating and hopefully add pictures soon. I am going to have Antonio take belly pics every week for me. We didnt do that when I was preggers with Tatum and I wish I would have.

I went to the dr yesterday and I AM pregnant....shocker I know.

I saw my dr and she "checked" me(oh how I don't miss that at all) and said she would do an ultrasound since i had NO IDEA how far along I am and my uterus is enlarged(?).

Anyway, I went to get the ultrasound done. I saw the yolk sac but no baby yet because it only measured 6w2d. The dr said that the sac usually measured about 2 days ahead so she put my due date at.....








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...............1-1-09!!!!



Everything looked great, but they did bloodwork and I have to go back Friday to do the bloodwork again to make sure it is going up like it is supposed to. I also go back 5-16-08 for an ultrasound to see more and possibly hear the heartbeat.

I am past excited and it was fun to see the nurse's face when I told her I had miscarried in Feb and I was already pregnant again. She did a little dance for me and everything(I promise you had to be there 'cause it was funny).

I also got 2 scripts for my morning sickness(that is all day long). I had to use it last night and it worked very well.

Until next time...

So, I got up this morning and the drainage was there. However, I had to fix Tatum's breakfast and get her up first. I got her up and got her situated and then I couldn't wait any longer. I headed to the restroom and enjoyed some minutes hugging the thrown! I kept thinking..."THIS IS ALL WORTH IT!!! THIS IS ALL WORTH IT!!!!", but my body was saying "I HATE THIS! I HATE THIS!"

I am THINKING I am about 5-6 weeks along. I think I posted that yesterday, but I can't remember, but I am guessing I will know for sure today after my appt. It isn't til 3:15 and I wish it was sooner!

It is definite that as long as everything goes well today at the dr's appt that we will be telling family on Sunday for Mother's Day and then I will post a blog soon after.

Well as I stated in my last post, I took a sick day today. Well, I decided to go to the grocery store to get some much needed food for our empty kitchen. I am about half way through the store and I feel this hotness come over me. I start sweating...and then I knew what was coming, so I looked around, parked my mostly full cart where I thought it would be okay for a few minutes, and ran(yes RAN) to the front of the store to go in the restroom to throw up.

Let me tell you....this was NOT cool!!! I didn't feel nauseated or anything until it just hit me. When I was pregnant with Tatum I started getting sick at bedtime during my 9th week and then around my 12th week it was in the morning that I would get sick. However, I knew to expect it because it happened everytime I brushed my teeth pretty much. After I would get sick, I was fine and my day went on. That lasted until I was about 16 weeks then it was pretty much smooth sailing from there.

I went back to find my cart untouched and finished my shopping. I didn't feel great, but I was in a hurry to get out of there.

This baby sure does have a sense of humor, but I welcome it all gladly. I am so thankful for this blessing from God and I know ALL of the things that happen to me over the next 9 months will be worth it! (I must remember to tell myself that WHILE I am throwing up of course because that is when it sucks the MOST).

Please keep me in your prayers that this stuff that isn't so much fun will pass quickly.

I wish so badly that we could tell that we are preggers. I know we can, but since we don't know much else, it would be pretty crazy with all the questions that would follow with an answer of "I don' know."

I am having bad trouble with my migranes and ulcers. I didn't have this trouble when I was pregnant with Tatum. In fact, I didn't have a single migrane OR ulcer the whole time I was pregnant with her. I am praying that they will disappear with this pregnancy too. My ulcers are so bad that I had to take a sick day today cause it hurts to just talk!!!

I took another pregnancy test yesterday. I don't know why, I just needed to make sure I am still pregnant. I know I sound a little crazy, but just ignore that.

So, here are my symptoms as of today...

-SUPER TIRED
-hunger has increased
-headaches
-tender boobs
-feeling bloated
-a little nauseated here and there
-drainage(when I was preggers with Tatum, I would wake up with drainage which made me nauseated)

I am SUPER excited about my doctor's appt tomorrow. I will definitely be blogging about it tomorrow night when I get time. I am assuming they will have to do an ultrasound to measure how far along I am since I don't have much info to go off of. I am guessing I am about 5-6 weeks, but I am not really sure. I know that even if I do have an ultrasound tomorrow, there won't be much to see this early, but maybe I will get a pic to post?

Until tomorrow...

Okay, I am about to burst!!!! Antonio and I are expecting Baby #2 and no one knows it except us. Here is what has beeing going on up til this point...

As you all know, I had a miscarriage back in Feb of this year. Antonio and I discussed when to try again and said we would wait until after we go to Florida at the end of June/beginning of July, so we planned to start trying again in July.

He and I have been going to the gym several times a week. I really got serious about it on March 1st and I have been enjoying myself working out. This DEFINITELY explains why I haven't seen much weight loss even though I have been going to the gym so much. I do plan to continue my Jazzercise classes and working out unless my dr. tells me to stop.

At the end of March, my "Aunt Flow" showed up, but only for 3 days. I didn't know what to think about that. Usually she is here for a good week, but since it was after the miscarriage, I was prepared for anything.

I was expecting for "Aunt Flow" to show up again the week before I left to go to Miami. I am lucky to have some close girl friends that we can kind of guess when she will show up at our house based on her appearance at their house. Anyway, I kept asking, have you started? Have you started?

Well, the whole week before Miami, I kept thinking I was going to start. There was even a time that I had to call my partner and tell her to bring me something cause I thought I had started and I was at a lunch she was heading to. Needless to say, I didn't start. So, on April 25th, I went to the store to get some shampoo, conditioner, tampons, and other travel stuff for Miami. Sitting on the shelf staring at me were pregnancy tests. I thought, what the heck, and picked up a box of 3.

I went home on this Friday afternoon and went into the bathroom to take the test while Antonio was picking up Tatum. I had no more done my deed on the stick than it came up positive. I FREAKED OUT!!!! While I was excited, I was NOT expecting to see it come up positive. Now I had to calm myself until Antonio came home so I could tell him.

I just sat the test on the counter in the bathroom and when Antonio came home I told him that there was something in the bathroom I needed him to take a look at. He walked in and seemed as shocked as I was! I know this isn't the well thought out way of telling him, but I had to fill him in right away cause I was freaking out!

We are SO EXCITED, but decided not to tell anyone yet. I have NO IDEA how far along I am or anything. I go to the dr. on May 7th which is this Wednesday. Right now, I am thinking if all goes well at the appt, we will tell our mom's this weekend for Mother's Day.

Sorry to all of you that think I should have told you sooner. Hopefully you can understand our situation and why we decided to wait a bit.

Even though this is a private blog right now, I do plan to still blog so that when we do tell our secret, you all can look back and see how it all went down.