6 months of drama and goofiness

Today begins my 23rd week (in gestational terms, the beginning of my 6th month) of pregnancy. I read that the baby will double in size this month (hopefully, I will not double in size this month- hehehehe). If you would like any info on the last 6 months of our pregnancy experience, or you think you missed some older blog entries, you can check out our archived Blogs by going to Blogs (click Blogs tab on upper-left hand side), then go down to the bottom on all the blogs on that page and click on Older Entries. Continue to follow this process until you get to our very first Blog on this website, "Happy Mother's Day," or until you find the blogs you have missed. Enjoy! If you would like to see any pictures, go to the Photos tab in the upper- left hand corner and find the category you are looking for and click on it (the Photo categories, as of right now, are New Car, Family Photos, Prenatal Photos, and Belly Pics).

I had an OBGYN appointment yesterday for a check up on Baby Martin, Jr. His heartbeat is strong at 143 beats per minute and he seems to be doing well. My weight is up 12.6 lbs since pregnancy began 23 weeks ago and the doctor is happy about my weight gain- woo hoo. I done good. My nausea is still present, but appears to get better every week. The indigestion is not fun, but what do you expect? There is a baby pressing against all my gastrointestinal parts, so I can't be too shocked that I have indigestion, huh? My pulse rate is still pretty high, resting between 96-120 beats per minute, but the doctor didn't seem too worried for the time-being. My next appointment will mark my glucose tolerance test: like most pregnant women in the US today, I will have to drink a sugary sweet liquid at the beginning of my third trimester and then have my blood drawn 1 hour later to test my glucose levels (make sure I have not developed gestational diabetes). I was told by my Doc that it will probably make me nauseous- yay. I am sooo excited. *dripping with sarcasm*

We had a fun week, though. Last Saturday, Michael and I attended a free Breastfeeding workshop, and learned a lot about babies and breastfeeding (and got some freebies too). We also received a generous coupon for the Medela breast pump we have had our eyes on, so I went ahead and bought one at Babies R Us. Wednesday, I had my monthly lunch and pedicure with my girlfriend Meagan. We ate at Sweet Tomatoes this time, and it was yummy- I love salad with all the fixins.' Then she and I went to have our nails done- I had my toes painted a sparkly red and she had beautiful acrylics applied to her fingers. It was a lovely day. On Thursday morning I pulled a goofy prank: I woke up early and decided to take a shower. I turned the shower on in order to begin heating the water, and promptly began cleaning the house and doing the dishes and working on the computer. Over two hours later, Michael woke up and asked me if I was ever going to take that shower. AHHHHH! "Shower??!!" I ran into the bathroom and the whole room was steamy and hot, and our bath mats and towels were all soaked. Amazingly, the water was still hot! I felt so embarrassed and promptly began to wash all the now-dirty linens. *sigh*

Today was a rough day for the Boyd family: Michael, my brother, and my brother's fiance all went tubing together (I couldn't go because...well, ya know). They decided to take my brother Chris' car last minute in order to leave me a vehicle with a working AC. My mom and I decided to take the day to do a little baby shopping. I got hot and felt sick around 3pm so we came home and I took a nap. I woke up at 5pm a little worried because I had yet to talk to everyone who went tubing. I called and left several messages on my brother Adam's cell phone, wondering where everyone was. About an hour later, I finally received a call from Michael saying that they were fine, but that they had lost a bag of stuff when they hit some rapids (and almost lost their lives, from what I understand), and one of the things lost was the key to my brother Christian's car. I thought, well they are safe and that is all that matters- they are just inconvenienced- and I am sure Chris' and Dad's car insurance covers road side assistance so they can get reimbursed for the key by the insurance. Little did I know this would turn into a family drama. It was a huge misunderstanding on all parts- my Dad, my brothers, me, my hubby- filled with hurt feelings and harsh words, but I hope it is cleared up now- b/c this pregnant woman would really like her family to get along and try to have some cohesion and understanding- especially before the baby is born. Wish us luck.