7 months

I got him to hold still for 30 mins :)

Full nights rest

It's official. She's kicking so hard I can't sleep. I've probably slept a total of nine hours in the past two days. She kicks something inside and it's so painful I snap out of sleep. James thinks I just need to find the right position. Last night we tried sleeping sitting propped up, it worked cuz I started snoring.

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i love being pregnant

I can really feel her squirm, turnover and stretch now. I can also feel her little foot push out. The other night, my stomach felt like a dojo and she was practicing KARATE.

I did the pregnant lady thing and bought a jar of pickles but they were gross. I want to return them they are so awful.

I've been waking up a couple times a night. It makes me pretty upset because my body is functional but my brain isn't. I never cared about my sleep before, it's harder for me to fall back asleep once I'm up. I've been waking up with a acid burning sensation in my throat...

I love being pregnant! (well if you ignore the part I just said) Kourtney Kardashian can suck it! I cry a lot more now, but its because I'm happy! James will say something nice, and I'll get so excited the waterworks will turn on. So when he gives us a compliment now he'll say right after "DONT CRY" haha. He also sings Christmas songs to her. awwwhhh.

I know I make typos in my blog, I hope they make sense. I swear my brain cell count has dropped & I caught a case of dyslexia has kicked in. So please forgive me for my typos and run on sentences

You've got mail

The shower invites were sent today!!

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Sugar free!

I am Gestational diabetes free!
So I can still continue to eat all the yummy sweets

We finally bought our crib :)
The box didn't fit in the truck so we ("we" meaning James & the babies r us employee did the work while I just stood there) had to take it out of the box just to get it to fit. Now we just gotta set it up...kinda excitinggggg since our due date is getting closer. 7 months in just a few days.... then a couple more weeks, then the little one is here

glucose test

I took my glucose test. Barf.
They gave me a orange flavored drink, wait an hour, then take a blood test. We are looking for diabetes. Now that I think about it, I'm kinda nervous since I've been popping more sugar in my
mouth.

Man. I'm tired of being poked. I had a different lady who hurt me when she pulled out the needle. I like the revival 80's nurse Cindy better. If I need to go again, I'm just going to ask for her.

Some dumb cow asked if im having twins because I'm "so big". Um xcuse moi?? That was rude! Whatever... It pissed me off but I'm not going to let that happen again.

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Last night I was sitting with James and I lifted up my shirt to show my belly to him so he could see how hard she kicks. We watched her kick under my skin for a while. He was pretty excited and amazed by how strong she's kicking. Her kicking doesn't bother me, it does make me feel more relaxed when she is moving around, I get worried if I haven't felt her move. I'll think something is wrong because Im a weirdo.

Today I had my tummy against a desk and she kicked hard enough to move me away from the desk!

I'm kinda sad today, on the drive home I realized my 2nd trimester is almost over and she's not going to be inside of me soon.

It seems like I see more pregnant women too, I never noticed them before. But it seems like there are tons of pregnant ladies out there.

I've gained a total of 18 pounds only 12-15 more to go.......in three months. thats hella! I saw my doctor last week, it was awkward....she says I "never call" LOL. I really don't have a reason to call her. Our visit ended up being pretty short, it was just a small check up. I did ask her about drinking caffeine because I'm tired of getting grief for having a cup of coffee....and being told my baby is going to come out with A.D.D because I drink too much! She says its fine, its just not good during the 1st trimester.

Im still VERY hungry when I am hungry. I can't put off eating like I used to. I read my last blog and laughed @ eating processed foods... I eat Carls jr burgers at one am.

We've received our baby shower invites, they are all hand addressed... I just need stamps and they will be in the mail this weekend :) Jan 31st is coming up soon!

six months

Antonio sent his photos to me today, yesss!!!

This one is my favorite... the dress its a little over the top. lol so what

I am six months this week, my hands and feet are starting to get swollen.

Have I told you I wake up randomly in the middle of the night? I do.

I have I told you when I'm hungry, I mean feed me now, no waiting!

Have I told you I have low patience for strangers and will yell at them? I do, and have.

Have I told you the maternity pants I bought in the beginning are starting to fit? they are.

anyways.. I tell you Im hungry? I'm eating a danish.



size of baby

1 pound of future awesomeness

Baby has taste buds now and has finally broke her weight from grams into her first pound. That's one large tomato, or a potato, or an onion, or a small bag of sugar. Since she has taste buds now, she's eating what I'm eating. I am going to try my best to stay away from processed foods, and fast food. This week I feel I did pretty well. Everything I ate was homemade plus I made a butternut squash soup from scratch (feeling pretty accomplished at that). I've been eating more fruit and veggies, making sure I get all the calcium as possible for her little bones. Her ear bones have formed now and she can hear my heartbeat and voice. I am going to start talking to her. James already does, he felt her kicking last night :) I am slowly giving up sweets, I may limit them to weekends only, just like coffee. I did find a blueberry cheese danish at the Farmer's Market on Sunday.....I gave up donuts and replaced them with French Vanilla yogurt.

We received another gift, from his grandmother up north near Washington. Thanks Grandma!

I love taking advantage of this spot! The best compliment I've her was

"Have you gained any weight??"

me: yeah 10+ pounds

"Its not showing, you look like Nicole Richie, she just got a bump, but you couldn't see the weight gain"

yesssss!!!! I love Nicole!

Steph says the baby is going to like PopStars as she gets older, lol, omg.

Monthly tune up

Had our monthly doctor visit. She talked about H1N1 & flu shots. Our
dr says even the healthiest pregnant mom can have serious issues from
this flu. I was a little scared. She's going to have the vaccine in
her office, when it's avaliable in November, or I can go to Valley
Medical on Saturday 9am and wait in line. I can also get a regular flu
shot in the mean time and call her when I get a fever. But I hear you
get sick when you take a flu shot. Boo...

I gained 4 pounds this past month! I haven't broken 140 yet, I'm just
a few away.......I had almost half a bag of Doritos on Sunday. I said
to myself "So what! You haven't had Doritos in months you want
something cheesy and crunchy then u eat em!"

We heard her heartbeat again, I didn't cry this time but I was holding
it back. Her heartbeats at 146 bpm.

We are both healthy! My last blood tests turned out negative. I have
tons of energy! I was in the breast cancer walk over the weekend,
3.5miles and I felt great afterwards and the next day. I even got
another walk in this morning.

I know I'm really lucky I haven't had any problems. I'm going to try
out new prenatal vitamins, if I like them I can get a prescription
(for a vitamin?! Wow) I get painful gas pressure they may help =\

Miss lil baby girl has been introducing her foot to my insides. I can
feel lots and lots of movement. I had the remote on my belly, she
kicked and the remote moved! James hasn't been able to feel them yet.

Our next visit is 11/30, she gave us info on childbirth classes and
hospitals. I didn't know you needed to register....I think I'm overly
preparing myself, but I like that stuff to be organized and I like
having time to ask questions.

Oh and no blood test required this time *happy dance*

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Little Miss Baby is 6.5 inches this week, shes the size of a cantaloupe.

Steph booked a banquet room at the Holiday Inn San Jose for January 31th at noon. I guess the shower list of to-do's is the following:

[ x ] location & date

[ x ] baby registry

[ ] food

[ ] decorations

[ ] invites sent out

[ ] party time!

The halftime show!

Our pregnancy is HALF over. I'm at the 20 week mark, 20 more (hopefully less) to go!

I like being pregnant. Strangers are really nice when you tell them you are expecting, its an easy conversation topic and people have been really enthusiastic and supportive. I like it. Of course friends and family are all of that too, but its a different feeling when its a stranger. hello new attention

I started working out again, and by "working out" I mean a walk around the block which I had to rest for 30 mins afterward because tired me out. I saw a woman on TV 6 months pregnant running in a forest.....overachiever.

I can't say how phenomenally supportive James has been this whole time. He's been making this journey really wonderful and fulfilling. He has been talking to her, claiming her opinion on his side when a disagreement comes up, took me maternity shopping when I felt I felt frumpy and uninspired, hooked up with moonbeams coffee and lemon cupcakes. Its all cute. I love it!

We have received more gifts! His friend Tyler purchased the crib set off the baby registry and my friend Lisa sent a ridiculously cute fuzzy giraffe blanket our baby will look so GLAMOROUS in. no joke. (she said all the celeb moms have one, heyyyy!!)

I picked up a job a children's clothing store --> discount, yay!

I've found a childbirth class, looks like I'm going to have to take a bunch because I have never been around a baby before. The lady said I don't have to take them until January, which is after the holidays. I think we are going to have the baby shower in January too, we are just waiting to hear about the location, then ordering invites, then mailing them out, but thinking about food.....

Next Monday I have a Dr. checkup.

I had a "chic" phoot-shoot with a old classmate for his portfolio class! I can't wait to see the finish product. He wanted to use my belly so i let him! We also came up with another concept for when I get bigger. I'm really excited about that. Check out his stuff CLICKME

weekend update

This weekend, with the help of my Tia Elida, I added what I was missing from our registry. I was missing alot, like receiving blankets, crib sheets, bottle sterilizer, teething toys etc. I was real appericiative she took the time to help me out.

James and I decided to stay away from the color pink. We had also checked out cribs at Babies R Us. I really liked what they had to offer, thick, sturdy, wood cribs with the ability to convert to a bed later on.

Here is the registry info:
Babies-R-Us
Registrant: Christina James
Co-registrant: James Cerniglia
Email: cjames.v@gmail.com
Registry #: 43894841

Target
Registrant: Christina James
Co-registrant: James Cerniglia
Email: cjames.v@gmail.com
Registry ID: 014208800000356

I've realized how important to my mental health it is to maintain myself. Some days I feel like crazy Britney. If I put the time to fix myself up I feel like a star and my happiness goes up.

My baby girl has been squirming around more!! At first I thought she was kicking or it was gas I wasn't too sure, but now I'm postive it's her. Today she must've known the Chicago Bears were playing because she woke up just in time and started putting her little foot into my bladder. It felt like a gentle finger poke at my bladder. I'm not going to think about how it's going to feel when she's bigger =\. My belly button felt funny

My leg pains are a killer though!!! Only on my right, the pain wakes me up in the middle of the night


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Baby registry time

We registered at Target today. I gave us a time limit of 45 mins :) I'm not sure if we got everything we really need. I aimed for the basics, diapers, stroller, car seat etc. There are some items I'm staying away from, like plastics bottles and toys. I don't trust plastic. I prefer glass bottles & wooden toys....but Target doesn't seem to carry too many wooden or cloth toys.

I need someone to proof read our registry, I hear diapers are important and babies potty up to 10 times a day. (crazy!)

I asked my friend to design a baby shower invite. Hopefully we'll figure out something non-cheesy lol. A lot of people have offered to help out which is really nice! So I am getting excited, yay



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My Daddy loves Me

Today we had lunch with Team Nichols. Lookie what they showed up with!! Aw our first baby outfit gift. It's a nice shade of green. James is happy it's not super bright pink lol.


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4 months

I should say, I'm feeling better... more like myself. I have more energy but my body traded queasiness for leg pains that keep me up some nights. I have abdominal pains, my insides are stretching to make more room for baby. I had some massive headaches and caught a small cold. The Dr said Im able to take Benadryl and Tylenol. I have dry skin...every time I look down at my hands I see future old lady hands *sigh* and I've gained 6 pounds since last month.... 19 more to go :)

Hello Baby Girl!

I'm going to have a mini me! Which means a baby girl!

I called my Dad to tell him, but he already knew weeks before our conversation kinda went like this:

Me: Next appointment. we find out what we are having.

Dad: oh you are? I already know what you are having

Me *shocked*: you do? How?

Dad: I just know, how many girls does James's family have?

Me: none, maybe two.

Dad: see. There you go!

How did he know? Sometimes he forgets where he puts his sunglasses when they're already on his head. How did everyone know?? I kept a open mind and secretly tried not to favor one choice over the other...

Our sonogram technician was a little kooky. He was toying with us! He started the ultrasound by saying "here's 'his' leg" so I said "it's aboy?!?" he said "no." (what?? Why say that?!?) that he was being gender unbias or something that made me mad because he confused me. He pointed out baby's head, feet, bones, and missing boy parts. Our baby now has a skeleton! Our first ultrasounds, baby was a bunch of mush.Seeing the spine was pretty amazing. She was also moving around A LOT. I said that to the Dr and she said because there is alot of fluid I won't feel it too much, but in a few months I will. Watching her move made me more relaxed, I know she's in there!

For a few hours after hearing "it's a girl" the world slowed down. We had pizza at California Pizza Kitchen, the place was clamouring with lunch talk, all I could hear was the music....I guess I was kind of dazed, mostly in 'awe'

James sent out a multiple text to all his friends "Girls just want to have fun!" His mom replied "yay just what I wanted!" She'll be the first girl grand baby for his side which has two baby boys. I texted everyone I could think of, called my grandma who said she thought I was going to have a boy & told me to be careful walking up/down stairs.

After lunch we browsed around different stores, checked out the pottery barn for kids. James saw a crib mobile and asked if we could have a soccer mobile. I said "ok", then he turned it on, it played music, then I started to cry. He held me in the middle of the store til I stopped. I think the reason I broke down is because I imagined our teeny baby sleeping. It's hard not to be emotional, I enjoy it, I think it may scare James alittle...a grown girl, crying in public for no REAL reason...oh well!

We found a multi colored corduroy dress with flowers and a white cardigan with a owl patch at Gymboree. Zero to three months. It's going to be her "debut" dress! James tried to hang the new outfit in the closet but the hangers were too big. He bent a wire hanger, hung up the outfit on the wall and said "I made a baby hanger" haha it was adorable. I guess that's something I need to write down for the baby shower "baby hangers"

I told James, "I hope she looks like me!!" James said "I'd make a pretty girl, I have nice lashes"

lol.

Placenta brain

Placenta brain!! Think of it like the term scatterbrain. My brain is pretty empty all the time, Im forgetting what im talking about while Im talking. I feel I have to apologize for misunderstanding things. I dont talk fast enough so I get cut off, then I forget what I was talking about.

Im at my 15th week, I'm supposed to start feeling a "flutter" in my uterus. That sounds kind of cute, my baby is swimming around

baby is the size of an orange. TA-DA!!

Ok, so, as much as I think I'm hiding my craving a secret. I think for my friends its pretty obvious that my craving is donuts

=/

Had a quick visit to the doctor today, she went over the lab results
from my ultrasound + blood work.

The baby is fine, but they found a cyst in one of my ovaries. I can't
do anything about it until the baby comes out, so I'm not going to
worry about it.

James came too! He came in his uniform and everyone stared at us. I
put the effort into looking decent so people wouldn't think I was
being escorted from jail to the drs office, lol.

I weight 129, back in June before I became pregnant I was at 122. So
I'm not packing on too many pounds too fast. I really can't tell if
I'm eating more then before only because I eat alot, I have stopped
excersizing. I just don't have the same Billy Blanks "I can tear
through this last 20 min like Chuck Norris thunder kicking a cement
block" I'm more like "Carrots would probably taste good right now, the
small mini ones in the produce section...do I have any hummus left? I
should go get some" I'm just too tired and distracted. Oh well :)

I lost my sense of taste and smell for a day. That hella pissed me
off, I opened a bag of potato chips and stuck my face in the bag just
to see if I was crazy. Nothing like seeing a preg girl with a bag of
chips over her face.

Last weekend we visited James's family in Sacramento, his cousin had a
baby last July so I got to ask his wife all kinds of labor/baby
questions.

My cousin Jennifer also has been very helpful, she has two baby girls.
She said I can ask her anything and she won't sugar coat it.

I have another blood test coming up and the exciting ultrasound of
finding out the babys sex!

Heartbeat

My book says there are different moments when a woman's pregnancy becomes real, mine was yesterday hearing the baby's heartbeat.

My tiny plum sized baby's heart has such a strong healthy beat it brought me to tears. Inside of me is something real and alive. This was the most thrilling experience I've ever had in my entire life. The technician first used a heated gel (nice touch) and a magic wand to find my baby. The baby image was on a TV screen across the room so we could see. She showed us different views of the head. She pointed out where the feet are, so we saw a tiny foot. She gave us the measurements and pointed out where the fluids were to detect down syndrome. Then...she turned on the microphone, andddd I lost it. haha. I cried so hard I had to try to stop because it was difficult to breathe. It was a true moment when you are just overcome with an emotion. James told me he couldn't cry because I was already crying LOL. He said "I knew you were going to cry"

I felt relived, I have been stressing out because in my week by week pregnancy book it talks more about abnormalities then what's changing in me and the baby. I bought James a "Daddy's pregnant too" book and 2 weeks worth of descriptions are described on ONE page without the scary stuff. I find that to be UNfair

The blood test and the ultrasound were matched up and the doctor gave us a quick analyze of the results. The baby is fine and healthy

After we had pizza for lunch! PIZZA MY HEART!

My pregnancy so far...

My pregnancy has been pretty good, I guess I'm one of the lucky ones who skipped out on the morning sickness, odd cravings AND emotional up and downs.

My sense of smell is super hero status!! I can smell everything...Like fresh melted butter on a grill tortilla half a block away. Or passing by a bakery in a car and smelling sugary bread rolls through the air. Or the rotten smell of death and blood from raw chicken or stinky toilets blehhhh

My hair has been growing back faster due to the vitamins. I have to shave my legs more often, well, I should but don't. I'm way too lazy to put the effort.

I've stopped wearing my jeans because they're sooo uncomfortable. I'm wearing maternity jeans (which seem a little loose on the hips and I can't wear a belt) and yoga pants!!

Some of my dreams have been pretty vivid. Last night I dreamed two huge dogs broke into our backyard and were watching me with their yellow eyes in the dark. They were almost the size of horses.

This week, baby has grown to the size of a lime! Last week baby was lima bean sized. Two more weeks and I'll be out of our first trimester...then I will be comfortable to tell everyone...Hopefully I'll start to show more :D

On Monday I'll have another ultrasound outside of my doctors office. I also took a blood test this Monday. Next time I see my doctor shes going to take the results of both and compare them. She'll be looking for down syndrome and some other spinal issues/complications...

That's all I've got for now!

My first 'Congratulations' card awwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Thanks Tia Elida!
I also had a dream today, that I was giving plus one a bath and she looked like Steph when she was a baby, Asian. lol.

So I have a pregnancy test story, lol.

I had talked to my friend Danielle about how I missed my period, and
may be expecting. She suggested I take a test, duh.

So I went to Long's, stared at all the options....including a DNA
paternity test kit. $20 for a preg test kit with 2 testing sticks...I
have a extra stick if any of my friends need one. $10, open box
discount, heyyyy.

I took the test over to James's place and spent the night... I woke up
at 5am excited and nervous. One line appeared on the test right away
but not the second line. I was a little bummed because I thought the
results were instant, I decided to wait the five mins like the
directions on the box :)

Time passes by and the second line shows up! :)) I wake up James and
show him. He's confused, he asks what does it say. I tell him I'm
"plus one" that we are pregnant :):)

We came up with a nickname of "+1" because I don't know what to call
the baby yet and it sounds cute
" +1 and I would like a Ginger ale plz"
" how's +1 doing"
Hahahahaha

pea in my pod

Today James took me shopping for my first maternity clothes! I wanted to try on Nicole Richie's new line, but every time I was in front of her stuff the sales girl kept talking to me and distracting me, lol. jerk

She gave me a fitting room with a fake baby 'bump' I could try on under the clothes to see how I'll look in 3-4 months. My fake baby bump looked lumpy. The sales girl Dawn was really helpful, and the store was pretty empty so I got all of her attention. She also made me feel better about the baby book I bought, the book thats been freaking me out over things that 'may or can' go wrong. so whatevertoyoustinkybook

But I am super happy, I cant wait to start showing more....cuz right now I just look bloated and I have to unbutton my pants when I sit down for too long
incase you'd like to buy me clothes, Im a size small. HAHA

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Yesterday we had our first ultrasound! Kinda coooool and exciting because this is the moment its "real". Some of us got a little teary eyed, but no one cried. We saw the baby kick and move around some. 12 more weeks and we'll be able to find out the sex. Plus one is younger than the Dr thought, so our due date is pushed back til 3/14.

This is our baby blog! I'll try to keep this blog as entertaining as possible so that you have sometime to read when you are bored outta your mind at work... cuz I'm thoughtful like that.

So first off, we suspected I was pregnant and took a test to confirm on 7/19. We made a doctor appointment ant our due date is March 8 2010.

Our doctors name is Carol, she reminds me of Mrs. Huxtable from the Cosby show. She asked me where I heard of her office, I told her yelp.com... I think she was a little offended. When we first learned of our special news, I was nervous only because I had a couple of oysters, some ceviche, froyo, coffee and some other stuff I shouldnt have eaten while pregnant. I told her about the foods and she kind of blew it off... she says eating those types of foods are fine as long as its not done in excess.

I also had a blood test, that sucked. The nurse's name was Cindy. She looked like she still lived in the 80's, feathered hair bright neon pink lipstick crazy. She calmed me down and took 7 viles of blood :( not fun. I left and she came running after me, she FORGOT a test. nice.