3/18/10 :: day 133

My tail bone is still killing me.  I don’t know if it’s my chair or just something I am going to have to live with for the duration of the pregnancy.

It’s still sinking in that I have a little boy in my belly.  We decided on a name yesterday at lunch.  We have been thinking about this name for a few days now and at lunch went back and forth asking “are you sure?…are you really sure?…is this really the one?”  Finally, by the end of our meal we decided to name our son, Grayson Davis Davenport.  Grayson is just a name we both like, and Davis is my brother-in-laws 1st name…which I love.  I wanted Davis to be the 1st name, but marriage is about compromise…I guess.  We are really happy with the name and it seems to have won over a lot of people.  I’m sure there are people out there that don’t like it, but we picked for us and not anyone else.  We are extremely happy with it and that is all that matters.

Wanna know where I first heard the name Grayson and fell in love with it?  Do you watch Courtney Cox’s new sitcom “Cougar Town”?  Well her handsome neighbor on the show is named Grayson.  So there!

3/19/10 :: day 134

I think i didn’t get enough water this past week.  So i have been gulping down the water and will continue to do so.  I have been so proud of myself so far.  I have only been “backed up” two times in almost 5 months. Yippee!

3/21/10 :: day 136

The past few nights laying in bed we have really been feeling Grayson in my belly.  When I lay down in bed even Derek can often feel the hard spot on my belly where our little man is hanging out.  Derek can’t feel any kicks yet, but he loves being able to feel where he is.

Friday at work, about mid-morning, I was feeling a sharp-ish pain right in the center of my belly about 2 inches below my belly button.  The pains would come in waves like mini contractions.  I spoke with a friend who is currently 8 months pregnant and she said that she remembers having something like that around 5 months too.  I’m thinking they are just early on Braxton Hicks contractions.  My books say unless they are unbearable they are nothing to worry about just yet.  I read that you actually can have Braxton Hicks as early as 6 weeks it’s just that most people don’t feel them until about the 8th month.  CRAZY!

3/23/10 :: day 138

Sunday night we went to our friends house to enjoy some ribs and hang with good friends before the next new little bundle of joy, Brody, makes his way into the world in 2 short weeks.  Of this group of friends 2 have had baby boys in the last 4 months, one is due in 2-3 weeks and I am due in August.  This left one girl not pregnant.  Well, on Sunday she announced to the crew that SHE too was expecting!  How crazy is that?!

The moment I realized what she just told us Grayson kicked.  I think I was so excited that the adrenaline that was pumping through my system hit my stomach at the same time and caused the G-man (that’s my nickname for Grayson) to almost kick through my ribs.  The interesting thing about him kicking is that I have really only felt 2 distinct kicks…everything else I feel so far is more of a broad pressure in my stomach.  Like him pushing his back or head into me.  Okay for the interesting part…sorry…both times I felt Grayson kick we were taking about this same friend.  I think we may have found Grayson’s favorite person already.

Now this group officially has all the ladies preggo, and 4 out of 5 of us are having or have had boys.  I had a dream that the 5th baby is a boy too!  If that’s true then our kids will always have someone to play with.  How crazy is that?  I’ve noticed that there are a ton of groups of friends that are all pregnant together…and all say it was un-planned.  Kinda wacky how the world works…or is it just the water?

OUUUUCCCCHHHH!  My tail bone is STILL killing me!  All I want to do is stand up and walk around, but I can’t I am tethered to my desk.  I can’t work on my computer if I’m walking around all day.  I also feel a bit queezy today.  Not fun.  I don’t know why I feel like this.  I ate food this morning.  I’m not experiencing morning sickness anymore.  What’s going on?

3/24/10 :: day 139

Today is the last day of the 1st half of my pregnancy.  So crazy!  I never thought I would make it this far.  Well, I did, but you know what I mean.  When you are expecting a big event like your wedding day or the birth of a child it seems like the days sometimes creep by…at the beginning at least.  I have a feeling things are about to speed up.  My nesting instinct is slowly gearing up.  I even tried to organize MY closed and The Bean’s the other night.  I didn’t get very far, but that’s not the point.  At least I made the effort.

BTW…my tail bone is still killing me.  After posting about my aching tailbone on FB I had a few friends that made me feel loads better worse by telling me things like “Wait till after delivery! Ha it’s all worth it, but it comes with body pains” and “just wait until you are 36 weeks like I am and have a 30 pound bowling ball in front of you, then we will talk about pain.”  Thanks guys!  But I guess that’s what friends are for…to warn you of the things to come.  Whether you want to hear them or not.

3/12/10 :: day 127

My tail bone is constantly sore…no matter what type of chair I sit in.  I’m about this close (holding up my hand with my thumb and pointer finger a 1/2 inch apart) to bringing a chair doughnut to sit on at work.  Not to mention when I do my kegal exercises it agitates my tail bone even more.  I guess those muscles are connected.

3/16/10 :: day 131

3/4/10 :: day 119

I’m noticing a pattern developing.  They say that when you are pregnant that your sinus get a little funky.  Like you are constantly congested or get nose bleeds a lot.  Well  except for the nose bleeds (knock on wood) it has been true for me, so far.  For the past week or two I have noticed that shortly after I arrive to work each morning that I sneeze about 3-4 times in a row.  EVERY MORNING.  Crazy huh?  What a weird habit to develop.

I think I felt the baby kick for the 1st time last night.  When leaving the hospital, we were visiting our friends Ashley & Justin and their new little boy Nolan, and while walking to our car just chatting away I felt a feeling unlike anything I’ve felt before. No, it wasn’t gas.  Trust me…I KNOW what gas feels like!  I was startled when I felt the sensation.  I shouted to Derek who was a foot away from me “I think I just felt the baby kick!”  He shouted back “Really, that’s awesome!” Then we both bounced joyfully up the stairs.

3/9/10 :: day 124

Not much really happening this week.  Oh, I do think that I felt the baby kick on Wednesday March 4th(once).  I haven’t felt anything since.  It wasn’t gas.  Trust me I know what gas feels like!  I wasn’t hungry either.  It was a totally new sensation.  It felt like someone took their finger and poked me from the inside just below and to the left of my belly button.

Speaking of my belly button….it’s beginning to change already.  I’m pretty amazed that this is happening already.  I thought this was something reserved for the 3rd trimester.  My belly button has always been an inny with a tiny little bellybutton bump inside.  As of this week, I have begun noticing that my bellybutton hole has widened and the once cute little bump inside has just about flattened out.  It’s like a tiny swimming hole in my stomach.  Since the little nub inside is now flat I wonder if my bellybutton will POP out?

3/10/10 :: day 125

My stomach is sore today.  I began painting the baby’s room last night and I know that is why the rest of my body is sore, but I tried not to bend at the waist and only squat.  I guess that still got my ever stretching stomach muscles a bit.  I am trying to use as many “green” products as possible with this baby, however there are still some products I am still not totally comfortable “going green” with quite yet.  We are using NO VOC paint in the house from this point out, or at least in the baby’s room.  I would like to try to use NO VOC paint from now on (as long as our bank account permits it) so that it’s better for the environment and for our family.

Wow.  That’s crazy to type the word, or even think the word, family.  We are going to be a family of 3 soon.  That just blows my mind.  Soon we will no longer fit at a 2 top when we go out to eat, and always (for the 1st few years anyway) have to ask for a highchair.  CRAZY! I just realized yesterday that my favorite thing about my drive home is that I go STRAIGHT home.  No stops in between, but once this kid arrives we will have to stop at daycare or school to pick him or her up before heading to the house.  I am such a homebody.  I think that the picking the kid up from school or daycare will be the biggest change I will have an issue with.  I’ve taken care of kids of all ages (from newborns to middle-schoolers) my entire life.  I was a certified babysitter (yep…they have those) for many years and I know how to feed a child, and to deal with tantrums, and to put an upset baby to sleep, but changing my drive home….I’ve NEVER had to do.  It’s going to be a stretch.

2/25/10 :: day 112

The “girls” have been become more and more painful this past week.  They don’t hurt like this during the day…only at night just after I awake.  I’m feeling extreme soreness on the sides extending just below my armpits.  It feels like I lifted extremely heavy weights the day before and am now sore from the workout.  I wonder if this is the early milk production they talk about?  And why is it only when I wake up and only on the sides?  Strange.

3/1/10 :: day 116

2/18/10 :: day 105

2/19/10 :: day 106

• 2 pickle spears
• 10-12 saltine crackers (light salt)
• 20-25 raspberries
• 8oz water

In a few I will be enjoying some spaghetti-o’s.  Yummmmm!

2/23/10 :: day 110

2/24/10 :: day 111

2/12/10 :: day 99

2/15/10 :: day 102

2/17/10 :: day 104