16 weeks til my due date??

16 weeks seems like FOREVER.
but then I stop and look at a calendar. I remember last spring I blinked my eyes and it was summer.
This year I will blink and I will have a brand new baby boy!
I still CAN'T believe that I am really becoming a mom. Tonight I cleared out all of the random items in Lincoln's room. I put all the baby stuff we have gotten so far in there and I sat down and I folded and separated the little outfits we have gotten for him looking at the sizes.

Newborn: Lincoln will be able to wear this stuff in 16 weeks. I'll be bringing him home from the hospital.

3-6M: Lincoln will be able to start wearing these by the end of the summer time!

6-9M: It will be around Christmas time and Lincoln will be able to wear this stuff.

12M: Lincoln will be about a year old...and wearing these special outfits we bought him when we went on vacations before we were pregnant with him!

It seems like 16 weeks is so far away but I look at these little outfits and I realize that in no time I will have a 1 year old!

23 weeks pregnant!

At 23 weeks I feel like I look VERY pregnant...now I know most people who have seen me say I am all belly but it is SO noticeable to me!

I am feeling sore from the kidney stones but I have all kinds of pregnancy symptoms on top of that. I am having hot flashes. I can't sleep with covers on anymore otherwise I wake up sweaty and right now 45 outside and I have our patio door wide open! It is also getting harder to sleep because little Lincoln is moving a lot at bedtime. He reacts to me getting up in the middle of the night to pee too. As soon as I am up he starts to roll around. (I love the movement though, I will lay awake and feel him move for a good 15 minutes before I try to sleep)
John hasn't been able to feel the baby move however last night Lincoln was pushing up on my right side as I was laying in bed and John reached over and felt what I think was his little booty backed up into my side! Our little dog, Wicket got to feel the kicks yesterday! He was laying across my lap and Lincoln kicked right at where wicket was touching my belly. Poor dog jumped up and stared me down like I poked him! lol

At 23 weeks the baby is over a pound!





It is truly amazing to see all the changes that are happening not only to me but to the baby and our life together.

patterns....

While being in the hospital I felt so so bored and all I could think about is going home.

Now being home I am realizing that while in the hospital I learned Lincoln's habits and his schedule. I had an amazing amount of time to bond with him and listening to his little heartbeat twice a day just melted my heart.
This morning I am home and I woke up at 6am to take my medication and use the bathroom and as I got out of bed I felt Lincoln kicking and punching. I find myself talking to him. I tell him good morning, I push gently on my belly as he punches and kicks. I feel like I have gained a huge bond with him by being in the hospital. Although it was hard to be there and I was so scared I gained so much by going through that experience.
The most amazing part of everything was waking up after surgery and the tech was placing a monitor on me to listen to the baby and hearing those strong heart tones just brought tears to my eyes.

I never fully understood the bond between parents and their children but as my pregnancy continues I can feel it. I love the bond I am developing with my son!

Kidney stones plus bladder infection= a trip to the hospital

Starting Thursday morning I woke up with a lot of pain. I called my doc and we determined it was ligament pain. Still it was terribly painful...maybe a little more painful then before but I took it easy and stayed off my feet. About halfway through the day I noticed the pain hadn't gotten any better so I got up and walked for a mile on the tredmel. figured I would try to stretch out a little. The pain lessened but was still there.
Friday morning my alarm went off and I immediatly sat up and thought WOW....I HAVE to pee!!! So I ran  to the bathroom to pee and to my surprise not a whole lot came out. I also felt I still had to go really bad. So I tried to go a few more times in the morning and went to work. After attempting to pee over 15 times and having really bad pressure and pain in my abdomen I called the doctor. Dr. Sargent had me go to him office and do some lab work. I had to get some fluids and my labs showed I had a bladder and mild kidney infection. I started antibiotics and went home to put my feet up and wait for the antibiotics to kick in. I noticed my pain wasn't going away...in fact it was getting worse. I tried to go to sleep but this sharp pain in my lower back on the right side was so bad I began to cry. I called Dr. Sargent around just before midnight and explained my symptoms and he thought about it a little bit and said I better go to Adventist...He was pretty sure I had kidney stones.

So John and I are up it is now Saturday early early A.M. just past midnight when I get admitted up to Labor and Delivery. Luckily right away they got me attatched to some monitors to watch for contractions and to see Lincolns heartbeat which was strong and around 150bmp

Here is a picture of what my belly looked like all hooked up.

Lincoln was safe and we started me on pain killers while we waited for me to pass the stone.

The hero of my little trip was my amazing husband. He slept over night on the pullout couch as much as he could. Now this trip to the hospital was basically 4 day stay and he stayed 3 of the 4 nights! That is an amazing man if you ask me.

Flower he brought me after I had been there for 24 hours.

John trying to sleep at the hospital.

After waiting for something to happen and me continuing to be in pain a urologist came in to talk to us ans sugessted we place a Stent in my kidney.

Here is what it is:
A kidney stent (medically called a ureteric stent) is a specially designed hollow tube, made of a flexible plastic material. It is commonly placed inside the ureter, between the kidney and the bladder, in order to temporarily relieve obstruction.

So on Monday around 1:30pm I went under to have this placed to help my kidney stones pass.
Luckily all of this was safe for baby Lincoln and he was closely montitored the whole time.

John and Lincoln having a moment! :)

I am now home and so so happy to be here. I just wanted to share my little scare with kidney stones and share that Lincoln and I are okay.

Lincoln and I at Portland Adventist. I am happy to report that our stay was amazing and I am so glad we are going to have our baby at this hospital.

Touring hospitals...

John and I went to tour hospitals today! I was really great to be there and think I am only 18 weeks and 2 days away from checking in to have Lincoln!
We have decided on having the baby at Portland Adventist Medical Center. After meeting the nursing staff and seeing the rooms I am sold! The rooms have plenty of rooms for visitors also! So everyone can come see baby Lincoln after he is born! I was very impressed with the doctors and nurses I met today and after learning how they operate there I am excited to say we will be having our baby there!
I am just ready to have our sweet baby boy and be able to hold him!

We met our new doctor!

Today John and I finished our switch over from Kaiser. It was really weird to go to a different doctors office since I saw my previous doctor for almost 6 years. After meeting doctor Sargent and his staff I know I made the perfect decision.

John and I got to discuss our pregnancy history and details about what we should expect over the next 20 or so weeks. I will be visiting him every 4 weeks until I reach my 3rd trimester! I also got some insight on the hospitals I have to choose from and we will be setting up tours to both Portland Providence and Adventist. I got measured, weighed and we listened to Lincoln's little heartbeat (which was a nice and strong 150bpm)

Overall I am very very excited with what is to come and I am so glad we met and loved out new doctor.
At this time I am leaning towards delivering at Adventist BUT I want to see both places first! I am very very open to hear of others experiences and opionions about the 2 hospitals. It won't really change my final choice but I like to feedback!

I hope everyone is enjoying my blog! I really enjoy using it to update the details for those who want to read them!

20 weeks!!!

So I officially reached the half way mark this week! Hello 20 weeks, it is so lovely to see you!

 Everything is becoming more real! It is starting to sink in that this is so real and we are going to become parents! I am excited but also scared of the unknown. For the first time in my life I will have another life to worry about and take care of. I am just ready for our baby boy to join our family.

 We have decided on a name. Baby Miller will be named Lincoln Michael Miller!

20 weeks and I am SHOWING!!! :)


At 20 weeks so much has changed in my body!

The size of a cantaloupe?!?! No wonder I had to upgrade to maternity pants this week! :) Which by the way...I am in love with maternity jeans. I have never worn a pair of jeans so well fitting and comfortable. John may have trouble getting me out of them after the baby is born!