Die Schultz Family Blog

Big Update… (Long overdue)

dieschultzfamily — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:33:40 +0000

Where to start???

So far this pregnancy has been a dream. Luckily a dream that I hope I don’t ever wake from. I have not been nauseaus once! The only time I gag and get sick is when I brush my teeth. I’ve cut out a brushing here or there and I don’t care.

As for tiredness…it was pretty bad the first 10 weeks, but since then that has greatly improved. For a while I was going to bed between 7 and 8 and now my bed time has been about 9. I could probably go earlier, but I can still function fine.

The belly has started to grow! I’m not sure if it’s still bloat, but it’s poking out pretty far. I love it! I have looked forward to “looking” pregnant since before we started trying so this is so very welcomed. I have more confidence now than ever. I feel prettier and “normal”. I like to think that pregnancy is suiting me well. I have no shame!!

14 weeks 4 days

Dear Junebug,

dieschultzfamily — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:54:20 +0000

Hi baby! Mommy and Daddy here to say hi. I want to tell you something… We are so proud of how well you are growing. We got to see you last week at my 12 week appointment and we saw you waving your arms and legs. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Daddy was so proud of you too. He was standing right next to me the whole time watching you too. In fact, he has been to every single appointment with me and has stood by my side every step of this journey.

We get to see you again on December 31st and we can’t wait. I wish I got to go in every single week to see you, but that isn’t quite how it works…bummer.

You have brought so much joy into our lives already and the next big step will be finding out if you are a little boy or girl. We have waited so long for you and we just can’t wait to see who will be joining our family. Either way, you are wanted and will be LOVED beyond compare. You will fit perfetly into our family. I’m sure of that.

You just keep growing little one. I know it’s a big job, but you can do it!

We love you sweetpea,

Mommy

I’ve been afraid…

dieschultzfamily — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:44:48 +0000

I can explain my lack of posts and updates. It’s simple…I’ve been afraid to get attached. Keeping up this blog made everything so real and at the time I stopped blogging, I was not ready for that level of “real”. Some may say that isn’t fair to the babe or it’s not fair to me…but what is really fair in life?

After going through a loss, I’ve come to realize that there is nothing in life that we can count on 100%. We have to take life as it happens, and at that early stage of my pregnancy, I was not in a place that I could comfortably update and pretend that everything was going to work out perfectly in the end. I just don’t have that level of faith. I wish I did…but I don’t.

I am now apporaching my 14th week of pregnancy and I have had a very pleasent pregnancy so far. I will do a larger “update” post shortly so I don’t make this one information overload.

I don’t love my baby any less because I was not able to update and post, I just couldn’t bear “untelling” the computer if something was to happen to our little Junebug. I know that sounds silly to most, but it’s my reality. I love this baby SO much already. Eric and I do. We want nothing more than to walk out of the hospital mid June with our baby in our arms. Nothing more…

13 weeks 6 days

Telling Grandpa Reinke

dieschultzfamily — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:07:39 +0000

Last night Eric and I went over to my dad’s house, and shared the news with him. He was overjoyed! I’m so happy I was able to make him so happy. He is so excited to be a grandpa and has already said that he wants to be surprised about the gender. It was really cute.

6 weeks 4 days

As we approach week 7

dieschultzfamily — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:58:31 +0000

Little Junebug (it’s what we are calling the baby) is growing by leaps and bounds. As we get closer to week 7, Junebug is about the size of…

A blueberry!

First Photo Shoot

dieschultzfamily — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:10:22 +0000

The last 24 hours haven’t exactly gone the way we expected. Little Junebug gave us quite the scare. Last night, I started bleeding. I think I was in shock mostly because everything up to this point has gone perfectly. This was NOT on my radar.

I started bleeding yesterday evening before we were going to meet some friends for dinner. I had Eric call them immediately and cancel. I knew I just wanted to stay home and keep my feet up. The good thing was that I was not having any cramping. That left a glimmer of hope for us. We’ve been down this road before, and it’s not a road I want to ever go back down.

The bleeding slowed and this morning it was almost gone. I debated calling my doctor but I ended up doing it. I thought at least it should be documented. Well, through the magic of Nurse Jane at the call center, she got me in for an appointment with Connie, my nurse practitioner that I have been seeing since early last spring. Eric and I jumped in the car and drove on over. I sure was glad they didn’t bother taking my blood pressure, because boy was I nervous. I didn’t know what we would see. Would we see a baby? An empty sac? A heartbeat? I just didn’t know. But Eric promised me that no matter what, he would be there for me and we would try again if the news wasn’t good. That brought me peace.

By the grace of God, we got to see Junebug and even for to see the flicker of the heart. It truly felt like a miracle. I knew I had not bled enough to miscarry, but it could have been a sign that I was about to. Not the case here though! We have what seems like a very healthy baby growing that is even measuring a day ahead. I know it’s just a day, but I’ll take it!!

Meet our baby.

Connie does have a few theories as to what caused the bleeding…she saw some blood vessels near my cervix that may have been aggravated when I sneezed or coughed last night, or she thought we may have had a twin that didn’t stick and that could have caused some bleeding. But Junebug is way back in my uterus where they are supposed to be. We get to have another peek on Tuesday and I’m praying that Tuesdays ultrasound goes as well as todays went. I can’t thank Connie enough for getting me in and showing our baby to us!

Acupuncture

dieschultzfamily — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:09:15 +0000

Let me start with this…I love acupuncture. It’s relaxing, calming, peaceful, and something I need right now.

I started going about 3 weeks before I conceived. I decided that Western medicine was not the right path for us and that is when I found a doctor of Chinese Medicine. I started chinese herbs, a special spleen qi diet, and acupuncture. I was told that the average amount of time that it takes to get pregnant using Traditional Chinese Medicine was 9 months. So when we discovered that I was pregnant 3 weeks later, we were all happily surprised.

I am going to continue going to acupuncture because I truly feel like it’s a wonderful thing I am doing for myself and my baby. It is one of my favorite things to do each week and I look forward to going!

~5 weeks, 5 days

Dear Junebug,

dieschultzfamily — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:31:09 +0000

This is my first letter to you. I can’t even begin to explain how good this feels. Your daddy and I have wanted you for so long and we really want to meet you in June.

We have so many hopes and dreams for you. The first one is that you continue growing and get all snuggled in for a good 8 months or so. After that, we want you here in our arms!

I wanted to let you know that we have a very special angel looking over us too. See, mommy got pregnant last year, but that baby was needed in heaven very early. We never got to see or meet them, but we loved them just the same. The same as we love you.

Junebug, get as comfortable as you need and make me puke as need be. I’m here to help you grow and anything you need me to do I will.

I love you sweetheart and daddy and I look forward to seeing your beating heart on October 20th!

Hugs and Kisses,

Mommy

I’ve been tired…

dieschultzfamily — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:19:51 +0000

This little bambino is kicking my arse. I welcome each and every symptom, but I have certainly been getting my rest in when I can.

When Eric and I discovered that we were expecting, we decided that we weren’t going to get blood work done. We decided this for a couple reasons. First, I’ve been though a lot this last year. To the point that I’ve had veins collapse due to too many blood draws. I just didn’t want more. Second, we decided that what was going to happen was going to happen. Blood work was not going to fix a bad pregnancy. And finally, we had so much testing done with the last pregnancy and I just didn’t want to put my body through all that stress. My hcg and progesterone came back abnormal last time and I was just scared that this one was going to be a repeat of that. Well…..plans change right!?!

When I called to make an appointment with my new obgyn, they originally said that she normally sees patients between 8 and 9 weeks. Yeah…I knew this wouldn’t be ok. I asked to get in sooner after I explained my history with my previous miscarriage and infertility. The scheduling nurse was gracious to give me an appointment that same week! I was not expecting that. So, that got me thinking. What was I really going to talk to her about if I didn’t even have any blood work results? It was then that I decided that I would do the progesterone and hcg.

Ideally, everyone wanted to see my hcg double within 48 hours and have a progesterone level over 10. Well, I was in for quite a surprise. Not only did the hcg double, my progesterone was 54! YES 54. I was in SHOCK. Complete shock. For the first time I was hopeful…really hopeful.

I have a secret…

dieschultzfamily — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:54:02 +0000

I have a secret. It’s a great one to have and it’s taking me everything to not tell the world. Eric and I are having a baby! I took my first (I say first because I’ve take 4 more since) pregnancy test last Thursday and I wish I could say I told Eric in some fun way. I didn’t. I ran out into the living room at 6:05 in my towel and shoved the pee stick in his face. I think I was in a daze all day. I can’t really remember what else I did that day because I was floating on some cloud just dreaming what was hopefully to be.

I say hopefully because last year at this time I was recovering from the most difficult thing I have ever had to go through. See, I got pregnant last August but unfortunately miscarried in September. Eric was my rock and I would not have made it out without him. I loved that man more in those weeks than ever before. He really was the reason I made it out of the darkness.

Along this journey of trying to get and stay pregnant, we also battled with a year of infertility. I took pills, had way too many invasive ultrasounds, and had veins collapse due to too many blood draws. It’s been a really hard year. But just about a year later, we are expecting!

If things continue to progress, Baby Schultz will make their appearance mid-June! Just in time for summer vacation!