Tuesday, July 26, 2011

7 or 8 Weeks?

I had a doctor's appt yesterday. And due to wonderful TennCare, I didn't even get to meet the doctor. Just the nurses. It was just a preliminary appt, to confirm my pregnancy and get my paperwork started. So I peed in the cup and learned a few things about what my doctor allows. His name is Dr. Boerner. He's older...been practicing for at least 27 years. So he's old school. And for whatever reason they changed my due date to March 17th. Apparently the nurses at the Health Dept and the nurses at my doc office don't agree with how long 40 weeks from May 31st is.So I could be 7 weeks or 8 weeks??  Or however that works. I figure once I get my one ultrasound (only one is covered through TennCare) I will know for sure how far along I am and what the exact arrival date is expected to be. I'm still shooting for March 10th... or even Feb 29th (next year is a leap year and I think it would be cool!)
My main questions were

When can I dye my hair? My roots are about 5 inches long and they look terrible! Answer: Anytime! The chemicals I put into my hair don't go into my bloodstream, therefore don't go to the baby! Thank God! As soon as my budget allows, my hair will be fixed!

What about caffeine? I have cut it completely out, but I get small headaches everyday... Answer: have a coke or a coffee whenever I like. Just try and cut back little by little as time goes on. So I had a coffee yesterday and a tea today... and I'm happy for those!

The nurse also told me that my doc allows one glass of wine or beer per week as my stress level asks for. I honestly haven't even wanted any booze... but it's nice to know that if I absolutely want something, I can have it.

So the doc appt went ok I guess. I get to hear the heartbeat Aug 22. That is, if my TennCare gets approved. I find out sometime between now and 45 days from now... keep your fingers crossed! And we will find out the sex sometime early October.

How a I doing? Ok. I get a little "morning sickness" several times throughout the day. I don't really feel sick or like I need to vomit... I just feel slow. Like my body is trying to fight off a sickness. My sinuses suck. Apparently pregnancy makes your mucus membranes swollen so I feel stuffy but there's not much I can do about it. And I'm moody....sooo moody. Just ask Caleb about that part of it. When I dont have to work, I just lay on my spot on the couch and watch Lost or some other show on tv and try to do as little as possible. I'm not really tired, just lazy. Which is unlike me normally. Sometimes it's fun...most of the time its boring. He's being a really good sport about it though. I just really hope in the next few weeks I get my energy back and get some motivation to do something...anything.

I know it's belly pic time... but u might have to wait a day or 2. Caleb's at work and I look like a hot mess so I'll do it, maybe tomorrow. He got the job at T-Mobile we were praying for. Good pay and good benefits. He starts on Monday. He's working at B-Dubs at night. Tonight's his first night out of training... Thank God because we could use a little extra income right now. I also got a raise, or I get a bonus every month if my store does well. I'm back to the management thing here. I get paid hourly plus overtime plus my bonus doing it this way. And this week I'm scheduled 50 hours so, I'll be tired, but I'll be happy for the paycheck. Once Caleb's money gets rolling, I can step back a bit and let him take over. I'm patiently waiting =)

Still like Camalie and Caden. Thinking the color purple for the room if its a girl, and maybe green if it's a boy. We started glancing at baby stuff we might like when we go to the store. We still have plenty of time to figure all of that out. My belly is big to me and Caleb. No one else can really tell yet unless I point it out... but we can tell. And my boobs... they're gonna be out of control before too long... lol

I guess that about wraps it all up. My birthday is in a couple weeks... I took off work but don't really have any plans. I just want a camera...and I'd love to have my hair done by then. But I don't really want a big to-do... however, this is my last birthday as just Cacey. Next year I'll be Cacey the mommy looking for a sitter.. haha

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