Little Jack’s Corner

NOTE:  I’m fully aware that not everyone cares about the gory details of my baby’s birth (especially you guys out there).  But…well..since this is a baby blog, childbirth is a huge part of life and thus deserves a special post all its own.  If you like these kinda things, keep reading.  If not…well…run!
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NOTE:  I’m fully aware that not everyone cares about the gory details of my baby’s birth (especially you guys out there).  But…well..since this is a baby blog, childbirth is a huge part of life and thus deserves a special post all its own.  If you like these kinda things, keep reading.  If not…well…run!
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Trying [...]

 
Jack-Evan Elijah
Born on May 4, 2008, 2:04 am.
6 lbs, 11 oz
19.5 inches
Mommy & Baby are doing great!
 

I have been throroughly entrenched in the “nesting” stage for the past few days.
Or, as my Grandma would have called it - “Getting Smart”.
The nursery and closet are finally done, with all of his clothes arranged (in neatly catagorized-by-age rows nonetheless).  His blankies, diapers, toys and bathtub stuff is neatly organized.  AND his hospital bag is packed [...]

How can we lowly humans love someone so much long before we’ve even met them?
I guess that’s the way God feels about us.
He awaits our arrival, anticipates our new birth, and rejoices when we become part of his family.

Wow.
Lookey at that.
38 weeks?  Already???
I feel like I was just taking my pregnancy test, and now here I am, on the last few prenatal visits.
Today’s visit was with Dr. Fred - the man doctor who will be delivering my baby.  Well, that is, if he’s working at the time.  Most likely I’ll be delivered by [...]

Gee…how can time go so slow, yet so fast at the same time???
I’ve done pretty good up until now with documenting my prenatal visits - but for the past 2 weeks I just can’t seem to get it together enough to write about them.
Ho hum.
So anyway.
Last week’s visit with the doctor fell on Thursday, April [...]

It’s 3:58 am.
A time when all good peoples should be snug tight in their little (or big!) beds.
Yet here I am..
*OUCH*
I’ll be 38 weeks this coming Tuesday - a milestone considering that when I was 34 weeks, I endured a 4 day hospital stay hooked up to magnesium drips and steroids shots because they thought [...]

Huray!  I officially hit the full term mark today.  If Little Jack is born now, chances are he’ll have no problem with his lungs and living on his own (something we were worried about when he almost arrived back in late March).  I’m keeping my fingers (and legs!) crossed in hopes that all is well [...]

Just as I was finishing up my last post, I head a knock at my front door.  Strange.  I usually don’t get visitors at 10:30 am on a Friday morning!  Of course I have my pajamas on.  And my hair hasn’t been brushed.  I don’t even think I’ve glanced in the mirror today.  And the [...]

One of the main goals of ”Little Jack’s Corner” is to provide an online place for friends and family members (especially those who live out of state) to keep up with Little Jack, our first child, as he grows up.  However, I’ve had such fun with creating posts and participating in bloggy contests that this has become [...]

Figuring out how many months pregnant you are is a daunting task for many women!    That’s why it’s sometimes much easier to just stick with how many weeks you are instead.  Something doesn’t seem quite right when you superficially think about connecting pregnancy weeks with months.  Afterall, if there are 4 weeks in a month and [...]

THE REST OF THE PREGNANCY
THE THIRD TRIMESTER
February, 2008 - 7th Month
During this month, my primary concern was with controlling my sugar intake.  Being classified as a diabetic scared me to pieces!  It was also at the end of this month (my 29th week) that the doctor’s office discovered that they had missed my anatamy scan [...]

THE REST OF THE PREGNANCY
THE SECOND TRIMESTER 
November, 2007 - 4th Month
My 3rd appointment was on November 1st.  I was 13 weeks pregnant and was scheduled for an ultrasound.  Although Kevin wanted to be there when we learned the sex, he couldn’t get off of work for this appointment.  He assured me that he wanted to [...]

THE REST OF THE PREGNANCY
THE FIRST TRIMESTER
August, 2007 - 1st Month
Baby conceived in the beginning of August.  We learned about the pregnancy on August 28.  I took 3 pregnancy tests just to prove to myself that I was actually pregnant. 
Symptoms?  None!  I felt no nausea, no soreness, nothing.  I did however have a gut feeling that I was pregnant [...]

It’s hard to believe that this journey is almost up for me!  With less than 27 days to go before the official due date, I thought I’d go ahead and start wrapping up the “pregnancy” part of this blog. 
For those who are reading this blog for the first time (or maybe just forgot), let me [...]

As many of you know, I was laid off from my job of 4 years back in October when I was 2 months pregnant.  Although we’d always planned on me being a stay-at-home mom, we didn’t count on it happening so early in the pregnancy! 
We don’t use credit cards, so our budget is really tight most [...]

This, folks, is one of the newest additions to our family.
And his name is Wimbley.  Wimbley the Womb Bear, to be exact.
Protector of the Universe.  Comforter of Babies.  Defenders of Moms.
He is capable of many feats.  One of those feats includes the abillity to mimic the sounds that a baby hears while in the mother’s womb.  [...]

My friend Lucy knows us well.
At my baby shower yesterday, she brought a special present just for Kevin so he could have something to open when he came to pick me up! 
He was beyond thrilled and took 5 minutes opening the wrapped gift carefully as not to tear the wrapping.
It was a small Clemson College [...]

Last week, I ran into unexpected complications with the pregnancy.  Up until last Thursday, I’d had a great 9 months with the exception of being classified as a gestational diabetic back in January.
Because of the diabetes diagnosis, I was scheduled for automatic weekly non-stress tests at the hospital and last Thursday was my first trip - and [...]

…or…”Thank God Early Labor Was Prevented”
Back in January, I was given a diagnosis that I had gestational diabetes.  Because of this, my doctor’s office orders mandantory weekly non-stress tests at the hospital.  My first weekly non-stress test came this past Thursday morning at 9 am.
I was only supposed to be there for 45 minutes or [...]

I live in mid-South Carolina.  Over the past week, a huge rash of tornadoes have come through our area and destroyed many, many homes (luckily our neighborhood wasn’t affected).  Damages are estimated at over $30,000,000 in many places.  (Insurance companies are having a major headache right now!!)
Outside the tornadoes, we’ve also had a lot of [...]

Ok.  You never know what you’ll learn while hopping about on the internet.
(And if you’re faint at heart…or queasy in stomach…please do not read ahead, ladies!)
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Never in my entire 25 years of existance have I heard of the phenomenom of Male Lactation.  If I would have (before the days of Google) I would [...]

…or… “Sleepin’ Away, Later Today”
 I found myself chatting about my day on my doctor’s post and decided to split it into a separate post instead.  I kinda like to keep the doctor visit posts more “official” in case some other preggy lady is out there reading about my experiences and tryin’ to learn something. [...]

….or… “A Rant about Today’s Children’s Television” 
I’m sitting here in the livingroom (having just finished a bowl of strawberry oatmeal and soy milk), watching the ETV show “Between the Lions”.  Being a huge advocator of reading and literacy myself, I am so glad there is still a show such as this on the air.  It’s one of the [...]

I turned 32 today!  Well, 32 weeks that is.  :) 
This past week I’ve noticed a remarkable shift in my body.  A few days ago (last Thursday I believe), I woke up and realized the strange sensation I was feeling was Braxton Hicks (fake contractions).  It scared me a little at first, but having read up [...]

Ahhh..yes… nothing more is needed to be content around our house than those 3 things.   The day is over (it’s 12:25 am, Wednesday night…shhhhh all is quiet).  Our bird is asleep, hubby is asleep, the ferret is asleep, puppies are asleep, and I’m sitting in the living room, indian style in our big recliner, all by [...]

This morning at 10 am was time for yet another visit to the OB office.
Mom and I arrived about 10:05 (I had overslept a smidgen), checked in and sat down in the waiting room.  Things went pretty quickly today!  Within 5 minutes or so, the nurse had already pulled me back to check my vitals.  [...]

…And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we’re gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won’t be coming back
No more hanging out cause we’re on a different track
And if you got [...]

I hit the 31 week mark today! Whoohoo!  I’ve finally made it to the single digit week countdown.  The point has also come to where I feel like my weekends are now swamped.  This weekend, we’re having our new floor installed.  Then, we’ll have 2 final weekends of quiet.  On March 29 we have our [...]