My pregnancy journey

July 23, 2010 is the day my life changed forever- the day I found out I was pregnant! I scheduled a dr's. appt. and had my first ultrasound on August 24th.

My little peanut @ 8 weeks

This is also the day that we shared with everyone that we were pregnant. On the way home, I used my cell phone to take pictures of the ultrasound pictures so I could post them on facebook to show everyone. I uploaded them on the computer when I got home and then went to do so something else. When I came back to upload the pics to facebook, I see that Jeremy has already put them on his facebook! He was so excited- it was cute! 

When I was 11 week pregnant, I got a sinus infection and went to see my ob/gyn for some antibiotics. To my suprise, I got to hear little peanut's heartbeat for the first time! I was sooooo excited ( and a little sad because Jeremy didn't get to go with me and missed it). Jeremy went to every single doctor's appointment the whole 10 months except the sinus infection trip and the sugar test trip. He was awesome and very supportive the whole time.

Around 14 weeks, I was at work and all of a sudden was hit with very sharp pains and I knew something was wrong. I couldn't even walk to the car. 2 coworker's picked me up and loaded me into the car and Jeremy drove as fast as possible to the ER. By the time we got there, I was cramping and just knew that something was going to happen to my little peanut. They did an ultrasound and baby was perfectly fine- thank God! Turns out the antibiotics I took for my sinus infection gave me a yeast infection which turned into a bladder infection and that's what caused all the pain- yikes!

14 weeks

At around 20 weeks, we went for the anatomy scan where we find out the gender. Jeremy was dead set that it was a boy the whole time. I went out and back between boy and girl but by the time week 20 rolled around, I was also convinced it was a boy. We went into the ultrasound room both very nervous and excited. The look on Jeremy's face when she announced "IT'S A BOY!" was priceless. I wish I would have been able to take a picture of that. 

30 weeks pregnant. i love this picture because it's the first time jeremy heard the heartbeat with the stethoscope!

My favorite of the maternity pictures

Baby shower #1. thrown by the girls at the snack bar. Jeremy's mom's side of the family and all of our friends attended. It was a great time!

Baby shower #2. Hosted by Jeremy's dad's side of the family.  It was a family get together where we played games and shared family stories. It was wonderful!

The end of my pregnancy was very hard. Starting around March 19th, I began to have contractions and went to labor and delivery. Little did I know, I would be in and out of Labor and Delivery for 3 weeks before my little man would be born. I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes every day for weeks but they weren't dialating my cervix like they should. I stayed dialated to a 2 for 2 1/2 weeks!! Needless to say, I was in pain and every time I thought " this is it!!!" it never was. I got so discouraged with the hospital that I told the nurse I wasn't coming back until the "baby's head falls out!" haha.  I had a doctor's appointment on March 31st to see my dr again and see how I was progressing. I could hardly walk to get in the waiting room and when the nurse saw me she knew I was in labor. My blood pressure was very high 189/100 and the nurse was concerned. The dr. checked my cervix and I was still only at 2 1/2 centimeters but was 100% effaced. He told me that I would be induced the next morning. The time had finally come. April 1, 2011 was the day I would finally meet my little man!

I can't get pregnant. right?

It all started about 3 years ago, shortly after Jeremy and I got married. We decided we wanted a baby. We knew this was going to be hard because I was told when I was 16 that I would never be able to have kids. I have PCOS- polycystic ovarian syndrome and I have had several ruptured cysts ( which unbelievably the pain is ALOT worse than childbirth). So, to the doctor we go. He puts me on Clomid - a pill form of fertility drug. I take the pill like I am supposed to and have sex on the days I am supposed to for almost 6 months. Nothing. No baby. I gave up. I told myself it was never going to happen and I was just going to have to deal with the fact that I would never be a mommy. I was brokenhearted. All I had ever wanted since I was a little girl was to have 2 kids- a boy and a girl in that order- and my dreams had been crushed. Why? Why was this happening to me?

I decided since I couldn't get pregnant that I didn't need to take birth control. So Jeremy and I went on with life as usual. Last year for 4th of July, Jeremy went to the Nascar race in Daytona, Florida with a co-worker. I stayed home to work, since we couldn't afford for us both to be off for an entire week plus the cost of the trip. During that week, Pam and I hung out and she looked over at me and said "Are you pregnant? you have that glow about you."  I thought nothing of it because of course I couldn't be pregnant, right? About 1 week after Jeremy got home, one morning my grandma tells me " I had a dream last night you were pregnant."  Again, I thought- I couldn't be. I didn't think anything else of it and I went off to work. At work that same day, a co-worker says to me " I had a dream last night you were pregnant." my mind went crazy... what?!?! two people. same night. same dream. don't know each other. how could this be? maybe I really am pregnant. Don't get your hopes up. It couldn't be.  That night after work, I stopped and got a 2 pack of pregnancy tests. The first one= positive. Couldn't be. I had to have done it wrong. The second one= positive. Couldn't be. It can't be. So I go to Wal-mart and get 2 more 2 packs of tests. The third and fourth and fifth and sixth= positive.  I still wasn't convinced. I bought another test. test #7= positive. no way. I can't get pregnant-right? wrong!...I scheduled an appointment to have a pregnancy test done professionally and it wasn't until my 8th pregnancy test that I was finally convinced that I was pregnant.

jumbled.

so...last night or should I say this morning Jordan FINALLY goes to sleep at 2 am. He is wide awake and ready to eat and play at 4am. I finally get him fed and calmed down and ready to go back to sleep at.....9 AM! Then my cousin Madison comes over at 9:45 and he wakes up again. whew. I am one tired mommy. Also, I have a cold and can't stop sneezing and coughing. But that's alright, it's just another day in paradise!

Yesterday was mine and Jeremy's 3 year wedding anniversary (we have been a couple for 4 and 1/2 years!) We were going to do something special but decided to stay home instead. We both work on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays and are both off on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. So, most of the time, we just rest on our days off- as much as you can rest with a 3 month old. lol

Our wedding- July 13, 2008

This post is jumbled just like my crazy beautiful life. I really enjoy my life. I have a wonderful husband who is there for me, who is my best friend and a great father to our little man. I have an amazing son who is light of my life and who makes every day worth living. He is the reason I wake up each day with a smile on my face. I have a best friend named Pam who has been there through EVERYTHING you can imagine. I look back and sometimes I just can't believe we have been friends for 16 years. wow. really? 16 years.

My favorite picture of Pam and I :)

About me

 I read several blogs daily and I enjoy them so I decided to make one for myself.

I'm Tabitha. I'm a 25 years old, married and mommy to beautiful baby boy!

My husband, Jeremy and I

Our son, Jordan

My son, Jordan, is 3 months old. He wasn't planned but was very much wanted. He is the light of my life.
I have been married for 3 years on July 13th. 3 years of ups and downs and highs and lows but 3 years I wouldn't trade for anything.  I am happy with where I am in life and I look forward to making beautiful memories!!