Los Porchs

Bringin' it back ya'll...

This has been a relatively quite week; we were able to sneak up to my parent's cabin to relax for the weekend and begin making arrangements for the baby's baptism.  We opened the car seat/stroller combo that my father-in-law and mother-in-law gave us and were pumped to think about Baby Porch being here in the next 15 weeks (my app says 105 days to go but we all know we're on her schedule now).  We're excited to brew the batch of beer that we'll have at the baby shower and I'll be working on some crafty projects for a May wedding -- the perfect rainy weekend activities!  Once I figure out how to defeat this heartburn, I will be ready to rock!   How far along?  25 weeks Total weight gain:   11.6 pounds (normal, according to the app) Maternity clothes?    I've given up on pants that aren't yoga or maternity.  Shirts-wise, I need the length of the maternity tops because I HATE pulling my shirt down a billion times a day.  Plus side,...

We had the opportunity to meet with the priest at the church up north this weekend and he has agreed to baptize Baby Porch in early September.  It will likely be her first trip to the cabin and only seems fitting that it be the weekend she's welcomed to the north woods, she be welcomed into the Catholic church.  We're pretty excited about it and appreciate the priest's flexibility with regards to the date; we don't know when she'll join us so it's hard to make concrete plans, but early September seems perfect.  Maybe there will be a Packers game we can watch too, hit all of the milestones at once ;) xoxo

I heard back from the OB today and I passed the glucose test, which is kind of a relief given the amount of sugar my body has taken in over the past 6 months (that first month we were all about Sour Patch Kids) and my overall love for fruit.  So it was nice to hear my body was doing well for once.  Go body! Then the nurse paused (and I knew there was more, likely bad, news) and said, "But you are anemic so you'll need to take iron every day, opposite of your prenatal vitamin."  There it is.  Haha, I think I'm always kind of on the cusp of anemia so this wasn't exactly news to me.  But it did remind me of when I had my surgery back in the day and had to take iron 3x a day afterwards -- and found myself the day of an appointment vomiting in the shower as a result & begging the doctor to lessen the dose.  That was when I started taking the prenatal vitamin since it had so much of what they wanted me to take in one neat little (who are we kiddi...

My fellow infertile homies now on the other side... Remember that feeling when you found out you were pregnant and you had that urge to buy the Doppler thing so you could check in on your growing nugget whenever you wanted? Ugh I wanted it so badly but decided I would likely be using it every minute of every day and as such decided not to purchase one. Today at our appointment with the ob, we slammed our orange glucose drink and waited for the blood draw. We saw Dr. G who was just going to take a quick listen with the Doppler. His face said it all before his words did... "Sounds a little irregular. I think we better do an ultrasound." The one time I tell Porch he's all good and doesn't need to accompany me to the appointment is (of course) a time when I needed his calm, level-headed demeanor as I instantly took a trip to What If Town. I sat in the waiting room for about 15 minutes & was called to the ultrasound room. The nurse who escorted me looked a l...

There they are... got my first big hit of hormonal pregnancy tears this morning as I thought about baptizing our daughter & where we'd like to baptize her.  It just kind of hit me all at once with more clarity than I could have ever expected. Let me back up a hot second; we attended a Lutheran Easter service this Sunday while visiting family and I was so totally turned off by this pastor's sermon and approach that it made me really reflect on what my beliefs are and when I feel most connected to a sense of faith.  Porch and I spoke in great detail about our hopes for our daughter and none of them included the messages being delivered at that Easter service -- the implicit messages, obviously.  There's not a terrible amount of difference between the Lutheran service and the Catholic service, but there was just a vibe that turned us both off. As I drove to work this morning, it came over me as I was thinking about where we could baptize our daughter.  We don't ...

How far along?  23 weeks Total weight gain:  I think officially I'm at about 6 pounds total gained. Maternity clothes?    All hail the yoga pant and it's equally divine sidekick, the maternity legging!  Swoon!  I'm still attempting to wear a few of my non-maternity tops but am quickly realizing that I'll be out of that phase soon. Stretch marks?   None yet Sleep:   Some nights I can make it through the night, others I end up peeing a few times Best moment this week:  Reading stories with Baby Porch! Miss anything?   I miss being able to move quickly and I miss my energy levels. Food cravings:  Nothing that I'm aware of ... Anything making you queasy or sick?  Nothing really... just Mondays ;) Gender:  Baby Girl :) Labor signs:  Not yet!  Keep marinating, love nugget! Symptoms:  The bump, heartburn, frequent urination... Belly button in or out?   In... dangerously close to o...