1st OB-GYN Visit (5 weeks/4 days)

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The Monday after spending the weekend with Milton, I had my first OB-GYN visit on October 24 at 1:00pm.  As excited Milton was for us to have a baby, I wanted to get through the doctor visit to know that everything was going well.  This ended up being probably the longest doctor visit ever!

It started with waiting in the waiting room.  Two families with newborns were waiting for their appointment and one couple with their second child said this was definitely their last.  They shared baby stories and suggestions and I just eavesdropped.

Once Mrs. Turner (me) was called back, the first thing that was done was to pee in a cup and take my weight and blood pressure with the nurse.  From there I went into the doctor’s office (not a patient room but an actual office with a desk and chair) and talked with my doctor.  We talked a lot about medical history, the tests I wanted to have run and some of the things to expect.  She wanted to schedule some follow up tests based on our discussions.  I realized that I know a lot about my family history, but very little about Milton’s.  We definitely need to have that discussion this weekend.

From there I went into a patient room where we did my paps smear.  I asked the Dr. K about this bulge already sticking out and whether I was fat or having twins.  She said it was neither and that I was probably bloated (and would stay bloated for most of the time).

After that we went into another room for the ultrasound.  This was the part I was most excited about.  As they looked at the ultrasound, they said everything looked smaller than where they had me along in my pregnancy.  They asked when my last period was. I said I thought it was September 7 (because I really didn’t keep track and it was varied once I got off the pill).  However, I did know the last time my husband and I had sex.  Since he’s out of town, our date of “making baby” was easily trackable.  Once I told them that day, they realized I was less far along than the assumed. And because of that, the photo matched how far along I was.  So, no baby to look at yet.  Just a yolk sac.

So another ultrasound is schedule in two weeks.  And now I’m nervous.  I went home and googled different images of 4/5 week ultrasounds and couldn’t find any that looked like mine.  I pray that everything is okay and that Baby Turner is still developing okay.  I’m ready to start a family and be a wonderful mother.  Come on baby Turner, let’s start developing into a healthy baby!!!

October 26, 2011

Milton’s Surpise (5 weeks)

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This weekend in Atlanta was so amazing!!!!!  I went to ATL for a ViSalus conference and Milton met me there.  I still hadn’t told him that I was pregnant since I wanted to do it in person, but wanted to do it in a memorable way.

Once he arrived, I told him I wanted to show him how great my new Iphone 4S works.  I started recorded him.  He said a bunch of random things about our hotel room and what all he wanted to do for the weekend.  I told him I wanted to show him something.  I unzipped my jacket and had on a tank top that said “Baby Turner” on my stomach area.  He looked at it and freaked out.  He started walking around the room celebrating – and I got it all on camera.  Unfortunately, i stopped the video just as he ran up to me, grabbed me, turned us around in circles and said “I’m gonna be a dad!”

It was such a special moment!  I then explained that he couldn’t tell people for another 8 weeks.  Milton started talking about all the things he is excited to see happen with Baby Turner. He is going to be a wonderful father, just wonderful!

(Please excuse the cursing in the first video – ti’s raw and uncut!)

October 24, 2011

Real Fake

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Real Fake

I will admit. I used to want to be on a reality show.  I would submit a questionnaire and several times got asked to submit a video or additional information.  But as you know, I was never selected.  I wanted to be the next Bachelorette.  I wanted a dream wedding by Martha Stewart, I wanted to win Amazing Race.  However, I NEVER wanted to win the love of either Flava Flav or Ray J.  I didn’t classify myself as a Bad Girl nor did I want to eat bugs to be on Fear Factor.

But the more I’ve watched reality tv, the more I am blessed that I was never part of the chosen few.  Now, before I explain this, please know that I love some filth tv like the next person.  Real Housewives of ATL, NYC, NJ, BH all find their way on my DVR.  But the more I watch these shows the more I realize how absolutely horrible they are.  The next time you watch an episode, after its over try to come up with a summary of what happened.

Here’s what your answer will be:  This one chic met with another chic to talk about what these other chics said about her.  Then one chic gets a really big ego and her friends quickly become her enemies. Then that other chic gets a divorce from her husband and the other chic hooks up with an athlete. And the season ends with all the chics being more unhappy than when the season started.  And those chics that had any type of a normal storyline get cut and don’t get invited back. The end.

We watch and get addicted to the cattiness we hate to see in our own lives.  So is that the reason we watch it?  I honestly don’t think any of us want that to be our reality, but I think we find a guilty pleasure in seeing it in someone else.  These shows help us see that money definitely doesn’t buy you happiness and as B.I.G. says “Mo Money, Mo Problems”. I remember one night on FB everyone was talking about Basketball Wives.  A lot of people.  Right after that went off, La La’s Full Court came on.  And there were no comments.  LaLa is the perfect example of a successful working female, married to a successful man with a cute child.  She has a supportive family and is making a positive name for herself.  But for some reason, we don’t care and we don’t show her love. Why?

If we want our daughters to grow up to be ladies, we must show them how ladies act.  If we are only watching “hot ghetto mess” what type of example are we showing?  Reality tv might be great way to wind down from a stressful night, but just make sure the stars aren’t the people you aspire to be.  Let us all strive to live a life non-worthy of a reality tv show and the world might be a little more peaceful and drama free!

October 2011

4 Weeks

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Okay, so I guess however they calculate it, I’m 4 weeks pregnant.  Have I been nauseated every day?  Yes!  Have I made a trip to the bathroom?  Luckily not yet!  Is my stomach starting to poke out some?  I believe so!

The main thing I’m trying to do now is rest as much as possible.  So far I’m still teaching my regularly scheduled Zumba and fitness classes although I cringe when someone calls wanting me to teach theirs.  I can’t tell them that I’m pregnant so I just cuss them out under my breath.  I have yet to have any serious cravings, although I do enjoy the Pumpkin Blizzard at Dairy Queen and also the burritos close to the deli section at the Neighborhood Walmart.  While my breasts aren’t any larger, my nipples look like two oversized microwaved marshmallows!

I pray that God gives us a healthy baby. Although I’d prefer a girl, I’ll love baby Turner regardless. One fear of mine is that baby Turner will be baby Turners plural.  Twins run in Milton’s family so I’m hoping baby he and baby she combined aren’t the reason my belly is starting to poke out.

But I’m going to keep keeping on!  I can’t believe have four more days until I can tell Milton in person.  I can’t believe I have 8 more weeks until we can tell anyone else!

October 17

Preggo Testing 1, 2, 3 (4 weeks)

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October 16, 2011

Spaghetti Sauce (4 weeks)

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Milton and I knew we wanted to start to have kids once he returned from his JAG training.  However, because I’d been on birth control for what seems like my entire life, I stopped taking them on the day he left, July 3.  We only saw each other twice from July through September (I went to see him).  My whole cycle was off when I was not on the pill.  It took about 45 days for me to get my first period.  I took several pregnancy tests over that time (all negative), but my period would come soon after. Hold on, let me go back.

While in Charlottesville, VA for his training, Milton stayed in the hotel that most married people and people with families stayed.  So, he was around a lot of positive men and women that spoke of the value of marriage and families.  When Milton came home the first weekend of October, it was his goal to “knock me up”.  I told him that it’s more about timing than anything else.  Plus, I’m over 35 so my chances are less likely.  He believed in his Turner sperm and really didn’t care about anything else.

Milton was able to come home two back to back weekends at the beginning of October. His first weekend back we live as newlyweds and I crossed my legs all weekend so that possibly at least one sperm would make its way inside.  Since being off the pill in July, I became nauseated the week leading up to my period.  The same thing happened in October.  A week of nausea, but luckily no throwing up.  I knew it was time for my period.  I told Milton, it was getting ready to be that time of the month.

But, it didn’t come.  A week later he came in town and I was exhausted!  Once I picked him up from the airport I just wanted to crawl in bed. I was still feeling nauseated.  I went home and took a pregnancy test.  Negative.  By now I’m thinking that something else is wrong with me and I need to get checked out.  I call a couple of days later and make an appointment to see my doctor.  The appointment was set for October 17. Thursday night 10/15 after Zumba, I take another pregnancy test.  Although I don’t see anything at first, you can see a very, very, very faint and thin line going down for the plus sign.  But, it was ever so slight and it didn’t appear until about 10 minutes later.

So, Friday morning I took another test.  This time it kinda seemed as if there was a cross, but it was light in color and 15 minutes when I went to look at it, the downward line in the cross was gone.  My mind is playing tricks on me!  I looked forward to visiting the doctor and finding out what was really wrong.

Fast forward to Sunday 10/16. I woke up again pregnancy test happy so I took another one.  And this time, it took no time at all for that EPT blue plus sign to show up.  I’M PREGNANT!

October 16, 2011