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9/3/11 just chubby? nope!

9/16/11, the day after my stupid dumb and stupid CVS procedure:

hi! i'll make this quick- - first, the baby and i are FINE, but this is what happened yesterday:

one of my doctor's offices somehow mixed up someone else's lab results with my name, so that i was called and told by 2 different receptionists that my results showed a malignancy on my cervix and i needed to come in immediately. anyway, i do NOT have a malignancy, though i did have pre-cancerous cells 13 years ago, that were taken care of with cryosurgery. i'm still trying to figure out how exactly the mix-up occurred, but it just freaked me out and happened while i was driving to charleston for the CVS screen. then the road was closed in front of my charleston dr's office due to a wreck, so i waved the policeman over and told him i was lost and was supposed to be getting an ultrasound, and surprise! he waved me through immediately. :)

so, the ultrasound was fine, and i got to see the little monkey flipping all around. then came a very painful CVS procedure, with the doctor arguing that it SHOULDN'T be painful (and i wanted to kick her in the head and say, well, THAT shouldn't be either, BUT...) - anyway, they got the sample they needed, thank goodness, and the baby didn't seem distressed at all, yay, and then i drove 2.5 hours home. apparently, i found out later, i was supposed to have someone drive me home. :/ so, yesterday was incredibly emotionally draining, and physically draining, and i'm cramping and spotting today, which is normal, but obnoxious. and i'm just supposed to rest. so i'm leaving work soon and getting enough food for the weekend and being a NOODLE for the next 2 days. and trying to build my morale and attitude back up to where it was.
and, we'll find out in 2 weeks a) if our baby has any genetic abnormalities and b) the sex of the baby.

so, i hope everyone else is well.

love y'all,
miranda
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the email update above was sent 9/16, and the next day, my sweet rosie toesie passed away at age 15. it was extremely difficult, as the loss of any pet is, but i was alone, pregnant & hormonal, and i had already lost my other 2 lhasa apsos within the prior (previous?) 9 months. there was a cumulative sorrow and bereavement that just kicked my ass. my sweet andrew let me call him at JAG school and cry to him no matter how exhausted he was. then, while facebook-sharing my awesome animal-rescue friend alli's picture of an adoptable doggie, i fell in love with the doggie in the picture, and bada bing bada boom, 2 weeks later, ruby came to live with us, on andrew's only break (3 days!) from JAG training.

my sweet blossom, 11/3/96 - 1/13/2011

sweet rosie, 6/13/96 - 9/17/11

my first born, elliott, 1/13/95 - 5/13/11

ruby, rescued in greenville area late august 2011, ~2 years old, adopted by us 9/30/11

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NEXT PREGNANCY UPDATE -
Subject: 16 weeks & 3 days update
------------------------From: Miranda Helterman
Date: Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 6:05

sorry if some of y'all get this twice - not quite sure who all i added to the baby info group. :) yay technology. lalala.

today i had my 16 weeks & 3 days check-up, and everything is fine! the baby's heartbeat sounds good, and the fundus (top of the uterus) was in the right area, according to my doctor. not surprisingly, my blood pressure was a little higher than usual (it was 128/90 and it's usually no higher than 110/80), i guess because i've been all emotional and irritable and grumpy and annoyed and stressed-out lately. i've been having really bad headaches all day every day for the past 3 weeks, and tylenol just doesn't help all that much. i'm getting enough sleep, i think (but still exhausted), and staying very hydrated, so for now, i just have to hope the tylenol takes the edge off. i have only gained 2.5 - 3 lbs since i became pregnant, though i've been eating plenty - it's just a bunch of healthy crap mostly, bleh. i asked both the nurse and the doctor if it was normal for me to be such a grumpy beeotch (when pregnant, y'all, i know what you're thinking!) and got a resounding YES. they took some blood today for some kind of test that involved the word protein but i wasn't really listening, and i go back in 2 weeks for the 18-week ultrasound, which is usually when you find out the sex of the baby, but i already know SUCKAS, so i'll get good measurements of the wee muffin, and see what percentile she's in for size and growth & stuff. then the 5 month checkup happens on 11/7, just before andrew gets home, and maybe i'll look pregnant by then, and not just like i ate an entire chinese buffet. and tomorrow morning, i go to a dermatologist to check out a darling mole near my boo-tay. by the way, because of the army tri-care insurance, we have not had to pay for even ONE of the 8 dr's visits thus far, not even co-pays, because my sweet man is taking such good care of his baby and his baby mama. (love you, boo)
still going with the name roxie, though we're SERIOUSLY considering the name sunshine rainbow rosabell (a combo of names suggested by nieces ellie and jordan).

miss ruby is here to stay, and she is such a love-muffin. i was just lying down on the couch and she put her little wet nose on my cheek and then jumped up on the couch and spooned me. sweet baby. however, she has no leash training, and as a hound, religiously follows her nose, and today she a) almost got hit by a car while i was walking her and b) JUMPED INTO SOME STRANGER'S OPEN CAR DOOR (OF THEIR FORD EXPLORER) AND LANDED IN THEIR LAP. *deep breath* so, miss ruby has leash training this weekend, the soonest i could get her in, before she gets smooshed or we get sued.

so, i apologize that this update is so gloomy and grumpified -- i have a BAD ATTITUDE and i will try to work on it before the next update. which gives me a month, wheeee.

okay, love y'all!

miranda

10/23/11

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BACK TO NOW, JULY SOMETHING OR OTHER, 2012 - SOMEDAY I'LL ACTUALLY GET TO THE BIRTH AND PPD. or WILL i? mwaaaaaahahahaha! no really, i will. happy thursday, beeotches! :)