Just Deal With It

So there are so many obnoxious things that come along with pregnancy, but its all for a good reason, right? I've been having these back pains for A WHILE! The one I've had the most I know is normal, but before my last appointment, I was having a different pain in my lower back. It was more sharp, stabbing, than what I expected with pregnancy. I figured I would ask my OB/GYN about it at my appointment, and I asked if it was just something I would have to "deal with." She said "yep, you're just gonna have to deal with it." Unfortunatley, Daniel was there for that appointment, and has loved to torture me with "just deal with it" everytime I have a complaint. FOrtunately, he laughs after he says it, and I do too...

So other than the back pain, heartburn, feeling like a whale, and other assortments of pregnancy woes, things have been fantastic. I am so happy to be pregnant and can't wait to bring Ashlynn into this world.

I've been pretty healthy, and so has our Princess, but being in my Pediatric clinicals, I knew that there would be extra germies I was exposed to. My preceptor is fantastic and made me wear a mask every day in the clinic so that I wouldn't have as much direct exposure to the germs. She kept me from going into see the patients with flu as well. IN addition to the clinical precautions, Daniel and I have watched where we go, trying not to be around a lot of people in small spaces, etc. But...even with all of that, I got the flu! :(

Yes, flu...most likely H1N1 since thats about all thats going around at this point. I was really nervous because of all of the pregnant women in ICU and dying from complications, etc. However, my wonderful OB/GYN called me in some Tamiflu on a SUNDAY so I could get better. She probably regrets giving me her cell phone number, but she is incredible and I couldn't ask for a better doctor! I also did my Women's health clinicals with her and was able to learn so much!

Daniel did NOT use the "just deal with it" while I had the flu. He was as sweet as could be. He gave up golf so he could stay home and take care of me. He's so wonderful!

Monday I have my next OB/GYN appointment. Daniel will be out of town and the parents and in laws aren't coming, but, my best friend, Holly gets to go! I'm so excited that Auntie Holly will get to see little Princess! She's already spoiling her and she's not even here yet! :)

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Life as of Now

Things are going fantastic right about now! Ashlynn is doing fabulous! I'm 19 weeks prego now and actually starting to enjoy it (other than the rounded out face and the feeling ginormous part). I'm at that phase where you can tell I'm pregnant with my baby bump, if you KNOW I'm pregnant, but it could easily be mistaken for a gut! :)

Clinicals are great, I've been playing with kids doing my Peds clinicals with Lisa Martin and love, love, love it! I'm really starting to put Peds up at the top of my list. I think being pregnant makes me love those kids even more...now if I just had the knowledge base I need and could do exams and know whats going on, we'd be in great shape! It will come...

Daniel is being so fantastic through everything! He is a huge help when he is home and I appreciate it so much! He already loves little Ashlynn too! He will put his hand on my belly and talk to her! So sweet. He already painted her room too! We have bedding, decorations, and have picked out the furniture, and will order it this weekend! I'll have pictures of it later!

Thanks for keeping up, we are so blessed!

ITS A GIRL!!! We found out today (almost completely positive) that we're having a girl! We decided on the name Ashlynn Dianne! We can't wait to meet her! We were going to be incredibly thrilled one way or another, but now we can't wait for our princess! She's going to be such a rotten little Daddy's girl!!

Catch up

wow! Its been almost a year since I've posted. I guess its because I couldn't remember which email and password I used! Here's a brief catch up!

1. Daniel is not at the airport anymore. He graduated from Flight School and is working as a Field Operator for Packers Plus, which is in the Natural Gas Industry. He's great at his job and provides wonderfully for our family! Sometimes he is home a lot, sometimes he has to travel as far as Virginia, but its all worth it in the end!

2. I am no longer working in "the poop clinic." I wanted to leave for a while, and Daniel finally talked me into it. It has been the best decision in my life! I am able to spend a little bit more time on school for now!

3. I'm working as the Nurse at Life Choices, where I do ultrasounds and pregnancy tests for girls and women. I think it is the most rewarding experience I have ever had in my entire life. Its a Christian Pregnancy Resource Center, and we work to counsel the girls against having abortions, and sometimes seeing the ultrasound makes all the difference in the world. Its incredible and I love every second of it! I love the women I work with and the women we serve!

4. I'm also working pool at Geriatric Psych at Conway Regional. Its okay, nothing compared to Life Choices, but it pays the bills. I'm also working pool at Faulkner County Day School filling in for their amazing nurse when she can't be there.

5. I'm in clinicals now for my Masters! I'm doing my Women and Childrens clinicals this semester and have already learned a lot. I am with my OB/GYN, Amy Johnson for the first part of the semester and will be with Lisa Martin for my Peds soon. Dr. Johnson has been an amazing preceptor and I know that Lisa will too! I'm so fortunate to be working with such great women!

6. I'M PREGGERS! Yes, thats right! 15 1/2 weeks along now! There will be more posts about this, but I thought you needed to be caught up on the rest first. We are so incredibly excited and can't wait to find out the sex! Hopefully we will know this upcoming week!! PICTURES TO COME!!


Thanks for reading, I promise to post more now! :)

Katelin

Pneumonia

Well, its official. I have Pneumonia. I felt great on Saturday, went shopping with Holly, yada yada yada... Sunday morning woke up NOT feeling so great. Didn't make it to church because I had a fever. I didn't go into work Monday and HATED missing work. I went in this morning, even with the cough, etc. but no fever. I got there and they had me go get a Chest Xray because my cough sounds horrible. The radiologist called me with a critical result and it was pneumonia. I went to see my doctor this afternoon, he said it was pretty dense, and gave me some antibiotics. Hopefully I'll be back to myself soon and things won't get worse. A hospital stay would NOT be exciting! Anyway, I've just got to try to take it easy (even though that is technically impossible for me) and we'll see how that goes...

School Days, School Days....

Well, we're both back to school. However, Daniel will be DONE in November, and I'll keep on going. This semester he's got a leadership class and an ethics class. In my opinion, those are on the top of my list of most boring subjects! Hopefully he can muster through and be done for good! I'm taking Curriculum, Health Policy and Leadership, and Pharmacology.

We've enjoyed watching the 2008 Olympics, but we're ready for our normal shows to be on tv. I want to be a syncronized swimmer - how fun would that be?!

Good luck to everyone thats headed back to school! This is going to be a great year!

End of Semester!

Today marked the end of my 3rd semester in my Nurse Practitioner program! I'm so excited to be on such a good roll! Daniel has one term left, and will be done in November, and I'll finish classes next Summer, then do Clinicals starting next fall. I'll be done in December 2010 and that can't come soon enough!

We're really stressed out with school full time and working full time, but we know it will be worth it in the end! While others I graduated with are working and then enjoying free time, I'm still crunching away at the books. Hard work, but it will all pay off soon!