This is a page about my Baby.
Baby-to-be, that is!!
Or as I will refer to as FaeBabe!!

My husband and I found out that we are having
a FaeBabe on Monday, December 29, 1997.
The Doctor said that we were about six weeks along,
and that the Baby would be born on August 25, 1998.
We are very excited!!!
I'm going to use this page to record my doctor's appointments
and important "first's".
Things of that Nature and Such.

Admittedly, when I found out that I was going to
have this little FaeBabe,
I was quite nervous because of money mostly.
And I still am a little, but people have been telling
me that it's not quite time to worry, yet.
Sounds good to me!!
There's nothing I want more than a Baby and am
looking forward to the 7 1/2 months ahead of me.

So keep coming by, as I will be adding more things as they happen.

1/6/98- Okay, well I seem to of made a little Boo-boo!!
I thought my first appointment was today,
so I got nervous and ready and everything and went to the MD's
only to learn that I had made a mistake:
my appointment is Thursday January 8, 1998.
So check back then.
Boy, I feel like an idiot!!

1/8/98- Today was my first official MD appointment!!
My doctor, whom I absolutly LOVED (we'll call her "Dr. K")
reminded me of my sweet sister, Star.
Dr. K told me that everything appeared fine.
Which, you can imagine, I was very pleased to hear!!
My next appointment will be on 2/9/98 with a
different MD, ("Dr. J") and then again on
3/13/98 with "Dr. K" again.
Stay tuned!!!

1/12/98- Today we bought the first of many baby things-
A Pooh hooded nightgown to bring FaeBabe home from the hospital in,
a Pooh bottle and bib and
the cutest booties-
green and yellow with little grippy things in the shape of feet on the bottoms-so baby won't fall!!
FaeBabe will be coming home wearing those, too.

2/09/98- My second appointment was today!!
And, guess what!! I got to hear the baby's heartbeat!!
It was the most amazing thing!!
Now, I feel like I'm really having a baby.
This is so exciting!!
Dan and I have already started shopping and
my mom and John have already sent some things.
This is so great!!
My Doctor said everything seemed normal and on time.
And my April appointment is when we'll find out
if it's a BOY, or a GIRL!!
I can't wait!!!

3/22/98- Well, I've fallen a little behind.
My last appointment was on the 13th.
Two very special people accompanied me to this appointment:
my Mom and my Husband.
They got to hear the heartbeat. It was really neat!!
I was supposed to have the blood tests done to find out
if Baby was OK, but chickened out at the last minute.
Oh, well.

If you're having a baby, check into W.I.C.-
Women With Infants and Children.
I just went to our local health department.
WIC helps us with buying food and can be used until
your child is five years old!!
Also, I urge you to apply for Medicaid because it will
cover your baby for a whole year on all Dr. visits.
Check back here around April 9th- that's when I have the ultrasound!!!

3/31/98- OK, lets have some fun!!
As I mentioned above, my ultrasound is April 9th.
If you guess correctly if it's a BOY or GIRL,
you'll win a prize!!
Now I know this is only a chance thing, no skill required,
so therefore ANYBODY can play!!
(even morons, Mom!!)
So send me an e-mail with your guess, only one guess, now.
No cheating!!
As if that's possible.

4/9/98-What will it be???

4/9/98- We may never know.
Suddenly my insurance company won't pay for the ultrasound.
Isn't that just triffic?!
What a disappointment!!
Now we have to come up with $168 to buy an ultrasound.
I'll continue my contest and let you know
once we have a date scheduled.

4/28/98- Several things are happening.
A couple weeks ago I felt FaeBabe flutter for the first time.
Only while laying on my stomach.
The best way to describe it is you know how when laying on your
stomach you can sometimes feel your heart beating??
It felt like that, but it wasn't steady.
Then, about a week later I could feel Baby moving around
without laying on my stomach.
And now Dan can place him hand on my stomach and feel FaeBabe!!
He's so excited!!
Now for the "Uh-oh" news:
The last two days I haven't felt much movment at all and
being the worrisome person that I am decided to call my Doctor.
They asked me to come in to hear the heartbeat, so very
anxiously and nervously I drove myself to the office.
Right away the doctor heard the heartbeat which
was like music to my ears!!
He said if I didn't hear anything by Friday, that
he would order an ultrasound.
We may know the sex of this Baby yet,
unfortunatly I don't like the circumstances it's under.

5/4/98-Eveything is fine!!
Sometimes you have to cheat the system, since they cheated me, that is.
That night, after going to the doctor's, I DID feel him moving around.
But, I also knew that we could get a free ultrasound if
I played it down a little with the doctor.
So come Friday morning, I called and told him still no movement.
Just as I suspected, he ordered the ultrasound for that morning.
And the results: everything is fine and healthy!!
And it's a BOY!!!!
Here's a picture of his face.
See the two eyes, nose and mouth??
He's looking right at you.

CONGRATULATIONS to all my winners!!

6/4/98-So many updates!!!
Dan and I have decided to go with a Mid-Wife.
We're fed up with the stupid MD's office!!!!
Some friends of our had their baby last Thursday, May 28th.
I felt quite honored when we were called only six short hours later.
So off I went with my camcorder, not really knowing what to expect.
There he was, so tiny, being held in his mother's arms.
When they asked me if I'd like to hold him, I got real nervous,
thinking I'd break him or something.
So there I sat, choking back a tear, thinking that in three
months I'll be holding a baby six hours old, but he'll be mine.
So amazing!!!
Since then it's really hit me: WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!!
And off I went, Baby crazy!!!
Dan's mom purchased a crib and playpen and bathtub and rocky thing and
several clothes from this lady who works at Waffle House.
I got right to work and cleaned up the room the baby will sleep in.
Set the crib up all by myself and keep looking for more to do.
We've gotten so much stuff already!!
It'll take me forever to list everything, so I'll just say
"Thank you" to my Mom's and Dad's.
I must walk in there 10 times a day, just looking.
I've become so excited and anxious.
I wish it was time now and find myself
making appointments almost everyday for this and that.
And it's still not enough!!
Speaking of appointments, we have one this Saturday to take a tour of the hospital.
Check back soon, like on June 9th, maybe.

6/12/98-OK, so I'm a couple days late, big deal!!
I'm so glad we took a hospital tour!!
And recommend that any of you parents-to-be do also.
Turns out in this hospital, there's two different rooms:
the labor/delivery rooms and the recovery rooms.
Both are very nice and would be considered the birthing rooms.

Last night was my breast feeding class.
Also very informative!!
Another recommendation there.
I just can't seem to soak in enough information.

7/30/98-Well it's been a long time.
Too long!!
We've continued going to see the Mid-Wives and boy, they're great!!
They treat us so well, what a difference!!
We're now going every week along with our child birth classes.
A little less than four weeks before
we'll be holding him in our arms.
I get a little more anxious, worried, excited and scared as each day passes.

8/31/98-OK, I'm getting a little impatient now.
FaeBabe was supposed to have been here six days ago.
This waiting is driving me crazy!!
Tomorrow we have another appointment with the Mid-Wives,
and an ultrasound.
Manditory at 41 weeks.
Just for safety messures.
On a cheerful note we had a baby shower!!
Given by my Aunty Marilyn and Dan's mom.
We got so much great stuff!!
Through-out the whole pregnancy we've recieved so many wonderful things.
It's great to have such a big wonderful family!!

10/8/98-Aidan was born September 16, 1998.
The midwives had to induce and I was in labor for about 15 hours.
I wouldn't dilate passed four cm. so Aidan was delivered via a C-Section.
Yesterday he was three weeks old.
And weighing in at 10 pounds!!

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