So I found out today that Jay can be a total idiot. He told everyone to avoid using our baby registry to buy baby shower gifts because he thought that I would find out what people were buying when I checked the website online. AND he said if it were up to him everyone would just buy us gifts from MLB.com and that would make him happy. So people have been buying gifts based on what Jay wants...ughhh.
SO...I am pretty irritated now by that since the registry is sooooo important since I put alot of things on there that I think we will need like the boppy, thermometer, first aid kit, tub, bottle warmer, bottle steam sterilizer, baby care timer, etc.
If you are planning on going to the baby shower and plan on getting something, please, please, please use the Babiesrus registry. Its under Natasha Gerken or Jason Gerken. Don't listen to Jay because Jay is a man and doesn't know any better. Thank you.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Baby Name
It looks like we have a baby name that we are actually sticking to this time. Yesterday I just got fed up with calling the baby "Baby". I felt like I was talking to a baby I don't even know or something. So I called Jay and told him that he could name the baby as long as I get to name our next boy, if we have another boy in the future. I really just wanted Jay to feel involved in some part of this pregnancy since I get to have all the experiences and he doesn't. So Jay wants to name the baby Shea John Gerken. Shea is Irish and means "hawk-like". Some other meanings I found were "majestic", "admirable", "graceful", "free", and "courageous". It's also the name of the Mets old stadium, Shea Stadium.
This is what Jay wrote on his blog:
"With just under two months to go before the arrival of my little dude we have decided on a name...
Shea John Gerken
Shea is an Irish name and means: Hawk-like or majestic; an Irish family name and the name of New York's Shea Stadium.
Everyone knows I'm a huge Mets fan and not the avid watcher of birds so you can guess how the name came to be.
You can check out this link for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shea_Stadium
John is both of our grandfather's names so it just felt like it would be a nice fit for the middle name.
And Gerken is my last name...pretty easy decision on that!"
So that's that for now!
This is what Jay wrote on his blog:
"With just under two months to go before the arrival of my little dude we have decided on a name...
Shea John Gerken
Shea is an Irish name and means: Hawk-like or majestic; an Irish family name and the name of New York's Shea Stadium.
Everyone knows I'm a huge Mets fan and not the avid watcher of birds so you can guess how the name came to be.
You can check out this link for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shea_Stadium
John is both of our grandfather's names so it just felt like it would be a nice fit for the middle name.
And Gerken is my last name...pretty easy decision on that!"
So that's that for now!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
~32 week photos~
Sorry I haven't posted anything sooner...sorry Bree...=) I've been wanting to wait on the pictures until I grew a bit bigger. So this is from today 4/1/09
Complete with a funky belly button and stretch marks! YAY! In case anyone is wondering why my belly button has a red spot...its from when I had a belly button piercing when I was a teenager. I guess the scar tissue turns red when its stretched like that.
So I am getting pretty excited about the baby shower in a little over two weeks! I'll be even more excited that I'll be 34 weeks and a couple days at that point. Then shortly after that I have my 36 week ultrasound on May 1st. I am super thrilled to say the baby has had excellent movement. He is a little ninja in my belly. He spends alot of time now lying on his side which is better than him being breech all the time. I think he might have completely turned upside-down at some point because I start feeling lots of pressure with the weight change. I really dont want the doctors to perform an external version to turn him so hopefully in four weeks he will be where he needs to be locked into position.
In the meantime, Jay and I have been keeping busy. We are going to start getting the apartment baby proofed and replacing old stuff with new stuff. I was able to get Jay out of the house yesterday in order to go see the Titanic exhibit and the Bodies exibit at the Luxor. Jay had free tickets from his job (which would have cost close to $90-100 for the both of us). We saw titanic first and it was a trip! It was very emotionally overwhelming and realistic. Jay really enjoyed it alot. We then saw Bodies which is filled with real human remains that have been processed with polymer to preserve them. They had entire bodies, bones, random organs, etc. It was interesting but its pretty creepy too. They had facts on the wall and one of them said women who eat lots of garlic have babies that breastfeed better...so at least I learned something new. Jay and I were going to skip the room which contained embryos and fetuses but then I decided to go in at the last minute. Jay hated that room. It was interesting though to see real preserved embryos throughout every stage of pregnancy and then the actually larger fetuses. I was actually blown away by it all until I saw a baby in a tube that is my babies age right now, and then I got freaked out. I thought it was bad ju-ju for me to be in there any longer.
So after that kind of excitement, we needed somewhere to relax so we headed over to Shark Reef. I had only been to see the top of the shark tank so this time I was able to walk through the whole thing. I know I will be bringing the baby back there all the time. When we were in the touch pool room with the sting rays, I wanted so badly just to touch one but I couldn't manuever my big self through the people so I quietly sat at the other end of the pool and observed. The sting rays were a good 15-20 feet away being idle and so I was shocked when out of nowhere an ivory colored sting ray bee-lined it right for me and sort of stopped so I could reach him. As soon as I touched him a few times he went back to the other end of the pool. I don't know why but this made my day feel great.
I hope Jay and I can have many days like that with the baby. I love those type of outings, too bad the best places to go are on the strip. Being pregnant down on the strip is way stressful but its fun once you are doing something indoors.
So I hope everyone is getting excited about the baby coming soon! I know the baby's grandmas can't wait. My mom already has plans to kidnap the baby from me and take him to lunch so she can pretend he is hers. Hahaha. I'm starting to get a little frightened of the whole labor thing so it will be great to have our moms there guiding me through it all.
Well, expect updates at 34 weeks for pictures and 34 weeks and four days since that the day of the baby shower. I'll try to get as many pictures as I can and when the baby's nursery is set up, we'll get pictures of that too. Oh and the baby is still nameless but we are working this out. =)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
30 weeks WHOOHOOOO!
So here we are in the 30's finally! I don't know about anyone else but I'm starting my countdown to this baby coming out! I am officially TIRED of being pregnant now and can't wait to see my son. Around 29 weeks the tides started to turn and happy pregnant Tasha went far away and was replaced by grumpy, moody Tasha. I really thought some women overexaggerated some of the big third trimester symptoms but now I know differently. I feel and look like a fat moo cow and my doctor even said I'm pretty large. I'm now in a constant state of swelling and my feet and hands look like there is no bones in them. I can't even describe how frustrating it is to be stuck on the couch or in bed because standing seems like way more effort than its worth. I think part of my grumpy attitude comes from the fact that I'm so used to doing everything myself and now I need Jay to help me with everything, its so frustrating. I don't enjoy being this helpless AT ALL! And I have to give Jay alot of credit because he is so patient with me and SO supportive. He helps me laugh through the tense moments. He seems so relaxed about everything but that could be due to the fact that he can just pour himself a drink whenever he wants. Unfortunately, I can't do that so I usually go on cleaning sprees to relax. Jay get so frustrated when he comes home and I look like a swollen tomato from scrubbing things all day. But I'm proud to say that I've pretty much reoraganized all of our things including the cabinets and closets! YAY!
In baby news, baby seems to be growing very large now. He even seems to have a stubborn personality to me. Baby Gerken usually likes punch and kick and roll in my belly all night long waking his momma up every hour. When I finally decide to get up in the morning he goes right to sleep for like five hours! Then he wakes back up in the afternoon around 1pm and stays awake. While I clean or check my emails, he just goes into his happy world just rolling around in there over and over again. Like right now, his hand keeps poking out and sliding around directly above my belly button. I say he is stubborn because he seems to have found a nook in my right side that he never leaves and he is still breach. At night when he is really active and sticking far out of my belly I can put my hands on my side and he cradles his back into them. Now that he is so big, its really hard NOT to feel him when he moves. The other night Jay was able to feel one of his little spaz episodes when he starts throwing his arms and legs out all over the place. He does that alot at night. I'm starting to think that the baby doesn't like it when he cant hear me or jay or when I'm just lying still because thats when he really goes crazy. He only sleeps well when I'm sitting talking to Jay or when I'm walking around.
I will post new belly picture in week or two. I look pretty much the same as last week so not much of a difference right now. =)
In baby news, baby seems to be growing very large now. He even seems to have a stubborn personality to me. Baby Gerken usually likes punch and kick and roll in my belly all night long waking his momma up every hour. When I finally decide to get up in the morning he goes right to sleep for like five hours! Then he wakes back up in the afternoon around 1pm and stays awake. While I clean or check my emails, he just goes into his happy world just rolling around in there over and over again. Like right now, his hand keeps poking out and sliding around directly above my belly button. I say he is stubborn because he seems to have found a nook in my right side that he never leaves and he is still breach. At night when he is really active and sticking far out of my belly I can put my hands on my side and he cradles his back into them. Now that he is so big, its really hard NOT to feel him when he moves. The other night Jay was able to feel one of his little spaz episodes when he starts throwing his arms and legs out all over the place. He does that alot at night. I'm starting to think that the baby doesn't like it when he cant hear me or jay or when I'm just lying still because thats when he really goes crazy. He only sleeps well when I'm sitting talking to Jay or when I'm walking around.
I will post new belly picture in week or two. I look pretty much the same as last week so not much of a difference right now. =)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
28 week ultrasound
Ok everyone! So we had another ultrasound today to check how the baby is developing (and to look at that whole thing with the kidneys) and the doctor and the ultrasound technician said he is looking GREAT! I think the ultrasound technician said our son looked great about ten times. I am so damn happy he is doing wonderful!!! He sure is moving around like he is a healthy, growing baby. Especially right now, his fist keeps jutting out the front of my stomach with a crazy amount of strength! So they said the baby weighs 2lbs. 12 oz. which is right on track for his gestational age. So I guess it turns out that I AM the one getting big and fat and not the baby. Teeheehee =)
But we might have an explanation for that.....I have to have a three-hour glucose screening test done for gestational diabetes. Jay and I went for the one hour test three weeks ago and by Dr. Visintine's standards my levels were a little elevated. But he says that my actual doctor, Dr. Pollock, might have different standards and levels that he follows which may mean that I'm fine. Either way gestational diabetes can cause excessive weight gain in pregnant women no matter how good they are eating. I honestly dont think I eat more than any other person but my 40+ pound weight gain says otherwise. I average about 4lbs. gained every month. But the good news is, if I do get gestational diabetes it can be very well controlled all the way up until the baby is delivered (after delivery everything is normal again) and I'm totally ready to change my habits to make sure our son is born as healthy as can be. So I may be saying bye-bye! to all sweets pretty soon!
So more about the baby...so at the ultrasound we were able to see how big he has become and it was so amazing as always! His face is so round and chubby, and his cheeks holy cow!!! His cheeks make him look like a hamster storing food in his mouth, they're huge!! I guess he didn't like it when the camera was rolling all over my belly because the ultrasound girl's hand kept flying up from him kicking her. It seemed for a while that the baby had hibernated in my belly because he had turned around backwards and I couldn't feel his kicks as much. But then about three or four days ago he finally rolled over and man was he soooooo much stronger than before! Jay and I actually watched his shoulder and arm rise up from my belly when he rolled and ever since then we see him all the time. I noticed that he loves to grab onto my ribs which is so annoying when I'm trying to put on make-up or I'm eating. He also likes to push with all his strength towards the front side of my belly which is an indescribable sensation. Sometimes he just completely freaks out and starts kicking and punching all at once like a madman! I see sports in his future for sure.
Well, we have another appointment on Monday, and our 36 week ultrasound on May 1st. At the next ultrasound the doctor will check the baby's position and start discussing birthing options! I can't believe how time is flying! I'll post new pictures soon, possibly tomorrow.
But we might have an explanation for that.....I have to have a three-hour glucose screening test done for gestational diabetes. Jay and I went for the one hour test three weeks ago and by Dr. Visintine's standards my levels were a little elevated. But he says that my actual doctor, Dr. Pollock, might have different standards and levels that he follows which may mean that I'm fine. Either way gestational diabetes can cause excessive weight gain in pregnant women no matter how good they are eating. I honestly dont think I eat more than any other person but my 40+ pound weight gain says otherwise. I average about 4lbs. gained every month. But the good news is, if I do get gestational diabetes it can be very well controlled all the way up until the baby is delivered (after delivery everything is normal again) and I'm totally ready to change my habits to make sure our son is born as healthy as can be. So I may be saying bye-bye! to all sweets pretty soon!
So more about the baby...so at the ultrasound we were able to see how big he has become and it was so amazing as always! His face is so round and chubby, and his cheeks holy cow!!! His cheeks make him look like a hamster storing food in his mouth, they're huge!! I guess he didn't like it when the camera was rolling all over my belly because the ultrasound girl's hand kept flying up from him kicking her. It seemed for a while that the baby had hibernated in my belly because he had turned around backwards and I couldn't feel his kicks as much. But then about three or four days ago he finally rolled over and man was he soooooo much stronger than before! Jay and I actually watched his shoulder and arm rise up from my belly when he rolled and ever since then we see him all the time. I noticed that he loves to grab onto my ribs which is so annoying when I'm trying to put on make-up or I'm eating. He also likes to push with all his strength towards the front side of my belly which is an indescribable sensation. Sometimes he just completely freaks out and starts kicking and punching all at once like a madman! I see sports in his future for sure.
Well, we have another appointment on Monday, and our 36 week ultrasound on May 1st. At the next ultrasound the doctor will check the baby's position and start discussing birthing options! I can't believe how time is flying! I'll post new pictures soon, possibly tomorrow.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Update on baby registry...by Jay
Yes...i have finally decided to sit down at the computer to write an update...well...with some "encouragement" from Tasha!
The Babies R Us registry has the names under Natasha Gerken and Jason Gerken. No...we are not married yet. We just figured it would be easier since the baby will have the last name Gerken. Sorry for the typo in the shower cards.
We have another ultrasound coming up this Friday so keep an eye out for more pictures and an update on the little man and his development.
I have realized the hardest part of this entire process (for me) is naming my future son. I know no matter what we name him that kids will find a way to make fun of his name regardless of what it might be.
This is a very exciting time for the two of us and it makes me very happy to have the kind of support that everyone has been showing us. I want to say thank you to everyone and i hope this new addition to the family doesn't break too much stuff when he comes to visit.
The Babies R Us registry has the names under Natasha Gerken and Jason Gerken. No...we are not married yet. We just figured it would be easier since the baby will have the last name Gerken. Sorry for the typo in the shower cards.
We have another ultrasound coming up this Friday so keep an eye out for more pictures and an update on the little man and his development.
I have realized the hardest part of this entire process (for me) is naming my future son. I know no matter what we name him that kids will find a way to make fun of his name regardless of what it might be.
This is a very exciting time for the two of us and it makes me very happy to have the kind of support that everyone has been showing us. I want to say thank you to everyone and i hope this new addition to the family doesn't break too much stuff when he comes to visit.
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