100 to go!

The first 100 days of a presidential term are supposed to be very telling. (a little tribute to this little one's Dad!) These last 100 days should be just as telling!

I have a form of RH incompatibility. It's not the simple kind where I can get a shot though. Basically, there are lots of blood alleles and one of them is E. I am anti-E. W is obviously positive for E because he passed it on to M and she left enough in me that I built up antibodies in the last two years. So when they did my blood tests when I got pregnant, they discovered that I had anti-E antibodies. It caused a lot of worry at first until we learned more about what it all meant. (Heaven forbid I have an uneventful pregnancy, right? :)

-if this baby also inherited the big E, then the antibodies can cause problems with this baby's blood. If my antibodies get too high, it means they could start attacking the baby's blood and cause anemia in the baby. If the baby gets anemia, it reacts by blocking blood flow tot he brain to send it other places which of course is very dangerous for her brain development. However, 1) we don't know whether she inherited the big E or not. 2) it's milder in earlier pregnancies-I haven't had that much time to build up the antibodies. 3) there's nothing we did to cause this and there's nothing we can do but monitor it. So, the bottom line is, we get my blood checked every month to see if I'm building more antibodies or just maintaining. IF I built up more antibodies, they would start weekly ultrasounds to watch the baby more closely. They would monitor her blood flow and make sure her brain is developing fine and getting enough blood. If the blood flow did become interrupted and there was anemia, they could actually do an intra-uterine blood transfusion to supplement. Those last two steps are where I get freaked out and scared.

-Not many people know about this complication with the baby, so for all of the rest of you who are now freaked out, here's the good news! I keep telling myself that everything is absolutely fine as long as my blood levels stay okay. And that's true. And it's going fine so far. My blood levels or "titres" have stayed nice and low and haven't budged for three months in a row. We'll keep monitoring it for the rest of the pregnancy but so far, so good!

In general though, this pregnancy has been so easy! I was HARDLY sick and I have felt great. I expect to get really huge over the next 100 days and really uncomfortable! :) And we're excited!

because it's funny...

I haven't watched SNL in years. I have only seen Penelope once but she's funny!

Enjoy this clip!

Sweet Moment

Now, is it any wonder that these are my two favorite people????

Princess Sleep Bee Bear

We have gotten a lot of fun packages in the mail recently! One came courtesy of Aunt Grace's new job at Build a Bear. Now Princess White Bear has an alter-ego!
sorry, my rotating powers have been temporarily disabled!

she also got plates, napkins and cups with her favorite people on them and had a tea party with her bear. Thank you Grandma and Grace!

Cousin bonding

These pictures are a few weeks old but I am still catching up! We've been lucky to have cousins close by who love games even more than we do! Jeff and Katie were soooo good to W while I was gone and we've kept weekly game night going. We trade off dinner and treats and then play a few games. We're so glad it's kept going! And M loves their baby! He's a year younger but she asks about him all the time and wants to see him all the time! I love that she has family her age around here.



He wasn't as keen on holding hands as M was!

As an aside journal note, I love how my babies react to when I drink especially. I just had a glass of water and the little one inside is kicking up a storm! M was like that too! I would drink a glass of juice especially and she'd go nuts! I LOVE this stage of pregnancy!

Weekend Report

I worked at the hospital for the first time on Saturday! And it was by myself! Augh!! It went really well actually. I had to call my supervisor once because my default settings on the computer disappeared and I needed to reset it with his help. But I was able to find what I needed and enjoyed my day! yay!

I got a new calling at church. I'm the ward chorister. I must have chorister stamped on my forehead. They said if I was related to my grandmother (we go to her ward) then I must know how to lead music! I joined the stake choir on Sunday. I was nervous about going when I really don't know anyone yet but our stake conference is coming up and Elder Nelson is our visiting General Authority and so I couldn't pass this up! I think it will be fun and I DID recognize someone there!

I heart Macey's!

Not the department store, the grocery store!

It's one of those things I've been so happy hasn't changed since I moved away six years ago! It still has fabulous "farm bread" and still sells cheap ice cream cones!

And last night, it was open at 3am when I needed to get motrin for my little girl with a fever! I love it! And it still is closed on Sunday! Good store!

M seems fine today but low energy so I'm not sure what is up but she was hot hot hot last night and crying so I got to trek out in the dark because of course, the motrin is packed! So hopefully she'll be back to her energetic self soon. sweet girl.