Dalton Cash McKinney...

This is my baby Dalton who is inside of me causing me all this grief with the bed rest....I love him anyways! I can't wait to meet him! It's so surreal that he is 2.5lbs now and about 14 inches long...WOW. I have to keep him in there a little longer so he can gain some weight and have a chance of making it. I'm at 28 weeks now and the doctor put me on bedrest and said that we need to wait to have little Dalton for at least 9 more weeks. 9 weeks isn't very long it's hard to believe how fast the time has went by.

My First Month of Pregnancy

So.....my first month of pregnancy was kind of surreal. I didn't believe I was pregnant and I had cramps like I was going to start my period any day now. Once I peed on the pregnancy test and there were two lines I was freaking out. After all, I was scared and didn't know what to expect and wasn't planning on having children anytime soon. So as the days went by and the prayers for my period to come didn't seem to be doing any good I finally accepted that my period wasn't going to come. I still didn't accept or feel like I was pregnant. I just felt like a girl that wasn't having a period. I know that may sound horrible but I blame it on the pregnancy horomones that make you feel all kinds of different ways when you are pregnant. Because now I do feel pregnant and I am very happy that I am pregnant. Just getting through that first month of emotions and denial was a little tough. Anyone else ever feel like that in there first month? Where you don't accept that you are pregnant yet? Let me know. Leave a comment!

The doctor called...

Finally...this morning the doctor called me back and my fetal fibronectin test came back negative and that is good. I am so happy. I have to continue to be on bedrest...can only get up to go to the bathroom and shower but it is okay. If the test had come back positive there was going to be a likely chance I was going to go into labor within the next few weeks. I'm just relieved. The only thing I am worried about is working and making money to pay the bills. I had to go ahead and drop out of the Graphic Design program at school because I am on bedrest all this week and I only made it to school one week before I was put on bedrest. If anyone has any suggestions about what to do to make money from home laying on the couch let me know....lol. I'm trying not to stress too much about work and money because I know if I do it's bad for little Dalton. Anyways I will let ya'll know more later. I'll probably write another blog later about my first month being pregnant. Thanks for reading!

So the doctor never called....

The doctor didn't call today until 5:00 but my phone didn't ring it just popped up and said I had a voicemail. They told me to call back after 8:30am tomorrow morning and to ask for a certain person. I am figuring hey there can't be anything too wrong or they would have worked a little harder to get in touch with me today. I will call them tomorrow and keep you guys posted on what they say and let you know the results of my fetal fibronectin test. Cross your fingers! I know if it comes back positive that means I could go into labor within two weeks. We don't want that to happen. Little Dalton needs to stay inside for at least 10 more weeks!

I am irritated with the doctor. I was suppose to get the results of my fetal fibronectin test back this morning but the doctors keep putting me off when I call.

Finding Out.....

When I first found out that i was pregnant I was really scared. The pregnancy wasn't planned at all and I was going to school to get a degree in Graphic Design to hopefully start my career and then have kids. I was also engaged when I found out I was pregnant and decided that it would be best not to have a wedding and just go get married to my fiance' for health insurance purposes and to save money for the baby. I'm 25 and I never thought I would be ready for baby anytime soon but here in the last few months I feel ready. It's funny how things change as you go along. In the beginning I was really scared and in denial about being pregnant and now here I am 6 1/2 months pregnant and I'm comming to terms with it and I'm actually getting really excieted about having my little one. My parents were upset at first of course but now they too are really excited about having their first granchild. I know my parents just want what is best for me and wanted me to finish college and have a career and own a home before I got pregnant, but sometimes things just work out differently than you plan. I also have endometriosis and think sometimes maybe I got pregnant now and God gave me this child because in the future the endometriosis may cause me to not be able to have children. Life is funny and things always seem to work out, no matter how much of a disaster things seem to be in the moment.

Hi Everyone!

I am Melissa and I'm 25 years old and I'm 6 1/2 months pregnant with my first child. It has been an eventful 6 1/2 months and I thought that now that I am perscribed bed rest for the rest of my pregnancy I would share my experiences with you guys. Being pregnant is definitely not what I expected it to be. I thought I would get really fat really fast and that wasn't the case. I just got gradually bigger and didn't even look pregnant until I was almost 6 months pregnant. I will be sharing my experiences with you all month by month. I have kept a journal of my pregnancy experience and will relay all my feelings and thoughts to this blog to help other first time Mom's know that what they are feeling and what's happening to their bodies is completely normal. Thanks for your interest in my pregnancy!