The Story of Simzgirl

A little over two weeks ago, on December 18th, I got something I hadn’t had in almost four years: a positive pregnancy test. I was so excited. In fact, I wrote this:
Well, I just found out I am pregnant. I guess I already KNEW, but I was trying to not get my hopes up… […]

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When I was pregnant with Ana, I got very accustom to stepping on the scale each week, but I haven’t weighed in since the Monday before she was born. I figured since Ana is three weeks old today, it was time I confronted the scale. I was very happy to see the numbers stop climbing […]

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Introducing Ana Diann Bateman.

Born: Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 10:47 PM
Height: 21 inches
Weight: 8 lbs 8 oz

Labor went well and we are recovering at St Vincent’s of Portland. More details to come later!

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So I have been up since 3am timing contractions. They were 7-8 minutes apart and about 45-60 seconds long for the first couple hours. Simeon woke up around 5:30am and caught me breathing through one and I finally told him what was happening. As expected, he jumped out of bed, ran around plugging things in […]

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39 weeks and still very pregnant. I don’t know if you can tell in the picture or not, but my baby? She hasn’t dropped. Like even an inch. In fact, I think she is actually climbing up higher if that is even possible. However, in the past couple days I have started to lose my […]

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Still no baby. The full moon passed me by with neither a cramp nor a contraction. Damn my resistance to lunar influence! So Simeon and I have taken to eating lots of spicy foods, walking everywhere I can, and even “what got us into this in the first place.” Last night I got some tips […]

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I had my 38 week doctor’s appt this morning and have this to report back:
Urine: Normal: no protein, no sugar (yea!)
Weight: 1 pound gained since last appt (bringing me up to 7 lbs total!)
Blood Pressure: Nice and low
Baby’s Heartbeat: Normal, in the 140s
Measuring: perfect for 38 weeks
BPP: 8 out of 8
Cervix: Totally Closed
Since I have […]

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Holy crap it is December already! How did that happen? All I know is I am officially considered “full term” as of today. 38 weeks. WOWSA. Oh and to make things even better, my friend Katie who was due on the same day as me, actually had her baby girl on Wednesday. Crazy.
Being the […]

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As our due date gets closer and closer, Simeon and I are finally having to take care of some final details we have been putting off completing. The nursery is all put together. We bought and installed our car seat. We even started making a list of people to call once the baby is born […]

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Nope, no baby yet. (I think I am going to get use to saying this one quite a bit!) Sorry to worry you guys. Things have just been really hectic. I am finishing up my last week of work and I gotta admit it cannot end soon enough. Then Simeon and I were out of […]

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