21 Weeks!

Friday we found out that we will be having a baby girl. Probably a big baby girl if her current weight and length are any indication. Friday she was 13 ounces and 9 inches long. She is probably a lb by now. She has really big feet and hands and we could count her ten toes and five fingers on one hand. The other arm she had underneath her for a pillow so we couldn't see her fingers. It took about 25 mins to get her to cooperate so we could tell if she was a girl or boy. She had her feet crossed and finally she gave me a good kick and after that we could tell. She has been moving around a lot lately, mostly around 10:30 or 11 at night.

We have finally gotten the office cleared out and moved down to the basement. The cats have taken over in the nursery and I did always want a room just for them. They will have one for a few more weeks anyway. We got really lucky and found the crib we had been wanting at Target on Monday night. It was sold out online and was not supposed to be available in stores, it was the last one Target had. We also bought a dresser to match it, not the exact one I wanted but it fits the set and will be fine. Now we only need the changing table - Lexington has two targets so this weekend we are going over to the other one to see if they have one in stock. Nicholasville Rd Target didn't. We also plan to register this weekend - I planned that last weekend and was to tired to do so.

20 Weeks!

Today we make it to the halfway point, tomorrow we find out the gender - pretty exciting. I'm more excited to see the baby again though than to see whether its a boy or girl. I don't know why, thats just how I feel about it. We have finally started to buy stuff for the baby, we have ordered the crib bedding and it should be here tomorrow. It is coming via Fedex but I heard on the radio this morning there was on overturned Fedex truck on the BG and it probably has my stuff in it lol.

I believe the sickness has passed but each time I say that I get sick again. Two weekends ago I woke up with a swollen face - I will not get into my issues with my face - and got sick twice. I guess that was to warn me not to go watch Hellboy II but I did anyway, it was awful. This past weekend the baby got to go to its third concert - The Avett Brothers. The baby has now been to a Lucero and two Avett Bros concerts. It will have atleast one more of each before it is born. Atleast now it can hear the music.

The babies movements have been pretty good so far, they get stronger daily. Not strong enough of course for anyone else to feel. Jason used to be very weird about the pregnancy and not understand that it drained me (at first - now I am fine) and I used to tell him I wasn't ever going to let him feel it kick. He has been a lot better lately, I think it is because he can actually see my stomach get bigger and knows he only has four more months until there is an actual live baby in our lives. The reality is sinking in and we still have SO much to do. I am hoping to register this weekend and I had to download guides on what to register for because I have NO idea!! lol

19 Weeks!

I am almost halfway finished! The baby has been moving around a lot since Tuesday. I felt it early in the day but didn't realize what it was until later in the afternoon. The movement is something that I was more excited about happening than the gender ultrasound. Tuesday evening , Jason was hammering on our needing to be condemed deck and the baby moved a lot. I dont think it liked all the vibrations. Only one more week until the big ultrasound - people ask how I can stand it and I can stand it just fine. Not a big deal to me to know or not which surprises me. I never could understand how people could go the entire pregnancy without knowing. At first I really wanted to know because I wanted to be able to decorate and buy clothes and all that but as time progressed we decided on a gender neutral nursery theme - farm animals. I spent a lot of my time on a farm when I was younger and it is one of my favorite places to be. My children will not have the luxury of being brought up as I was since we live away from pretty much all of our family. It kind of makes me sad to think about it even though I know they will have some advantages I didn't have since they are going to be brought up in a bigger place. People always want to raise their kids to have better than they did but my sister and I were lucky; there wasn't much more we could ask for. Maybe some UK season tickets lol

Anyway, back to the nursery - we have to start on it soon!!!

18 Weeks!

Today I went to the doctor for my check up. I am 18 weeks along and have so far only gained 6 lbs. I guess that happens when you cant eat or drink for the first 12 week of your pregnancy lol. Even now I can not eat a lot but atleast I don't get sick after I do. The nausea has finally passed (hopefully not speaking too soon). The second trimester has definitely been better than the first. Honestly, I don't remember much of the first because I was either asleep or had my head in a toilet.

The good news is my bp is perfect (as usual) and we get to find out the gender in 2 weeks, I will be 20 weeks, July 25th at 1pm! I have mixed feelings - I want to know and then again I kind of don't - but we are going to find out. The heart beat today was around 150 and the doctor said "it" was moving around a lot. Boy or girl I don't care, I just want it to be big and healthy.

17 Weeks!

I started thinking on Monday that since we will be waiting at least five months to find out the gender of our baby that we should just wait the remaining four. Jason did NOT like that idea at all and I know that if he found out and I didn't it would be just like the movie "Knocked Up" where the butthead tells her anyway. Because my Jason = a butthead :) He laughs at my belly because it keeps getting bigger; that is because he is immature and does not know what to think lol.

I am hoping to start feeling a lot of movement soon, I have only felt the baby two times I think. The Sunday before last I am 100% positive I felt it - it is a strange but good sensation. I go to the doctor next week and it will be the last time I see my OB/GYN as she is moving to California. I just have to get a new person at my clinic, which honestly isn't a big deal. It isn't like have a birth plan and all that figured out already or anything. The check ups are simple, just ask me how I am feeling and hear the babies heartbeat. I had to complete a form over whether or not I wanted genetics testing and I get to return that next week. I am saying no to the testing without giving it any thought. I know a lot of people who had a lot of worry from false positives. Does it really matter anyway? It is not like I am going to say no, I don't want this baby if something is wrong with it. My baby will be fine.

I have had very few complaints for my pregnancy - the vomiting continues though but I blame it mostly on my prenatals. For whatever reason when they hit my mouth they make me gag. Most of the time I can keep them down but sometimes I can't and they come right back up along with everything else I have eaten. Last time Jason just watched me puke, I feel puking is a personal thing and would rather NOT be watched! (it is just so gross - I sure would NOT be watching him).