Thursday while we were running some errands I got a call from my midwife asking if I still wanted to know the gender of our baby. I said YES!! and she told us that we are having a BOY!!! I was super excited cause I was wanting a boy and really thinking it was a boy while Ronel, my mom & sisters all wanted a girl (in my family, so far the grandkids are 4 boys and only 1 girl (the oldest), plus with Neil's grandkids it is 1 of each so the boys greatly out number the girls) The midwife also mentioned that the ultrasound lab had asked me to come back in for a "urgent" follow-up ultrasound as they were unable to get clear photos/measurements of certain parts of the baby so I will be heading back for another ultrasound on April 6th. While I'm not excited about having to drink that much water and hold it again or that they couldn't see certain things last time, I am excited about seeing our son again!!!
We are just over 21 weeks now and I am definitely starting to feel and notice the changes in my body. I am excited to feel HIM kick/move for the first time.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Halfway point!!! 20 Weeks
Wow - can't believe that we're at the halfway point for this pregnancy!
I have started to notice differences in my body and am now wearing maternity pants as my regular pants are a bit snug around the waist. I have lost 9lbs since finding out I was pregnant - part of that is due to healthier eating, part is due to a total lack of appetite.
My appetite is slowly coming back now that I'm on the mend from the pneumonia (the dr & midwife both said it could be 6 weeks before I'm completely better). We had our ultrasound last Wednesday and got to see our baby again. It was so cool! The baby was moving all around and the ultrasound technician was so great at pointing out everything to us and got us some great photos (I'll try and figure out a way to get them online) No profile photos which the technician tried really hard to get but baby wouldn't cooperate. Hopefully in the next week or 2 we will find out if I'm carrying our son or daughter, then we can start saying he or she and look a little harder on finding names!
Baby's now the size of a cantaloupe!
Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you'd like your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.
I have started to notice differences in my body and am now wearing maternity pants as my regular pants are a bit snug around the waist. I have lost 9lbs since finding out I was pregnant - part of that is due to healthier eating, part is due to a total lack of appetite.
My appetite is slowly coming back now that I'm on the mend from the pneumonia (the dr & midwife both said it could be 6 weeks before I'm completely better). We had our ultrasound last Wednesday and got to see our baby again. It was so cool! The baby was moving all around and the ultrasound technician was so great at pointing out everything to us and got us some great photos (I'll try and figure out a way to get them online) No profile photos which the technician tried really hard to get but baby wouldn't cooperate. Hopefully in the next week or 2 we will find out if I'm carrying our son or daughter, then we can start saying he or she and look a little harder on finding names!
Baby's now the size of a cantaloupe!
Baby gulps down several ounces of amniotic fluid every day, both for nutrition and to practice swallowing and digesting. And, these days, those taste buds actually work! Studies show that after birth, babies respond best to tastes they've already had via amniotic fluid. Meaning, think about what you'd like your future child to eat as you prepare your own lunch.
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