Week 20, day 4 (Official due date: November 13, 2011)

Believe it or not, I'm now half-way through this pregnancy!
And we definitely know Baby's gender!! If you don't know yet (and want to!), please send us a message :) We love to tell people individually.

Just went to the doctor today. Waited for 1.5 hours in the waiting room with about 10 other pregnant women, including one due next week, one just 8 weeks pregnant, and even a 2 week old born baby! (Man! Was that baby ever precious!!! I can't wait for mine!!)

Here's what I learned at the doctor's:

*My uterus is now at 21 cm (last time it was 18 cm)
*Baby still has a lovely and steady heartrate!
*I actually lost a pound since the last appointment (!?) I really thought I would be gaining with all the junk I ate!! lol. That makes 7 pounds gained since pregnancy began.
*The doctor's office did not receive any calls from the anatomy scan ultrasound peeps, so that generally means that there were no problems with Baby's current development.

Other fun things about pregnancy so far!

*I feel baby ALL the time!!! Rick got to feel Baby for the first time at our friend Corey's wedding in PA! Feeling Baby move is so much fun and exciting. It's easy to recognize Baby moving now, and even I can see movement from the outside too!

*I keep the sonogram pictures in my purse, so anytime I want too see Baby, I just whip them out :)

*My belly is most definitely protruding! It's even getting in the way of doing things...like dishes! I have to stand back from the sink! And it's getting pretty darn close to the steering wheel in the truck. I will learn!

*So much planning to do! I love looking at all the cute things. Although...sometimes it becomes QUITE overwhelming. But I'll get through it! hehe.

That is about it for now! More later, friends!

Week 17

First of all, sorry for not posting for a few weeks! Oh well.
Second, I'm very sorry, but I have no more pictures...Rick left the charger somewhere that is not here, so I'm not very happy about that!

On to baby stuff!
We had another doctor's appointment this past Monday (yesterday), and heard baby's delightful heartbeat! And discovered that my uterus grew 7 cm since last month's appointment, and I've gained 7 pounds since the beginning of the pregnancy. And apparently that is a perfect number for 17 weeks!

I've also been feeling almost ZERO nausea, praise the Lord! No really, it's awesome. Now I just feel huge and stretching constantly, but I definitely prefer it to sickness. However, I still threw up once a week for two weeks now. Once on Scott's lawn! lol, oops!

I've also been feeling Baby!!! I am very happy about that :) It's so much fun.
I do feel sad for Rick though, because he can't feel Baby move yet. Soon enough he will!

Next week Wednesday we find out our Baby's gender! Aren't you all excited to know!? hehe.

I've done some more research into Cloth Diapers and I'm excited about it. It will be like a trillion billion times cheaper than disposables. All the diapers I need for about $250 vs. like $3,000 for baby's disposable diaper career! And there are lots of other benefits too.

So, I'd love to see opinions about what Baby's gender is. Leave a comment with your guess!

Love,
Jen <3