17 weeks and its a GIRL!

I went to my OB appt yesterday. The doctor's office said I am 17w0d. They also said I was 5 pounds heavier than my scale at home!

A ultrasound was not scheduled for me but I really wanted to at least take a pick at the baby to see if we could tell gender yet. So my sweet husband asked everyone that entered our exam room if would could please have a peek. The doctor and ultrasound tech said they would squeeze us a freebie in. It was already after 4:30 pm so I was very appreciative.

Basically she said she was 95% sure it was a girl, she saw three lines, no testicles and an elevated heart rate.

Good enough for me! To at least getting me thinking pink, but I wont paint the nursery just yet.

Next appointment is Aug 18th for the big ultrasound at 20 weeks when they measure the little baby.

16 weeks - tellling the job....

I visited with my boss and basically said:

"I have some good news and some bad news. Good news is that Michael and I have been trying for awhile and I am finally pregnant and due in January! Bad news is that I am coming back to work so you are getting rid of me yet!"

So the cat is out of the bag at work. I plan to take two weeks vacation at Christmas when I will be nice and turkey plump. Then I will start a 6-week maternity leave January 2nd 2009!

Fifteen weeks- itty bitty baby bump

We went to one of my girlfriend's wedding, Ms. Saani, and it was beautiful! It was at the Dallas Arboretum so I took advantage of the photo opportunity and took my first pregnancy photo!

Its a little bump but it definetly looks big to me, of course....

Next appointment: July 28th.

Fourteen weeks - now SECOND trimester

How exciting, we are in the second trimester, thanks be to God!

And like a lightswitch, the first trimester naurchalpsy has subsided! No naps needed for me, well Mike and i did take one yesterday. But I am defiently out and about, pool parties, movies, resturants, shopping again....I cant live without my bargain shopping.

We went to San Antonio this week where there was lots of baby talk. Cousins Chris & Emily are having a boy in September confirmed by 4D ultrasound, they took a test early in the pregnancy though called Intelligender. In the mood, I took this OTC urine test to determine the gender of the baby! The test results were GIRL! But I am not going to go out buy all pink just yet, I'll wait for the ultrasound, it was just for fun.

Twelve weeks - new doctor!

We had our first appointment with our new doctor, Dr. Pinky Ronen. Interesting fellow, but very throughout.

The doctor ordered a ultrasound and we were able to see the baby move around actively! He decided to do a somersault during his spotlight debut! A little scary if this is an indicator of out of womb personality....

Bianca bought us the bassinett that Michael Aunt Alma is lending us, very nice. Biance also bought us a crib that is basically new, hardly used by Mia and Cale.

Eight Weeks and a heartbeat!

We went to Dr. Jacobs again and he performed another ultrasound and this time we were able to hear the heartbeat! Good odds from here. The heartbeat of babies are very high, ours measured 169 BPM! The due date changed by one day, January 5th 2009.

The doctor referred to the baby as a gummy bear from the shape at this age. See the ultrasound picture below:

Still blessed with no morning sickness however I am sleeping tons! I feel like something is wrong with me....oh yeah I am pregnant. I eat in bed, spend the day in bed, sleep in bed and eat again in bed. Its so depressing not to go anywhere or want to do anything. I take naps almost daily, I guess building this little baby is hard work on this 32-year old body!

Six weeks and its confirmed!

We are very excited as we just came from our first doctor's appointment for the baby! Dr. Jacobs performed a intravaginal ultrasound so we able to see the yolk sack. We were also able to see the baby's heartbeating, a flashing white blip in the middle of our bean. Although it was too early to hear the heartbeat seeing it was great news to us.

Our due date is January is 5th 2009!

Since this will be a 2009 delivery and our doctor is retiring from delivery we must find a new doctor soon....ugh.

No morning sickness as of yet. I am getting breakouts that are very annoying but no nausea so I am happy.

Here is the ultrasound picture, not much too see yet....