Damn you DQ!

I thought I was doing well, I thought my weight gain was under control. That is until I gained 6 pounds since my last appointment 3 weeks ago! I am now up to 12 pounds and the majority went to my butt.

I do have a very round pooch so at least I can pretend that is where the weight is going. I think the hardest part about being pregnant in the summer is not the heat but the temptations of ice cream, burgers, iced tea, etc.

I am also happy to report that last saturday at exactly 19 weeks I felt a kick. I had my hand on my tummy while talking to Matt on the phone and I felt it inside and out. Since then I have felt a couple more though not consistent. I guess that is to come.

Matt is home now for a while, looks like he will be home for the ultrasound in exactly 2 weeks. I am getting so excited. We have narrowed down both the girl and boy names to 3 each.

For boys, it is Merrik Milton, Miccah Milton or Maddox Milton (we have to take the grandfather's name and it has to have the initials mmm).

For girls, it is Nevaeh Lacey, Madison Nevaeh, or Savannah Lacey. I really wanted Savannah Nevaeh but that would give her the initials SNM (get it? S and M???) I am not that cruel.

Matt was really gung ho for Nevaeh and I was a little hesitant. He couldn't figure it out. I fought for that name for many years and threatened lives if they used it. Now he likes it and I am weary. Then I explained to him that I don't believe that that name belongs with this child - and I broke. He felt terrible and he didn't know either, but I honestly feel like our angel in heaven is a little girl and her name is Nevaeh. That is why I want it as a middle name, to remember her.

3 weeks and counting

I have my ultrasound in three weeks exactly - I can't wait. I almost think I need to know the sex to make this feel real. Sometimes I still have to pinch myself, I don't believe I am pregnant.

Matt will be home on Tuesday. I haven't seen him in 3 weeks, he will be shocked to see the progress on my belly. He has been anxious to listen to the doppler as well.

Not that I am complaining, but I am getting tired of peeing myself when I sneeze. And no underwear fit right now either! My regular ones are tighter and fitting under my belly which makes the outline in my pants look weird. But the maternity ones are still so huge. I wonder if I can get away with commando...

I bought a maternity bathing suit because my best friend has a pool and I am sure I will be frequenting it this summer. As well, Matt and I are heading off to Seattle for a week in July and our hotel has a pool. I tried on like 6 different styles and cried after each one. I never had the picture perfect body for a swim suit but I always managed to find something that suited (lol no pun intended) my body. But now, there are so many pockets of fat everywhere, everythingl ooked unnatural. I finally settled on a two piece that has the dress top (comes to crotch level). It is slightly big now but come summer I know I will fill it up nicely.

Time to lay off the M&Ms

Well at one day shy of 18 weeks, I have a very noticable baby bump and the fattiness settling in everywhere. I have currently gained 7 pounds (when taken in the morning, when taken in the evening it is more like 10 so I like the morning better :)) so things are moving along.

I felt little bubbles here and there but I am not classifying that as movement yet. I still have time. Heartbeat is still a steady 154 to 158 when taken in the evening.

The morning sickess is finally starting to let off as you can tell by the weight gain.

16 week 1 day picture

My mother'd Day flowers sent from Matt who is currently out of town working.
My 16 week, 1 day picture. It was taken in the afternoon so my belly is worse than morning.

First OB appointment

Well I am back from my first OB appointment for pregnancy ever. The ironic part of the day is I realized that the doc I saw for infertility, my home study worker for the adoption and my OB are all in the same building. Every transition I have had on this journey has happened in that building.

He said there was no point in trying to get an earlier u/s, they are quite backed up these days and he was happy with the June 12th one. He is a very thorough doc and I feel very comfortable with him. He is watching my thyroid closely.

There was some confusion with my edd. Based on ovulation, edd would be Oct 18. Based on the early u/s, it would be Oct 20. I accidentally told my gp my last period was Jan 17 (meant to say Jan 12) so my OB was going to give me an edd of Oct 23 because u/s can be +/- 3 days. I finally expalined to him I was mistaken and it was Jan 12. So he gave me an edd of Oct 20. But I don't want to change my ticker! I live changing weeks on Saturday... oh well very minor.

I also asked him about my headaches and he said there was no reason to suffer, I am perfectly safe to take advil up until 33 weeks but no more. He even said I can take 2 pills every 3 to 4 hours as needed. I won't take that much but it is good to know I can take 1 if it gets really bad.

He is sending me for the bloodtest that tests for downs and spina bifida. The reason he likes to send women for it is so when the u/s comes, if there is an abormality they can look at the test and determine if more testing is necessary or not. It makes me nervous because what if... but I know we will have this baby no matter what and it is no harm to either of us, but it will help prevent questions later.

And then he checked for the heartbeat. Just like at home, a steady 158. He had a little trouble at first, I wanted to grab the wand and guide it to where it should me, lol. But it did come through nice and loud. I am measuring 15 weeks and I have gained 6 pounds so he said it will pick up once my appeitie is back to normal.

Overall, I am pleased. I wish I could have gotten an earlier u/s so I can see pink or blue and so Matt can be there (he will be out of town on June 12) but I have a healthy pregnancy so I am not complaining.