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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

22 weeks

We're halfway there from the point we found out we're expecting!  Hard to believe; in some ways, I feel like it has gone by fast.  In other ways, it seems like I've been pregnant forever!

We have our next appointment with the midwife on Thursday and we'll go over the report from the ultrasound together.  So, I am looking forward to that!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

21 weeks

Things are progressing!  We are past the half way mark - only 19 weeks to go ;)

I have been experiencing more headaches in the last week or so.  Could be the weather.  Last night, we got a crazy storm with hail the size of golf balls!  Julie and I stayed away from the windows because it sounded like the hail was going to come right through!  It was also incredibly windy, so I was afraid of some patio furniture taking flight and doing some damage too.  Luckily, everything was okay.  Our deck chairs were blown off the deck and into the yard and I had to go on a search and rescue mission for our greenwaste bin which ended up halfway down the street.  I was glad to be safe and sound inside during that storm - it was intense!

I am feeling lots of kicks from the baby now.  I have been feeling movement for the last 3 weeks, but the kicks are getting stronger now.  Still can't be felt from the outside, but hopefully soon!  I can't wait until hubby and J can feel the kicks too!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

20 weeks

We had the ultrasound yesterday and it was great!  We got to see baby's head, face, legs, arms, spine, etc.  Doc said all measurements look normal.  We'll get the full report when we see our midwife again in a couple weeks.  He is recommending a follow-up ultrasound around 30 or 32 weeks since the placenta is quite low this time.  He said most of the time, it moves up as the uterus grows, so it will need to be checked to make sure it has moved.  If not, we'd be looking at needing a C-section.  I'm sure the midwife will tell us more about this at our next appointment, but from my research, about 1 in 4 pregnancies have a low-lying placenta at this stage and only about 4% of those end up not moving and require a C-section.  So, we definitely have good odds that it will move.  So, I will try not to worry about it and we'll see what the follow-up ultrasound says!

At one point during the ultrasound, he asked if we wanted to know the gender, but we stuck with what we decided and said we wanted to keep it a surprise.  I'm glad we decided to wait - I like getting the surprise at the birth!

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

19 weeks

YAY!  Almost half way there!  The baby weighs about 2/3 of a pound now!

Our ultrasound is in 1 week - I can't wait!  We have talked about it some more, and we are now leaning more on the side of not finding out the gender.  We just both really loved the surprise of finding out the gender once the baby was born.  Sure, it would be easier to plan if we knew the gender, but I don't think it would make a huge difference.  All our newborn clothes that we had from J are gender neutral since we didn't know if she was a boy or girl before she was born.  So, if this baby is a boy, we won't have to buy any new clothes right away.  We still have 1 week to make up our minds for sure!

I am having a hard time at work again.  Same issues of them expecting me to complete projects I am not yet competent in.  Luckily, I have my mentor to ask questions of and he has been awesome.  But, he has a full time job elsewhere, so he does have other committments.  I am counting the days until I am outta here.  I am considering maybe starting my mat leave early.  One, it would get me out of this stress sooner (I am concerned about the extra stress and its effect on the baby).  Two, it would mean I'd get to spend some extra time with J before the baby arrives.  Accoring to the EI website, I can start my leave as early as 8 weeks before my due date.  Which means around Thanksgiving.  The latest I would start would be mid-November.  So, I'll have to give that some thought and decide within the next month what I want to do.

Thursday, July 05, 2012

18 weeks, 2 days

I had my 3rd appointment with the midwives this morning.  Since CT couldn't get the time off, I asked my mom if she would like to come with J so they could hear the baby's heartbeat.  J had so much fun 'helping' the midwife take my blood pressure and put the gel on the doppler.  Baby's heartbeat was 148 bpm and J said it sounded like galloping horses - too cute!  We go back in another 4 weeks.

Less than 2 weeks now until the ultrasound!  We are leaning more on the side of finding out the gender.  CT would really like to find out.  I don't have strong feelings one way or another.  With J, I was adamant that I wanted to wait until the birth, but this time, I think it might be nice to know at 20 weeks.  We could better prepare J for having a sibling - if she knew brother or sister, that might help her visualize things better.  She is adamant she is having a baby brother, so if she's right, we can tell her that.  If she's wrong, we'd have 4 months to convince her she's getting a sister instead.  We have until the 17th to decide for sure whether we want to find out or not.

In other news, mom and I have a meeting this afternoon with our lawyer.  My uncle sent us a letter a couple of weeks ago with some options for consideration if we want to settle.  All of the options he put forth are completely unreasonable and him not giving one inch.  So, not a compromise in the least, just him getting his own way.  So, we are going to see what our lawyer suggests at this point.  We are certainly not agreeing to any of my uncle's suggestions, but should we come back with a counter offer or just tell my uncle to take his options and shove them and see you in court.