Baby/belly update

We just had an appointment this last Monday. Surprisingly, the visit was uneventful, except for one thing... I gained 8 lbs in the last month! Now my Dr has not said anything to me about my weight, unless I ask, until that visit. I guess I need to start watching what I eat and not use the "I'm eating for 2" excuse anymore. I have already gained more than half of the weight that I should and have 14 more weeks to go. Wow 14 more weeks! I remember hitting the 14 week mark. I guess this is going by faster than I thought. For those of you who have requested it, I finally got an updated belly shot.

I am 25.5 weeks along in this picture and look huge. I often wonder how my stomach is going to get any bigger. I'm already starting to feel some discomfort, such as trouble breathing and I'm told it is only going to get worse. Oh boy.

Speaking of boys. We had another ultrasound at this last visit. Here are some of the pictures from it:

There is no doubt it is a boy. He is definitely not shy about showing his manhood. Now try and get a picture of his face and it is a whole other story.

It also looks like we may have a little body builder on our hands. Not only was he doing a body builder pose, but it also looks like he already has a bicep muscle forming. His daddy is so proud.

Well everything is going good and according to plan. We just hope things keep going smoothly and that our little man doesn't come too early. As anxious as I am to meet him, I wouldn't mind carrying him around in me for another 3 months or so. Until next time...

So I am a little behind...

We have had some major milestones the last two weeks or so. To begin with, Bill has finally been able to feel the baby move. I have felt him move for the last 5 weeks or so, but not until last week could Bill feel it. Bill had his hand on my stomach and the baby either kicked or punched at his hand. Either the baby does not like Bill to touch me or they are beginning their male bonding. Then this last Sunday, I was laying on my in-law's couch and the baby began moving around like crazy. I looked at my stomach and it was rolling and moving, which was quite the sight to see. This went on for at least 5 minutes or so. He is also getting much stronger with his movements. I am beginning to feel them more frequently and usually when I want to rest.

I also had a doctor's appointment on Monday. All of the measurements from my ultrasound were good, with no visible issues at this time. We also had the baby tested for downs syndrome and that came back negative. So far so good. The baby's heartbeat was strong, but as usual it was not all that easy for the Doctor to get the heartbeat. Every time she put the device on my stomach and got his heartbeat, he would kick at her. She said we are going to have our hands full with this one. With how active he is now, I just wonder what it is going to be like once he is born. In short, everything looks good so far. I am 2 weeks away from my safety zone (the earliest the baby can be born and still have a chance of survival). The closer we get to that point, the more relaxed and confident I get with this pregnancy.

Oh and sorry to those of you who would like to see my belly growth. I ran out of room on my camera's memory card and have not purchased a new one yet. I will hopefully get a picture posted in a couple of weeks or so. Until next time...

IT'S A . . . (read to find out)

I know I haven't been very good about updating the blog, but things have been a little crazy lately. Well the belly is getting bigger every week and I am starting to look more pregnant than fat. Here is a photo of the belly at 16 weeks:

I know I missed the 12 week photo, but as I said things have been crazy.

A week ago I went in to see my doctor and she found the baby's heartbeat right away. Whew!! No stress this visit. The heart was beating strong and baby did not want to stay still. Everytime the Dr found the heartbeat, the baby would move and she would lose it. Those are good signs to me.

Yesterday, I went in for my 18 week ultrasound. This is the ultrasound where they check out the organs, bones, gender, etc. It was still up for debate whether we were going to find out the gender of our baby or not. I wanted to wait and be surprised, but Bill wanted to find out. When the ultrasound tech asked if we were going to find out the sex of the baby, Bill proudly claimed "YES". I had finally given into his "pleading". She began the ultrasound and it was obvious that we have a very active baby on our hands. It kept moving around; hands and arms flying everywhere, the heart was strong, legs moving like crazy, just plain active. From what our naive and unexperienced eyes could tell, all looked good. Here are a couple of pictures she provided us with:

That's right, we are having a BOY!!!!! Bill was so excited, I knew he was doing a happy dance in his head. I was just happy the baby had a strong heart and all body parts. Until next time...