Time to start putting more thought into names. Although, we probably have about 15 - 17 weeks to finalize names. (I actually doubt we have 17 weeks as I do not think I will go the full 40 weeks).
We are working on a name for our little girl. With Joshua, we agreed on the name and both liked it very much. That was that. Pretty easy (I think). Keith liked another name too, but he really liked Joshua, so it worked out well. This time around, we are having a little more difficulty. Keith likes a short, sweet name (S4). I like that name too, but it is a biblical name as is Joshua, and I don't want a biblical name this time around. The name that I really like is (S8). I think it sounds good with our last name and is a good, strong name. It also has a cute nickname. It is a name that I have liked for a really long time and liked it even before I knew I was pregnant with a girl. I think I even liked it way before pregnancy was even a reality, "Someday I would like to name my daugher (S8)."
We have a long last name. It is 10 letters and 3 syllables. Keith is worried about having such a long name for our daughter. That is the only reason he has reservations about (S8). Otherwise, he likes the name too. He is afraid that our daughter is going to have issues on tests when you have to fill in all the bubbles cooresponding to the letters of your first and last name. He is afraid that poor (S8) is going to be still filling out the bubbles while John Wu is already on question 5. Are you serious?
I promise to keep you posted on new developments.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
To Be 22 Weeks Pregnant
The belly is coming along. When you look at me from the side and the front, I really have a pregnant belly. I am in full maternity clothes now. While some of the shirts that have the ties in the back are too big, I can't really get away with the belly band anymore and wearing any of my prepregnancy clothes.
We bought the furniture today for the baby's room. We went with the brand Munire, and the collection is called Urban. We were originally looking at white furniture; However, we talked ourselves out of it. I am glad we did. I think we saved ourselves a lot of heart ache in the future with marks and scraches and chips. We went with a natural color. Keith and I are happy with the purchase, and it is nice that we agreed.
I now believe that I feel the baby move every day. During the day, I am so busy and running around, that I don't always notice it. However, over the past few weeks it has been fairly sporatic. I think it is more regular now.
We bought the furniture today for the baby's room. We went with the brand Munire, and the collection is called Urban. We were originally looking at white furniture; However, we talked ourselves out of it. I am glad we did. I think we saved ourselves a lot of heart ache in the future with marks and scraches and chips. We went with a natural color. Keith and I are happy with the purchase, and it is nice that we agreed.
I now believe that I feel the baby move every day. During the day, I am so busy and running around, that I don't always notice it. However, over the past few weeks it has been fairly sporatic. I think it is more regular now.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
To Be 21 Weeks Pregnant
Uneventful.
This has been a pretty uneventful week. No crazy symptoms. No funny stories. Nothing really interesting to report. I am having some cravings this time around that I didn't really have with Joshua. Last week at 11:30pm as we were going to bed, I had a craving for coffee ice cream. It was one of those cravings where I asked my husband to go to the store and get me some. He went downstairs and decided to make me an ice cream sundae with the mint chocolate chip flavor we had in the house instead. I will give him an "A" for effort and I didn't turn into one of those crazy, moody pregnant ladies crying, "I wanted coffee" while throwing the wrong one across the room. I thanked him, ate it, and silently wished for coffee ice cream and not mint chocolate chip.
This has been a pretty uneventful week. No crazy symptoms. No funny stories. Nothing really interesting to report. I am having some cravings this time around that I didn't really have with Joshua. Last week at 11:30pm as we were going to bed, I had a craving for coffee ice cream. It was one of those cravings where I asked my husband to go to the store and get me some. He went downstairs and decided to make me an ice cream sundae with the mint chocolate chip flavor we had in the house instead. I will give him an "A" for effort and I didn't turn into one of those crazy, moody pregnant ladies crying, "I wanted coffee" while throwing the wrong one across the room. I thanked him, ate it, and silently wished for coffee ice cream and not mint chocolate chip.
Friday, June 5, 2009
To Be 20 Weeks Pregnant
I am "showing". It's about time. I went to a client meeting on Wednesday, and the client asked me "when are you due"? I also had a few people in my office approach me the same day too who apparently didn't get the memo - "Barbara is pregnant" until that day. I have to admit to my readers that I was wearing a basic maternity dress as opposed to my regular suits. But even so, it felt good to know that I am now pregnant to people and not someone who hits the McDonald's drive-through too often.
I had my 20 week OB appointment and things are going well. He went over the sonogram with me and said things are progressing normally. I responded, "That's great. And, I am having a girl". (Note the huge grin on my face from cheek to cheek). My doctor looks at me with a puzzled face and says, "Um, you're having a boy. It says so right in your chart here". Oh, my OB is such a jokester. Apparently, he wasn't joking. The results read Genitalia: Male. I start freaking out a little bit. Are my hopes of having the cute little girl going down the drain? Both the Sonographer and the doctor at the ultrasound said it was a girl. I know they can be wrong, but even so. My doctor said not to worry and that it was probably a drop dpwn menu that they inputted wrong. When I got home, I immediately called the place where I had the ultrasound. I told them my dilemma, and she asked me to hold on. It seemed like forever. She came back on the line, and said that she showed my ultrasound pictures to another doctor who was in the office, and he said that it is in fact a girl. Relief!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
To Be 19 Weeks Pregnant
I am just about at the halfway point. That seems unbelievable to me. It seems like just yesterday I was finding out I was pregnant, and it takes so so long to get out of the first trimester and start to "show" and really feel pregnant. 20 weeks is technically the halfway point, but with Josh, I delivered at 38 weeks. Therefore, that would make 19 weeks the halfway point. I have a local wedding 6 days before my due date, so I am hoping to hold out until after the wedding.
I definitely have a pregnant belly to me. To a stranger on the street, I may still be in the "Is she or isn't she" stage. I keep looking for those cute pregnancy clothes that I see people wear that show how cute and pregnant they are. For me, I can't seem to wear those clothes the same way. T-shirts seem to just hang and not accentuate the belly. Maybe it will be a little better when I am a bit more pregnant. I am getting out of the phase where I am able to wear the belly band. My suit pants don't zip at all anymore, and the zipper is hurting, so I am going to have to ditch the pre-pregnancy suit pants. The only issue is that I am still lacking in the options of clothes as my maternity dresses are still too big. I think I just have to get through another 2 weeks and then I will be able to really start wearing some of the dresses.
Felling the baby move is still infrequent for me. With Joshua, I didn't feel him move for real until 21 weeks, at 19 weeks now, I am not worried. The woman who did my ultrasound said that the placenta is lying high, so that may be why I don't feel the kicks really yet. Speaking of ultrasounds. I had the biggie on Wednesday. Everything looks great. The baby was cooperating, so we were able to find out the sex. IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't tell you how thrilled I am about that. I was crying happy tears at the ultrasound. I asked the ultrasound lady if she was sure, and of course she said it is not 100%, but it definitely looks like a girl. Then, the doctor comes in and highlights the ultrasound for us afterwards, and I asked him if it was really a girl, and he said, "Yes, those are girl parts". I am on cloud 9. Of course, I was psyching myself up to have 2 boys. Prior to the ultrasound, people kept asking me what my instinct was about having a boy or girl. The honest answer is that I really didn't know. I didn't have a hard feeling one way or another. I really wanted a girl, so that I have one of each, but I kept thinking that it would just be a boy. Plus, most of Keith's family are boys and Keith said, "I make boys". So, I didn't know what to think really. When I was pregnant with my son, I had a few dreams about having a boy. With this pregnancy, I didn't have a lot of dreams about the sex of the baby which would give me a telltale sign. Most moms want a little girl. There is just something about that. I am extremely excited. Now, onto the hard part, names!
I definitely have a pregnant belly to me. To a stranger on the street, I may still be in the "Is she or isn't she" stage. I keep looking for those cute pregnancy clothes that I see people wear that show how cute and pregnant they are. For me, I can't seem to wear those clothes the same way. T-shirts seem to just hang and not accentuate the belly. Maybe it will be a little better when I am a bit more pregnant. I am getting out of the phase where I am able to wear the belly band. My suit pants don't zip at all anymore, and the zipper is hurting, so I am going to have to ditch the pre-pregnancy suit pants. The only issue is that I am still lacking in the options of clothes as my maternity dresses are still too big. I think I just have to get through another 2 weeks and then I will be able to really start wearing some of the dresses.
Felling the baby move is still infrequent for me. With Joshua, I didn't feel him move for real until 21 weeks, at 19 weeks now, I am not worried. The woman who did my ultrasound said that the placenta is lying high, so that may be why I don't feel the kicks really yet. Speaking of ultrasounds. I had the biggie on Wednesday. Everything looks great. The baby was cooperating, so we were able to find out the sex. IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't tell you how thrilled I am about that. I was crying happy tears at the ultrasound. I asked the ultrasound lady if she was sure, and of course she said it is not 100%, but it definitely looks like a girl. Then, the doctor comes in and highlights the ultrasound for us afterwards, and I asked him if it was really a girl, and he said, "Yes, those are girl parts". I am on cloud 9. Of course, I was psyching myself up to have 2 boys. Prior to the ultrasound, people kept asking me what my instinct was about having a boy or girl. The honest answer is that I really didn't know. I didn't have a hard feeling one way or another. I really wanted a girl, so that I have one of each, but I kept thinking that it would just be a boy. Plus, most of Keith's family are boys and Keith said, "I make boys". So, I didn't know what to think really. When I was pregnant with my son, I had a few dreams about having a boy. With this pregnancy, I didn't have a lot of dreams about the sex of the baby which would give me a telltale sign. Most moms want a little girl. There is just something about that. I am extremely excited. Now, onto the hard part, names!
Friday, May 22, 2009
To Be 18 Weeks Pregnant
I don't think I "popped" yet. I definitely am starting to "show" , but to me, I don't think it has fully come out yet. With my first pregnancy, this was around the time I popped.
I had a blood test today for a modified sequential screen. Basically, it is a little more sensitive of a test than the first trimester test. I had an AFP test when I saw the OB 2 weeks ago. He called me with the results today and said it was good news which means I tested negative for Spina Bifida. I asked the nurse who was drawing my blood what the test today was all about. Basically, since I had the AFP at the doctor's office, this test was probably not necessary. Lovely. It is so fun to get blood tests just for the hell of it.
I am pretty sure I started to feel the baby move. I remember the inital feelings last time around and not realizing it was the baby moving when I felt the first inital flutters. You would think I would know better this time. However, I think it is hard in the beginning anyway, because you don't know if it is the baby or your stomach growling or doing something similar. I think I have felt it a few times, but it is not consistent, and that is how it feels in the beginning.
Next Wednesday is the BIG ultrasound day. As long as the baby cooperates, we will find out the sex. I can't wait to find out. Wednesday can't come soon enough!
I had a blood test today for a modified sequential screen. Basically, it is a little more sensitive of a test than the first trimester test. I had an AFP test when I saw the OB 2 weeks ago. He called me with the results today and said it was good news which means I tested negative for Spina Bifida. I asked the nurse who was drawing my blood what the test today was all about. Basically, since I had the AFP at the doctor's office, this test was probably not necessary. Lovely. It is so fun to get blood tests just for the hell of it.
I am pretty sure I started to feel the baby move. I remember the inital feelings last time around and not realizing it was the baby moving when I felt the first inital flutters. You would think I would know better this time. However, I think it is hard in the beginning anyway, because you don't know if it is the baby or your stomach growling or doing something similar. I think I have felt it a few times, but it is not consistent, and that is how it feels in the beginning.
Next Wednesday is the BIG ultrasound day. As long as the baby cooperates, we will find out the sex. I can't wait to find out. Wednesday can't come soon enough!
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