The ultrasound went well this morning and SHE measured right on. SHE was laying on her tummy with her legs under her like a little frog at the beginning. SHE kicked and waved her arms some after a while and SHE was very difficult for the ultrasound techs because of her position. Oh, and SHE is a girl! I'm just so glad that she looks healthy and seems to have all the right parts. The doctor will go over everything with me next Thursday but the techs said that everything looked good. The pictures are pretty blurry so I'm not bothering to scan them, but I'll keep them for the baby book.
We have decisions to make - mainly name and nursery bedding. We don't have a definite girl name so if anyone has a great idea, then you can tell us. I don't like names from the 100 most common list. Emily has suggested Thora....hmmmm....
The reason I'm not feeling lots of kicks is because Thunder has an anterior placenta. The placenta is a little pillow between baby and me so it'll take a little longer for her movements to become more obvious. I was wondering if it was that or my long torso that were causing the delay. It's probably a combination of the two. I'm not worried about it now that I've seen her moving around and looking healthy.
We're going to have a baby girl!!! Let the shopping begin.
Friday, August 10, 2007
You know you want to rub it!
Here's the 20 week picture of my belly. If you look carefully, then you can see the stretch marks on my side. Oh joy! :) 
Jon was on call last night and didn't get called. Strange and fantastic! It was nice to get to spend some time together. I still had crazy dreams even without the pager going off.
I don't think I posted this before, but the AFP screening came out negative so it's highly unlikely our baby will have a neural tube defect, Down Syndrome, or various other trisomy issues.
Three hours to go until the ultrasound. I'll post pictures if we get any good ones and I'll call immediate family or Jon will. I hope baby shows us his goods with pride!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Do you need a smile?
Here's a picture of The Buddy's biscuits. Isn't he cute? Okay, so I'm keeping busy for the most part. I ran my errands, got groceries, showered, played with Euclid, started the laundry, and worked on organizing. I'm doing pretty good so far. Waiting is torture!Halfway to Baby!
20 weeks today!!! 20 weeks to go!!! I'm feeling pretty good and hopeful that the ultrasound goes well tomorrow. It isn't until 11am so I won't be able to update on here until sometime in the afternoon. I had a minor freakout session last night when Jon got home (at around 9 pm after he got called in at about 3 am, poor guy). He comforted me pretty well. I think part of my crazies come from spending so much time alone. I worry about my little one too much. Plus, I'm still not feeling a whole heck of a lot of movement so I get stressed out whenever anyone asks me about feeling anything.
I'm going to keep myself very busy today and get out of the house. I tried to keep busy yesterday. Yesterday I organized the nursery closet, made room for the baby dresser, dusted, baked cookies, and finished a book I'd been reading. Today I'm going to do the laundry, get groceries, run some errands, clean the bathrooms, organize the basement bathroom storage to make room for a freezer, and whatever else I come up with.
I successfully completed my prenatal yoga exercises Tuesday night. I was so proud of myself that I was able to sit still and breathe and stretch without getting the willies. Jon was in the room working on his computer so he got quite the show.
Speaking of shows - I'm addicted to Big Brother 8. This is the first season I've watched it. I hope that Eric doesn't get kicked out this week.
My belly picture might be more interesting this week. I'm up about 11-12 pounds from my initial pregnancy weight so maybe even Mom will be able to see a belly this time. I swear the easiest way to notice the belly is to compare the chest to the outermost belly section. My belly is starting to win.
I'm going to keep myself very busy today and get out of the house. I tried to keep busy yesterday. Yesterday I organized the nursery closet, made room for the baby dresser, dusted, baked cookies, and finished a book I'd been reading. Today I'm going to do the laundry, get groceries, run some errands, clean the bathrooms, organize the basement bathroom storage to make room for a freezer, and whatever else I come up with.
I successfully completed my prenatal yoga exercises Tuesday night. I was so proud of myself that I was able to sit still and breathe and stretch without getting the willies. Jon was in the room working on his computer so he got quite the show.
Speaking of shows - I'm addicted to Big Brother 8. This is the first season I've watched it. I hope that Eric doesn't get kicked out this week.
My belly picture might be more interesting this week. I'm up about 11-12 pounds from my initial pregnancy weight so maybe even Mom will be able to see a belly this time. I swear the easiest way to notice the belly is to compare the chest to the outermost belly section. My belly is starting to win.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Rockin' Baby
Check out this website: http://www.rockabyebabymusic.com/web/page.asp?pgs=products I must have Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Beatles lullabies. If you have your sound on, then you can check out some clips. I'll be purchasing those today so this isn't a hint for something to buy baby. It's never too early to work on baby's taste in music! Apparently baby can hear us now.
We had a pretty uneventful weekend. Jon was on call both Saturday and Sunday so we didn't really do much. I don't mind when he gets called away to help babies. He's going to be so comfortable with babies by the time ours comes since he's spent time in the NICU and done various procedures on newborns. He'll be in better shape than me! The other day they released a preemie from the hospital that was born at 23 weeks, 6 days. I just thought that was amazing.
Apparently it's going to be a few years before I go back to the movie theater. My legs were so restless and my back hurt so much that I couldn't sit still for the movie. I was just praying for it to be over with soon. It was almost as bad as bedtime. My legs get so restless when I try to sit still or sleep that they kick out like someone is checking my reflexes. It has to be annoying to Jon. He's probably all bruised from me elbowing him and kicking. I feel like I have no control over my body movements these days.
If you would like to get in on the guessing game for sex, birthdate, etc., then you only have a few days left. I'm going to freeze the game on August 9th since we should find out what we're having on the 10th. Here's the link so you don't have to page through past posts. Go to http://www.expectnet.com/. In the top left it says "Invited Guests". Enter the game name as operationivfbaby. From there it is pretty self-explanatory.
We had a pretty uneventful weekend. Jon was on call both Saturday and Sunday so we didn't really do much. I don't mind when he gets called away to help babies. He's going to be so comfortable with babies by the time ours comes since he's spent time in the NICU and done various procedures on newborns. He'll be in better shape than me! The other day they released a preemie from the hospital that was born at 23 weeks, 6 days. I just thought that was amazing.
Apparently it's going to be a few years before I go back to the movie theater. My legs were so restless and my back hurt so much that I couldn't sit still for the movie. I was just praying for it to be over with soon. It was almost as bad as bedtime. My legs get so restless when I try to sit still or sleep that they kick out like someone is checking my reflexes. It has to be annoying to Jon. He's probably all bruised from me elbowing him and kicking. I feel like I have no control over my body movements these days.
If you would like to get in on the guessing game for sex, birthdate, etc., then you only have a few days left. I'm going to freeze the game on August 9th since we should find out what we're having on the 10th. Here's the link so you don't have to page through past posts. Go to http://www.expectnet.com/. In the top left it says "Invited Guests". Enter the game name as operationivfbaby. From there it is pretty self-explanatory.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
19 Week Update
I'm 19 weeks today...I'll post a picture later today or tomorrow. I'm feeling some definite movement here and there. Also, I'm getting some nasty stretch marks on my hips, but still not on my stomach. I don't mind them on my hips too much. In just a week we'll probably know if we're having a girl or boy so I'm getting excited about that. My pregnancy book says that the baby is about 7 inches or so in length by now. It's amazing I'm not bigger given the size of Thunder these days. I slept for a combined total of 11 hours last night so I should have the energy to workout this afternoon. It was heavenly getting all that sleep.
The following paragraph might upset anyone that has dealt with infant death.
One of my online friends is having a horrible day today. She's 22 weeks along and they figured out that her baby's heart stopped developing correctly a few weeks ago. Instead of putting off the inevitable, she's being induced today. The baby may live for a few minutes, but even if she carried to full term there was no chance of life beyond that short amount of time. It's so very sad. She's terribly unlucky because the chances of having that severe of a birth defect is less than 1%. Plus, she's now dealing with what some people would term an abortion. I just can't imagine knowing your baby is going to die for sure and continuing with the pregnancy. Anyway, this is turning really morbid so I'll change the subject. This has been weighing on my mind though.
Jon is on his second day of pediatric surgery and he'll be on call today. I hope that he isn't as busy with this rotation as the last because he's going to be on call 16 days in August. We already figured out he can't talk to me about what he does either because it upsets me. He told me about one case from yesterday and that's enough. There's a reason I didn't want to be a doctor so I don't always want to hear about his day. If that makes me a bad wife, then so be it.
We're planning to have a much needed date night tomorrow night. I don't even remember the last time we went out alone. We'll probably go out to eat and watch The Simpsons Movie. I'm looking forward to it.
That's all for now. Check back later for my belly picture. :)
The following paragraph might upset anyone that has dealt with infant death.
One of my online friends is having a horrible day today. She's 22 weeks along and they figured out that her baby's heart stopped developing correctly a few weeks ago. Instead of putting off the inevitable, she's being induced today. The baby may live for a few minutes, but even if she carried to full term there was no chance of life beyond that short amount of time. It's so very sad. She's terribly unlucky because the chances of having that severe of a birth defect is less than 1%. Plus, she's now dealing with what some people would term an abortion. I just can't imagine knowing your baby is going to die for sure and continuing with the pregnancy. Anyway, this is turning really morbid so I'll change the subject. This has been weighing on my mind though.
Jon is on his second day of pediatric surgery and he'll be on call today. I hope that he isn't as busy with this rotation as the last because he's going to be on call 16 days in August. We already figured out he can't talk to me about what he does either because it upsets me. He told me about one case from yesterday and that's enough. There's a reason I didn't want to be a doctor so I don't always want to hear about his day. If that makes me a bad wife, then so be it.
We're planning to have a much needed date night tomorrow night. I don't even remember the last time we went out alone. We'll probably go out to eat and watch The Simpsons Movie. I'm looking forward to it.
That's all for now. Check back later for my belly picture. :)
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