To update on my pregnancy....all is going well! I'm 18 weeks as of this last Sunday and we saw the doctor just a few days before that. He said baby looks good and everything looks ok so far. The morning sickness is finally fading too! Wahoo!!!! :) At about 16 weeks it finally felt under control. I will still throw up occasionally, but it's not an every day occurrence now, which I couldn't be more grateful for. Still not feeling baby move consistently, but pretty sure I felt it twice, both times while sitting in a movie theater. It was a repetitive tapping, almost. Idk how else to describe it. Fairly confident it wasn't anything to do with stomach digestion, but I guess I don't really know for sure since the movement isn't consistent. The doctor said usually around 18-20 weeks is when I'd be feeling the movement, so hopefully it comes any time now. :)
The main reason for our check-up at 17 1/2 weeks was to check my cervix. Since I had to have a procedure to have the lining of it scraped off a few years back, the doctor wanted to be sure it was still thick enough to support a pregnancy. Good news is he said anything over 2 1/2 centimeters was good and normal, and mine was 3 1/2. Huge relief there :) And as a bonus at this appointment we got to find out gender as well. Since everyone here reads my FB as well, we all know it's a boy!! I honestly think Alan was so excited in the doctor's office he almost started doing cartwheels. :) He wanted a boy sooooo bad and couldn't have been happier! Me on the other hand.....well....if I'm being honest, I was sad. I held it together and smiled for the rest of the appointment, but I was sad. I had wanted a girl as badly as Alan had wanted a boy. After we left the appointment and got back to work, I sat at my desk and cried. Pathetic? Maybe. But it's true. I cried for probably 30 minutes before I pulled myself back together. I am NOT sad we're having a baby, and I am not sad it is a boy, I was just sad at missing out on the girly things.....like ribbons, bows, tutu's, pink, purple, leggings, boots. I chatted to my friend Jessica about it, and Alan and I talked over IM quite a bit that day. By the afternoon I told Alan we would go shopping after work to find some cute boy clothes to put a smile on my face. Then, I made it through the rest of the day.
After work that day we went to Babies R Us. We looked through the clothes, and while it made me sad to see all the cute girl clothes, we did find some cute boy clothes too. We each picked out our favorite outfit to get, and then we found one pair of shoes too. We decided on the way home to buy 2 blue balloons and one pink balloon to use to announce to my family. So we stopped and got those and when we got home I tied each balloon to Alan's, mine, and the baby's shoes. Then I snapped a pic w/my phone and sent the text off to my family. It was super fun to get the phone calls and texts back and to hear the excitement from everyone. I enjoyed the moment, but was definitely still trying to adjust to the news myself. haha. :)
The next day was Thanksgiving, and the following day we were having dinner w/Alan's family. At his family dinner just before it was time to eat, Alan put the picture of the balloons and shoes up on our tv screen. It took a minute for all to catch on, but once they did, they were so excited too! This is the first boy in their family that will carry on the Hubbs name; his other nephews belong to his sisters with different last names.
So, we're having a boy. :) I am now happy and excited about this, but also crazy nervous. What do I do with a boy?????? I don't know how to play cars and trucks, or army guys, or guns, or whatever else boys do! I pray our little man likes sports, cause that I can understand and know what to do :) We've also purchased our crib, a stroller/carseat combo, as well as our baby swing. Tonight we go to pick up all but the crib, and hopefully the crib will be available for us by Saturday. It's so fun finally buying some items for our little one!
My belly is also getting bigger, that's for sure. Although the belly is bigger, my weight didn't change much at all between the last appointment (13 weeks) and this appt; only 2 lbs! Wahoo! The first 5 weeks I gained quite a bit though, at 8 lbs. So in total, by week 18, I've gained 10 lbs. I know I'm a bigger girl, so I kinda expected I would gain more than others would, so I'm happy with 10 lbs in the first trimester. We'll have to see how the next few weeks go :)
So to recap, my belly is bigger with our little man! Morning sickness is pretty much gone, but I'm still waiting to feel the little guy move around consistently. We're starting to purchase the bigger/more expensive items, and I'm working on doing our registry too. All is well with me, baby, and of course Alan. We can't wait for the next steps in this journey!
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