Michael III

Our ultrasound yesterday went very well.  As far as we know, everything looked very healthy.  We meed with our midwife this morning for the final report.  My cervix looked "fine" as the tech said, but again, we weren't given measurements.  The tech asked us for our final guesses and we both said girl, then she said, "well, it's a baby boy," and pointed to his little boy parts.  We are in total shock.  I can't imagine my life with a son.  I always assumed Lor would have a sister or 2 like i do.  This sure is going to be different.  We did some damage around town consignment shopping yesterday and I can't believe the sea of blue in my laundry room right now.  This pregnancy has been so different.  So much less weight gain, terrible skin, terrible gas, I wonder if those are all boy pregnancy symptoms or just a coincidence.  Here are a few pictures.

A Little Scared

Yesterday afternoon, after a fabulous morning garage selling with my friend Michelle, I had a bit of spotting.  Mike and I decided just to suck it up and go to the ER.  After monitoring the baby who was moving away and had a great strong heartbeat and making sure I wasn't having contractions, they decided to do a pelvic exam.  The midwife was concerned about the size of the polyp on my cervix (I had with Loralei as well) and thought it could be my fibroid protruding out.  She called in a dr. (happened to be my fibroid OB), who also did an exam and said, no, it was just a polyp on the edge of my cervix and was no big deal and that what this lady saw and thought was more polyp is just the lip of my cervix (but it was very strange that it looked that bizarre to the midwife).  Then they said pelvic rest (because of the bleeding), and then the Dr. said how I should be being monitored for cervical length and for some mucus test because of my history of d&cs.  They didn't offer to do an ultrasound but said they would make sure the ultrasound on Tuesday included a cervical length measurement.  They also want me to see a dr. every couple visits (instead of just the midwife), and will be scheduling more ultrasounds and tests.  Now, I am terrified that something is going to happen or that Tuesday will show that my cervix is too short or open and it's too late for a cerclage (stitching cervix shut).  I wish they could have just done the ultrasound yesterday so I didn't spend my weekend on bed rest and terrified  (they also said bedrest until after the u/s).  Guess I will know more Tuesday, but as of today (19w3d) baby has no chance of living really so prayers please. 

19 weeks

Okay, so I am 19 weeks tomorrow!  Wahoo.  Have a boring prenatal this morning and an annual that I am about 4 months overdue on.  Ugh.  Hate those.  Can't wait to hear that little baby's heartrate again.  Curious what i have gained...guessing a few lbs by now...but who knows.  Only 1 week until our big ultrasound and I am super excited.  We may take a tip from our doula and have the tech write the gender on a piece of paper and open it over dinner or something more special than having him/her blurt it out where we can't really celebrate.  Not sure though.  Mike wants the parts pointed out.  LOL.  Must be a guy thing.

Lor thinks she has a baby in her belly too now, and makes me kiss it and feel it.  It is so sweet, but I hope she isn't disappointed in September when nothing comes out.  LOL.  She is also thrilled about getting to talk to the baby on the phone today.  She has been using the potty so well and we are hopeful we will only have one in diapers come fall.   Last night she opened the back door, called for Swiffer to "come in doggie, it's cold outside."  Wow, can't imagine where she heard those exact words.  :)

17 weeks

Here is my belly from today, 17w1d.  I swear it takes me forever to look truly pregnant.  Must be those abs of steel.  ;)  ha ha.  2 of my 3 pregnant friends due in September are having boys and the 3rd will find out the day before me.  I must be having a girl just to balance out the boy girl ratio in the world...right?  I thought it was very sound logic.

Baby Wearing

Most of you know that I wore Loralei almost 24/7 for the first year.  She was attached to me.  She has discovered a love for baby wearing with her Bitty Baby MiMi and Poppa gave her for Christmas.  We can both wear our babies come September.

My Big Girl!

We moved Loralei to her big girl bed last night (twin bed and a different room) and she did amazing.  I don't know what I was worried about.  I was seriously about to cry seeing her nursery all empty.  She was so stinking proud of herself!

*UPDATE-hear is a picture...she is still doing great.  :)  We are so proud.

one active baby

So for about 2 weeks I have thought I was feeling the baby off and on but wasn't sure.  Tuesday night I was finally convinced.  This little bean is so stinking active.  I think he/she is putting on a 3 ring circus in there.  It is the best feeling in the world.  I can't make him/her move yet, and it's very random, which sets off alarm bells when I haven't felt anything for a while, but boy have I longed for this part of pregnancy for so long!  :)

I am a tiny bit nervous of an incompetent cervix given the 2 d&cs I had last year.  My mw assures me I shouldn't be since I was completely dilated on my own for one and starting to for the other...but still...always something to worry about.  I guess at the 19w6d u/s they can measure my cervical length to tell me if I am at risk.  Now, just to relax until then.  I think I earned this shirt!