Halfway There!

Since I'm always induced in my 39th week, I guess I'm already halfway through this pregnancy, as hard as it is to believe! Been feeling the baby move from time to time; am sure I have an anterior placenta AGAIN since I only feel him/her way down low & not that often yet, just like my last pregnancy. Bummer! Oh well. 4 days from now we'll know if it's a boy or a girl! I can't wait! Look for an update after Friday!

17 weeks

I'm in my 17th week now & very definitely looking pregnant. It was about a week ago that my belly officially popped. It's still a small belly, but no question there's a baby growing in there!:) More & more I'm guessing it's a boy as I have been craving candy bars like there's no tomorrow! I ate much healthier when I was pregnant with my little girl & have eaten junky foods when pregnant with my boys.

Have had a migraine for the past 48 hours. I think it's finally starting to go away. I sure hope so! It was bad enough today that I asked my husband to stay home because I could barely function at all. Thankfully he was caught up enough on his work that he could help me out. Still had to keep going though because we had 2 showings of our house between 12:30 & 1:30. During that time we went to a local lake & went paddleboating, which was lots of fun. I was a bit apprehensive to take all the kids out with us, but it worked out fine. I'm off to the drugstore now to get some extra strength Tylenol. Hoping that the extra strength stuff works better than regular Tylenol. If I take it with a Coke & some candy bars, maybe all the caffeine will help, too!

Only 17 days til my next appointment and ultrasound!:)

FINALLY

Finally feeling the baby move! I tried to post about this a few days ago, but couldn't access the site at the time. It feels different from my other 3 kids. Their first movements were more like taps; this is more of a squirmy feeling. On Friday night I was able to feel the baby move when I had my hand on my stomach. Yay! Let the fun begin! I'm trying to cherish everything since I know this will be my last pregnancy.

Only 26 days until my ultrasound. I'm not sure if I'll bring Nathan with me after all. If he brings it up & seems disappointed, I'll take him. But it's a longer appt since I have to meet with the doctor afterwards, not to mention 5 year olds have LOTS of questions & I'd like to try to concentrate on seeing the new baby on the screen. Besides, I might keep the gender a secret for a while & that wouldn't be possible if he was there to hear if it's a boy or a girl!;) Why do I want to keep it a secret? Oh, just to keep people hanging & in suspense; it'll be the last time I'll ever get to share if we're having a boy or a girl & maybe I just want to drag it out a little!

Doctor appointment update

Had my appointment today. Baby's heartbeat was around 144 bpm, which seemed quite low to me, but I guess is in the normal range. I've put on 2 pounds as well...after today & tomorrow it'll probably jump 5 pounds between birthday junk food & 4th of July junk food!:) Everything is measuring right on track & my next appointment is scheduled for Friday, August 4th for my 20 week ultrasound! I cannot wait! I think "girl," but picture another boy...we shall see! Nathan came with me for this appointment. It was fun having him along. He has always found the sound of the baby's heartbeat fascinating...he remembers it from when I was pregnant with Megan 3 years ago--he was only 2 yrs old then! I think I might take him along with me for the ultrasound next month. He can be one of the first to learn if he'll have another brother or sister. Tonight at dinner he told me that he thinks it's a boy, but wants a sister. Then he retracted his statement & said he wants a brother & then the NEXT baby will be a girl. I told him this is it for brothers/sisters...we're done! He's not entirely convinced of course!

I can't get over the fact that I'm already 15 weeks into this pregnancy. Time is just flying! I may have felt the baby move once or twice in the past week. I know with my last 2 pregnancies, I felt the baby move a lot earlier, by 12 weeks for sure. This time though, I'm busy with 3 little kids & we're also doing some final projects on our house as it's up for sale. Not to mention all the showings of our home as well as us going out looking at houses that might interest us. I barely have a moment where I'm not busy with something! But I figure in the next week or two, I should feel some definite movements & can't wait to experience that sensation again!