A week later

Called the nurseline this morning, I've been consistently in pain down where she was pressing for the head from the ultrasound. Rolling over in bed, sitting up on the couch to get some water from the table, standing up, moving around is all un-fun, taking a walk around just the block without breaks is just agony. The nurse thinks the ultrasound agitated my round ligaments, so I'm taking Tylenol for the next 24 hours and trying an icepack, and to watch for any other symptoms like fever. I also decided I'm just going to stay on the couch today, not to try any feats like doing the dishes, and see if I can keep it from getting really bad in the evening like it has been. Here's hoping that that's all it is, not that I can really do anything for it then, but at least it's not serious. And actually I usually feel pretty good laying down, but right now I can feel some pain just laying here. Boo!

Oooh, mom just stopped in while she was out doing errands. She agreed with my bedrest, and was a good distraction for me for a bit. Alas that was mostly because she's having issues with the roofers, but at least it got my mind off my belly. Still waiting for today's first real good kicks from Peanut too. I can deal with whatever pain, as long as I know he's still in there doing good.

Went through my dresser yesterday pulling out stuff that I was sure I wasn't going to be fitting into in the next year. A little sad, but it's nice to have more room in there. Fortunately I preferred my tops on the long side, so I'm hoping much of my wardrobe will last, but I'm already noticing my tendency to grab the two maternity tops I do have when they're clean. Just that much more comfy/flattering.

I must have been suuuuuper tired this morning, I didn't stir to Boi's alarm going off or anything until he came in to say goodbye (I'd be seriously mopey if he just left me). But then I fell back asleep and had some nightmares, something about losing Peanut in Mexico to baby stealers. So usually I have the rule of no getting out of bed before 8, as the earlier I wake up the harder time I have getting over my morning sickness. So that made this morning even more fun, I kind of wanted to be in a pretty good place when I called the clinic, but of course the nerves of the unknown kept me agitated, so I finally just called.

Baby picture time! This time, I present Peanut's hand/fist. Small and cute, looks like there's at least 5 fingers ;) He's all ready to sock it to my innards! I wish I had asked the nurse about the baby's size when on the phone. She got me a little nervous, she said something about me at 19 weeks and due 10/5, but then later on was like, oh, wait, here's your official due date. But it makes me wonder if perhaps Peanut was measuring behind. I wouldn't be too surprised, I guess, if my ovulation date was later then 'normal' but if you're reading this you likely know I HATE telephones and have mini-freak-outs when forced into using them, so I wasn't completely ready to start chatting up the nurse about anything I wasn't prepped to discuss. New information throws me for a loop and I need to absorb for awhile. So instead if I have to call back tomorrow I'll prep myself  to inquire about that, otherwise I guess I'll just wait till June 10th.

Oh oh! Baby kick! :D Time to relax I guess :)

Happy 19 weeks to go!

Yeah yeah, it's been a few days, but it's rather difficult to top a gender post. It's been a busy week, helping my friend I move (who I also saw at my ultrasound briefly on her way out from work, she kept me company in the interior waiting room while I was separated from Boi). I did amazing things like drive, held hoses/cords while the non-pregnant people moved appliances, and packed my car with light items. Then I played with an 11-month old boy while his mom helped them move stuff back into the house. And I'm going to her bridal shower in... oh... an hour an a half. Maybe I should shower soon?

I never actually uploaded a picture of garage sale finds from weekend two. So here it is now. I've got most of the fabric stuff washed, still need to work on sterilizing though. Step by step though. Lot's of clothes, which I can say now, some of them did say boy on them. Kinda hidden, but now I don't have to re-gift those or save them for possible child 2, heh. Only a few toys, and a few books... which seem to be missing from the picture, and I can see them from my spot on the couch now :) But we were really looking for stuff that would work for the first year and that were in really good condition, and both books and toys do tend to get worn through.  We still have months and months and months.... but not much more than that!

Names I know are a big question from you guys, and while we do currently have a list of three names... I'm not going to release it. Not yet at least. None of them are names that we both love, and so either they'll grow on us more, or we'll come up with more. So it's still premature. I have no problem telling you that Boi is the problem with the names though! While he deferred to me on girl names, I'm deferring to him on boy names, and he is a hard man to please. I try to come up with at least one name a day that I think works with the last name and he might like. Other people have shot names at us too, but if I think it might be kind of iffy with the last name, there's no way he'll clear it, so make sure you say it out loud a few times, and again with any appropriate nickname before suggesting anything. You'll save yourself a lot of me having to just shake my head sadly.

So this was one of my favorite shots going through it, though we're missing some of the cuteness where she took the still. For the first hour he was facing down with his head out of view, but this meant he was orientated so his tush was floating in the air/fluid/whatever. None of the pictures properly show it, but you can imagine it maybe. you can see his arm/shoulders on the right, his ribs in the middle, and his pelvis and bent legs on the left... and to the left of his tush was just more blackness, floating there. Guess you'll just have to trust me.

So I'm pretty sure when he's in the position shown, I won't feel him too much. Or not yet at least while he's still just under a pound. This was highlighted when we saw him move during the during the first 2/3 of the ultrasound and I felt nothing.His legs are facing in twoards my body where I can't feel it yet. Also he doesn't ever seem to come up to the top of his home in there, because all his kicks (which I now feel several times a day) are all quite low.

Ok, now I REALLY should go shower. Before the... uh... shower. And even though it might be showering when I leave.

Gender is revealed! It's a...

Boy! He's got a penis and everything. I had her get another shot for me, because I wasn't convinced with the shots I'd seen thus far (not that I didn't believe her, but I didn't want lingering doubt), so she moved around a bit more and got the unchallengeable shot. So Peanut is a boy!

Peanut was, as I suspected, very low. Very very low. Bladder crushingly low. His head was so jammed down there the tech couldn't get any head shots for the first hour or so. She tried inverting me, rolling me around, but he was unwilling. Finally she had me go try the bathroom and told me to do some stretching, so I thought about it, and decided to touch my toes, and tried to give my midsection a good squeezing, and voila, when I straightened out I felt less pressure! Sure enough he had flipped so his head moved up a bit and was facing up.

By the way for most of the images I post, you can click on them for a bigger version. So after he turned we got to see his little face. Mouth, nose, the black area is his heart, you can see his spine along the bottom. The doctor didn't get the radiology report before my appointment, so she couldn't tell me much (I knew I should have pressured the tech to give me the weight/height stats!) But she did say that the spine looked good, and we have a nose/lips shot that doesn't show any cleft pallet, so things from that standpoint looks great!

I think I'm going to drag out some of these pics :) So I'll put one or two of them up in each post for awhile. Well, the ones that I can distinguish at least, there are one or two that I'm not sure if it's an arm or a leg or what, and not all of them are labeled....

But clearly he's a charmer already :) Now if you'll excuse me, momma is still recovering from almost an hour and a half of having pressure on her abdomen, owww, as soon as we left I could slowly feel everything down there tense up big time, I assume as the initial excitement of it all started to wear off. We tried stopping by Target, but after awhile, even though I had temporarily walked off the tightness, I started getting queasy and light headed and had to go home and lie down for an hour before I started feeling human again. Still can't do anything but lay down for too long, but hey, tomorrow is another day, and if all I can manage today is a blog post, a few phone calls and an ultrasound, so be it.

Mere hours away

Tonight: Try to get lots and lots of sleep.

7:15: Wake up!

7:30: Start drinking 32 oz of liquid. Try not to get sick consuming too many liquids too early.

7:59: Last chance to pee

8:45: Check into radiology

9:00: See Peanut!

45-90 minutes later: (???)

11:15: Doctor appointment

Leave triumphantly (hopefully)

We will be finding out, as long as Peanut cooperates. Contacting my sister first, so all of you's out there, you can wait your turn. And sorry if you just find out via FB or here, but I'm pretty sure tomorrow will be a fairly crazy day. Feel free to give me a call in the afternoon though.

Apparently Mom a few miles north and my brother a few miles south are both lacking power tonight. How fortunate of me to be in the sweet zone! Kind of hoping the rain lets up before it starts getting dark, go outside and start to pick up some of the huge limbs that fell in the 50mph winds.

Time to go keep busy for awhile!

20 Weeks

Ding! Times up, turn baby around when halfway done. Wait what? Erm. I think I'm just going to leave her in there and hope she finishes cooking. Less than three days till the possible gender reveal! The cats are practically giddy with excitement.

Oh yeah, we're halfway through, woohoo! Celebrated today with Mom for Mother's Day at the Great Dane, then worked s'more, and worked s'more on the garden. Then Boi raked up leaves, and I discovered a limit in the number of times I could bend over to assist while cleaning up the yard. So many sticks, too few times able to be able to bend over.

Mom and I did her village wide garage sale on Friday, got s'more sweet swag. Like a baby swing... rocker... thinger. Fancy and in good shape. And some children's books, and clothes, and a few simple toys like blocks. Lot's and lot's of bottles, and milk storage packs and etc. Mom got some train stuff too for her crib :) we saw a crib, but I found the model on a recall list, so that was out.

Kittens are getting hungry, I'm is getting tired... which is saying something after sleeping 11 hours last night. Boi gets to go in to work an hour later tomorrow, but I should still get him to bed.

Craaappy Day

Woke up this morning with a migraine, a nosebleed, and eventually some fun nausea. Generally I still don't feel great for the first few hours of the day, but it's looking like it's going to be an all day thing this time. Can anyone say yahoo with me?

Cats need food too, I can't call Boi, he doesn't get reception at his temporary worktown. Hopefully it will clear up so I can still attend the storm spotter class with K, and I can swing out for food then, or even still before. Don't want to go now though, I'm dizzy with this headache. Speaking of K, she dropped off two organic cotton onesies in super cute colors :D Peanut is spoiled already!

Two more days till Peanut is half-baked, 5 more days until the anatomy scan. Today and yesterday I've been really excited to find out what Peanut is. I figure at least then I have a clear image in my head for who I'm blaming for my nosebleeds. Well, that - and the good stuff ;) 

Wow, I'm making a lot of grammar mistakes, perhaps it's not advisable to blog while under the influence of a headache. I'll get a cat instead I guess.

Popcorn

Sunday evening, Sunday night and again Monday morning I felt popcorn going off in my belly! Peanut officially sent me some unmistakable kicks! Boi tried to get his hand on my belly on time, but it was too late. Even though some ladies on my board say that they've felt it through their bellies, at ~8oz and my nice layer of baby warming fat, I think it's going to be a few more weeks for us anyways. Alas, nothing since Monday morning, or at least nothing distinct.

We had a very annoying weekend, with the sump pump backing up, the dishwasher freaking out, and the garbage disposal just plain dying. Boi fixed the sump pump, took a few tries but eventually figured it out, and after draining and tinkering with the dishwasher, it just started working again. This has happened once before, gosh darn it I just need a new kitchen. And a new master bathroom still. And a new sliding door. These three things would make me happy. Too bad all these things cost money, and suddenly we have a money eating baby on the way ;)

Boi is in Wautoma this week, a long drive for what he calls frustratingly easy work. Not entirely sure how to take that, better then frustratingly hard and awful work I guess? But still not great. Oh well, one day down for him, well a day and a half, and he got home at a good time last night though, maybe he'll be home when I get back from yoga :) Hopefully he'll be in good mood! I want to make plans to get out of here for a few days!

Speaking of yoga, I was going to leave soonish for that. Dinner first at mom's, I'm going to bring her some flowers from the garden :D At least it's not snowing out there, boo for snow in May, hopefully they still look ok. I'd bring them in here, but the cats would for sure eat them. They're such squishy pigs :) *makes piggy faces with the one sitting by the computer* Yeah, she takes that as a compliment, darn it!

Peanut's wearing pigtails today! Bwaa haa haa!