Halfway there...

20 weeks down, 20 weeks to go...

I now *officially* live, in an estrogen ocean.

Right. So, we had our "official" ultrasound yesterday.

 It's officially a girl. Yup, I'm having another daughter.

Now, we're still working on names. More on that later. So, I've edited the "Baby guesses" bit over there to the left... looks like a *lot* of you need to re-guess. Eric wanted to know what the buy-in was with 1/2 going to winner and 1/2 going towards baby things. Does that count as gambling? :)

Week 20 update

Had the checkup with the doctor today. Baby's heartbeat is around 150 bpm. Darby's still not gaining a lot of weight, which makes her happy.

Darby's felt some kicking and movement, but it's all still very internal.

We've got an appt for the ultrasound on Wednesday afternoon.

Next appt is December 14th.

Updates and thoughts as they hit us...

A little multi-media fun...

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Just Listen...


That's it for this update, Darby's got an appointment on Monday (that I ain't going to miss)...  more updates after that.

Names...

Pondering names. 

When Darby (we) was (were) pregnant with Cora, we had a reasonable easy time deciding on names.  Those names were Cora Mae and Liam Robert.  Since we didn't know if the little genestealer was Cora or Liam there was no issues.

When she (we) got pregnant this time around, Darby thought about using the name Liam Robert as a boy, and coming up with a girls name.  I vetoed that choice on the theory that "it doesn't feel right."  And it's not because our friends Corey and Mer's son's name is Liam Ramon (born Monday, October 12th)...  it just didn't feel like the right name.

We've got a girls name picked out, but are still working on the boys name.  When we have both, we will share.  As for getting the ultrasound pictures to determine the sex of this genestealer....  we're still discussing that.

Second Appt- 14wks 6 days

So yesterday I had the second appt. Things are going just fine. It was a quick one that was a weight check and listening to the heart beat. Sounds good and the Dr said the rate was at about 160/min.

I have to get both flu shots and Cora does as well.

I am tracking my BP and blood sugar numbers and showing them at each appt. This is so he can see a over all picture instead of just a reading here and there at appts.

My last thyroid test was just fine so no med changes there. I am still tossing my cookies though...


Trent did miss it but its ok. Its was a very quick one but it was hard to get a bp reading while trying to hold Cora on the table with me!

Today begins week 15....

Ok, I admit it - I'm an insensitive jerk...

Ok, so maybe not.  But I did miss the appointment today. 

I know, I know, I know.  Completely my fault. 

• I cannot blame work (today sucked ).  
• I cannot blame technology (both places that had it on my calendar didn't make noises to remind me)
• I can only blame myself.

So, I'll let Darby chime in with any salient details I may have missed while being a complete @$$ and missing the appointment.   What I do know is that Tuesday, October 20th is the first day of Week 15... and the baby's heartbeat is about 160 bpm.

Cora's gotten the idea that there's "a baby in mommies tummy".