As the title of the post says... I'm almost half way through this pregnancy! Sunday officially marks my 20th week, and it's really kind of hard to believe!
As the halfway point approaches, all I can do is be thankful! I'm thankful that I haven't had any morning/afternoon/evening sickness thus far. I'm thankful that I haven't had any "growing" pains yet. And I think I'm thankful that I have (only) gained about 10 pounds at this point.
I will admit that I am still awaiting movement. I know that I wrote before about possible movement, but since that was weeks ago and I haven't felt anything since then... I have decided that what I felt wasn't what I thought. At my last appointment (a couple weeks ago), Dr. Shelley said that it may be another month before I would feel anything. Even if I only have a couple of weeks left before that "month" she spoke of is over, I'm getting excited about feeling it. Then again, Dr. Shelley also said that I should try to be thankful that I'm not feeling anything too soon either, mainly because she has had several women come in and ask if it were any way to get their babies to stop moving around so much! So, I guess I will just continue to wait... patiently (or as patiently as I can).
The excitement continues to build for other reasons too! Next week, we are scheduled to have our mid-term ultrasound. This ultrasound is a time for the doctors to make sure that everything is developing like it should, and it's a time for all of us to find out what gender baby we're having! I have heard that women have an instinct about that, and from what I have heard, that's true for some women, but not for me. Maybe it's that I don't have a preference, so that makes my "instinct" less noticable. But it's true... I don't care what it is! I am just getting excited to see what it looks like at this point! When a friend had her ultrasound, she brought the DVD back and showed us at work. It was truly amazing to me to see how her soon-to-be son moved and showed personality at just 19 weeks! It was also pretty surprising to me how clear the images were and clearly you could point out features and fingers and toes. So, with her ultrasound images in my mind... that's what I am looking forward to! I just want to see how this little one is moving and developing!
In other news... I'm ready for Dusty to come home! He's been gone for the past week and a half for InterVarsity. It's not like these 2 weeks away are anything new. It's just that this year, I have missed him being here more than normal. As a friend said last night... pregnancy makes the heart grow fonder! :)
I'll be sure to post something next week after we find out what this "critter" (as my mom called it) is. But until then... anyone wanna take their guess as to whether it's a boy or a girl?
5.13.2010
5.04.2010
Dr's Appointment and Mini-Vacation!
We seem to be moving right along with this pregnancy. This week, I'm 18 weeks along, and we as far as I can tell... things are still good.
We had another doctor's appointment last week. Dusty was able to make this one, but it was pretty basic. Again, we listened to the heartbeat with the Doppler. And again, it took a minute to find it. Just about the time Dr. Shelley found it, the sound stopped because the baby moved away from it. But for the brief moment we did have sound, it was reassuring! Other than that, my blood work came back as all negative except my A+ blood type, which is what was supposed to happen. I'm still not really sure what all they did, but apparently I don't have any diseases that I can pass on to my unborn child. So, that's good.
Along with doctor's appointments, life is good too! Dusty and I were able to take a mini-vacation to Asheville last weekend. It was nice to get away and spend time with each other, especially with work and other commitments keeping us pretty busy. We had some good suggestions of things to do, so we stayed entertained but not too busy while we were gone! We joke that we did nothing but eat, and looking back, it kind of seems that way, but what we ate was good and what we did was fun and relaxing! For example, our first night there, we saw Avatar while having pizza (and beer for Dusty) at the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company. The next day, we walked around Biltmore Village and stopped in to the Biltmore McDonald's (as seen on the Food Network, but was somewhat disappointing in person) to split a small Happy Meal before a real lunch at Papa's & Beer (again, just beer for Dusty). Friday night was a fun evening downtown with Wes (Dusty's brother) and Valerie (his girlfriend) watching the "live entertainment" as we waited to be seated for dinner at Tupelo Honey Cafe. Saturday was a little different as far as the day goes... after breakfast, we headed to the west side of town so I could enjoy a prenatal massage -- that was great! After meeting back up with Dusty, we had a quick lunch, and then enjoyed an hour or so riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway! I think that the parkway is one of my favorite places to be and driving it is one of the most relaxing things on earth! The rest of the afternoon was spent shopping, which was pretty fun since the things we bought were some maternity clothes for me! And to kind of wrap up our weekend, we had a nice dinner out at the Corner Kitchen back at Biltmore Village.
All in all, it was a great weekend! And we had lots of wonderful time to spend together before the summer travel and fall baby get here! Back to baby... our next appointment is in 2 weeks when we will get the opportunity to find out the gender of the baby! :) I think I'm most excited about seeing the updated version of what the little one looks like at this point! We're pretty excited, and I guess that the next post will be one that you'll certainly want to tune in to! Maybe we should start taking a poll to pass the time... :)
We had another doctor's appointment last week. Dusty was able to make this one, but it was pretty basic. Again, we listened to the heartbeat with the Doppler. And again, it took a minute to find it. Just about the time Dr. Shelley found it, the sound stopped because the baby moved away from it. But for the brief moment we did have sound, it was reassuring! Other than that, my blood work came back as all negative except my A+ blood type, which is what was supposed to happen. I'm still not really sure what all they did, but apparently I don't have any diseases that I can pass on to my unborn child. So, that's good.
Along with doctor's appointments, life is good too! Dusty and I were able to take a mini-vacation to Asheville last weekend. It was nice to get away and spend time with each other, especially with work and other commitments keeping us pretty busy. We had some good suggestions of things to do, so we stayed entertained but not too busy while we were gone! We joke that we did nothing but eat, and looking back, it kind of seems that way, but what we ate was good and what we did was fun and relaxing! For example, our first night there, we saw Avatar while having pizza (and beer for Dusty) at the Asheville Pizza & Brewing Company. The next day, we walked around Biltmore Village and stopped in to the Biltmore McDonald's (as seen on the Food Network, but was somewhat disappointing in person) to split a small Happy Meal before a real lunch at Papa's & Beer (again, just beer for Dusty). Friday night was a fun evening downtown with Wes (Dusty's brother) and Valerie (his girlfriend) watching the "live entertainment" as we waited to be seated for dinner at Tupelo Honey Cafe. Saturday was a little different as far as the day goes... after breakfast, we headed to the west side of town so I could enjoy a prenatal massage -- that was great! After meeting back up with Dusty, we had a quick lunch, and then enjoyed an hour or so riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway! I think that the parkway is one of my favorite places to be and driving it is one of the most relaxing things on earth! The rest of the afternoon was spent shopping, which was pretty fun since the things we bought were some maternity clothes for me! And to kind of wrap up our weekend, we had a nice dinner out at the Corner Kitchen back at Biltmore Village.
All in all, it was a great weekend! And we had lots of wonderful time to spend together before the summer travel and fall baby get here! Back to baby... our next appointment is in 2 weeks when we will get the opportunity to find out the gender of the baby! :) I think I'm most excited about seeing the updated version of what the little one looks like at this point! We're pretty excited, and I guess that the next post will be one that you'll certainly want to tune in to! Maybe we should start taking a poll to pass the time... :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)