Major appointments last week

I forgot to weigh in on my ultrasound stuff! Here's pictures. By the way IT IS A BOY!!

He's was about 140z when these were done on 4/16/09. The ultrasound showed a strong heart, 2 working kidneys because there was pee in his bladder, and a tummy full of amniotic fluid so he's swallowing. For the first 45 minutes of the appointment he had his hands over his face and legs crossed tightly at the knee so we couldn't see anything! She kept going back to check and still, her was tightly clamped and wouldn't give up the goods. We did see that his lip is fully formed so no hair-lip. He was positioned with his head up and feet down which is why my belly is so high up right now. I knew he was like that because I was feeling a lot of movement down at my waist band and everytime I bent over his head was knocking the air out of me. He has lots of room to move around in there right now and I feel him all the time. I have an anterior placenta and our umbilical cord looks good.

He ended up falling over to the right side and the tech was having a hard time getting a good view of his kidneys so she had me roll to my left a little. She panned back over to the crossed legs and while hovering there he shift and opened them right up to reveal his penis! Yay!! The tech was like "there is it" and Man-Meat says "there what is?" So she circled it to make no mistake that he is definitely a boy. We were also then able to get the good profile shots after he moved. He was sucking his thumb then he moved his hand up to his forehead. He had his little thumb out the whole time, like thumbs-up! It was all amazing to see. I can't believe that that is inside my right now.

He moves around all the time. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and he's moving around. Most of the movement is still really far down at my waist band. Speaking of that, I was able to button my pants completely on Sunday. Weird! I haven't been able to do that for two weeks, then all of a sudden I could. He must have been way up there. It is weird how that can change daily.

I had a follow up appointment on Friday after the ultrasound. I weigh 134 now, so I've gained 7 lbs. That is about a pound a week since my last appointment so I'm right on schedule. My belly is measured from my belly button is the correct size. I didn't have to do any blood work this time so it was a quick trip. We listened to the heart beat again. All very standard and normal. I hope things keep going as smoothly as this!

I ordered a crib today. We ended up getting a mini crib because we are tight on space with the nursery in the bedroom. I would love to have T move out and use that second room. It is the perfect size to be a nursery. I could paint it and get a full size crib and toy bin and everything. Even a changing table! For now though I can't have any of that. As it is my good buds bought us a glider and ottoman so we had to find a spot in our room for that too. If I got a full sized crib it would come all the way up against our bed and I wouldn't be able to get around it. The mini is about half the width. T is going to be great to have in the house after he's born and she's said multiple times that she can be out by the time he's born, but I'm so at odds with that. I want her to be there, but I want some space too. I'm glad I finally just bought the crib, that is one load off. Now I'm still stressing about a stroller. Do I or don't I? I could just wait until spring. I don't really see myself pushing a stroller around in the snow. I'd rather carry him so he stays warm if I go out at all. Then there is the question of what to carry him around in. There are a ton of different kinds of slings, wraps, snugglies, and carriers. Times like this I wish I lived somewhere will more resources. I only have two places to shop, Fred Meyers and Walmart. Everything else has to be gotten online. I really wanted to have a dinosaur theme, but I can't find squat for dinosaurs! I think I'm going to bypass a themed nursery and get basic blue stuff since I have to get mini-crib sheets and all. They don't make themed mini-crib bedding. I'm going to have at least one quilt that I know of. So if I really want dinosaurs I can make a dinosaur quilt and use it with the regular blue bedding. FYI porta-crib bedding should fit my crib.

That's all for now!

Walking and running

It has been nice after work so I've been able to take Sister-pie for walks after work. The first time I actually did some running! It felt to good! I didn't get too winded and I could run for quite awhile. The only thing that slowed me down was my poor old chubby dog. She was practically begging me to stop. I was like, come on Sister if I can do it and I'm 5 months pregnant you can do it too! She's 10 and overweight so I don't want to push her too far. Besides, it kept me from over doing it too. I wasn't wearing my heart rate monitor. I hope it stays nice! It felt so good to get outside and get the stink blowed off.

I have a Dr. appt tomorrow for the big ultrasound! I'm excited and nervous. I'm so ready to have a boy now if it isn't a boy I will be dissappointed. I also found out that when Pop Pop found out it was a boy he cried. He wants a boy so badly.

Last night Man-Meat got to feel Gumgum moving a whole bunch. He put some lotion on my gummi tummi first then we were laying there watching Deadliest Catch and he put his hand on my tummi low underneath my belly button and pushed in a little...and Gum pushed back! He kicked about three times pretty hard. It was really cool for him. I've been feeling him for weeks so it was exciting for Man-Meat to finally get to feel him. Here's a couple pics of me at 19 weeks. I'm 20 weeks now and a bit bigger.

My mom is coming to visit from the 18th to the 5th. I'm so excited because I just saw her and now I get to see her again! Then again in July! I miss her and my family so much. We are going to have a baby shower while she's here. I think I've found all the big stuff that I need, like the car seat, crib, and stroller. I read that I can't jog with my baby until he's at least 6 months old because it is too jarring so I started looking at non-jog strollers and found some good ones. I still really want a jog stroller though because they are more maneuverable in snow and mud then regular strollers. We have a lot of that, especially also because it will be winter shortly after the baby's born. But I guess I could always walk with a snuggly instead of a stroller, that way baby stays warmer too. I guess they don't fold up as small either so it might not fit in the beamer while regular strollers would. But really I'd only take the jog stroller if Sister was with me and then I'd need the truck anyway. There are so many decisions to make it is overwhelming! Weigh in on any thoughts about strollers after you read this.

CO visit

I have just returned from visiting my wonder family in CO. Once again while I was gone all my clothes shrank! What is it about vacation that makes Gummi grow bigger? I've been really good about exercising in some way every day. I've been eating really healthy, except the yummy desserts my mom makes when I'm there. She has lost something like 30 lbs since the last time I saw her. She's weighs less then me!! Last time I stepped on the scale I was 130.5. I actually lost a couple pounds while I was down there. I think it has to do with my prenatal pilates DVD that I've been doing. I've been working the buns and thighs workout everyday so my butt has gotten smaller and tighter. I love that DVD! I think I've mentioned that before. It is perfect for me right now. When I do cardio it takes me like 20 minutes to warm up and be comfortable enough to actually get my heart rate up. So half my cardio work out is warming up! I haven't attempted to run in awhile. I have to get back to the actual gym and try that out. I feel bad paying for a memership then going home and doing the DVD because I love it so much. It is low impact, low stress for Gum and works all the muscles for labor. I love to walk too, but I can't make dinner and work out at the same time if I'm at the gym like I can at home. I have to make time for the cardio though. I have to maintain my heart health and endurance for labor.

I miss my lovely family so much! I was only with them for 4.5 days which is hardly long enough. I wish they didn't live so far away! I'm trying to get my mom to come visit at the end of the month and I will see them all again in July then a bunch in Sept and Aug. I think Wad is wanting to come in Aug sometime too. I feel like an addict! I got home and all I wanted to do was surround myself with my friends. I crave talking to Mank. After leaving my family is makes me miss her all the more. At least before I could come home and she'd be here. Thank God I have Man-Meat. I can't imagine going through pregnancy with out him. How do these women do it? I hope I never have to. I hope he's with me forever. After seeing the fam I always have anxiety that something is going to happen to them before I can see them again. I know it is completely irrational to worry about things that haven't and probably won't happen but still! They are all so important to me. Wow, I'm depressing myself right now ha ha!

I had some more tummy pics taken that I'll put up when I get them. I have a dr appt next Thurs to get an ultrasound then a consultation and regular appt with my doctor on Friday. I also have a dentist appt on Monday. I don't know how I managed to schedule all these appointments at the same time! I think I'll probably get in trouble for not gaining enough weight.

Also! Crazy stupid thing I did when I was in CO. I was walking in the pasture with the horse and cow and Twinkie was on the other side of the fence with her doggie. She yelled "Look out!" and I turned around to see the crazy cow running pel-mel at me swinging her head because she wanted to play. Not wanted to be smooshed by the cow I ran towards the fence and dove underneath of it executing a tuck-and-roll maneuver and coming back on my feet. It was fine, I didn't hit the grown hardly at all, it was very fluid and smooth, but when I stood up I thought, that was an idiotic thing to do! I'm pregnant for God's sakes! What the hell is wrong with me!? I can't be jumping and throwing myself around! Stupid. So I was scared for a little while that I had done something to Gummi, but he obviously didn't notice or care that I had done that. He was prefectly content and protected floating around in there. It was actually quite gracefully and non-jarring of a roll and probably looked pretty cool, but I need to remember that I'm pregnant. If I hadn't been I would have turned around and played with her. She's huge though!!