August Baby News

This past Thursday I had my 16-17 week appt with Dr. Larson. It was a relief to have him back since my July appt was pretty worthless. We started off by talking about the different testing that you can do to predict birth defects and genetic defects. I also asked him about not wanting to eat but forcing myself to eat, expect for fruit which I could eat non stop all day long! He said it is still normal and isn't too worried that I feel this way even though I am almost half way through the pregnancy (SCARY THOUGHT!) He also said that if it continues through 20 weeks then he will start to get a little concerned. Dr. Larson just suggested that when I do eat, forcing or not, that I try to eat things with a lot of protein. We did another ultrasound and took measurements in which confirmed the original January 30th due date. It was really cool to do the ultrasound this month b/c baby actually looked like a baby! When we started the ultrasound baby was moving around and giving us a thumbs up which almost made me cry! But lately it seems like anything and everything can make me cry! Dr. Larson is great at explaining what we are looking at on the screen. He used the head, chest cavity, and the femur for the measurements. It was so cool to see body parts like the ribs, spine, arms and baby moving. At every ultrasound he also checks my uterus b/c of the heart shape and actually said that it is starting to "flatten" out as the uterus gets bigger. Baby weighs about 6oz and the heart beat was 142.

My last day at the hospital was on Friday and it was hard to leave everyone there. It was by far my favorite job I have ever had and I will actually miss it. However, it is very nice to permanently be back in the cities. My background for DCC was completed last Monday so I am hoping to hear from them this week. Jared is still at the Rosemount armory doing army things. Today Jared and I went to a movie and walked around the Southdale mall for a bit. We went into Macy's to look around and Jared came to the infant department. He of course went right to the boys clothes but I saw him peering over at the little girls section! We eneded up buying a really cute sleep and play and one onesie which are gender neutral since we don't know the sex yet.

The much anticipated 20 weeks appt is on Sept 15th in which we are hoping and praying that baby cooperates and we can find out the sex. We will be going back to see Dr. Larson in Mankato for this appt. I have been looking for some dr's up here in the cities and have been thinking about places for the delivery but it all depends on where we will be living and where insurance is covered. I will be posting all of the ultrasound pictures this week since I am finally in the cities but I'm only able to do it at my parents house since our printer/scanner is in storage. We are also excited as we found out this past week that we will have another nephew! My sister Julie is pregnant and due mid December, only 6 weeks further along then I am!!

Jared Passes

Just wanted to let everyone know that Jared did a great job with our nephew Carter! Jared some how avoided changing any diapers but he did feed and burp him for me. He must have some sort of special touch b/c Carter sleep through the whole night 1130pm to 630am!! Carter made it easy for us b/c he is a great baby and my brother and fiance have no clue how lucky they are. Jared and I can only hope and pray that our little one is as laid back as Carter is.

My next DR's appt is Aug 20th and we will be doing another ultrasound. I have not been able to get pictures up b/c our scanner wasn't working but now that we have moved I have some spare time to get things fixed. I will be 16 weeks and 5 days at my appt so hopefully next month we will be able to find out the sex and stop calling him/her "it." My mom did some pencil with a needle in the eraser voo doo thing and it said girl which coincides with my mother in law's intuition that it's also a girl! We will find out soon enough. Check back in a week for some pictures!

Trial Run

So this weekend Jared and I are headed up to the cabin to hang out with my family and spend some one on one time with my 2 month old nephew! We are watching him Saturday, OVERNIGHT Saturday, and all day Sunday! This will be the first time that Jared will have a baby sleep over so things could get interesting! I am hoping that this will be good practice for not only him, but both of us! Good thing my mom's cabin is only 2 down!! I know that Jared can't wait to get up for the 3am feeding. He has already called dibs on it, he just doesn't know yet!! Wish us luck and stay tuned for an update later next week to see if Jared passed the test or not, even though I know he will do fine!!!