We're smack dab in the middle and things are going great. Josie and Elias joined us for the big ultrasound yesterday. We did a lot of laughing throughout because the kids had lots of weird questions and observations. It was a bit uncomfortable laying on a table with your belly exposed, the Ultrasound Tech moving the probe over your stomach and you can't stop laughing. She was great about everything though.
The Tech estimated the weight of baby off of the measurements she took to be 13 oz. My weekly pregnancy update emails said the estimated weight of babies at 20 weeks is 10.5 oz, so we're right on track. Between weeks 10 and 15, I had only gained 1 lb. Friday, 9/14/12 we'll have our follow up from the ultrasound/20 week appointment. The doctor said he wasn't too concerned about the low weight gain the last time, but I'm curious to know if I've put on sufficient enough pounds between weeks 15 and 20. I'm feeling like my belly is quite large-- but pretty much all baby-- and straight out.
We didn't find out the gender of the baby at the ultrasound. We'll leave you all guessing-- we'd love to hear your predictions though! I'll list some things that I've heard people base their predictions on:
- I've been feeling great throughout this pregnancy, with the exception of being drop dead tired, a little "off" feeling and not having much of an appetite between weeks 6 and 12. My appetite hasn't reappeared completely, but I'm no longer nauseous at the sent of certain foods, especially cooked meat; I just eat a little less.
- Fruit is probably my biggest craving right now, or from the very beginning really. I guess it's a good craving to have!
- The baby's heartbeat was 144 at our 15 week appointment and 135 at the 20 week ultrasound.
- I don't think I'm "carrying" the baby high or low. You be the judge through. Based on my pregnancies with Josie and Elias, everyone predicted the opposite of what they were.
- Elais *knows the baby is a boy. Josie *knows the baby is a girl.
Now you've see Baby Sticha on the outside, lets get on to the ultrasound pictures!
During the ultrasound Baby Sticha was quite active and I noticed when I would feel the movements, the arms were the things moving around on the screen.
Showing off those muscles already!
And our favorite moment of the ultrasound was watching the baby YAWN.
I'm pretty sure we all left the ultrasound room with big smiles on our faces. It was pretty sweet to get this glimpse of our new family member we all can't wait to meet.
So, so sweet.
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