Not much happenin'

Well, there's not a whole lot of news on the baby front these days. We are currently 19 weeks, so we are almost halfway there. Though we will probably wait awhile to work on Carter's nursery, we did decide to go with a giraffe theme for his room. Finding bedding was so hard for me because I had my heart set on a really cute bed set from Pottery Barn Kids. It was for a little girl, of course, so I can't get it, but I was determined I could find the same thing except in green and orange instead of Pink and Green. I looked high and low, but never found anything close.

For some reason I have been dead set against blue, so I have looked through every green, brown and orange thing on overstock and amazon.com. I found a really cute set of animal print things in red and black...like zebra stripes, leopard print, etc. Jared said that's a "heck no" for a boy. I disagreed, but figured that would be the first of many battles I would just concede on because, quite frankly, I know nothing about boys! But we finally agreed on this. I love the browns and greens and I think it's super cute. So, we're gonna stick with it!

Other than that, there's not really a whole lot going on. Other than a flutter now and then, Carter still isn't moving in a way that I can really feel him. I haven't found any foods that I just don't want to eat other than corn chowder...but, let's be honest, I probably wouldn't eat that anyway! I am finally getting used to sleeping in weird ways which means I am feeling better overall.

I really haven't been sick except for one day this week when I got home from work, I was feeling really dizzy. I got so dizzy that I was finally so motion sick that I threw up. Sound familiar? This was exactly what happened when I got vertigo last December and was knocked off my feet for 7 days. So, being after hours (as it always seems to be when you are sick) we called the OBGYN on call for my doctor's practice to see if she could call me in a presricption for Meclizine. After an hour with no response, Jared loaded his very motion sick wife into the car for a trip to MaxCare. We arrived at Maxcare only to be rejected because I was pregnant. Isn't there some kind of discrimination law against that??? Seriously, you can't look in my ear because I'm pregnant?! Anyway...moving on. We finally got a call back from the OBGYN, got the prescription and by the next morning I was feeling well enough to work and within 2 days I was off the meds and feeling normal. Meclizine is definitely something I will always be keeping in my medicine cabinet! And, praise the Lord for his goodness to me! I was doing some serious praying that night because I don't think I could handle vertigo again!

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It's a...

Well we got to see our little man again today...that's right...It's a boy! The Ultrasound Technician said that it was a definite male, no mistake about it. So, we no longer have to call our baby "it." We can officially call him Carter.

The Ultrasound itself went pretty well. The baby's heart rate was about 150 today which is right in the middle of the desired range. The body seems to be forming perfectly. Apparently the baby is really cozy in the womb. Today he was sleeping on his stomach all during the ultrasound (he gets that from me and Jared-we are both stomach sleepers!). She poked and prodded and tried everything to get him to roll over so she could get a better look at his heart, but he wouldn't budge. She was able to see all 4 Chambers, which is where they look for most birth defects, but she couldn't really see anything else concerning his heart. We will have another Ultrasound in about 6 weeks to double check everything. It was so sweet to see our little baby again. She said his head was resting near my aorta, which was why he was so comfy. The sound of the blood pumping is apparently very soothing. After she told me that, I felt bad that we were trying to wake him up and get him to roll over!

So far I am 17 weeks and 5 days along. Total pregnancy weight gain is 6 pounds. If you're wondering why I'm reporting my weight gain on our blog, it's because I am trying to hold myself accountable to keeping my weight healthy. So feel free to keep me in check if you see me eating a cheeseburger!

Our next appointment will be around the 2nd week of March. So, I will be busying myself with looking for cute boy stuff for our nursery. I had found a lot I liked for a little girl, but not much for boys. So, hopefully I will find what I'm looking for soon!

Here's his profile

And here you can see his anatomy. Hopefully he won't be scarred for life by me putting this on my blog!

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Baby Bump Makes Its Debut

I have had some friends and family back in TN ask me to post a picture of the baby bump, so here it is. Now, I will admit that something about this angle and/or this shirt makes the bump appear to be larger than it actually is. The bump, however, is definitely present and growing.

Some people have asked me if I mind when people walk up to me and put their hands on my stomach. I have decided that no, I really don't, as long as I at least know the person. With that in mind, it kinda makes me laugh right now, because I can't even feel anything, so I know you won't. But, I guess people's touching is a show of affection.

Anyway, for those of you keeping up, we will be 17 weeks on Wednesday. One week from today on Monday, Feb 8, we will find out if we will be buying ribbons and lace or ...hmmm...what do you buy for boys? I guess I may have to figure that out soon!!!