17 Weeks

 I got a call from the hospital today to confirm my appointment for the "big" ultrasound (as my doctor calls it). I guess this one is supposedly the purpose of checking to see if there are any problems we need to know about. My doctor said that if anyone can tell us whether our young-un is a girl or a boy, the hospital techs can. That would just be great. My husband and I have already been going through some names and we have some good ones narrowed down so far. But I'm not going to tell you what we are considering just yet. We'll announce the name when we pick one out specifically.

That's it for today. I have nothing really to report. I'll post again after our next ultrasound.

16 Weeks (continued)

 Oh my gosh!! Ha! This is enough to make you laugh. We did our ultrasound this morning. Baby looked very healthy and had a nice 160 bpm heart rate. But we have no idea still if it is a girl or a boy. Our poor doctor tried every direction she could on my belly to try and see the genitalia, but could not get a good look. Our little darling's legs were slammed shut. I guess we have a modest child :). Still, it is always nice to hear that he/she is healthy and appears to be doing just fine. The only issue that the doctor has continued to come across is my slightly elevated blood pressure. The top number stays in the low 130's and the bottom stays in the 70's. Urine tests were normal and so they do not yet see a threat of preeclampsia. My doctor instructed me to keep track of my blood pressure myself at home and log the results in a notebook for her to see on my next visit. I could not find any pharmacies in the are that had a public use machine anymore so I coughed up 40 bucks on a home machine. Thankfully, it really isn't a bad investment. This way I can take a reading any time I want in the comfort of my own home. I may even get more accurate results because I wont be stressing over traffic or doctor's visits in order to obtain a reading (which could end up raising my blood pressure some). I took a reading as soon as I got home with it and got a result that was right about the same as the doctor's office. The doctor said as long as it does not get any higher I should be OK. But if it does go up, I will have to take some medicine to bring it back down.

  Our next ultrasound will be in a couple of weeks and will be administered by the hospital technicians. This is what my doctor calls "the big one". This one will be done by the hospital techs to determine if there are any issues we need to worry about. She also said that they ought to be able to determine better than she can whether our baby is a boy or a girl. So we will be looking forward to that.

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Thanks for reading. I'll check back in probably next week.

16 Weeks

   I think what I would like to do once the baby is born is print off all my baby posts up until that point and put them in a little book for my child to read once he or she gets a little older. I think that would be neat to be able to read about the time I had a hunch that he/she might be in there, to the time when I got a positive test, and everything since. After the birth, I plan on continuing the blog to talk about my baby's progress as he/she ages.
    I am now 16 weeks pregnant and have been feeling pretty good lately. My next doctor's appointment is Friday (tomorrow) so I will add a supplemental post to tell how it went. We are hoping to find out if we are having a girl or a boy this time. :)  I have not been experiencing any more problems with my pregnancy. (Last time, I mentioned some minor bleeding that the nurse said I didn't really need to worry about.) I have, however, been feeling some "flutters" this past week and have been wondering if in fact it is the baby movement that I am feeling. I am so eager to be feeling strong enough kicks that will leave no doubt.
   This past weekend, we received a Sleep Number bed in the mail that we ordered. We have slept on it three nights now and my husband and I just LOVE it! We have both found that we are sleeping through the night now and waking up with little to no back pain. My own back pain and stiff neck and shoulders are greatly relieved. It was kind of an expensive purchase but we both seem to agree that it has been worth it.  A full night's sleep can be very valuable. I have notice that I am not as tired during the day and my headaches are not as frequent.
   That's all I've got for now. I'll post again after the doctor's visit tomorrow. I can't wait to see what the gender is so we can give "Little P" a proper name.