2nd Trimester Update

Well it's time to give another update on the pregnancy!  I'm almost done with the 2nd trimester!  Here are a few highlights and then a TON of pictures.

• A couple times during week 12, week 14 and then from week 18 and beyond I've been able to feel our little jellybean.
• On March 18 (week 20 or 1/2 way!) we found out jellybean's gender!  It's a BOY!  We had a lot of fun at the appointment - first timers doing an ultrasound like that and seeing him move all around.
• Starting Tuesday March 26, or start of week 21, David felt jellybean for the first time!  He was putting his contacts in while I was still trying to wake up, and was on my back, when I felt like I could feel jellybean with my hand on my belly!?!  So I quickly got up, and told David to come try and feel and after a bit, he felt him!  It was very low and I'm sure just barely, but it was another one of those great pregnancy days!  I couldn't stop telling people all day that day!
• Finally at week 24 - 26 my belly really started popping out.  Now I don't have a fat pooch, but there's really a baby in there.  People at work outside my department finally see it too, yay!
• April 17 was week 24 dr. apt for us.  Jellybean was doing well and it was finally the first time they measured my belly since it hadn't been there before that.  He's measuring a couple weeks small, but they said for my size, that it is very normal and there's a 4 week on each side window.  They also gave me a warning about the diabetes test set for week 28 and how I showed signs of it, thanks for making me worry! (more on that later).
• Somewhere between week 25-26 we can now see my bump moving!  He's kicking up a storm some days, and we've had a few family members been able to feel as well.  And so far mostly just me, can feel the rolls and he's getting big enough to see the shifts from side to side.
• Along with the kicks, already before week 24, I'm getting the rib pain.  They said it starts usually mid of the last trimester, but I don't have a big torso, so the uterus is already up in my ribs and it's VERY uncomfortable.  I'll be okay with the pain, but it's just constant unless I stand or lay down, which standing at work happens a lot, and then lying down at home is where I am most nights.
• During this trimester also, I celebrated my first official Mother's Day.  It was just fun knowing that he was in there and changing my life so much already and soon more.  I had breakfast made for me by D and then also a 1 hour massage - seriously the best thing a sore pregnant person could want.  Really.
• We're still not sure on a name for him, and won't till the end probably.
• We've had some fun during this trimester, sickness is all gone, so we've done: cooking nights at Sur La Table, visiting the mummies and just lots of walks and gym time while I'm feeling good.
• Cravings this trimester: Kix cereal, cinnamon rolls (but grandmas only, sad), churros, boston cream donuts, corn (if only it would come into season!), cottage cheese/rice cakes, desserts (but trying to stay away from them too much!)...

And here are the pics....  I know, way too many of one person!  At least the belly grew this trimester unlike the last group of belly pics.  Next time, we're only doing monthly pics, but this was my first time.  Also, for me, those signs are the worst part and what gets us behind!  Next time, no signs, or minimal - tips for anyone else out there that wants them :)

It's a ....

There have been many fun experiences during this pregnancy, but I have to say, one of the best was finding out if our baby was a boy or a girl!  We had an appt scheduled for March 18th and getting to the 1/2 way mark seemed to take forever, but we definitely got there :).  Before knowing the gender we felt a bit on pause because it was too hard for us to make any decisions, like nursery, names, clothes, etc.  And now that we know, some things have been easier, some still not.  But we still have a few months so we'll figure it out.

I was really excited for March 18th to come.  So was D.  He has been saying since the beginning that he'd love a girl because he wanted to have a mini Andrea.  So cute of him to say nice things like that.  I had a harder time saying what I though we'd have.  But since David said girl, I'd say boy to 1) even it out and 2) since he and others said girl, I thought for sure it'd be a boy because that's how it works :).  Well, the day or two before the appt I was pretty nervous because I realize that this first baby would be our first born and help lead our family and future siblings.  Lots of pressure for him/her, but we'd be happy either way really.  I was a girl first, and David had a brother first so we had both.  The day or two before also David was starting to think boy so he wore blue to the appt.  We got there for our ultrasound at 3pm and waited a bit and then soon enough we, or I, was shirt up and gel on and the tech was watching our little jellybean on the screen!  The tech took several minutes checking the basics - two legs, two arms, hands, feet, and all bones accounted for.  She talked us through and showed us what we were looking at, even such as the heart, umbilical cord, lungs, and kidneys and such.  

Then she asked if we wanted to know the gender...  YES!!!  So after a bit she took us and said, you ready?  Umm, here we go - I thought!  And she showed us the legs, bum and on the screen she put up... It's A Boy!!  As soon as I saw that, I felt immediately, yes, of course, he's a boy in there!  Like I had always known and that it felt right.  Even though we may have said we wanted a girl at one point, or boy, or just either as long as they were healthy - both David and I were very excited once we found out.  I looked at David and he just couldn't stop smiling.  We got to watch jellybean a bit more as the tech had to check for more heart stuff (which by the way, wasn't the most pleasant for me because jellybean was moving a lot so she had to keep going over my belly harder and harder, but I survived).  The Doc came and and said he looked good and everything was there and no issues.  He said with measurements from their tech, they'd guess he'd show up between Aug 5 - 9.  Yay!  We walked out and were just so happy.  On our way home we pulled up the name list and immediately realized, we didn't have boy names as much as girl names - and this is one thing we are still working on - we just haven't found the one yet I guess.

We went home and called friends and family that were not here in Utah and gave them the news after getting their guess written down for our memory book.  Everyone seemed excited.  Most of my family seemed to guess a girl, total opposite of David's family, which they guessed boy.  Here in Utah we planned a quick "gender reveal" party for our local crew on Saturday at 3pm.  We got lots of pink and blue for decorating and I had fun just putting it all together.  I actually was pretty bad and only took pictures of the place before everyone got there - too busy chatting while they were there I guess.  We had the Clark group and then Jan, Steph, Tony and the Williams, Shayla and Reynosas.  After having some snacks we decided to show everyone a bit of the ultrasound dvd and then reveal the news on the screen like we saw - it was fun and neat to see or hear reactions from everyone.

So, we are just VERY excited for our little man.  He's very wiggly already and he's sure to bring lots of excitement when he gets here, since we are already so happy to have him in my belly right now.  Jellybean, sorry that may be your nickname, hopefully not your name if we can figure one out by August - but we're just so happy to have you coming here to be part of our family soon enough!