Life or Something Like it

Been awhile…

So I originally made this blog to be about random nothings and it started turning into a mommy blog.  What can I say?  I AM a mommy after all lol.  Either way its been almost 2 months since I’ve actually posted something mostly because I am too damn lazy to do much of anything these days and because I was basically invaild due to the accursed morning sickness!  So far things with this pregnancy are going pretty well, for one thing the baby is growing and thriving (at least for the moment) and for another I have been feeling him (her) move since I hit 16 weeks :)  I started feeling flutters around 14 weeks and it stopped, freaked me out and then decided to start again on a regular basis!  This kid is already testing me lol.  Anyway, I have been feeling the baby since 16 weeks and I am now currently 19 weeks and 3 days along which is great.  I got my blood results back from my 2nd set and thankfully it came back negative which was really a relief as I had the biggest fear that I was just replaying my time with Angel all over again!  I have had 2 ultrasounds since I last posted, here is the one from my 1st trimester screen (I believe I was about 12 weeks and change:

Its fuzzy cause its a picture of a picture and taken with my craptastic cellphone.  At my last visit (4 month check up) I was able to see my “regular” Dr. and able to get her to take a quick look at the office to make sure things were going well - she had told me during my 1st visit that she didn’t believe my misfortune with Angel would surpass again and that she didn’t recommend any additional testing but she would try and schedule an additional ultrasound during my 4th month just to make sure things were on the up and up.  Well since I hadn’t seen her at my 3rd month check up I wasn’t able to schedule it but she was kind enough to do it for me at the office.  I was thrilled to see the baby looked fanstatic (from a 2D perspective of course), having had so many ultrasounds I could see the baby was very well formed, I saw the spine, ribs and beautiful heartbeat.  S/he was measuring a week ahead as well which is great! It made my heart sing to see that everythig looked good and my doctor decided to get a peek at the GOODS….so here is it:

According to my doctor, she is 90% sure this baby is a BOY!!  She did tell me not to hold her too that because she isn’t certified to do anatomical scans but having seen plenty of gender ultrasounds in my pregnacy group I am pretty certain that I am indeed having a son :)  I have my actual ultrasound at the hospital next Friday so I’ll have confirmation then but in the mean time I am getting used to the idea of having a boy and all that will entail.  My husband is of course over the moon because what man doesn’t want a son?!?  I was so sure this baby was a girl so it was pretty surprising when the doctor told me otherwise but I am just thankful that everything is ok!  I know people tend to say that a lot but REALLY after suffering the loss of Angel I just want this baby to be born, healthy and without complications - is that too much to ask for?  Anyway, other than the constant worry about the baby there is nothing else really going on.  Mother’s Day came and went and it was lovely, my 3 year wedding anniversary is this coming Tuesday and then the Sunday after next is my 25th birthday!  Since there isn’t a lot of money there won’t be much of a big TA-DA but I am happy nonetheless.  I guess thats the update for the moment.