16 Weeks = 4 Months!!!

I'm 4 months pregnant! I'm so excited to be this far - almost to the half way mark. I have had some bumps along the road but so far so good. I have placenta previa - you can google it if you are interested in knowing more, I wont bore you here. It usually resolves itself by the end of the pregnancy so that is what we are praying for - so that we don't have to have a c-section. The other little symptoms and delights of pregnancy are a bit different than I expected.

Firstly, I keep waiting for the 2nd trimester blissfulness to kick in. I am convinced that this is a mean fallacy propagated by cruel women who want to give you some hope in your first trimester just to find out that its NOT TRUE. I'm still tired, although slightly less so than the first trimester. To add to the fun of the somewhat lessened fatigue, I now cant sleep. I wake up to go the bathroom 2-5 times a night and then cant go back to sleep so therefore end up more tired. My food aversions are worse than ever and its very hard to think of things that sound good at all to me. Here is a list of things that in general sound disgusting....

Mexican Food
Italian Food
Most meat
Anything with Garlic, Garlic Powder, Garlic Salt, Minced Garlic
Sandwiches
French Fries

This is just the list of the minute... the list of what sounds good is even shorter. Other than the food stuff, I'm also having some sciatic pain in my boo-tay. That makes everything painful but the good news is my prenatal yoga is helping keep the pain down to a minimum. Also - my hormones are still making me a bit crazy. As for just how crazy, you would have to ask my poor hubby. Who by the way has been the picture of patience for these last 4 months.

As for the good stuff, I think I may have felt the baby move. It may have been gas, but I don't think so. It felt like fluttering in my belly. I love being able to see the little guy when I go the doctor! Its getting so big - as you can see above - about 4.5 inches from head to rump. That is huge! I have a bump now, not a very big one but its there. I get so excited (and scared) when I think that in a few short months I'll be a mommy and Jay will be a daddy... And I also keep wondering if someone is suddenly going to realize that I am absolutely not qualified for this and going to insist they move in to supervise this baby or take it away entirely. I know, I know. There are many much less qualified people in the world reproducing like bunnies, but I still am sometimes in awe that you don't have to have some sort of licence or required experience to do this.

It has arms!

Good news everyone! Our baby will have arms. And its little heart was beating 157 beats per minute this morning. Wow! At this point, everything seems monumental. Seeing the little peanut with arms on the sonogram screen this morning was so exciting. I was already tired but it energized me for at least an hour before I felt like I needed another nap.

Our due date is 7-7-09 which I think is good luck. I don't really believe in "luck" but I do like numbers and 7's and 9's seem to be a theme in my life. We don't have to go back till 10 weeks, then again at 12 weeks. By then I'll have to figure out who has a scanner so I can post pictures of the "waving peanut".

On another note, my last single bff is getting married!! Her boyfriend proposed yesterday and now she is going to marry him. I'm so excited for her but sad for my selfish self because she is getting married at the end of June and that means that I wont be able to be there since I'll be gi-nor-mously "with child". Congrats Amanda!



Here's another pic of the brothers. In their matching tshirts. Ha!




And in the spirit of continuing the brothers theme, I thought I'd post my most recent picture of my little brother, Austin. He was in a friends wedding. All spiffed up.

Bun in the oven!

Well, we've told family so it is official. We're expecting. As many of you may have guessed - the hives and their persistence may have something to do with the baby, we're just not sure. And I can't take steroids in case our baby is a girl - can do bad things like make a girl look like a boy (you should of heard how my obgyn described it!). So I am still stuck with hives, although they are way, way better than they were. I'm still itchy, but they are covering only about a 1/4 of my body now.



I'm also nauseous, tired, cranky and having food cravings and aversions. Jay is being a great hubby, putting up with my incessant whining and demands. For some reason, I can't seem to talk to him unless its in a high pitch that sometimes increases to a level that only dogs can hear. As far as cravings - all I want to eat is down home cookin'. The more southern and grandma-y it is, the better. Tonight we're going to Cotton Patch Cafe and I'm having chicken fried steak, mashed potato's, and green beans. And if the Lord really does love me, they will have Cherry cobbler for me to finish all that up with. (Just kidding Lord, I know you love me even if they only have peach cobbler.)



All in all, we are so so happy. Seeing that little heart beat on the screen on Monday was such a blessing and an overwhelming experience! I love that little blueberry floating around in my belly already and can't wait to meet him or her. God is good!



I had to attach this picture of Jay and Sansabutt (my brother-in-law aka Mike). They both showed up at their parents house wearing the same transformer t-shirt. What dorks!