01.13.10
19 weeks and counting…
Tomorrow marks the 19 week point. Once we get home from Switzerland, we will be in the home stretch. Hard to believe. So, lots has gone on since my last update… I met the doctor that will be taking care of me. Simon wasn’t there but I had a lovely visit with her. She seems very nice, caring, knowledgeable and helpful. I got to hear the baby’s heartbeat (130bpm) through a doppler – she assured me it wasn’t an alien! I was sent for a blood test and got the news that the chance of Down Syndrome is 1/8000. Which I suppose is pretty good. *crossing fingers*
The moment of truth came last Friday when we went to the gender ultrasound. I was positive it was a boy…Simon wasn’t so sure. I took bets at the office for fun to see what the gang thought. 14-girl 10-boy. As the technologist was doing the scan, she announced, “Congratulations! It’s a…GIRL!” A girl?!?! NO that can’t be! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I was so happy and shocked to hear the news. I still am actually. I can’t believe we are going to have a little daughter. I can imagine her being Daddy’s little girl already. I’m surprised he isn’t out shopping yet. I was laughing and crying all at the same time for most of the day and went to Babies R Us to see what I could find. Unfortunately I got so overwhelmed that I didn’t buy anything! I can’t wait to start shopping though. I called my parents to share the news and they were suprised it wasn’t a boy either!
As for us now, we are hanging out in Switzerland with the family. We had a lovely day today, celebrating Grandma’s 70th Birthday. With only 28 of her closest friends we spent the afternoon lunching and chatting it up. They gave her an amazing gift of coming to visit her granddaughter, whenever she wants! How wonderful!
I’m feeling pretty good lately. Not *too* many headaches. I find I can’t sit for very long or my legs get restless. I take care of that by doing a 30-45 minute walk daily then I sleep like a baby at night. I have been feeling the baby daily for about a week now, it is very sporadic and very enjoyable. Before I didn’t know what was going on inside…now I’m glad I know what she is up to. I have been religiously using multiple types of cream to try to prevent stretch marks. I am using Palmers, BioOil and now Frei Ol from Germany. I can only pray they all work…