The Big Gender Reveal!!!

Yesterday was the 20 week anatomy ultrasound!!! The tech showed us the growth charts and baby is almost right on the "average" line for everything, said everything looks good!!! I drank a small cup of coffee yesterday morning to make sure the baby didn't cross it's legs, because we REALLY wanted to know the sex, and the baby was playing peekaboo with us during the ultrasound. It was SO CUTE!!
So, for those of you who don't have me on Facebook or see me in person often, IT'S A GIRL!!! Emily and Henry will be joined by a baby "Dorothy" rather than Hunk.
I know several people have asked how I feel about this, because I have 2 boys and no girls. I'm pretty sure I don't want to have to deal with a teenage girl. I was one, and I sure don't want that kind of payback!!!! Yes, it would have been neat to have a girl myself, and I would have been happy wth either both times. But really, this is NOT my baby. I don't have that emotional mother/baby connection with her like I did with my boys when I was pregnant with them. I'm not really worried about how I'll cope with "giving up" this child, it's not my child. I have no right to it.
I'll have to hop back online later and get pics posted of the ultrasound, I have to get ready to go meet Emily and Henry for breakfast before they head back home. I'm going to be sad to see them leave, but they need to go spend time celebrating the girl with their family and friends!!
Hope everyone has a great day!!!

When's the big day???

TOMORROW!!!! Ultrasound is at 10:30 tomorrow morning, then we're going to tour the OB ward, then I have to hurry home and get working on the last minute stuff for the party!!!! This of course means (for those of you who are not attending the party) that you will have to wait till either late tomorrow night or Tuesday to find out the sex, IF the baby chooses to let us know what it is. Any guesses??? I'm thinking girl, slightly, not sure why, just am. I'll update as soon as I can!!!! Wish us luck!!!

Another great Dr. visit and a worrisome weekend

I know, it's been almost a week since my Dr. visit, but hey, I've been busy! Visit was on Friday, got to hear the heartbeat again and it was in the 150s like usual. As expected, it was a pee in a cup, listen to heartbeat, measure fundal height, ask if there's any questions type of visit.
The weekend was a bit more eventful. I was exhausted for some odd reason and everytime I tried to carry my 16 month old somewhere with bit of distance, my back ached (no huge surprise) and my belly hurt in an odd pressure/pulling way that I've never experienced before. I just dealt with it Saturday, thinking it would stop on it's own. It was still bothering me on Sunday so I mentioned something to Emily (who had been dealing with some sort of virus since Wednesday and today is finally back to her usual routine)and she had me call the OB department. The nurse said it's probably nothing, but Emily was a bit uneasy still. The nurse had told me that the on-call doc was coming in that evening for another patient, so she said if the doc hadn't been in by suppertime, she would have her call me. Doc basically said it's probably just my muscles groaning because my body didn't have as much time to recover between pregnancies as it did last time and last time I didn't have a toddler to carry around, so it's probably nothing, but if I wanted my cervix checked, she would be more than happy to do that to ease everyone's minds. Long story short, Emily decided she would prefer if the doc looked at me, just to be safe. I went in, got checked in and she checked me and the nurse listened to the heartbeat, still in the 150s. Doc said my cervix was high, long and closed. All good.
Anyway, that's been my adventures of late. Monday is the anatomy ultrasound, and we're hoping the little one will cooperate so we know if we should call it Dorothy or Hunk!!! I'll be sure to update within a day of that!!! Have a great week everyone!!