It's a BOY!!
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It's a BOY!!

Yesterday we had our big ultrasound. It was amazing. The baby was moving all over the place and showing off. I drank chocolate milk before the appointment to wake up the baby so that hopefully we could see the gender. It worked and he showed us that he is a boy! We got lots of photos of him moving all around. He kept putting his hands up and we counted 10 fingers. The 3D picture of him is really neat. I am really excited to know that we are having a son. It makes if feel more real now that I can start thinking of names for him. He looks perfect and all of the organs looked healthy. The doctor called me back in the afternoon to let me know that they need to do another ultrasound at my next appointment because they noticed that he is underweight. She said not to worry because we could just be off a week on his due date and John and I are both smaller people, so they just want to keep an eye on the growth. I get to look forward to seeing our baby again in 4 weeks.

dehydration

This past week was a difficult one for me. I was having terrible muscle and joint pain. I even woke up in the middle of the night a few days. I called the doctor and they had me go to the hospital to get a blood clot test done. I did not have a blood clot, which is good. They determined that I had been dehydrated and possibly had a lack of calcium. I have been feeling much better now.

Health Insurance

Bradley is changing their health insurance and I need to make a decision this week. At first I was pretty frustrated having to change midway through pregnancy. Now that I have done some research, I am excited that I now have the option to choose OSF St. Francis as my hospital of choice. I think this will be where I want to deliver because if anything goes wrong, the baby will need to be transported here anyway and I don't want to be in two separate hospitals. I am also glad that this insurance option includes the Children's Hospital; my old one did not. I need to start looking into some birthing classes soon because they will not begin any in November or December with the holidays and January is too late to enroll.

Belly Pictures

19 Weeks

17 Weeks

Crazy Cravings

We've all read about crazy pregnancy cravings. I had no idea how real they could be until I experienced my first real craving. The reason I blame this on pregnancy is because it was not something I normally eat. It was corn bread! I got so hungry for it that I called John from work last Wednesday night and asked him to make some for me. He did, and it was the best corn bread.

Growing and moving

I have been feeling the baby move on and off the last couple weeks. He or she loves to move around all day long. It is a fun feeling!