Anyway, currently i'm at about 16 weeks and a few days - give or take. I don't know why, but with this pregnancy, it feels like it's taking FOREVER!! i remember with Chewie how the time seemed to just fly by. But not this time. Four months in and i'm already ready to meet this little squirmy critter.
I am mostly blaming the time lag on Chewie, haha. On top of being tired/pregnant, chasing after an almost 2 year old doesn't help.
I've been feeling pretty good, apart from the tired thing, although one morning this week i inexplicably threw up in the kitchen sink while Chewie at his shreddies. Don't know why, don't know where it came from, but i felt just fine afterwards. Hm.
B-rad and i were able to secure a midwife this go 'round. And so far i've met with her twice and am so happy that i'm her very capable hands. Dr. X - the same doc i had with Chewie, is just too busy to give me the care i need. With Roz (my lovely British midwife) i never feel like i'm inconveniencing her with any questions. She answers all of them, no matter how silly they may be. I met with her today, actually - and we went over my ultrasound results. At this last ultrasound i was pretty upset that i couldn't see what was going on. B-rad said he could see Artoo moving around and stuff, but when it was my turn to see and the technician turned the screen my way, all i got was still images. I wanted to see the squirming. i think i will mention something next time.
ANYWHO - One fun thing is a 'spot' on the top of my uterus, which may or may not be a fibroid of some kind. It could be nothing, OR it could be something. Too soon to tell, so we have to wait for the next ultrasound.
She says i'm doing really well, all my stats are good, my tests results are good... i'm even losing weight! (in a healthy way!) Yay me!!
I also got to hear the little heart beat today...swish/swish/swish/swish. Apparently, the swishing sound is actually the pulse in the CORD! Then, badum badum badum... the HEART!! soooo coool....
As far as birthing, we're going to try for a home birth in water - assuming everything goes well and i make it to 36 weeks. Only 20 more to go. B-rad may actually be able to Catch the baby!! that'd be cool.
There have been a two spotting moments in this pregnancy...but both times have been after...uh...y'know, the sexy times? So when i spoke to Roz about it today, she had a few ideas. One could be that both times it would have been generally around the time when i WOULD have gotten my period... another idea is that my cervix may be irritated by the sex, which can cause a bit of spotting, or another possibility could be a low placenta. In all cases, the moral of the story was the same: It's too early to tell right now, we will know more at your next ultrasound (which is in about 4 weeks)... in the meantime, we've been advised to lay off the sexy times... :(
it MUST be a girl. giving me stress already, etc. etc. lol
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cute little artoo!!! squeeeee!!!! I hope its a girl so you two can have the best of both worlds. I had minor spotting in my pregnancy its probably nothing to worry about (I say after panicking and going to emergency the first time it happened to me :)). Low laying placenta (placenta previa) was also something I had, but most of the time it does fix itself as your uterus expands. Try not to get too stressed as long as your feeling the booting around in there the baby is doing good :).
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