Week 19!

A lot of things have been happening!

FIL went into the hospital on May 20th, and he is still there :( but he should be coming home in the next few days!

Tuesday- We met with our loan officer, Marie, and we are all set to go forward to look at houses!

Wednesday-I passed the Communications Operator test and had my first interview! And of course we had to go and look at houses!

Today (Thursday)- We put in our very first offer on a house! Holy crap! Our Real Estate Agent, Eddie, said that we could hear back in as little as 3 days!

This past Monday, I drove into town since my friend Sarah came for a quick visit. I hadn't told anyone that we found out the sex of the baby. As soon as she walked into the house she was asking if I found out! I lied to her and said that the baby didn't cooperate so we have to wait until the next appt. I was waiting until my sister got there so she could be involved. I did tell Sarah that I did know, but didn't want to say anything about me knowing until Tracy got there and so my mom wasn't bugging, lol.

About 5 minutes after Tracy got there, I got the gift. I put these pictures in a collage frame and covered each pic with tissue paper that had a number on it so she would unwrap it in order.

 

When she got to the second and third pic, I had to tell her what she was looking at because she was looking for something written on it. When she got to the 4th pic (the reveal pic), she looks at it for a few seconds and says, "It's a..........hole in one????"

I had to point out the color of the ball that was in the hole. Then it clicked in her mind. She just looked at the picture and then stared at me, saying absolutely nothing! This, I swear, lasted for a few minutes, when in reality it was just a few seconds. Sarah then jumped up and started screaming!

I had a feeling that I should have recorded it or at least taken a pic, but I just wanted to see her reaction without having to worry about recording. But I should have because of her reaction, it was absolutely priceless!

We even decided on a name! Our little boy will be named Mason Daniel!


How far along: 19w2d

Size of Baby:  Mango

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  Not sure, but probably up

Maternity Clothes: Yep yep!

Gender: Baby BOY!!! Mason Daniel

Belly Button In/Out: In

Stretch Marks: Same ones

Labor Signs: Nope

Movement: I sometimes feel a liquid moving sensation, no defined kicks yet :(

Sleep: I think that it's getting worse. It take awhile to get comfortable and then it takes a lot to move around.

Cravings/Aversions: Anything sweet!

Symptoms: Nipple sensitivity is out the world still!

Feeling: Happy and excited!!!

Best Moment this Week: Finding out the sex of the baby and telling our families! I also love when Justin talks to my belly and uses his name!

What I Miss: The ease of getting up from the bed or couch without so much work. Even Justin has noticed it and makes fun of the "couch eating me"!

What I am Looking Forward To: Finding and closing on a house so I can start setting up the nursery!

Milestones: Almost half baked! I swear the next 20 weeks are going to fly by!

Baby Milestones: Mason measures about 6 inches long and weighs in at about 8.5 ounces. He's developing a protective coating over his skin, called vernix caseosa. It's greasy and white, and I may see some of it at his birth.

Next Appointment: Thursday, June 6th! Just a regular OB apt, but he will be going over all test results, which I think are all normal since I haven't received a phone call!

And the envelope please......

 

Our A/S went super good today! Baby is pretty much ahead of schedule by just a few days too! Heartbeat is at 153bpm

 

Before the appt, I had to drink at least 24 ounces within a 30 minute period and boy, did I feel it when she was pushing around with the u/s wand! I was so scared that I would accidentally pee on the table! I think she either saw my full bladder or felt me wince, because she asked if I had to go to the bathroom!

 

It was the most glorious pee that I have ever taken, lol!

 

So I went back to the room and had to get lubed up again. The only thing left was finding out the sex of the baby. She was about to scan that area and then she stopped and asked if we wanted to find out. We told her yes. Baby was being just a little difficult, but finally cooperated. I knew it before she could even say it!

 

She had the baby's bottom up on the screen and then started pointing out the left leg, and the right leg. And then she says, "And right there in the middle, is a BOY!"

 

 

 

I started tearing up when she said that! She finished up and printed out some pics for us and we were done! She left the room while I was cleaning up the leftover lube and I started crying even harder!

 

Justin just held me and asked me, "Are those happy tears?"

 

I said, "Of course they are!"

 

So now onto the task of picking out a name! Girl's names were much easier for us, which gave me a hint that we were probably going to have a boy, lol!

 

 

 





Our family and friend's announcement pic!

NBR: Life Coaches via Internet Strangers (vent)

I'm a pretty easy going person. When I get mad, it usually takes a lot until I blow. I swear some people are just too vocal for my liking sometimes.

It's not that I get mad because I don't agree with their answer to a question that I have asked. I get mad because some people turn it around somehow and then tell me that I'm not ready for certain things.

First example: I asked a harmless question about if I have to tell a future employer if I'm pregnant at the interview. I mentioned that I'm on unemployment and that Justin's job could definitely support me to be a SAHM. I also mentioned that I'm not sure if I want to go back to work.

From what's listed above, I got flamed by some people saying that if I don't want to work then I need to call Unemployment and tell them to stop my benefits! I swear that were acting like I was on Welfare or something! I've worked hard for over 15 years, I think that I deserve the money that I worked for!

It went from asking a simple question to that! I then had to defend myself about why I am doing things that way I am. First off, these people are complete strangers and they don't know everything about me and my life! Yet they feel the need to tell me how wrong I am!

It took a while, but I finally was able to get over that, but I do remember the negative posters.

Second example: Fast forward to yesterday. I asked another simple question about Closing costs and Down Payments. The same negative poster pretty much tells me that since I don't know the correct terms (I wrote conventional instead of compound) that she highly doubts that I'm ready to buy a house! Are you fucking kidding me?!?!?!? Since you know, it's a pretty big purchase that will affect the rest of my life.

I was so ready to ask her what happens if I ask a (stupid to her) baby question, if that means that I'm not ready to be a mom. I was so close, but I didn't want to stir the pot anymore.

Then I get another one that completely agrees with the above thoughts and says that I'm definitely not ready since we are apparently scraping to get the money together. Ummm, where did you come up with this info?

One word.

Cuntpunch

Yes, I understand that this is the internet and there are just some people who are flat out mean. I even posted this on a Buying a Home thread. I thought that I would for sure get flamed worse over there after what I got on my BMB, but hey guess what?

I got nothing, no flames!!! What I did get was just really helpful answers!

Sorry that this got so long but I needed to get that out!

 

 

Okay, one more thing, we get to find out if we're having a Boy or Girl tomorrow!!!!! So you'll be definitely getting an update!

Time for an Update!

I can't believe that it's been a month since I last posted an update! Where has the time gone? It seems like it's going by slowly, but then it's 30 days later!

Quick baby update. I had another OB appt on May 9th. No ultrasound this time :( but the nurse was able to use the Doppler to hear the heartbeat! It was 156 bpm! Dr. L came in and asked if I had felt any movement yet and I told him that I have felt muscle twitches (kind of like the feeling when your eye twitches) near my bellybutton, but I didn't know if that was baby or my uterus stretching. He said that it was most likely baby!

He scheduled me to come back in 2 weeks for my A/S! So we'll be finding out pretty soon! I can't wait!

The original plan was to do an elective ultrasound at one of those boutiques next week, but Justin said that we could just wait the extra week and save the money. Boo, but I get where he's coming from.

We ordered and got our travel system! We decided on the Chicco Cortina/KeyFit 30 in red and black. This was the most neutral color scheme they offered because hopefully there might be a Baby #2 in
the future!

 

It seems like all of my organs have shifted north and are resting on my lungs/diaphragm. It's been a struggle to breathe sometimes, especially if you throw in allergy induced asthma to the mix.

Morning sickness is 99.9% gone but I got this new little symptom this past week. Gagging and throwing up when I brush my teeth! It's so aggravating! I think that I might have to eat something and then brush my teeth. That's my project this week!

Oh and on the job hunt front, I got selected to go on to the next phase for a position with the City! It's for an Assistant Communications Operator (entry level 911 dispatcher)! I was going back and forth on this but I figured that I didn't know for sure if I want to be a SAHM and I want to keep some options open. And the pay isn't bad! So it would be totally do-able to work PT, pay for daycare, and still bring home a profit!

There were about 100 people at the written test and she said that they'll be sending out the results in 2 weeks! Also, if you pass, you have at least 2 interviews, a background check, a polygraph test, a psychological test, and a medical check! That's a lot of things and I don't have that much time if I am able to go forward! I'm mostly worried about the medical check.

Okay, now the update!

How far along: 17w

Size of Baby: Onion

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'm up 2lbs but still down 2lbs from my IUI date!

Maternity Clothes: I live in them and I love it!

Gender: Unknown for now. We find out next week!

Belly Button In/Out: In

Stretch Marks: Same ones

Labor Signs: Nope

Movement: A few little muscle twitches near my belly button that Dr says is the baby!

Sleep: Sleeping a bit better. Still trying to sleep on my stomach, so I end up on one of my arms in this weird prop up position and then I wake up with a numb arm, lol

Cravings/Aversions: Back to the Slurpee's and Icee's!

Symptoms: Nipple sensitivity is out the world still!

Feeling: Happy and excited!!!

Best Moment this Week: Being able to hear the baby's heartbeat this week!

What I Miss: Beer sounds so good right now!

What I am Looking Forward To: Finding out if the baby is a girl or boy! Then let the shopping commence!

Milestones: Getting to 17 weeks! In 3 weeks, I'll be half baked! Holy crap, where did the time go?

Baby Milestones: Baby continues to beef up. Now she's about 5.1 inches longs and weighs about 5.9 ounces. Not only is she putting some meat on those bones, she's growing a stronger, thicker umbilical cord too!

Next Appointment: My next appt is Thursday, May 23rd. We get to find out if it's a GIRL or BOY!!!!!! Cannot wait!!!!