Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Pregnancy so far

I'm not sure if I've written about this current pregnancy. Have I even blog-announced that we're expecting? Well, we are. Yes, it was a surprise, but we are still thrilled to welcome another baby into our family. I thought I'd know straight away if I was having a boy or girl by my cravings because I craved savory with Oliver and sweet with Lily. Well, I just crave any and all food with this pregnancy, so that's no help.
A month ago I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. It was so great! Because I had already seen the little bean in a dating ultra sound (7 weeks along and I could already see a little arm!) I thought that listening to the heartbeat wouldn't be as, well, exciting. But it was totally great. She barely had to put the wand on my belly and you could hear the hearbeat loud and clear. Even the doctor was surprised with how loud and strong the heartbeat was!
About 2 weeks ago I started to feel little tiny kicks. I only feel them about once a day because it is still very early to be feeling them, but it was so cool to feel it. I'm excited for the kicks to get stronger so I can feel my sweet baby inside me all the time!
I am excited about next month because (hopefully) about a week before Christmas we will find out if we are having a boy or a girl! I looked up on the Chinese Gender Chart what gender I'll have, and it said a girl (it also said Oliver would be a boy and Lily would be a girl!) but Shane is convinced that it is a boy, and he has been right with the other two. Like I said, I really have no feeling either way, and even if I did, I'm always wrong, so it wouldn't really help!
So I am 16 weeks along (4 months!) and it just seems to be flying by. With each child I have, the pregancies seem to go by faster and faster, because I have less and less time to just sit and ponder and appreciate my pregnancy. I have been trying to do my pregnancy yoga, which has helped, but I have babies crawling over me, yelling at me, trying to get my attention, so it's not always undivided mommy/baby time:) Aside from the EXTREME fatigue, everything is going great and I'm so grateful to have easy pregnancies an awesome family!!

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