Oh Boy!! (Or Girl)

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I would like to teach my child to: Be patient
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20 weeks, 0 days

You may have noticed I have changed how far along I am to match my doctor's estimated due date for me instead of the one I have based on ovulation. So now, I go up a week every Wednesday. I guess it gives me something to look forward to mid-week!

Let's see. What's happened since the last post? Oh lots. I am on blood pressure meds and a diuretic now. Fun fun. As if I weren't peeing enough. We had our 2nd ultrasound last Thursday! Everything looks good with baby. Lots of squirming going on in there. I am feeling baby consistently every day. I don't think I could adequately explain the sensation to someone who hasn't been pregnant. All I can say is, it's the coolest feeling in the world. For now anyway. Ask me again in a couple months when there's a foot jammed in my ribs.

As for the gender, had we wanted to find out, we could have last Thursday. Instead, we had the technician put a 'money-shot' picture in an envelope and seal it. Now it sits in our birth notebook, begging to be opened. I think it's torturing everyone else more than us. That's pretty fun, actually. I get the most amazed looks when I say we're not finding out. Seems to be a rarity these days. I did ask the technician if it was definitely a gender, as in no half-and-half. She said, "Yes, no ambiguity." And since then, everyone thinks it's a boy. Very well could be, but it's also very possible to have an unambiguous girl on the ultrasound. We are pulling for a girl, but of course a boy would be fantastic too. Not much of a choice in the matter!

I will try to post a belly pic later tonight. It's funny because I don't feel as big as I look in the pictures. There's no sucking in this gut.