And we are - according to my calendar - finished with 21 weeks and in week 22! Can you believe it...over half way there... Time certainly flies when - YOU MISS THE FIRST TRIMESTER!!! We found out at about 11 weeks and were pretty much into the second trimester when we told everyone, so it's been a whirlwind for sure.
Ultrasound at a free clinic week 12 - (05/31/12):
(bebes is upside down...but you can see the little arms and legs)
Ultrasound at Kaiser week 16 - (06/27/12):
(side profile...we were amazed how much bebes had grown in four weeks)
Next appointment is tomorrow, and we will get to see it again, of course...but since my doctor thinks I am not as far along as I think I am, I don't know that he is going to tell us the sex yet. At the 12 week they said we were about 5 days behind when I thought we were due (December 15th moved to December 20th), then at the 16 week we were suddenly almost two weeks behind (December 27th). So, my thought...small baby. D was in the 10th percentile in utero and barely over 5lbs when he was born. The doctor originally wanted to schedule our 20 week radiology ultrasound between August 10th-20th...but at four locations, they have no openings until September... So, we are just hopeful the little one will face us clearly and we will have no issues seeing which it is - and that the doctor will actually tell us!
This has been the most incredible thing! God has blessed us so greatly...
Despite so many stressors that we have been through in the last few months, and ones we know we are approaching (particularly when bebes makes their debut)...this has been such an incredible weight lifted. I have said that and a few individuals have thought me crazy, or used the infamous words "just wait...". But, seriously, the weight of infertility is an unimaginable burden (unless you yourself have experienced it) - to have that weight so unexpectedly lifted, and in such a miraculous way is so freeing. My God has freed me from that burden. And though D and I are never without stress and drama in our simple life, that load that had been building over nearly six years, and piled with each new pregnancy and each new birth announcement (each birthday that passed of those pregnancy we heard announced)...it's incredible what a difference this has made.
Does all that mean I am as light as a butterfly and full of life? No...sadly. haha...I - just like every other expectant mother - am experiencing hormones, hot flashes (my WORD July/August in southern California at 5 months, while attempting to not run the AC is brutal), exhaustion - which leads to more mood swings, and starving hunger. However, praise the Lord, I haven't thrown-up thus far. He has been so merciful on me. I truly believed that after waiting so long, and begging Him, and arguing with Him, and pleading that I'd take ANYTHING the pregnancy could throw at me...please bless us with a child..............well, I was sure I was going to have a rough pregnancy. Gladly, no, thus far. Remember, I didn't even know I was pregnant until 11 weeks...the nausea I experienced has been controllable with eating, anxiety and overheating seems to be controlled by sitting and breathing slowly, I'm over most initial food adversions (except avocados...so sad), really the only thing I can do very little about is headaches and cramps in my hips.
- I'm sorry but one standard strength Tylenol doesn't do anything! -
I'm anxious to know the sex...but both times we have had an ultrasound the little one has been squirming. The first proved it was definitely a spastic little child of D's...and the second showed toes and fingers wiggling, bebe stretching, and what we believe was the hickups...
I've got some great ideas about the "nursery" but I'll save that until later (maybe until we know the sex)...but theme I believe is owls!!!
Anyway, more to come...
