Well today, September 8 2011, I am officially 20 weeks pregnant... half way done! Wahoo! I think this is the longest part of a pregnancy because the beginning (at least for me) is bad because I am sick and it seems to last forever. Then, you start to feel better but you have to wait until week 20 to find out if you are having a boy or girl. After that (at least with Jaxon) it seemed to go by really fast until the very very very end haha.
Tomorrow morning we go into have our ultra sound and find out the gender. For the record, I will be VERY happy either way. At first I kept thinking I wanted a girl because the Garner's apparently only produce boys (well mostly produce them). There are a couple of girls in the Garner line but they were both the 5 child I believe and at this point in my life I am NOT planning on having 5 children. So my first thought was that I would like to have a girl just so I know I am going to get one for sure haha. And yes of coarse I want a little girl, I think every women does! But at the same time, I would love for Jaxon to have a little brother. So really, boy or girl, I am totally fine and excited either way! :) Now when/if we have a third child, if this one is a boy... I will be really really really wanting a little girl - but obviously happy to have a healthy baby no matter what.
I am nervous about the appointment tomorrow. This is where you can really see your baby and make sure everything is developing ok. With Jaxon they had a hard time seeing one of the chambers of his heart so we had to go back 2 more times until they were able to see it. It was a little scary. So I am just hoping that everything is ok and that this baby is healthy.
At this point in my pregnancy I am feeling WAY better. I think I am pretty much over the sickness. I will get waves of nauseousness, but I haven't thrown up in a couple of weeks so I'm pretty sure its over WAHOO! I have had lot more pain with this pregnancy which I think has a lot to do with the fact that I am lifting and taking care of a 33 pound 2 year old all day, playing with him on the floor, and for some reason I have the urge to do all these home improvement projects so I have been doing a lot of sanding and painting which has made me contort my body in weird positions to get everything painted haha. Hopefully it doesn't get too much worse, maybe if I take it a little easier I won't be in so much pain! I also feel like I need to be eating ALL THE TIME. This is not good. I hope it goes away. I have been doing a pretty good job of controlling the urges, but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night STARVING and I have to go get something. This didn't happen until the VERY end of my pregnancy with Jaxon so I'm nervous. I gained 30lbs with Jaxon and don't even want to gain that much with this pregnancy (since I'm starting it bigger) and these crazy hungry all the time cravings are making me nervous!
Lastly, we have asked Jaxon several times what he wants to name his baby brother or baby sister - he always has the same answer... "Scissors". Interesting.
Aw, I hope he gets this little scissor! I'm so excited for you guys and can't wait to find out. YOU HAVE TO TEXT ME!! I know how you feel about the weight gain...every appointment I have my doctor tells me to "slow down." OMG...way to make a pregnant woman feel good! Geez. Oh well...we'll just have to start an intense workout routine together after we're done popping these babies out. :) I'm so glad you're half way...I start my thrid trimester next Tuesday!! Only 68 more days until I'm on maternity leave and only 89 more days til my due date!! The second half will definitely FLY by. I feel like I found out I was pregnant and blinked, and now I'm almost there. AHHHHH! Ok, we seriously should just call eachother sometime because I feel like our messages are so long. haha. LOVE YOU!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA! I was laughing my head off about the "Scissors" thing. Do I feel a nickname coming on...? ;)
ReplyDeleteI understand what you mean about the hunger thing, especially in the middle of the night (although thankfully that's only happened a handful of times), but even though I get hungry often, I can't seem to eat very much before feeling full, so I haven't put on much weight yet, thank goodness! As for your appointment tomorrow, good luck and I expect a text soon after! :D
Whoo hoo! Good luck tomorrow and I'm so excited to see what you will be having!
ReplyDeleteSo exciting! This long awaited apt seems to take an eternity to get here doesnt it?! Now thats its finally here its a little nerve wracking. All of this pregnancy talk makes me want to have another one.... Geez I just had one 10 months ago, and I have a wild 3 year old too. Its gonna be AWHILE!! Lisa, boys are a lot of work, but they are SO fun, Jaxon needs a brother. I am sure if the babe is a boy, it will grow up TOUGH real fast, it'll have to right?! (its a lot of work for us Mothers tho, LOL).... I feel GIRL, but its going to be great times ahead NO MATTER WHAT!! Good Luck tomorrow, cant wait to here about it:)
ReplyDeleteI hope it's a boy. ;)
ReplyDeletelove you.