I'm nearly halfway now (19 weeks tomorrow!), and it's time for an update...
Last night I watched "What to Expect When You're Expecting". I'm pretty sure that it's one of those films for select audiences- those who recently conceived, are trying to conceive, or just entered parenthood. I suppose it could also classify as a chickflick- but I digress.... my point is, there are some great examples of how differently pregnancy affects everyone.
Some people glow- and radiate-- going on and on about all the wonders and joys of carrying a life in their womb. They don't get sick, tired, fat- they just go on with life as normal and one day a baby pops out. Like magic.
Then there are others who experience every uncomfortable aspect you can imagine and it's really not a pleasant experience, but worth every second of discomfort the second they hold their baby....
I'm somewhere in the middle. I was sick for a LONG time... tired, nauseous, uncomfortable, bloated, dizzy...etc etc etc... but now I see a light at the end of the tunnel and things are turning around. This is a good thing. I also have noticed that as time goes on, I get more excited and remember less and less of how awful I felt for the first 16 weeks or so... This is also a good thing.
We had our 12 week scan:
I was 13 weeks exactly on the day of the scan. In the pic above there's a nub, protruding from the body- there's a whole theory based on these nubs and predicting gender. Apparently at 13 weeks they are very reliable. The theory is that if the baby is laying with the head on the left side and the spine is flat, not curved, the "angle of the dangle" will either be parallel to the spine (girl) or raised at a 30 degree angle (boy). Based on this theory we predicted we were having a girl. We recently had a private gender scan at 17 weeks and it was confirmed that we are in fact having a girl. YAY!
Either it was pure coincidence, or there was a little something to the timing of everything. We inseminated 4 days prior to ovulation to increase our chances of having a girl- the theory being that the girl sperm are stronger, but slower- so the boy sperm arrive at their destination, but there isn't an egg so they eventually die... whereas the girls arrive later, but just as the egg is released and one of them wins the race.
I'm still trying to fully process the fact that we are actually pregnant.... wow.
quite the exciting adventure lies ahead and we couldn't be happier....
Last night I watched "What to Expect When You're Expecting". I'm pretty sure that it's one of those films for select audiences- those who recently conceived, are trying to conceive, or just entered parenthood. I suppose it could also classify as a chickflick- but I digress.... my point is, there are some great examples of how differently pregnancy affects everyone.
Some people glow- and radiate-- going on and on about all the wonders and joys of carrying a life in their womb. They don't get sick, tired, fat- they just go on with life as normal and one day a baby pops out. Like magic.
Then there are others who experience every uncomfortable aspect you can imagine and it's really not a pleasant experience, but worth every second of discomfort the second they hold their baby....
I'm somewhere in the middle. I was sick for a LONG time... tired, nauseous, uncomfortable, bloated, dizzy...etc etc etc... but now I see a light at the end of the tunnel and things are turning around. This is a good thing. I also have noticed that as time goes on, I get more excited and remember less and less of how awful I felt for the first 16 weeks or so... This is also a good thing.
We had our 12 week scan:
Either it was pure coincidence, or there was a little something to the timing of everything. We inseminated 4 days prior to ovulation to increase our chances of having a girl- the theory being that the girl sperm are stronger, but slower- so the boy sperm arrive at their destination, but there isn't an egg so they eventually die... whereas the girls arrive later, but just as the egg is released and one of them wins the race.
I'm still trying to fully process the fact that we are actually pregnant.... wow.
quite the exciting adventure lies ahead and we couldn't be happier....
