30 weeks

Only 10 more weeks left! The time has been flying by lately, but I'm thinking it's going to start going really slow. This picture isn't the best, but it was way too hot to really do my hair today. I go back to the dr on Friday and start the fun weekly non stress tests.

28 weeks

Officially in the 3rd and final trimester!! Nothing much has changed. I have another Dr's appointment on Thursday. I get to take the lovely glucose test. We'll see how that goes.

26 weeks

For updates: This past month work for me ended for the summer. I then had to go to 2 days of meetings. The first day was great, but the 2nd day wasn't as great. It was still good, but I just didn't want to be there. It was a long day! Josh's sister, Jalyn, stayed with us for a couple of days on her way back up to Hayden Lake, ID. It was really fun to see her. Josh is going to summer school. He has a crazy schedule, but has every Friday off from school which is nice. He's still working nights. I'm not sleeping much, and it seems to only be getting worse. But I guess it goes along with the pregnancy. We got the changing table up in the baby's room, but we still need to get the crib up and rearrange some of the furniture.

I had my dr appointment last week, and it didn't go so well. My blood pressure was high, so I get to go back next week and get it checked again. I was told to rest a lot this week. It's been kind of hard to not really do anything. I'm not one that likes to be told to do basically nothing. It makes me antsy and want to do anything. But it has been pretty nice to relax. I was having some issues that were worrying me, and most of them have gone away this week. So hopefully my dr appointment will go better this week. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!

It's a......

So we had our Dr appointment on Thursday, and it didn't go all that great. There was no one in the waiting room, but we still waited for 10 or 15 minutes before they called us in. Then we waited for awhile in the room. Well, we did the ultra sound and the baby would not cooperate! We couldn't really see anything, all the Dr could find was the cord. So, based on that, he said he was going to give us a 60% chance that the baby was a girl, but don't paint the nursery pink yet. So, me, being the person that I am, was not satisfied with that answer. I had a friend go to a place in town called Pre-natal Treasures where they do 2D and 3D ultrasounds, and she found out what she was having before the Dr has given her the ultrasound. So I called them and they got me in on Friday. It was a completely different experience! The baby was very active, moving all over the place! And we found out that we are having a GIRL! It was pretty cool to see her kick and move, and I also saw her open her mouth a few times. It was a little difficult to find out she was a girl at first because she kept moving so much that she was hiding herself. The lady that does the ultrasound gave me a bunch of prints from it, and then a CD that had all the pictures that she took of it. It's pretty cool!






I love this picture of her foot! I think it's the cutest thing!

A few more days...

In just a few more days, we will be able to find out what we are having. I'm just hoping he/she doesn't become shy during the Dr's visit. I think Josh is becoming more excited now. He actually remembers that the Dr's appointment is on Thursday! I usually have to remind him a few times before, but I don't think I will need to this time.

There are only about 15 more school days this year! I cannot believe how fast time has flown! My first year teaching is almost over. It's kind of hard to say goodbye to these kids. They are a great bunch of kids, and I have really enjoyed teaching them.

Updates

I had my check up on Friday afternoon. This time, they got me right in! I don't think we even waited 5 minutes, unlike last time or them forgetting about me! We got to hear the baby's heartbeat again, and this time it was easier to find. Last month, the dr had to push harder, and it hurt a little. This time, it was like he touched my belly and we heard it. We have 4 more weeks and we get to find out what we are having! I'm pretty excited. The receptionist tried to set me up for 5 weeks and I'm not waiting longer than I have to, so I asked to go in sooner. Apparently she didn't realize how far along I was because she tried to argue that the Dr likes us to be 20 weeks before he does the ultrasound. I nicely explained to her that I would be 20 weeks on May 3rd, and I didn't really want to wait until May 12th to find out. So the earliest I could get in was May 7th because the other days were all morning appointments and I work so I couldn't do those days. Josh insists we are having a boy. In the beginning, I thought I was having a girl, but then I started thinking that maybe I am having a boy. I honestly don't know for sure, though. I haven't had dreams about it like so many of my friends have had. Josh has started referring to the extra bedroom as the baby's room. I haven't gotten that far yet, because it's still technically a storage room. Hopefully when school gets out in about 6 more weeks, I can then turn it into a baby room. I have no idea how I want to decorate it, though. Any ideas? :)

Feeling Impatient & Contemplating Going Private

So I am feeling very impatient lately. I just want to find out what we are having so I can plan accordingly. Josh asked about how we would decorate the baby's room, and I have no idea how to do it until I know what we are having. I have a Dr appointment tomorrow (just a checkup) and then hopefully the next appointment we can find out. The Dr said that we would do the ultrasound at 20 weeks. I'm tempted to see if he would let us come in again in 3 weeks, when I am 19 1/2 weeks, instead of at 20 weeks to find out. We'll see, I guess.

So, I keep thinking that I may need to go private. Honestly, I don't know if there are people that I have no clue who they are who follow our blog, but in a way, that kind of worries me. I wish that there wasn't a need to go private, but the more I think about it, the more I think I just might need to do it. So, if anyone has any suggestions, or would like to help me come to a complete decision, I'm ready for them!

Sorry there are no pictures. Don't really have any to show at the moment. I haven't taken many pictures in awhile. :)