20 Weeks- IT'S A BOY

Today we went to the doctor for the 20 week appointment. They did the ultrasound and told us we are having another boy. I am so excited and it was nice to see the baby. He was very active and kept moving as they were taking pictures. We even got to see him in 4-D which was a little weird. The face didn't look real in the 4D but the hands were really cool. They did say that the baby has a cranial cyst and we would need to have another ultrasound later to see if it had gone away. They also did took some blood from me to test for genetic disorders. The doctor said not to worry about the cyst since it's very common and rarely means anything is wrong. I remembered they actually noticed the same thing on Logan's ultrasound so I'm not too concerned. I talked to Mike-e about the baby's name. Originally we had decided to go with Alexander Paul so we could call the baby Lex. As we've been talking we decided we like the name Zander/Xander (not sure how we'll spell it yet) better. I don't want to name him Alexander just to always call him something else. My parents did that with my name and it was always frustrating at school to be called by my legal name. When we decide on a spelling then I'll update the name of the blog. I'm used to seeing it as Zander and Mike-e is used to Xander. Either way we are happy we are having a boy and can't wait until he is here. I'm sure the time will fly by since we are halfway there and it's already gone by so quickly.

12 Week appointment

I had my 12 week appointment 2 weeks late. The baby's heart rate was good, 160. Everyone wants me to have a girl so they are reading into the heart rate but Logan's was always 158. the doctor asked if I wanted to have the baby this year and I said yes so she already scheduled the c-section. It's going to be Dec. 31st at 7:30 in the morning. It's nice to have a date but it also makes me want to have the time go by faster. I know it will be here before I know it but something about the date just makes me want it now. It's already the middle of July and we'll find out if the baby is boy or a girl in a month. My next appointment is July 30th, so I'll update this if I have any new news.

First Doctor Appointment

I went to the doctor's today and had the baby's first ultrasound. I'll post them once I get them scanned in but there's not much to them. It was cooler to go because I could see the heartbeat on the screen. The nurse said everything looked good and the heart beat was 158. The office seems nice but I still haven't met the doctor since I met with the nurse practitioner today. I really liked her and the appointment wasn't awkward despite what the appointment was. They said based on the size of the baby they would put the due date as Jan. 13th but based on my timing it would be Jan. 6th. Since it's only a week difference they are going with Jan. 6th. I'm hoping to have a scheduled c-section on Dec. 30th. I will be delivering at Sky Ridge, which is a lot closer to our house. That will be nice with taking care of Logan. I guess it's really official, we are having baby number two. Yeah!

6 weeks

So I'm now 6 weeks along in pregnancy number 2. It's still hard to believe I'm pregnant. If I had extra pregnancy test I'd probably keep taking them just to remind myself it's real. The experience is so surreal. It will be nice when I go to the doctor and they confirm the pregnancy and I can see pictures. This is probably the only time in life when you want to go to the Gyno. I've been feeling great and have been keeping active. I rode my bike to work on Wednesday and then went bouldering afterwords. I want to do a better job with this pregnancy with the weight gain. Last time I gain 50 lbs and it took awhile to lose. If I could stick to the recommended 25-30lbs this time it would work out a lot better. I'm going to the doctor on June 1st so I'll have to update the blog with pictures and notes.

Happy Mother's Day

Today I found out I'm pregnant. This is the best mother's day present ever. I'm so excited. The baby should be due Jan 6th.

New blog for a new baby

I'm starting this blog for our eventual baby #2. I'm not pregnant yet but we are trying. I thought I'd get a jump start on this blog since I started late in the game with the last one. I also wanted to make sure I had one for the next baby so there are no hard feelings between the kids.