Week 21

February 10-16, 2014

How far along: 21 weeks

Total weight gain: 9 lbs at last appointment-but I have been eating more than usual.

Maternity clothes: A mixture as usual. 

Stretch marks: Rubbing Belly Butter and coconut oil daily.

Sleep: Loving the Snoogle.  I am able to sleep through the night without bathroom breaks (that is if I go to the bathroom at 10:30 or later).

Best moments this week: Having our formal ultrasound and finding out the gender of our baby!  Will and I went on February 13 to have our formal ultrasound.  We were nervous-excited to find out the gender of our growing baby.  Will had a feeling the baby was a girl and I had no feeling at all.  The night before we did old wives gender testing and the out comes came girl: 3 and boy: 3. At the ultrasound it was amazing to see the spine and the bones of the baby and watching them move.  It was amazing to see the heart beat of the baby (146).  Will was amazed about how much the baby was moving and how I couldn’t feel any of the movement.  We finally have our first pictures of our baby.  We had a great Valentine’s Day and weekend celebrating with our baby boy.

Miss anything: I have had a few big gulps of cherry soda and boy was it tasty.

Food cravings: Lately I have been wanting sweets-soda, candy, ice cream… This could be related to being Valentine’s Day.

Anything making you queasy: Luckily still nothing.

Gender: We are blessed and excited to be having a baby BOY!

Labor signs: Braxton Hicks throughout the day.

Belly button in or out:  My belly button is making its way out.

Wedding rings on or off: Wedding rings on.

Happy or moody:  Ecstatic to know we are having a boy (we have talked about how we would love to have a boy first)!

Looking forward to: Having a week off from school, celebrating my birthday, and registering for everything baby.