Tuesday, June 15, 2010

I wouldn't be surprised

I wouldn't be one bit surprised if this baby turned out to be a boy.  Seriously.  This pregnancy has been so incredibly different than with Lily and Hannah, that I was expecting them to tell us at the ultrasound that it was a boy.  I even told Jonny that I would be shocked if it was a girl.

Things that are different:
  • I was WAY more sick at the beginning this time.  Normally I'm just a little nauseous and throw up once (I know, I have it pretty easy), and it goes away by 12 weeks.  This time, it seemed like every single day I felt like throwing up, and usually ended up doing just that a little bit.  That lasted until about 15 weeks.
  • I noticed last week that my leg hair hasn't been growing very quickly.  I know, it's an old wives' tale that leg hair growth changes (actually the myth is that it speeds up if you're having a boy), but in any case, it's different.
  • Usually my allergies slow down or stop altogether, and this time they're out of control.  I've also gotten two sinus infections in the past 2 or 3 months (I'm getting over one right now and I can't remember exactly when the last one was).  I have never got a sinus infection EVER in my life!
  • My migraines stopped completely when I was pregnant with Lily, and I had one with Hannah a little less than a month before she was born.  I have had more migraines this pregnancy than I've had in the past 5 years!

So a lot of these are usually attributed to increased hormones, so it would be logical to say that I'm having a girl.  But the fact is, is that they're different symptoms...and honestly, it kinda freaks me out a little.  I would seriously go get another ultrasound if I could afford it!  Our ultrasound tech was pretty positive it was a girl.  I still need to upload those pictures.....

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

28 Week Appt

I had my 28 week appointment last week...the oh-so-fun glucose test!  It went well...besides the fact that I gagged down the glucose drink (fruit punch instead of orange this time!), did my best to keep from throwing it up, then went way too long without anything but an absurd amount of sugar in my body.  I haven't received a call back, so I'm assuming that I passed...thank goodness!

However, I did get a letter from my midwives in the mail telling me my hematocrit levels were a little low, which makes me slightly anemic.  To be honest, I haven't been as good with my prenatals as I should, which, when combined with the increased about of blood produced, naturally makes my iron levels lower.  So, I need to increase my iron by actually taking prenatals and eating food with iron.  Yippee!

Other than that, things are great!  Baby's heart sounded great, she was head down (though I'm not sure she still is), and I'm measuring right on (yay!!).  Next appointment is 6/22.