47 days!

The "official" count to the "official" due date is 47 days.  Yikes!  I'll probably go longer than that, but...still...yikes!  For some reason, 7 weeks sounds a lot longer than 47 days.  I have so much to do!  Luckily, we already have everything (unless the baby comes out a boy!), so it's not a matter of getting stuff, but there are just a lot of things I have to do.  The Hypnobabies class that I'm observing starts tonight and lasts 6 weeks, plus I have to finish a breastfeeding class (for my doula certification).  Then on top of that we have to move Hannah into Lily's room (and all the craziness that goes with that), clean and organize the house, and...oh, there's just a lot...trust me. :)

So anyway, the next two months will be crazy, but it'll all be worth it in the end!

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.....

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.

Hannah's new smile

Hannah loves to smile!

Hannah is 15 months!

Hannah's 15 month appointment was this month.  She gained a whole 7 ounces in 3 months, bringing her total weight to 16 lbs 8 oz!  She's in the "less than the 3rd percentile," but the pediatrician wasn't worried one single bit because she jumped from the 25th %ile for her height to the 45th %ile! (30.5")  So she's just skinny!

Everything else was quite uneventful.  I was hesitant to get the chicken pox and MMR vaccinations because of things I've heard, but we decided to do it for a couple different reasons.  So that didn't make her a very happy camper.

She's also started to talk a LOT more.  It's been a huge struggle to get her to even say "mama" or "dada" so any other words are pretty much out of the question!  She does say "up" every now and then, and she signs a lot.  But not much babbling.  For almost a week she said "mamamamama"....then, nothing!  But NOW!  Now she said "hi dada" (usually when she has a phone on her ear), "uncle" "ha chhh" (hi Charlotte)" "I did it" "thank you" "boo!" - of course, most of those are all things that you wouldn't understand unless you've been around her for a while, but she repeats them over and over the exact same way...she's totally saying them.  She also tells us what the doggy says, and is learning body parts (she knows what a nose and belly button is).  She enjoys playing with Lily, even though Lily can be mean to her!  But they're pretty good buddies.  I can't believe how quickly they grow up!