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| 19 weeks |
I think the picture is pretty self-explanatory, but just so there is no confusion, E and I are expecting our first baby in October. Everything is going well so far, but I was pretty sick for all of the first trimester, and we waited to share our news until some time after that (even Grandma T didn't know until 14 weeks!). So, I've been wanting to blog, but I really had nothing to talk about since I was not really doing anything because I was sick and couldn't tell anyone what was going on. Initially, we weren't going to share with friends here until I started showing, but after 17 weeks with no sign external signs of baby, we let everyone know I was pregnant. I'm actually still waiting for a bump at 19 weeks. I am starting to get chubby but definitely don't look pregnant yet.
E and I actually just went for our fetal anatomy ultrasound yesterday. Since I didn't have a scan during the first trimester (I declined a dating scan because it was not necessary.), this is the only one we'll get, barring complications later in pregnancy. I decided very early in my pregnancy that I wasn't interested in finding out the baby's sex, but E thought it would be cool to know. Like he was going to shop for baby clothes or something? Ha. I had finally convinced him that I really didn't want to know, so we weren't going to find out, and it ended up that the ultrasound tech couldn't tell anyway due to baby's position. That, in combination with the fact that the baby just laid there sleeping while the tech smooshed it with the wand, has led me to conclude that this baby is going to be laid-back and already knows that it should cooperate with mom. Smart kid.
Unfortunately, I feel like I'm not going to have much time to update my blog in the near future either. I want to finish my PhD before the baby is born, so I have been working a lot of hours so I can wrap things up in the next couple of months (don't worry, sitting at a computer writing isn't that strenuous!). Since we've obviously heard the baby's heartbeat and had our ultrasound already, I feel like there isn't going to be a whole lot to share in the baby department anyway. The baby department and the work department are just about all I have going on right now, so I wouldn't want to bore the three of you with my stories anyway ;)
