Baby movements

It is really hard to pinpoint when I actually felt movement, but I think it was 16-17 weeks. I would feel little flutters off and on, especially when I laid down. I have a lot of gas (yes, really, I went there), so it's hard to tell the difference.

Now, I can pretty much distinguish between when I eat the wrong thing, and when she's moving around. They're sort of like little thumps and bumps. Very cool. I look forward to the first jab in the ribs that will remove all doubt. I'm almost at 20 weeks (halfway there!), which is a great birthday present!

We haven't decided on a name yet, but we hope to use Betsy as a middle name, in honor of my grandmother Betty.

Registering was YOUR idea

Jerry has been pestering me to start a baby registry for several weeks. My goal was to go through all the stuff Matt and Jen saved for me from their two kids first before I registered for anything--apparently, they have an attic full.

Finally, last Friday night, Jerry said, "I'm pretty full from dinner; let's go to BabiesRUs to register before we go home." I kept trying to talk him out of it because of Melissa's Grand Plan, but he insisted, saying he wanted to do it so he could feel included (if he wants to carry around extra baby weight, he's more than welcome to do that too, if it makes him feel any better). I can't argue with that.

Ten minutes after we walked in the door, after we'd filled out the necessary forms and gotten our scan gun, I notice his eyes starting to glaze over. "Are you bored?" He insists not. Five minutes after that, he starts calling friends to pass the time, actually admitting to them that registering on a Friday night was his idea (Andy's response: "You dumb bastard"). Although I originally did not want to register, I was getting into it. He was losing more interest by the second. Then he started reminding me not to register for too many items, because of the baby stuff that my brother had for us.

WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU TAKE ME INTO BABIESRUS, PUT A SCAN GUN INTO MY HAND, AND LET ME START REGISTERING? DIDN'T YOU HEAR ABOUT MY GRAND PLAN?

*sigh* Good thing he's cute.

I was right!

First, let's get the obvious out of the way: yes, all either of us wanted was a healthy baby, no matter what.

Ok, that's done.

IT'S A GIRL!

Well, the tech is 75% sure, but we're going with that.

A lot of you have been asking about names, but we haven't decided on anything yet. And we may or may not tell people when we do. :)

AND, the doctor says I have three more whole weeks before I really have to give up sleeping on my back. Yay!

The 17th Weeker

I'm still slacking on posting my belly shots, but here's another to appease the masses:

I don't think it looks all that different from week 15, but it feels a lot firmer. I haven't felt any movement yet (at least, nothing that doesn't feel like gas), but I hope it will be soon.

I read in one of my MANY baby books (I even have duplicates of some of them) that I can no longer sleep on my back due to the weight of my uterus on major arteries. Bummer. It's my most comfortable position, and now I have to train myself to sleep on my left side. It's a work in progress. And my sciatic nerve is already giving me problems--typically not supposed to happen until late in the second trimester. I'm really in for it when the kid gets bigger!

Big ultrasound in two days! Jerry thinks it's a boy, I think it's a girl. Only 48 hours and we'll know who's right!