This Boy...

I have lots to update. Well, not really lots but I have had 2 doctors appointments since the last post, and I was supposed to post a 24 week picture.

I had a doctors appointment on Friday. This was my regular OB so they weighed me, took my blood pressure, found the heart beat and measured my belly. The heart beat is still normal... every time they take it, it is between 145 and 150. Next time I got back to my OB I have to drink the orange drink and do the glucose test.

My other appointment, today, was the last appointment to check my cervix. My cervix looks fine, and they said it has looked good the whole time with no signs of weakening. Maybe that means Jude will come in December! We will see... They still want me to go every 4 weeks to measure the baby and his growth, since they did that 2 weeks ago, I have to go back again in 2 weeks. THEN, it will be back down to every 4 weeks for measurements. Except, after my next OB appointment, when they do the glucose test, I have to start going every 2 weeks. Sheesh!

Anywhoo... here are the pictures from the appointment today, and some belly pictures. Enjoy!

He had his hand by his face the whole time...

She was trying to get a good one with his hand up there

He kind of looks like he has an inappropriate finger up there! He really doesn't like getting his picture taken! ;)

Now for some belly pictures... I usually take them on Sundays because that is the start of a new week, but we were driving home from Asheville after seeing our adorable niece Zoey, so I didn't get a chance to take a picture then. Here is my belly at 24 weeks 3 days

I'm really not that big... but I feel like a house. I know it's only going to get worse. 4 months to go!

Ain't He Sweet

Jude was much more cooperative today at the doctors. They got some great pictures.

Here hes got his little hand by his face. I think he looks like Jason, but Jason thinks he looks like me. It's very hard to tell in an ultrasound.

Here's another cute little picture. I think he looks like he is smiling. So sweet :)

The doctors said that everything else looks good. I have to go back again in 2 weeks because they want to check one more time (even though I am pretty sure that is what they said last time). Then they will do a follow up 2 weeks after that and then I only have to go every month. I'll still have to go to my regular OB as well. Thank goodness for insurance!

Jude is 1lb 5oz but they said that they are glad he is on the heavier side just in case he comes early. 

On another note, Jason and my grandfather finally put the closet doors up in the baby room, so now I can start putting the room together. Yay!

Bad Boy

I can tell Jude it rotten already, just like his daddy. Hehe JK! Apparently he hates getting his picture taken. Every sonogram I've had, except for the first ones when he was tiny, he tries to turn and make it impossible to get good pictures. He's impossible!

I had a doctors appointment today. They checked my cervix again, and everything is fine. I am supposed to go back in 2 weeks but I am facilitating a math thing that week so they want me to go back next week. (So I had an appointment today, I have one next Wednesday, and then again the Friday after that) Sheesh! Good thing it's summer. Anyway the Wednesday appointment is to check my cervix for the last time. Then they are just going to check every 4-6 weeks. Thank goodness! I love seeing Jude every 2 weeks but all these doctors appointments are a pain in the rear.

Jude has been moving around a lot lately. I can almost predict when he is going to be awake. He's most active right around bed time. Usually sometime between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner he moves around but not too much. I can't feel it yet on the outside yet though.. poor Jason. He will be able to feel it soon though.

Anyway I will keep you posted on future Drs appointments.

It Won't Be Long

Today is the halfway point! Yay, we have made it halfway. I am 20 weeks, which is 5 months, but I have 5 months to go. What happened to pregnancy being 9 months?

The doctors appointment on Friday went fine. My blood pressure is normal as well as my weight. I saw a nurse practitioner and I don't really know if she knew what she was doing. She seemed flustered and she had trouble finding the heartbeat. She felt around my belly and told me that the baby was hanging out on one side and so she tried to find the heartbeat there and I guess he was on the other side. Maybe she found my breakfast? She also measured my belly for the first time, she didn't say anything about it so I guess it is normal. That's about it for Friday, it was a quick appointment. My next appointment is another cervix check on Aug 2 and then I only have to go every month (but that is still 2 appointments a month).

Here are the latest belly pictures. These pictures were taken this morning. My belly seems to be smaller in the morning (along with my fingers, which get a little swollen as the day goes on), by night time it feels and looks a bit bigger.

He's so Heavy

I had another doctors appointment today. Today I went to the specialist doctor (not my regular OB) to have my cervix checked and to get my 2nd trimester screening. They checked Jude's legs, arms, feet, hands, spine, heart, brain, etc. The doctor said everything looks good. He also said that Jude is 12 oz. That doesn't seem that much but average babies around this time are between 8.5 oz and 10.5 oz. He's huge! The doctor did say "If you do have an arcuate uterus, it could slow down the growth" but even the way he said it kind of made it sound like they still weren't really sure if my uterus was oddly shaped or not, or at least not enough to really worry about (the second doctor at this practice said it was barely arcuate, if at all, but they wanted to check anyway). I have been reading some websites and they say it just indicates a healthy baby and I can expect a 9-10lb baby if I go to 40 weeks. Yikes!! I still hope Jude goes to term, but if he does I hope he's not 10lbs!!

He was a little stinker today though. He does not like to get his picture taken. When the ultra sound tech was taking pictures of the things she needed Jude was not being very cooperative. When she was trying to get us pictures he kept putting his hands over his face and rolling over so we couldn't see a good profile. I think we tricked him though. The doctor came in after the nurse, to do some double checking and he managed to get a profile shot. Here he is filling up the whole screen.

I remember at 12 weeks when we could get his whole body in the shot. I know they can zoom in and out, but still, they can't get his whole body in a shot anymore.

I know it is almost time for a belly shot since I will be 20 weeks on Sunday. I have a doctors appointment again tomorrow with my regular OB so I will post about that and post a new picture over the weekend.

I Am the Walrus... I am getting fat!

Ugh, this weight gain stuff is no fun. I have been reading up and they say now is when the weight gain really starts. I  know my doctor said my weight gain is fine, but I fear after I have the baby, that the weight is going to be very hard to lose. I need to start eating a little bit healthier, but nothing healthy sounds appetizing. We have been eating a lot of steak, and I am loving it. I don't usually eat a lot of read meat but I guess I am craving the iron. I have been trying to work out  to counteract all the crappy eating, but its not really working. I'm gonna keep it up though because they say that it helps with delivery. I guess feeling fat just comes with the territory, I'll get over it.

I have 2 more doctors appointments next week. On Thursday I have my 2nd trimester screening, to make sure Jude healthy and stuff. They will also check my cervix again. Then on Friday I will go to my regular OB and they will check my blood pressure and the baby's heartbeat (the typical stuff).

I felt some little flutters from Jude the other day, but I haven't really felt any since then. It felt like bubbles popping in my belly, it was neat. I wish I could feel him more though. I think the weight is making it harder for me to feel him. I should be able to feel him much more in a few more weeks. Exciting!

It's a boy!

We have known for a week or so that the baby is a boy. But it was confirmed at the 3D 4D ultrasound today. His name will be Jude Phillip Lindgren. Phillip is a family name on Jason's side and we wanted him to have JP's initials. It took us a while to figure out what we were going to make the first name but we finally decided on Jude (since we are both Beatles fans, and the name is unique).

The ultrasound today was interesting. Not quite what I expected. We don't know if the lady who was doing it wasn't very good, if it was too early, if I wasn't hydrated enough or what, but we didn't really get any good pictures or video. Oh well we might do it again later on, we'll see. It doesn't really matter because we will see the little guy in about 5 months!

Here are some of the decent pictures we got.

  Confirmation that he is a boy

His blurry but cute little face

They were having trouble getting past the placenta and the shadows

His little butt and legs... looks like hes not gonna have  much of a but just like his daddy