23 Weeks

At 23 weeks, my baby is supposedly the size of a large mango.  She also is supposed to be able to hear noises that go on in the house.  I guess this means she'll be used to a lot of sports buzzers and cheering thanks to Jevan and the NBA playoffs.  ;)

I had a doctors appointment yesterday, and I have to say, I love my doctors, and I love going to my appointments.  It is so fun to see how things are progressing, and very reassuring as well.  Starting with this last appointment, the nurse will be measuring the growth of my baby by measuring the top of my uterus to my pubic bone.  Apparently the length of that space should be about equal to the amount of weeks I am.  Luckily, it was pretty much exact!  That was good to know everything is growing right on schedule.

I've been feeling our baby girl move a lot more.  She can get a little wild sometimes...in fact, she's moving like crazy right now.  She must know I'm writing about her.  But it was even cooler at the doctors when I was listening to the heart beat.  The nurse could tell from the Doppler when the baby moved.  So she would say, "Did you feel her move just then?"  And it was awesome, because I could!  She is supposed to respond to the Doppler, so I was glad she was.  Luckily everything is still very healthy and going well!

My next appointment is to find out if I have gestational diabetes or not...hopefully the test is negative!  It would not be fun to change my eating habits now.

Also, thanks to Kari, (and technically Wendy), I got some fun new maternity clothes!

23 Weeks!

And, on an unrelated note, I got a new phone today!  I finally joined the world of smart phones.  My awesome, 5 year old flip phone has been difficult lately.  Basically, I couldn't hear anything or talk to anyone unless it was open on speaker phone.  It was a big pain.  So, I figured if I was going to get a new phone, might as well go all the way!  It's an Iphone 5C, and I love it so far.  But it's only been a few hours.  ;)

Also, only a few more weeks of teaching!  May 29th is my last day.  Pretty crazy.  It's sad, and exciting at the same time.  I can't wait to be done, but know I will be bored waiting the last 3 months for this baby to be born.  It's been a really great experience being a teacher though, and I'm so happy and grateful I was able to do it, even if it was only for one school year.

Pregnancy is Awesome!

Okay, I have to say it.  I'm one of the lucky girls out there that has the best pregnancy ever.  And I get to say, I love being pregnant!!  It's been so awesome so far.  I love that I took a long time to start showing, and now I love that I am finally showing more!  I don't have to worry about sucking in my stomach or anything.  I get to just look pregnant.  :)  I have been able to continue teaching 5th grade just as easily as I started, and I even have enough energy to do workouts with Jevan almost every day.  I even did the plyometrics on P90X today, which is pretty dang intense!  Life is good.  :)

21 Weeks!  Jev was out of town, so this was the best pic I could do on my own.

22 Weeks.  Right before my workout today.  I guess sometime I'll have to get a new workout shirt!

Halfway!!!

I'm 20 weeks and loving it!  I have been feeling our little girl move a lot more often.  Sometimes it is small, but on occasion she surprises me with such a hard push that I react out loud.  I can only imagine what it will be like when she kicks hard enough for other people to feel!

I decided the key to looking more pregnant instead of just fat, is to take a picture right after eating dinner or a big meal.  I can definitely see my belly a lot more after I eat!

Our baby GIRL!!!

I am now 19 weeks!  We were able to go get our ultra sound on Monday and find out what our baby is...and as you can see, it's a GIRL!!!  Jevan and I are both so excited!  I think I'm more excited than Jevan though.  He was hoping for a boy...but..he already thought it was going to be a girl, so he was okay with the news.  ;)  He does think he's cursed with his dad's ability to produce a lot of girls though.  I just told him not to worry, we'll have a boy next.  ;) And, I did secretly want a girl..but of course, we would've been just as happy either way!

There are always about 4 weeks between each appointment, and I always get nervous towards the end of those 4 weeks, wondering if the baby actually is okay!  Luckily, there is never anything to worry about!  Our little girl is totally healthy!  My blood work is normal, her heart beats at a great pace, and she is just overall...perfect!  I mean, they did say she was a little small...37th percentile, but she is still in the normal range, so it's all good!  In fact, it's even better!  A small, but totally healthy baby is ideal for me!

It's always cool seeing the baby and hearing the heartbeat...it makes it more...real.  It's even more real now that we know she's a little girl!  It was crazy to see her moving around inside!  I had been told she was moving, and that I could start feeling her soon, but I didn't think I ever had.  However, now that I KNOW exactly where she is in my body, I'm pretty sure I've been feeling her everyday since!  I guess I just didn't realize where I should be feeling movements from.  But yeah, she's always moving around now!  They said it would be like flutters, but to me, it just feels like rolling motions, or a little pulse, or just a bunch of little pushes.  It's pretty crazy!  I can't wait for Jevan to be able to feel her!

On the ultra sound I could tell some features, but there were a lot of things the technician was talking about that we could not see at all!  And unfortunately our little girl was facing towards my spine the whole time, and wouldn't roll over.  So we didn't really get a good look at her face or profile.  But I did see her arm, hand, spine, tummy, head/brain, heartbeat, and supposedly her nose/lip.

So, I think that's about it for how our appointment went.  It was just so great, and we're so excited to know we're going to have a new Anderson girl in the family!

Here are some pics.  I feel like now that I know I'm having a girl, or now that I'm 19 weeks, I've all of a sudden shown more, and felt more movements!  It's weird how fast babies grow once they hit a certain point.

19 Weeks!  I promise I'm not sticking out my stomach!  But maybe it's because my shirt is more form fitting?  I know I'm still small though, and I'm completely grateful!

I hope our little girl won't be embarrassed later on in life that I put this here, but check it out!  Proof she's a girl!

A foot.

Another foot.

An arm.

Another arm.

And I guess this is her nose and lip, looking like...up her nose I guess.  Pretty crazy!  They want to make sure she doesn't have cleft lip or anything, and she looks fine!