It's a ... baby!

Hello! What an great afternoon - NOT!! The Women's Imaging Center at my hospital has you change into a gown or two with nothing underneath. and then wait in a sequestered waiting room away from your family. DQ and both boys came with me and they had no idea what was going on. After about forty five minutes of waiting we were finally called back to a room together. Poor DQ - Holden had fallen asleep and had to be woken up. He was a cranky boy. Needless to say the ultrasound was not the "ohhh ahhh mhhh" moment I had hoped for. Scout refused to look at the screen and Holden sat on a trash can the entire time!

The baby was not cooperative at all. It had it's back to us and was under my belly button so she, the ultrasound tech, couldn't get a good look at it. she sure tried though. She pushed so hard that at one point I thought she was going to push the baby right out. After about thirty minutes in there she was ready to hazard a guess. She prefaced it by saying she couldn't be sure, but she thought it was a girl. Now, I am SUPER excited. However, a woman I work with JUST this moment told me that her middle child was a girl until 22 weeks when she found out her girl was actually a boy. Eight years later he is still a boy!!! UGH!

So...even though I am wearing a pink belt today, I am not buying anything pink. DQ has felt all along it was a boy and the heart rate was only 147 yesterday. Since the baby was in such a bad position I have to go back in two weeks for another ultrasound. Hopefully we will see a better picture then.

The wait continues. Either way it will be OK. If it is a boy I already have lots of clothes and I know what to do. If it is a girl I get to go shopping!!

til tomorrow -
Mummy Q.

Week 18

Hello! I am almost to the half-way point. The baby is now the size, length rather, of a bell pepper. According to BabyCenter.com, it is seven ounces and five and a half inches long. Its ears are in it's permanent spot!!

I am feeling good. I forgot to weigh myself but I am feeling bigger. Everyone tells me I don't even look pregnant but I feel like I am looking bigger. If you are already big(ger) to begin with it takes a while for people to notice. A little bit of a bummer but I will be OK!

Our ultrasound is on Monday. I am through thinking it could be a girl. DQ is convinced it is a boy. I am telling myself it is a boy. Either way it is a new Qua and that makes me happy!

til Monday -
Mummy Q.

Week 17

My little bambino has gone from being the size of an avocado to the size of a turnip. Why does everything related to pregnancy have to be compared to food? I will never forget when I was in labor with Scout my nurse was talking about dilating. She had a chart to show us that I needed to get from a Cheerio to a bagel! That is a HUGE jump! I told her I would never look at a bagel the same way again.

I feel pretty good but am always tired. I think that is due to my job more than being pregnant.

I jumped on the scale this morning and I am holding steady at the same weight, which makes me happy. It is still ten pounds less than where I started; I can still wear shorts with a belt! But I am feeling bloated.

It is amazing how much you forget from each pregnancy. Mind you it has been seven years since my last pregnancy but there is so much I have forgotten. I don't remember not being able to sleep on my back so early. The doctor told me that after sixteen weeks I needed to start sleeping on my side. Like that is an easy thing to do! Every time I wake up on my back I fear I am damaging the baby. My dr. said sleeping on your back limits blood flow to the baby so I envision (invision?) it floudering around in there, trying to get my attention to make me roll over. I cannot wait for the ultrasound to tell me if everything is OK or not!

It has been gorgeous up here in NE. Beautiful weather in the 60's and the trees have all changed colors. DQ and I took the boys on a hike on Saturday. It was nice to be outside with everybody!

til next week -
Mummy Q.

very hungry caterpillar

In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf one sunday morning the warm sun came up and-pop out of the egg came a tiny and VERY hungry caerpiller he started to look for some food on monday he ate through one apple but he was still hungry. on tuesday he ate through two pears. but he was still hungry on wensday he ate through three plums. but he was still hungry on thursday he ate through four starawberries but he was still hungry on friday he ate through five oranges but he was still hungry on saturday he ate through one piece of chocolate cake one ice-cream cone one pikle one slice of swiss cheese one slice of salami one lollipop one piece of cherry pie one sausage one cupcake and one slice of watermelon. that night he had a stomaceache the next day was sunday again the caterpiller ate through one nice green leaf and after that he felt MUCH better. now he wasent hungry any more-and he wasent little any more he was a big fat caterpiller. he built a small house called a cocoon around him self he stayed in sid for more than two weeks. then he nibbeled a hole in the cocoon pushed his way out and. he was a beautifel butterfly


Another book reproduction by my youngest!

drs appointment

Just got back from a rather uneventful drs appointment. My BP is great, I lost one pound, and all my other vitals were great. The doctor, who I love by the way, came in, asked a few questions and then we got to hear the heartbeat! Unlike last time she was able to find it right away. What a great sound. Makes it more real. Unfortunately the Doppler wasn't counting for her (I didn't know they did that!) so she tried to guesstimate the heart rate. She said it was fast and around 150. I tried, and am trying, not to get excited. BUT - the boys were both 144. Not that much different from 150 but even the doc said girls have faster HRs.

We scheduled our ultrasound for October 27 in the afternoon. I am going to be a bundle of nerves all day long!

Have a great weekend! It is beautiful up here in NE. Our town has an annual pumpkin lighting night for the town. It is a very New Englandy thing to do but the whole town comes out for it. Lots of fun and one of my favorite parts about living where I live!

til Wednesday -
Mummy Q.

Week 16...ps...

I forgot to mention that I got in two good walks this week. Both about a mile and a half with my field hockey team. If and when I start sleeping through the night again (before March) I may try going to the gym in the AM. I am also contemplating going in the afternoon. I coach every afternoon but rumor has it I may have the winter off. If I can't make it to my gym at least I can make it to the work-out room here on campus!

til tomorrow -
Mummy Q.

Week Sixteen

Happy Hump Day - that will be even funnier when my mid-section looks like a big hump! haha!
Sixteen weeks down, twenty four to go. It still doesn't seem real to me. There are some obvious signs (big(ger) boobs, fatigue, food aversions) but other than that I am still in denial. I have an appointment tomorrow where we should hear the heartbeat. It will sink in a little more then.

A lot is riding on this visit. I am trying to keep my wits about me regarding the gender of this baby. I got a little teary eyed last week thinking that I may never have a daughter. But I also know I love my boys and will love this one too. David and I are big believers in the heartbeat theory for predicting the gender of babies. Everyone we know who had a girl had a high heartbeat, maybe 160ish. My two boys were both 144. On my very first visit for this baby I had an ultrasound and the woman said that the heartbeat was 144. I said "it's a boy!" But I am secretly holding out hope tomorrow that we will hear the heartbeat and the doctor will say "it's strong heartbeat is 160!"

Speaking of my boys I have had a lot of questions as to why I am calling them Holden and Scout on here. Orginally it was to protect their identity. I don't think anyone other than my friends and family read this blog but in case some creepy guy was reading it I didn't want him to have their names. That said I use their real names on my Facebook account so I don't know if I am doing such a good job on keeping them safe in cyber world!

I will write again tomorrow evening, after my appointment!
til then -
Mummy Q.

Week 15

Wednesday morning. Another week has gone by without a work-out. I swear it is all about getting some sleep. I am just not sleeping at night. So the thought of getting up at 4:30 AM to work-out sends shivers up my spine. I know it is something I need to do. All my pre-weight loss clothes are still loose but I am going to feel badly when they get tight. I know, I know...I am pregnant and that happens when you are pregnant! But I am not going to like it. I just want my belly to get big, not the rest of me. However if I am not doing anything to help the rest of my body it will all get big again!

Today is week 15. Supposedly the bambino is the size of an apple. Four inches long and 2.5 ounces. I go back to the doctor next Thursday. I got a prescription for a prenat that does not make me sick. YEA! DQ thinks I have turned a corner but there are still a lot of foods that I just can't eat. BAKED potatoes are at the top of my list. Anything else potato based is OK (except french fries) but I just can't do baked potatoes. Or anything Italian. That makes living here at Fay a bit of a problem. Every Wednesday night is Italian night and I have dinner duty. I may try to switch to Monday nights!

Holden and Scout really seem to be warming up to the baby news (did I mention that before?). If it weren't for the fact that they will be on a field trip to the zoo next week they would come tot the doctor with me. How can I compete with the zoo??!! But Holden got a HUGE smile on his face at the thought of hearing the heartbeat.

til next week -
Mummy Q.