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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Gender Reveal {20 Weeks 2 Days}



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BOY!!!!!!!!!


What a fun and exciting appointment that was! We are 100% sure that this baby is a boy! There have been few times that I have seen Jordan as happy as he was today when we found out. : ) Neither one of us can stop smiling!

Our doctor also took a good hard look at our little man's heart, brain, spine, vitals and all his other organs.  Everything looked great and he said that our baby boy is very healthy.  God is so good!

We also came away from the appointment with some great sonogram pictures but they didn't scan to the computer very well.

I should also mention that this little guy is extremely active! I've been feeling him move for weeks now but Jordan finally felt his little kicks a couple of nights ago.  And during my ultrasound today, he was busting out all kind of moves!

We also found out that my placenta is attached on the inside of my belly instead of my back and this can sometimes keep pregnant women from feeling their baby's movements, but it doesn't seem to be stopping our little guy from letting us know that he's in there!

Jordan also got to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time yesterday at 142 BPM.  He was blown away! We are truly in awe of our little man.

I also had a scare yesterday.  After my appointment, I went to work and was only there for one hour when I passed out.  My manager took me to the hospital and because of a bad sunburn that I received this weekend at one of Jordan's games, I was dehydrated and overheated.  So they hooked me up to an IV to get some electrolytes in me.  They had to stick me three times to find a vein because my hands, wrists and arms were so swollen from the burn.  Needless to say, I've gotta do a better job at at applying and reapplying sunscreen.

They also checked on our baby to make sure he was okay too and everything was.  We are naming him Josiah Neal. : )












Friday, March 6, 2009

Baby Blog {16 weeks 5 days}

My appointment went very well today!  One of the things we talked about was my weight gain because I have only gained 5 pounds so far and this past month I have only gained 1 pound. My doctor likes for his patients to gain a total of 10 pounds by 20 weeks, but if I can't gain 5 more by then, he would like for me to gain at least 2 more. 

Anyway, everything else is right on track.  Baby's heartbeat  sounded very healthy and my doctor didn't have to hunt it down either. 

We also talked about having to get a Rhogam shot when I am 28 weeks because my blood type is O negative.  I have to get this injection because if the baby's blood type is positive, my antibodies may attack the baby's blood cells, which could cause the baby to have severe anemia and jaundice.  The Rhogam injection will prevent this from happening.

Next week I have to go in for some blood work to check for neural tube defects.  This is called the AFP, or alphafetoprotein test and it is ran to check for holes in our baby's spine.  However, this test does not make a definite diagnosis and this test has resulted in many false positives.  This knowledge almost made me opt out of having it done since it is optional, but if something is wrong, it will be safer for me and the baby if the doctor is prepared. 

I am extremely excited to announce that we find out Monday, March 30th at 8:30 a.m. the gender of our baby!