Cantaloupe

It feels like I'm carrying a soccer ball around. I guess I'm not too far off.

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Change in settings

Today I was looking at the settings of my blog and I realized that it was setup so only people with google accounts could leave comments. Well that's no longer the case. All of our friends and family should be able to leave commments now, and I see some already have.

5mths

As you all can tell, I have moved to fat pants. I no longer fit into anything I own. I'm still under weight at this point but not as drastic as the last 2mths. I guess Thanksgiving helped a lot with that. The fatigue has subsided as well as the dizziness, however now my back is killing me and I get heartburn after almost every meal. Now that's a weird feeling. I didn't even know what it was at first since I never have had it before. As for cravings I still eat guac 2-3 times a week and fudgey brownies with blue bell ice cream, roasted peanuts, and caramel or homemade toll house chocolate chip cookies with walnuts. I try to not have a brownie every night since that much sugar isn't good for the baby, were as for the cookies I freeze the dough so I can make two at a time and not over do it. But boy do I miss my coke. Its so hard to go to a restaurant and have to get water. I do have a coke every now and then, but it just makes me want it even more.

5mth Checkup & Ultra-sound

Today was my 2owk ultra-sound which was really cool because Baby Gil well looks like a baby instead of a peanut. The tech showed us the brain, heart, kidneys, and the spine. As well as the arms, legs, head, lips, and face. She had a very hard time with figuring out the sex of the baby since Baby Gil would not stop moving. She tried three separate times while Clay and I kept our eyes shut since we didn't want to know. Also Baby Gil's head sits very low and she had a hard time getting a shot of his head. She even was pushing down and moving my belly around to get his head out from under my pelvic bone. The tech had to switch to an internal ultra-sound exam and she still couldn't get a very clear shot. I guess Baby Gil is stubborn like his mom. Our favorite shots were of the baby opening his mouth real wide to swallow amniotic fluid and the other of him sucking on his thumb. It was so weird to see and feel the baby to move at the same time.

When the tech was done with baby shots she let us know that I have a low lying placenta and not to worry yet and that the doctor will explain to us what that means. Basically its still to early to know if it will be a problem with delivery and that I have to make sure that I don't do any strenuous exercise or I could start to bleed. If you want some more info on placenta previa click here. Other than that everything seems to look good from the ultra-sound such as size of the baby and my fluids. Clay even asked the doctor this time if he could get a copy of the heart beat and he did. He recorded it on his mp3 player. We are going to get it on the blog shortly for anyone who would like to hear. You can hear me laugh at the end of the clip because Clay was dancing to the heartbeat in the doctors office. Also I'm posting the other ultra-sound pics on my flickr account, which is http://www.flickr.com/photos/8590332@N03/

The set is called baby. The link is also in My Links section on the right of the blog.

This is the heart beat. Blogger will ask when you open this page now if you would like to allow a function. That is so you can hear the heartbeat. You would need to click yes or allow.

No More Toes

So as of yesterday, I can no longer see my own toes when standing up and looking down. First went the abs and now the toes.

Black Friday

Black Friday was the first time I felt the baby kick, and since then it hasn't stopped. Mom said that when I was a baby I would make her entire stomach move. Baby Gil isn't kicking that strongly yet, thank goodness, but always decides to move around lot when I want to take a nap or go to bed. Clay can't feel the baby, but I can tell he really wants too.