Halfway there!!

Well, today I am officially 20 weeks!!!  140 days left....but who's counting???   :)

Yesterday I had my first experience of someone asking me if I was expecting, which I thought was kind of hard to tell when I was wearing my scrubs with my smock on and everything.  It was a patient's Mom.  She walked in to get some end of year financial stuff  and as soon as she walked in, she said "Ohhhh!  Are you expecting??"  I said "Yes I am."  Her reply was "So you just have a few months left then??"  I said "No, I'm halfway- not due until the beginning of May." Then she said, "OHHH so you must be having twins?!?!!?"  The only thing I knew what to say was, "No, there is just one...."   I was really taken aback by what she said.  My belly has only started to poke out the last month and I don't think it's grown THAT much. Has it??? I already know because of the genes I have that my belly is probably going to get ginormous and that I'm betting that I will have at LEAST an 8 pound baby. I would NEVER say something to someone unless I knew for sure that they were having a baby and I certainly wouldn't just assume they were having twins....
All the girls I work with assured me that my belly wasn't that big- that I just started showing and not to worry about it.  But it just makes me think what are the comments going to be like when I REALLY get big??? I don't think I want to know.
I'm really afraid of what might come out of my mouth when strangers come up to touch my belly.  I don't mind when friends or family members touch my belly, I really LOVE it when CJ rubs and kisses my belly, it seems I'm always touching my own belly, but I just don't know how I am going to react when total strangers come up to touch my belly.  Maybe I should just stay out of the public eye until AFTER the baby gets here....haha :)

Just a few things for me to remember about my pregnancy:  I still have heartburn EVERY DAY!!!!!  I am taking Zantac 150 twice a day- it definitely relieves it for awhile, but I can always tell when it gets to be close to the 12 hours being up... I still have to take Unisom pretty much every night to be able to sleep.  My back still hurts, especially after a day at work when I'm on my feet most of the day or walking around a lot makes it hurt.  CJ calls me an old lady because I always either have a rice bag or my heating pad with me because the heat makes it feel a lot better.  Other than the yucky heartburn and my back aching- I feel good!
I'm still eating a lot of cuties clementines, yogurt, sandwiches and salads.  My latest craving has been sugar cookies with lots of frosting- I finally gave in and made some- I'm pretty sure I ate more than half the batch- but it definitely hit the spot and now that they are gone, I'm not craving them anymore!  Now when baby girl moves it feels more like she is poking me than the bubbles or flutters that I felt a couple weeks ago.  It's so exciting to feel her move- I am trying to decide what I want to do with the nursery, there are SOO many cute ideas out there....But, because I LOVE purple- I'm going to go that route instead of pink.  Hopefully all the ideas in my head turn out to be as cute as I think they are going to be....  :)

19 weeks, 2 days and counting....

Well, today was the BIG day!!  My almost halfway through my pregnancy appointment was today.  I didn't have any weird dreams last night like I did last month. I slept really well, and when I woke up I was SUPER excited!  Today were they not only going to tell us the gender, but they were going to check to make sure baby Martin didn't have any abnormalities like Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, too much fluid on the brain, checking the heart, etc.  CJ was a bit nervous- but he is such a worrier.  I always tell him that it's no use to worry so much, God won't give us anything that he knows that we can't handle.  I felt very calm and, like I said before, SUPER excited!  After going through a long checklist and everything being ok and Baby Martin being healthy, Dr. Zakarian tried to get some pictures of baby's face.....but he/she kept hiding and putting their hands up......we have a shy one on our hands.  :)  The picture below is the best one she could get- it's a great picture of the spine!! :)

Baby Martin wasn't doing a very good job cooperating.  When trying to get a picture between baby's legs, the legs were crossed!!!!  So, Dr Zakarian tried to get the baby to move by pushing the ultrasound wand on my belly and moving it all around- baby responded- I could feel him/her moving ALL over!!  Well, finally after she was almost ready to give up, she got a good shot between the legs!

Dr. Zakarian said, "Well, that looks like a girl!  I don't see a penis or balls."  CJ and I just started laughing and then she quickly said, "Maybe I should have said testicles"  The picture above with the arrow pointing to NO boy parts- the baby's bum is on the left and you can see the legs on either side- it's a like a straight shot from the bottom!

This little girl is going to be SOOO spoiled!!!!  She is going to have cousins that are going to just love her to pieces..... Grandparents and Great-Grandparents already buying her stuff.  CJ is going to be wrapped around her little finger......I am SOO excited for this next adventure in our life!!