We told the tech right away that we wanted to know the gender. So as she was scanning away she just mentioned...'it's a boy'. We got a picture of his goods and everything :)
Even the third time around it is so fascinating and miraculous to see that tiny baby bounce around in my belly through the sonogram. The fingers and toes, perfectly round head. The heart beating and blood flowing through all four chambers, the brain and even the bladder. What a true miracle. It never gets old nor will I ever be able to makes sense of it all.
I feel him all over the place inside and sometimes even see some movement from the outside. He is a busy guy already and we are so anxious to meet him!
This was taken a few weeks ago, but there you have it.
I feel really big for being only 20 weeks. But I guess that comes with the territory of the third child. I'm feeling pretty well otherwise. I do still get worn out if my day was packed with too much activity, but as a whole my energy is at a pretty good level. Some foods still gross me out from time to time and I get full really fast, to the point where I don't even have room for something sweet after a meal, which is almost unheard of with me! And with not eating any gluten my diet can easily get boring and I can easily get frustrated because the foods that I want (and can't have) usually consist of bagels and donuts OR require preparation.
Little symptoms have gone away, like my teeth and gums hurting. I remember being pregnant with Silas through the winter months and being irritated with how dry I felt all over. Eyes, mouth, skin, hair, everything. This is the same. I feel like this baby takes every ounce of moisture out of me! And I'm hot. It's a weird hot. Like I can't even look at certain clothes because I know I will just burn up in them. Even though it's -9 outside.
I'm sleeping well, overall. Usually by the end of the day I'm so exhausted that I crash right away.
I forgot how much I hate maternity jeans. For one, they're hot. And for two, since I don't have a waist anymore they don't stay up. They sag and it's tacky and uncomfortable. The thick elastic waist maternity jeans are different, and better for somethings, but that band hits my bladder and digs. So I usually stick to black leggings.
The kids. They are excited. When I told Silas the baby was a boy he was pretty bummed and confused because he wanted a baby girl. But now they just know it's a boy and the baby already gets lots of attention from Veda. Silas told me today he was excited to play pirates with his new brother. In a few years, of course!
It's hard to wrap my head around the future dynamic of our family. I feel like right now we are in a good rhythm and the kids play so nice together. At first, even after trying and wanting nothing more than a healthy pregnancy for so long, I had my doubts that we made the right decision to expand our family. I know it was mostly the first trimester hormones that caused me to question, but I was so scared that I was going to ruin a good thing. This baby makes my already attention seeking child have the title as MIDDLE CHILD. And what if the baby feels left-out because he will be 3 years younger than Veda, especially with Veda and Silas so close in age? But I soon got over the fear and am now excited to add another wiggly baby to our crew.
We would have been just excited with a girl, but with a boy our naming dilemma has lessened. We both love two names. Now we just need to decide which one will be the first name and which the middle. ;-)
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