Updated baby name poll...please vote again!

We know a lot of you have already voted for your favorite name for our son....but I created a new poll with some slight changes to the name list.  Kevin and I sat up last night saying names out loud, coming up with nicknames and also seeing if there was a way to make fun of the name on the playground.  :)  After all that we narrowed the field some more and added/deleted a few names.  So please vote again on the new poll!

http://www.babycenter.com/403_keyes-baby-boy-name-me_9826985_165382781810.bc

It's a boy...part 2

As everyone has probably heard by now, I had 2 ultrasound appointments over the last week.  Both confirmed, quite convincingly, that we are having a BOY!  The pictures I have of his "turtle" (more on that in a minute) are hard to see so I didn't upload those.  So what we have here are a picture of my belly (decided to share the covered one, not the naked one, this time) and a profile shot of the little man.  

My first appointment was on Thursday, April 16th.  Kevin was able to fly home for the day to come with me.  He definitely wanted to be present for the unveiling of the sex!  I went through the usual pee in a cup (I was able to do it today!), weight and blood pressure.  Today's nurse was nice...her weight result was about the same as what I get at home.  Weird.  The special added bonus for this visit was that they needed to check my iron.  I thought that meant drawing blood from a vein, which I am ok with.  But nope, this is one of those little things that pricks your finger and it feels like someone stapled your finger!  Luckily it's quick, so not too bad.  Then off to the ultrasound.  Our tech/nurse was very nice, although she had 1 too many cups of coffee we think!  She was quite the chatty Cathy...telling us about her kids, her pregnancies, etc.  I liked that she let us ask questions along the way and never once made us feel stupid for asking anything.  She asked if we wanted to know the sex and we said "YES!"  so she maneuvered around a bit and said..."there's the turtle!  It's a boy!"  And lo and behold from the angle we had it looked like a little turtle sitting between his legs!!  :)  Kevin and I high-fived since we were hoping for a boy.  It was very cool to see!  The rest of the exam was spent taking measurements.  We got to see the spine, heart, kidneys and other bones, etc as she measured.  She said everything looked good.  At this appointment she said the baby weighed 13oz.  Also, based on the size, she said the baby may come around August 26th, but she would leave it to the doctor to decide if we needed to move the due date.  I mentioned the test I had in February that said there was a 1 in 46 chance for Down Syndrome...she said there was a good chance it came back false positive due to me being further along than they thought.  That made me feel better.  

Next we were off to see the doctor for a few minutes.  He asked if everything was going ok, so I told him about my depression and craziness lately.  He basically said I had won the lottery when it came to hormones, and that what I was feeling was normal.  Great!  Ha-ha!  I also asked about my water intake, which he didn't seem to think was an issue.  I also asked if I was "growing" on track and he said yes.  So overall it was good news.  He did decided to keep my due date in September...I don't understand, but I guess that's why he gets paid the big bucks!

On Monday I went in to the Perinatal Specialist for my follow up visit.  This one was much different.  They are very transactional there.  I was in and out of there in less than 30 minutes.  The nurse was ok...not very talkative and I didn't feel like I could ask any questions.  She reconfirmed it was a boy...again it was very obvious.  He was moving around a lot during the scanning, it was so cool to see!  I can feel him when he moves while I am sitting, but not really when I am laying down.  This time all the measurements pointed to August 25th for a due date and she estimated his weight a 1lb!!  Hello, he should only 10-11oz at this point!  Then the doctor came in and said everything looked good, no signs of birth defects or Down's Syndrome.  I said "that's good since I didn't like you much the last time we talked."  He just kind of grinned at me.  These people have a lot to learn from my regular OB's office when it comes to making people feel at ease!  The nice thing about this office is they give me 2 5x7 prints on photo paper of ultrasound shots.  These are easier to see than the little ones you normally get.  

So, next visit with my regular OB is on May 14th.  I go back to the specialist one more time in late June.  We are talking about getting the 3D ultrasound done too...probably in mid-June.  They look so cool, we can't resist!  We'll probably go get professional pregnancy pics taken in July too.  

If you haven't voted in the baby name poll below yet, please do!  The results are interesting so far! 

It's a boy....part 1

As most of you have heard by now, we found out yesterday we're having a boy! YEA! I just wanted to do a short post today to put up a baby name poll and also the picture of the nursery we're going to do (to the right). I'll write a longer post when I get back from Florida with all the details of my visit (plus I go to the specialist on Monday, so there will be more to tell then!).

Vote on the baby name poll:

http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/bnpoll.asp?pollid=132050

More later....I'm off to try and find a bathing suit to fit my growing bod!!

Am I going crazy??

I was going to wait to post again until we had the sex determining sonogram on Thursday, but I figured this blog should be honest about what I am going through and not just touch on the light and funny moments.

I am currently 19 weeks and 3 days along (give or take a day)...so basically halfway through my pregnancy and still in the second trimester, which I hear called "the honeymoon phase."  Well...I beg to differ!  True, I have most of my energy back, which is nice, but I will take sleep over the crazy hormone shifts I am going through any day!  From day to day, minute to minute, I can go from happy, to angry (not just mad, but ANGRY), to crying tears that won't go away.  I have never been on such an emotional roller coaster in my life!  As you all know, I am one of the most easy going, always smiling people out there.  Now, it takes every ounce of effort I have not to snap at people, or to not cry if someone asks me a simple question!

On top of that, I am in the "is the baby going to be ok?"  "Am I going to know what the heck to do?"  "are we ready for this?" stage.  I can finally REALLY feel the baby move, which is AWESOME, but because it is still small, I only feel it every once in awhile so I worry if it's moving enough, or am I too fat to feel it?  I have been looking forward to this appointment on the 16th for awhile, mainly to find out the sex, but now I look forward to these appointments to be told that everything is ok.  It probably doesn't help that I got not so great news at the last 2 appointments...so I am in need of a good news appointment!!

Thanks to everyone for listening.  I needed to get this all out!!  Luckily I have been reading and talking to other expectant mothers online who are due in September who are going through many of the same things I am, so it helps to know I am not alone!  

Can't wait for Kevin to get home for good.  I need him to take care of me!