Since the last blog post was about Sneebie... I thought I would do a pregnancy update on this one (I didn't want to make any blogs that were too terribly long or painful to read through).
Phillip and I are still debating whether or not we want to find out the gender. It's so hard to decide!
The other morning at Wesley, I was just about to finish my shift, and one of the nurses that has worked there for 30+ years came to congratulate me and said, "ok, let me rub it". So I stood up, and she placed her hand on my tummy and stated, "It's a boy, your dad is not going to know what to do having had all those girls around, he will love this!" I just kind of stood there in shock because I had forgotten that Linda has always done this to the pregnant nurses at work, and believe it or not, has ALWAYS been right! She calls it the "luck of the Irish", because she most certainly is. I called to tell Phillip this, and of course, the skeptic he is, said "I'll believe it when I see it". Clearly not as excited as I was. We don't even have a boys name chosen, granted we still have time. Boys names are just so hard! And of course I've always loved the name Phillip, but I'm not sure that we want a Phillip, Jr. Any suggestions?
I guess probably in the back of my mind I've just assumed that we'll end up with a girl. My great grandmother had two daughters, my grandmother had two daughters, and my mother had four daughters, we would really be breaking the mold if we had a boy! I do of course realize that it has nothing to do with the mother but everything to do with whatever Phillip decided it would be. Still, it's hard to imagine life with a little boy in it.
So we can find out the gender anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas (if we wanted to officially find out) probably at work, the girls could find out at the end of October (about 14 weeks), but I would want Phillip there for that big announcement, so I won't do it at work.
My sisters want us to find out over Thanksgiving break, so they can be at the appointment too, which I know would be sooo exciting for them.
My mother's argument is that she needs to know the gender so she can buy things for the baby. She doesn't want to buy gender neutral things, because truth be told, the baby probably won't wear the gender neutral things after it's born. Plus the gender specific things are WAY cuter.
As far as the pregnancy is going right now, I feel so much better than I did a week, or maybe even two weeks ago. So maybe this morning sickness stuff is finally starting to settle down, or perhaps I'm just learning to control it better. I couldn't believe when I stepped on the scale and learned that I had lost 10 pounds since finding out I was pregnant. It's pretty incredible really. But when you're throwing up everything you eat, it's hard to gain weight I suppose. Mom has informed me not to worry because I'll put the weight on in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters when I want to eat everything in sight. Phillip and I agreed that that will be great timing for the holidays!
Phillip and I have been taking weekly photos of the baby bump. There's nothing too impressive yet, I'm thinking of making them into a slide show, so you can watch the growth. I've heard you don't start showing for quite a while with your first pregnancy, so it's probably just going to be a boring photo of myself for the first few weeks.
I think for Christmas Phillip and I want to get a nice camera (hint hint Grampa Van Court, you should probably just choose one for us to purchase) as our gift to one another.
Here is a link to what to expect for being 10 weeks pregnant, Phillip and I love looking at these updates, it's just so interesting to know what is being made this week and how big the little nugget actually is!
No comments:
Post a Comment