Week 19 Womb with a View :)

So after falling asleep by 9pm the last week or so, I am stuck awake!  Might as well cross this off my to do list :)


This is week 19!!!  We've never made it this far, so that previous statement is very exciting for us :)    We are almost halfway there!   However, my doctor thinks that with my bicornute uterus, that I will be prone to pre-term labor and not make it to week 40 and maybe not even April!

I had been feeling very anxious and nervous in week 18 because it had been 5 weeks since our last ultrasound, and this crazy mama needs to SEE our little gummy bear to be reassured :) (I guess more like a small teddy bear now, not so much a gummy bear).  Since our next ultrasound wasn't until week 21, we decided to go to Womb with a View, here in Modesto, to get a sneak peek at our little one.   We were able to see a pretty clear ultrasound image of our baby, hear the heartbeat, and get a "preview" of the 3D image.  We even found out the gender.   It's a ...  (sorry :)  you'll have to wait until next week after our siblings have found out first :))

The best part about Womb with a view, unlike a regular doctor's visit, is that you can include family members to sit in and watch the whole scan on a huge flat screen TV.  Since this was the gender check we invited our parents (who live in town) to come share this special moment with us.   It was a very emotional night :) and I am so glad we invited them to join us.  It's been a long journey to get to this point, and they have been there for all the ups and downs the last 4 years.   Although it is AWESOME to know the sex of the baby, I was just SO HAPPY to see that Baby Stime was okay :)   Since I have never made it this far I had never seen an ultrasound where the baby was so active and so baby-like in it's features.   I was so relieved and SO happy to see our little one moving around.   During the gender check, Baby Stime had it's legs up under the crotch area so we weren't able to tell at first but eventually the legs moved and it's gender was revealed.  I promise after Thanksgiving we will share Baby Stime's gender with everyone else :) 

The moving around is so neat.   I can feel the baby when I'm singing in the car :) but especially when I'm playing trumpet (although those days are numbered-can't breath as well or feel breath support as much), and especially in my 7th/8th grade band class.  
Josh has been super cute with the baby as well.   Ever since our visit to Womb with a view, he has melted into a puddle of goo :)   He has been talking to the baby everyday, since he learned that around this time the baby can hear voices and other sounds, and may recognize them outside the womb (i.e. if we had a dog that barked all the time, the baby could possibly recognize it outside the womb and be accustomed to the sound-according to What to expect :))  He has already started to call the baby by it's name.  It's so cute :)

So here is my 19 week belly shot.   Not too much of a change since 18 :)   Some of my smaller maternity shirts are getting a little tight, but I've lost another 2 pounds and have not put any back on since the initial lost (14 pounds total!) and I continue to grow.  I have been SUPER tired this past week, hence the falling asleep early comment above.  To quote Gloria from Modern Family "You want to know why I'm so tired?!   I'm turning food into a baby!!"  So funny :)

If you didn't see these on face book, here are some pictures of the baby from Womb with a view:

This is a blurry picture of the 3D preview of the baby.  It's right hand is bent into an L shape, like it's waving at you :) 

This is the baby in profile, with it's head on the right side.  You can see the ribcage, and two arms, and if you look carefully, the jaw.  Once the gender is announced, I will post that ultrasound as well next week.   

That's it for this week, just overly tired, happy, and know what baby Stime is wearing to it's Uncle Andy and Auntie Maria's wedding in June :) 

Thanks for checking in with us!  Week 20 starts on Monday :)