3d Ultra Sound

Yesterday morning Kyle and I took a drive to Wilmington, NC, to a place called "Wombs Window."

 Wombs Window's Website

A very nice lady named Lisa gave me a 3d ultra sound! It was the coolest thing, and I'm so happy Kyle was able to come with me and share the experience. The first 15 minutes or so, Luka (yes, we found out we are having a boy yesterday!) was curled up in a ball. He had his legs bent so his feet were basically on top of his head, and his hands were covering his face, and he would NOT move! Lisa (the ultrasound tech.) would pat my belly, trying to make a bit of noise, and push softly on it trying to get Luka to move, but he would not budge! So after 15 minutes of this, Lisa brought me a bunch of chocolates and a cold pepsi. I ate a ton of mini sized snickers and lots of Hershey's kisses, and drank all the pepsi. I walked around the room a little bit and stretched, moved my legs, did some squats and jumping jacks, and sat back down. When Lisa came back in to try again, Luka was moving!! How cute!!

It was so crazy to see! I can't feel anything when he moves. I have felt a few butterflies in weeks prior, but I'm starting to wonder if those were just gas pains. I could see Luka on the TV Screen doing flips and summer salts and kicking me, and I didn't even feel any flutters the slightest bit. Lisa told me that I have an anterior placenta, and that's most likely why I'm not feeling anything. She said give it a few weeks when he is a little bigger and I should be able to feel some kicks. But for now the placenta is apparently absorbing all his movements.

He was so cute! I can see his daddy in him already. I am getting very excited for his arrival! I would definetely recommend a 3d ultra sound. It is insane how much detail you can see on your baby, even at only 19 weeks. Well, 19 weeks is kinda almost kinda far along, isnt it? :) Lisa spent over an hour with us, making sure we got to see him moving around, and getting great pictures for us. She sent us home with 15 prints, a cd with 75 other photos and a dvd of the video, so I can watch my bebe anytime I want!

18 Weeks

Today the baby is 18 weeks along! Everything has been going well, pretty much staying the same. I woke up today and felt like my tummy got bigger over night. Kyle has got himself a cold and my ears and throat aren't feeling very good either, so I think I'm catching his illness. I stocked him up on lots of Vitamin C and some night time cold medicine, so hopefully he gets better!! I on the other hand can't really take much of anything, and my ears HURT!

We are thinking of doing a 3d ultra sound! It's kind of expensive, but they seem pretty cool. It comes with a package deal and you get a video of the ultrasound, and a lot of pictures of your baby, plus they can tell you the gender if you request it. We'll see!

I hope I start to feel my baby move more often soon. I was feeling butterflies a lot around 14-16 weeks and now they have stopped for the most part. I feel one little butterfly flutter thingy of movement every few days if I'm lucky!