Friday, March 29, 2013

Second Trimester

Well, I'm officially in the second trimester now. Everyone keeps telling me how much better I must feel. Must I? Really?

After I ate a bowl of cereal this morning, T went to Starbucks and picked up a tall white hot chocolate and a lemon pound cake for me. Yum! I drank half the hot chocolate and promptly informed him that he should please move aside so I could go throw up in the bathroom. Note to self: throwing up hot beverages = not recommended.

Is it bad that when I returned to the living room I really wanted to drink the rest of it? T told me I shouldn't, but I think the lemon pound cake is fair game.


Tuesday, March 26, 2013

A long time ago, in a galaxy...

So T and I have a longstanding joke with each other where I try to trick him into saying it's a girl and he tries to trick me into saying it's a boy. But the reality is I really wanted our first to be a girl.

Over the last week or so, I've started assuming this baby is going to be a boy. Partly because of the whole Ramzi's Method thing, and partly because of Murphy's Law and the fact that it's nearly impossible for me to find a boy's name I like. So I've been preparing in my head as though this baby is a boy, and I started thinking seriously about names and nursery decor.

Now I really want a boy.

I have a first name picked out. (When I casually mentioned it to T, he said he didn't hate it... That's all the input I need, right? :P ) And the nursery is going to be... STAR WARS!

I asked T how he would feel about a Star Wars-themed nursery and he was totally on board. Now I just need to make sure it turns out more subtle/simple rather than filling the room with Star Wars merchandise.

If we close on the house we want, this will be the room I have to work with:


I'm in love with this print, so I'll probably start with it and use its colors throughout the room:


It's a work in progress, but here is the beginning of my idea. The other side of the room would have our existing dresser with a changing pad on top, another Star wars-themed piece of art, and two light-saber night lights on the wall (T's favorite part).



Monday, March 25, 2013

Sequential Screening

I had my 13-week sequential screening appointment today. Originally I wasn't going to do it because my insurance company told me it wouldn't be covered and I would have to pay $1,061. Then last week my doctor somehow magically got them to approve it. Apparently their definition of "medically necessary" is different from mine!

T couldn't come because he had back-to-back meetings all afternoon. The ultrasound tech was really sweet and she spent a good twenty minutes waiting for Raeyn Drop to turn the right way so she could see what she needed to. As a result, I got to watch the baby wiggling around for a while. I'm fairly certain Raeyn Drop was mocking us.




The baby never did cooperate (clearly he takes after his father), but she was able to get one shot of the nuchal translucency. Apparently it measured 1.5mm, and less than 3mm is good. I'll have to wait a week for the results from the blood tests. The heart beat was a solid 167 and the tech said that growth was on track.

Now I have to wait another 7 weeks before I get to see the baby again!