19 Weeks

Baby boy was confirmed today. Not that the last photo left anything for debate, but baby is for sure 100% a boy. Today I had my high risk ultrasound at the special clinic. I did this with Jack too to rule out cleft palate/lip/nose. Both the kids came with me and it ended up being an hour and 15 minute ultrasound. WOW! longest ultrasound of my life. I was expecting max 20 minutes. I kept thinking they saw something wrong, but nope he is perfect. And surprisingly my threats worked and Hannah and Jack stayed in their chairs for over an hour. Even the doctor complimented how well behaved they were so baby three, if you're listening, you have some big shoes to fill. When we walked through the doors of the hospital, Hannah said "Mom, if the baby has a cleft palate, I'm going to cry." It broke my heart because I was feeling the same way, but I love seeing her sweet motherly side. I know she will always protect my two boys and they will do the same for her. Doctor is 95% certain that the baby is cleft free. Lip and nose are easier for them to tell, but he was pretty sure the palate looked closed. Woo Hoo! so happy. Brain, heart, liver, kidneys, bile ducts, spinal cord, etc all looked perfect. They also checked all of my parts like uterus, ovaries, cervix, etc and said I look good. They were slightly concerned that baby's heart rate was 111. I guess they prefer over 120, but the doctor said that the rhythm of the beats looked normal and the structure was good so told me not to worry. I also got a call this week that my screenings for down syndrome, trisomy 18 and fragile X all came back good. Baby is the size of a sweet potato. The measurements today indicated he was 10 oz. I have been feeling lots of movement lately which is fun. Not so fun is the heart burn which is attacking already and my separated pelvis which I got 6 years ago with Hannah. The baby/fluid is heavy enough now that it puts pressure on the injury. I know it sounds bizarre probably to most that after six years it returns, but it truly is very painful. It's the worst when I walk long distances and when I try to put pants/underwear on (lifting one leg and stepping up motion).Not much new on the name front. Hannah and Jack are pulling hard for Tom. I have no idea why, but they love it and call him baby Tom all day long. Next week half way point bump watch...



Hannah loves this one because it looks like he's doing 'gymnastics'


I've never had a thumb sucker, could he be the first?