20 Week Ultrasound

Here HE is! We just went in on Tuesday for the 20 week ultrasound. It is definitely a boy! I knew he was busy, but during the ultrasound he was kicking both feet and punching both arms at the SAME time. I think we have one active little boy already!

We are so excited! I can't believe I am already half way. Time flies by, even when you are pregnant!  Here are a few updated pictures of my growing belly.

16 1/2 weeks

20 weeks

 I will keep you updated.

Boy or Girl

Boy or girl, boy or girl, girl or boy, girl or boy??? Two days until we know! What do you think?

The Scientific (or not) Gender Method

The Question: All new parents-to-be wonder specifically about one thing...Boy or Girl? Supposedly there is something called the "woman's instinct" that comes into play about this time. Mine? I've felt like it is a girl from the beginning. Call it what you will, maybe just wishful thinking! So THE QUESTION has been put into motion.

Ever heard of a gender prediction test? I hadn't until my sister heard about one from someone. Here is the scoop; the test is supposed to predict the gender with about 80% accuracy using urine. Finding out that it worked for two people that her friend personally knows, I think, why not? Easy enough. So my mom, being crazy excited, buys me the Intelligender test for only $29.99.

The Hypothesis: Reading the instructions, I see that it is quite a process. But I am up to the challenge. Friday night I form my hypothesis. Mine will turn yellow/orange for a girl prediction. I even look at the samples online to make sure I know what I am looking for in the morning.

The Experiment: Well, here we go. Saturday morning, up again for a trip to the bathroom, I give it a shot. After peeing in the cup, using the syringe, transferring the specimen, swirling (not shaking) for approximately 10 seconds, putting the test cup on a white surface, and waiting the 10 minutes for the final results, (I told you it was quite a process), this is what I see.

The Observation: Now I don't know about you, but to me it looked like a greenish color. A clear boy result. So I run back to the computer to see what the other boy results looked like. Well upon further inspection, I see that one of the "girl" results online looks a bit like my boy result. So I run (I'm not big enough to have to waddle just yet) back to the bathroom again to check on the future gender of my child. This is now what I see.

 

What do you see now? I swear this is getting to me. Now I think it looks more like a girl result! The problem is that the urine is obviously yellow in color and the test concoction they put in the cup is sort of greenish. Is it just that the substance is settling? is it still sort of greenish? or did I read it before the results were finished? Do you see my problem???

The Conclusion: So here I am, after using this crazy new test, more confused than when I started. I guess I will just assume there is still a 50/50 chance for either gender. Unless it is some strange hermaphrodite in which we have to make a gender choice for our new precious child. I sure hope not! For now I will just have to be happy with the knowledge that I get to have my 20 week ultrasound in mid December.

Tell me what you think.

1st Trimester

Pregnancy. Finally. After a year and a half of trying different fertility things, it has happened! But after all that time, I don't know that I was fully prepared for the actual pregnancy part. This day was a shocker.

Two blue lines, a clear positive

Once we got over the shock, we told parents and siblings. My mom was so excited, she immediately went out and started buying things for 'baby' (both genders, just in case!) Our baby will be spoiled even before it arrives. Lucky for us! So I decided to start taking pictures. Here are a few scattered throughout my first few weeks. I am still amazed that I can look pregnant when I go to bed and when I wake up, almost no sign of baby.

6 weeks

7 weeks

After being so flat stomached my whole life, this is a new ball game. One I'm not sure I will like. Right now I just feel like I'm getting fat. Maybe it will get better when I actually look pregnant. Anyone been in this same boat?

12 weeks

Although I really can't complain. I have had hardly any nausea. Which is one way I consider myself VERY lucky. Teaching and morning sickness don't seem to go together very well. I am constantly tired and HUNGRY like you wouldn't believe. Shane is still shocked when I say 'food' an hour after dinner. I guess baby needs the extra nourishment or something.

I decided to tell my class about the pregnancy on Halloween, since it is getting hard to find clothes that hide my growing belly. I borrowed a shirt from a friend that has a baby skeleton on the stomach of the mom skeleton. It took some prompting, but I eventually got the reason for wearing the shirt out of my kids. They all seemed excited for me. That night we decided to carve pumpkins with my family. Baby on the mind, I decided to make mine look like a baby's face. Here is what you get.

Halloween 2009, 13 1/2 weeks

Can you even tell I'm pregnant? Well I know there is something in there. We have already had an ultrasound to make sure I wasn't carrying twins. Thank heavens there is only one! I will put up pictures later from the ultrasound.

Welcome to the expanding Smith family blog.

PS I almost forgot, but I am about 14 weeks and due on May 3rd, in case you were wondering.