John and Taylor

John and Taylor

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

17 Week Baby Checkup

On Monday I went in for my 17 week check up to check the babies heartbeat, take my blood pressure etc... The baby is doing great, heartbeat was perfect, and I am measuring right on target. I am up 3 pounds, but since I lost a pound my first trimester it is noted as being up plus 2 pounds. This is quite the change from my pregnancy with John where I gained a total of almost 60 pounds.

In fact this entire pregnancy has been nothing but the opposite of my pregnancy with John. With John I had horrible morning sickness from 6 weeks until 16 weeks. This time around I really have not had morning sickness at all and the times that I have felt bad have only been in the early morning hours. Weight gain so far is different than it was with John, but I still have a ways to go.
When I was pregnant with John I felt him move when I was 19 weeks along. This time around I have felt the baby at 16 weeks and each week I feel a little more and more often.

Our next appointment is scheduled for Friday, June 4th. This is the appointment where we will hopefully find out if we are having a boy or a girl. People have asked us if we have an idea of what we will be having. Jason as always is pretty neutral on the topic, although he strongly believes we are programmed to have nothing but boys.

Since this pregnancy has been so opposite for me I can not help but think we are having a girl. However, I also know that this theory of mine really does not hold much water. I think it would be neat to have a girl, even though I am far from the girly type. However, there is something very nice about the known, that is I know how a boy works already. Plus we already have everything we could ever need for a boy. One of my SIL's has pulled out the Chinese gender chart and according to her and the chart this baby will be a girl, she was right for John and also for her own daughter.

As for names we have a name for a girl that we both agree on, but if we have another boy we just can not get on the same page. Personally, I am having a hard time thinking of a boy name that will be just as strong, and sound just as good as Johns full name.

I guess we will find out in about three weeks.

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