How I'm Feeling: I'm still feeling great. The baby and my belly are growing pretty fast. I find that it's getting harder to reach things in front of me when I'm sitting down. Not something I was expecting this soon. ha! I'm also experiencing lots of sharp pain in my hips and lower back due to the widening of my hips. I'll be heading back to the chiropractor next week for another adjustment.
Movement: I still can't be sure that I've felt the baby move but it shouldn't be too much longer. I was feeling Savannah move a lot by 18 weeks.
Gender: I went for our gender ultrasound yesterday morning to find out BOY or GIRL. I had the tech mark a card I had taken with me for boy or girl after she had looked. I wanted us all to find out together yesterday evening so I didn't let her tell me what it was. That was really hard!!
It's a GIRL!!!
I pretty much knew that all along because of the heart rate, how I've felt and pretty much every old wives tale pointed to a girl. Chase and I still had a tiny bit of suspicion that it could have been a boy, but nope, God is blessing us with another beautiful baby girl. We do make pretty girls!
She had her legs crossed during the beginning of the appointment, but with lots of encouragement, jiggling and a trip to the bathroom for me, she finally opened up enough to catch a picture of those parts. Her heart rate was 144bpm yesterday! It was beautiful!!
What I'm Looking Forward To: Feeling baby girl kicking and moving around in my belly. We'll be going back in 4 weeks for our 20 week anatomy ultrasound and visit. We'll get more detail pictures and a second look at her girl parts to ensure that nothing has changed. I'm also looking forward to shopping and planning for this sweet baby girl.
Name: This is going to be harder this time than the other because we really have no idea. The girls and I came up with a name that we like but I haven't shared it with Chase yet and I'm having a hard time coming up with a middle name to go with it. Hopefully, we can decide on something in the next couple of weeks.
Doctor's Appointment: My next appointment will be November 19th when I'm 20 weeks.
Baby's Size and Development:
Baby GIRL is the size of an Avocado this week.
- This week she is beginning to hear our voices because the tiny bones in her ears are forming and beginning to work. I think that is super special. "Hey, baby girl!!"
- She is growing hair (yeah right, we have bald babies), eyebrows and eyelashes.
- And she's forming taste buds.
- As I said eariler, her heart rate was 144 bpm yesterday.
Belly Picture at 16 weeks:
