here she comes...

tomorrow...

is the big day! jamil and i will be going for the baby's ultrasound and my monthly midwife appointment. as long as the baby is cooperating, we should be able to share the good news!!
so check back sometime tomorrow and hopefully i will be able to post the news of whether we are having a girl or a boy!!!!

17 weeks 5 days...

this week i have been getting a little uncomfortable. all of the sudden it seems my belly is in the way of everything that i try to do. i am really not all that big, but my belly is there and it is hard to bend over and it is hard to squeeze in between vehicles in parking spaces. i weighed myself this morning and was in shock to see that i have gained XX pounds and weigh XXX. but i guess that combined with the belly in the way - means there is a baby growing leaps and bounds inside. i have been feeling great and getting my appetite back some!!

on monday morning we will go for the ultrasound! i will be a little over 18 weeks and pray that the baby will cooperate and we can check her/him out!! it is just a few days away, i am anxious to find out the big news!!! i will definitely post the big news at some point on monday!!

16 weeks 5 days

the days are just flying by. i barely have time to sit down and catch my breath let alone read or write blogs. and when i do sit down, i am exhausted. since i will be 17 weeks on Saturday i thought i would write a quick post while i am still 16 weeks.

i have been able to get the indigestion/heart burn under control for the most part. although, i still have times that i don't feel great. the nausea has been gone!! yeah!!!

i started working out at the Y again. it has been soooo long since i have been there. i have walked over the last few years, but it has been like 3 years since i have been at the Y taking classes. so, on tuesday i started back and have been taking a "moms" class for prenatal/postnatal moms. it has been great - i took the class with all three of my other pregnancies. although, with jesiah a lot less b/c jordyn was so little and didn't like to be left in the childwatch. anyway, i am back with the same instructor who i just love. it's fun to be in her class for the 4th time! she said i was the only mom she has had back 4 times!! wooohooo!! i am hoping the class will help a little with my energy level as well as my mental/hormonal stuff.

i have still been pretty short on patience and very moody. i get tired so easily and it is frustrating. because of our busy schedule i haven't been napping as much. and when i don't, i rarely have energy to get dinner on the table and make it through an evening without falling apart. and usually i end up crying b/c i am so frustrated that i can't do all i am suppose to be doing.

tonight is one of those nights, i just feel like locking myself in the bedroom and hiding from my kids and responsibilities. i do get worried because i think about adding another child to this mix of overwhelming state. and i get sad because i want to enjoy this last pregnancy but so far it has been so hard and not really enjoyable. i hate even typing out that last sentence. i am typically one who says i love being pregnant and could do it a million times. this pregnancy has changed my opinion.

i have felt more and more pregnant. i have been short on breath and my belly has popped out more. although early in the day, i tend to look fat and not pregnant, by the end of the day, i am looking pregnant.

just 11 days until our ultrasound, i can't wait to see this little baby who has been giving me such a fit!!! i am more than ready to know if it is a boy or a girl!