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!

feeling good...

over the last week, i have been feeling sooooo much better. it feels so good to feel more like myself. i have a little bit of energy back. although i am exhausted at the end of the day. i am not as sleepy all day like i was for the first 14 weeks! and feeling better just gives me new life.

i am excited to finally be able to enjoy this pregnancy. it has been the hardest one so far. feeling sick all the time took a lot out of me.

i have been very emotional and i cry easily - very easily! i also loose my patience pretty quickly.

i have felt the baby move a little bit here and there - i love that!

i am about 15 1/2 weeks and everything with baby j is going smoothly! of course i am counting down the days until our ultrasound!! 20 days to go.

boy or girl...

i have been doing my "research" on gender prediction tests and old wives tales that predict gender.


I have been craving sweets (like crazy!!!) = girl

Unfortunately I have had a great deal of acne = girl

I have had more than my fair share of "Morning/All day" Sickness = girl

I am carrying high and all over = girl (yes i am showing already, gimme a break it is my fourth)

I do not feel like a glowing pregnant woman at all. My hair and complexion just look yucky = girl

Although, I have only heard it one time, Baby's heart rate is in the high 150s = girl

The Chinese Calendar says the baby is a boy, although my date of conception could vary by one day and that would put me in the next month which = a girl.

The Mayan tale - if the age and the year of conception are both even or both odd you are having a girl. If one of the numbers is even and one is odd - you are having a boy. Mine are both even which = a girl.

I did the ring on a string and the needle on a string test on myself and it was really heard to tell which way it was going. I think it was going in a circle. And then when I looked up what that meant, I found differing answers to that some sites said circle is a girl, some sites said circle is a boy -- so I have no clue?

all three of my kids and jamil all have the same instinct that this baby is a girl! sometimes. jordyn will say a boy. but lately she changed back to a girl. joshua has been saying for weeks i know it is a girl, i really want a boy, but God told me it was a girl. jamil really thinks it is a girl. he has had a dream about a baby girl, right before we found out we were pregnant. jesiah always has said girl or baby sister.

as for me, i am just not sure i trust my instinct, since i was wrong with jesiah. even though i was right with the other two. but my instinct says it is a girl. a girl would be easier as far as room arrangements. which really is a big deal. i just don't know how we would room three boys and a girl - i don't know what that would look like. but i know God has chosen us to be a family for this baby and He knows the plans. whichever he has chosen for us will be the family He made for us.

and as long as the baby cooperates we will know in 24 days if we will be having a boy or a girl. and then we can see if our instinct and the gender prediction tests were right or wrong!!!

only 24 days to go until.....

we have our ultrasound!! i saw my midwife for my 14 week appointment yesterday. everything is going really well. i heard the baby's heartbeat - i just love hearing it!!! it was beating strong and steady!! i was happy to report that i had been feeling better over the last few days (and have continued to!). on my way out of the appointment, we scheduled my ultrasound for may 19th! i am really excited to see the baby and find out if it is a boy or a girl. i think not knowing is driving me crazy! i feel like i can't prepare anything until i know.

i will be posting some of my answers to some of the gender prediction tests i have taken and old wive's tales very soon! in the meantime, the poll on my sidebar has expired and it looks like we have more votes for a baby girl!