Week 18

So this is THE week.....hopefully.....that we will find out the gender of the baby. I'm so excited and this has probably been the longest wait yet; although I still agree that I can't believe I'm almost half way there!!!

So this past week I did learn that when the weather is bad (we got some great thunderstorms) I get nauseous all over again....feels like my 1st trimester....so that wasn't pretty and I was very thankful that my job allows me to work from home. :)

I did get another headache right before going to bed one night. I learned from past weeks that if I try to 'sleep' it off, that never works....so I took a tylenol immediately and woke up fresh as a daisy in the morning!

The past week I have felt the baby move once a day and typically only got about 1-2 kicks per day....while I begged for more, the baby did not cooperate. I must say though, today was like some type of trigger! This morning while I was at home watching a Baby Story (went in to work late since John had to go in early) the baby was kicking up a storm....like popcorn popping in my stomach...oh, I was sooooo excited!!! And while I'm typing this post, the baby has already kicked me 4 times...uh, there's another one! I LOVE this feeling; it has made this whole experience even MORE real! I just picture a little boy or girl in there goofing off...or trying to get comfortable.

My friend Carrie told me a neat trick (which is why I think the baby is moving now)....to drink ice cold water and it immediately gets the baby moving! Well test #1 - it worked!!!! I will drink cold water before the ultrasound so the baby doesn't just lounge around. Although I don't want too wiry of a baby that they can't get a clear picture!

Mainly I hope with this ultrasound...besides wanting to know the gender (which I really will be excited for either a boy or girl)....I really hope that the baby is healthy, healthy, healthy and growing at a great rate! I imagine that we will have a fairly tall baby and a nice weight as well.

So everybody pray that we have a great ultrasound on Thursday morning...HEALTHY BOY OR GIRL.

Oh....the baby (from crown to rump) is about the size of a bell pepper...5.5 inches long!