Catching Up on Baby JVM

12 Weeks

I'm Back! After 10 weeks of feeling hungover, a few weeks in the States for Christmas, Hospital Stay #1 for a baby scare and then Hospital Stay #2 for an alleged Stomach Flu immediately after, we have successfully reached 19 weeks of Pregnancy! 

The Dating and Screening scan we had in December showed that again we were a little further along that we thought. Baby JVM's due was moved up a few more days to fall on June 20, 2012. The ultrasound technicians were also able to deduce that everything was developing as it should..WHEW!! The test did show that I had a couple fibroids, which at the time, didn't concern me. One was 5 cm and one was 1 cm. 

17 Weeks

I started showing really early. By 12 weeks I had the "did you eat a big dinner?" belly and by 14 weeks, at least in my eyes, I had a definite "bump." 

I tried to be super stealth and keep it from my work colleagues since the majority of my family and friends back home didn't even know. Baggy shirts and dresses were my trick, but literally 3 days before I was due to fly home we were out for leaving drinks for one of our guys and Baha asks me "so do you think you'll have kids soon" (after our other co-worker was talking about his baby that was due in a month). What was I supposed to say other than "Yea, I am going to have kids soon." LOL. That's when Nick looked over and said "Are we not meant to know you're pregnant?" Guess that cat was out of the bag!! Again, my not drinking "in ages" really just blows any cover you think you have. 

But it was really fun telling all my family when I got home and having everyone speculating what I was going to have. I think the count is boy: 8, girl: 1. I don't know how you would know one way or the other. From all the old wives tales I read about, my gut led me to start thinking it was a girl, but all these boys votes started seriously swaying my thinking...so much so that I started looking at boy names only! Andrew refuses to talk baby names until we know what we are having. What a buzz kill!

Christmas flew by and we were back in the UK and before I was back to work, I had my 16 weeks check up with the midwives. I have to say, i LOVE my midwives. They have to see a million pregnant women in a week but they make you feel special and get excited about YOUR baby. 

Once I hit 12 weeks, there were no traces of morning sickness. I literally felt completely normal, just a bit fatter (I couldn't wear my normal pants from week 10... they just wouldn't button anymore!). Because I felt fine, I started wondering how I was supposed to know my baby was OK! But at the 16 weeks check up the midwife was able to fine the Baby's heartbeat in a matter of seconds and it was nice and strong! 152 bpm. 

A few days later I was back at work in full force. I've been plugging along and growing ever since! Grow grow grow baby! I find out on Thursday what we are having and again, if everything is going along A OK.