The baby and I keeping busy

I try to stay active during pregnancy. As much as I'd love to hang out in my pjs all day I've got 2 busy boys to keep occupied so this baby is coming along for the ride. He joined me at a birth last week for a doula client of mine and I kid you not, once I arrived he went nuts for 10 straight hours which was the legnth of the moms labor. Must be those faromones in the air.

20 week ultrasound.

According to the report and ultrasound tech, this baby boy has "perfect anatomy". The 20 week anatomy u/s went well. My IPs and their daughter came up for it so I let my 7 y/o Benji skip school to come too since he had not met them yet and he wanted to even though he became shy and wasn't very friendly.

Here is the little guy who's been moving and kicking up a storm. He seems to be very reactive to direct sound already. When I play his parents reading a bed time story for him, which I asked them to record so he could get used to their voices too, he goes nuts. Same when my kindle is testing on my belly while I have music on. He's also more active at night.

my son is getting attached.....

Sammy, 5 y/o, is in love with my belly. He talks to the baby, loves my belly, kisses the baby goodnight and I can't leave the house or drop him off at school with out him having to rub my belly and say goodbye. It's very sweet but we're trying to make sure he doesn't get attached. He said last week "mommy, when you're done making this baby for miss X (that's what we'll call the mom on here for privacy reasons), will you make a baby for me?" CRAP! He wants a sibling now. He is fully aware that is not our baby and he's going home with his parents just after delivery and not with us. Just to be sure now that he seems to be getting overly attached I ask him who's baby is it and he always respond with " it's miss and Mr X's baby". A few weeks ago I took them to a party where Sammy walked me around patting my belly telling everyone "this is miss X's baby".

Now to the sibling issue. We are done having kids. Nik has been threatening a vasectomy for about a year now. I am still holding out hope for an accidental 3rd in a few years but right now I'm focused on my family, finishing my up my degree and getting my masters so the idea of having another baby and resetting that clock sounds daunting and not something I want to do again unless I find myself randomly knocked up. Explaining no more babies for OUR family didn't go over so well with Sammy but he's coming around.

Here is Sammy last week showing the baby a 4 he made out of Legos for the baby.

So thoughtful...

My IPs sent the boys both Christmas gifts and then this sweet kids book on surrogacy.

week 14-19

14 weeks

Not much to say except he's moving and growing nicely. Around 13 weeks my aversion to meat went away but now at 18 weeks is back. I'm seeing a chiropractor monthly to keep me moving well which is something I insist all my doula clients do to ensure an easier pregnancy and birth. I booked my doula for my birth. Cynthia is a fellow doula and a good friend. I've looked up to her as a souls since I became one. It seems like the perfect fit for me.
15 weeks while remodeling my closet

16 weeks at my sister's apartment

17 weeks

18 weeks in my PJs

19 weeks

It's amazing how we've grown in 6 weeks.

Happy New Year

And my tiny 12 week baby bump is hiding in there too.

12 & 13 weeks

My IPs came up for my 12 week midwife appointment. Nik, my hand husband, and Adilynn, my 4 y/o niece, tagged along too. We went to a 4-D ultrasound boutique just so they could get as sneak peak at the baby. There used to be several all around town but apparently all but 2 had gone out of business. The closest one to me was 40 min. Away and an hour from my midwife's office which was out next stop. The ultrasound confirmed it was a boy which we already knew but we got a look to confirm. He looked like an actual baby this time and not a jelly bean. I had a big orange juice just before I arrived so he'd be nice and active and not was he. He did flips, wiggled and danced up a storm for his parents and big sister. After that we grabbed some lunch at my favorite Thai place  then ran to see my midwife. The appointment went well. Baby and I are measuring on target. Heart beat was in the 150s and I've only gained 3lbs in 12 weeks. Not bad .... 
The results came back from the genitic testing came back add clear. We did know this already too but decided that instead of doing the costly nucal testing, which is normally done as a noninvasive form of downs testing around 12 weeks, that MaterniT 21+ was the way to go. It was much cheaper and more accurate.
My IPs will come up again at 20 weeks for the big ultrasound and prenatal appt. Which will be around mid Feb.

12 weeks at our family photo shoot.

And POP! @13 weeks just 2 days before Christmas.
Baby did some growing for me so I could fit into all my cute
Winter maternity ware in time.

our first look at the baby

It's 7 weeks and 2 days. My IPs have come up for the first ultrasound to take measurements, get a heart beat and estimate my due date or window as us doulas like to call it. He has a nice strong heart beat in the 160s and my due date is June, 29th 2014. My IM cried when she heard the heart beat and was able to get a video of the whole thing.
Since everything looked normal my RE discharged us 5 weeks early into the care of my midwife for normal prenatal care. I still have 5 weeks of hormone injections ahead of me but it's worth it. I'm starting to show a tad which is very normal for me and planning to take weekly belly shots once I'm looking pregnant and not just pudgy.



Here he is!

10 & 11 weeks

10 weeks!

11 weeks and starting to feel him move a bit.