Pregnancy Update

Well...Mary Beth is almost here and now I decide to update everyone on how my pregnancy has gone thus far. As most of you know Erik and I found out that we were pregnant with our second child in early January. This was confirmed with our first ultrasound on January 30 (7 weeks and 3 days pregnant). To say the least, this pregnancy has been very different from my pregnancy with Erik. I had morning, noon and night sickness until 16 weeks!!!! Something told me then that this was probably the little girl that we all wanted!!!

My second ultrasound was on February 27 (11 weeks and 3 days). By this time, I haven't gained any weight (due to being sick) and am just hoping that I start feeling better.

Seven more weeks to go and we finally get to find out the sex of our baby. At this ultrasound, April 16, I am 18 weeks and 3 days. By this time my sickness has gone away, thank goodness, and I am starting to feel much better. I have still not gained any weight, but I am sure since I feel better that will start gaining weight. I have posted several shots of HER!!!!

Now that we know she is a GIRL, we get to name her. Our new little girl will be Mary Elizabeth and we will call her Mary Beth. Now the fun begins...getting her room ready, buying girly clothes, and getting big brother ready for his new little sister.

My next appointment, May 14, was just a check to hear the heartbeat and make sure that everything was okay. I have gained weight - 6 pounds!!! The next appointment, June 12 is my one hour glucose test, which I failed with Erik, and suprise, we get to have another ultrasound. No problems with the baby just want to check on everything with me. We get yet another suprise, the ultrasound tech has just returned from an ultrasound class and she wants to experiement on me!!! For allowing her to experiment, she took a 3D of Mary Beth's face (26 weeks and 4 days). By this point I have gained 9 pounds and everything looks great!!!

Oh, by the way, I failed the glucose test again...I have to sit for 3 hours and get stuck 4 times!!! From here on out, doctor's appointments are just to measure me and hear the heartbeat. I have steadily gained about 1 pound per week up to this point and at my last appointment, which was August 21, I have gained 19 pounds. At this point I am weekly with my visits and hopefully we can introduce Mary Beth into the world soon!!!