Baby News

Well, Baby #2 is not going to be due in November. We have a new due date: December 11th. Still, I am happy with that. The baby should still be here for Christmas. Yay! 

Like I said, my periods are wonky and I have never been one to be consistent with them. I had a period in February. I missed my March period not because I was pregnant though...just because my body decided that I was gonna miss that one. I normally have a period on the 10th through the 15th {well, normally means when I do have them} and I took a test on the 17th of March and it came out negative. Took another one and that too was negative. Missed again in April.  I started having tenderness in my breasts and felt like stuff was happening in my uterus...which is not something I had ever experienced before. So when I missed April's period I took a test and sure enough it was positive. So that means that my body just loved me and didn't want to provide me with a March period and then let me get pregnant after that period would have ended. LMAO.  Somehow I was really surprised that I was pregnant, yet I just knew that I was at the same time. After a blood test to confirm, it started to really sink in. 

It didn't really sink in though until yesterday. I had an OB appointment to measure the fetus to get a more accurate due date. The little bugger was only about 1 inch long or so, which is consistent with a March conception {9 weeks 4 days...well, 9 weeks 5 days now}...not consistent with their original projected date of November 18th {conception in February and would have been 13 weeks today}. 

Either way, I was so excited to see that little fetus. It made my heart happy. I got to share the moment with my fiancée and our 3 year old. He didn't want to go in with us, but once he was in there he was so excited to see that little fetus on the big screen. We were actually able to hear a heartbeat which was unexpected. 171. Fast! I have heard all the old wives tales...which say with a heartbeat that fast it could be a girl. But I don't really know what to think at this point. 

I don't really believe in all those old wives tales but they are certainly fun to entertain even for just a short while. 

This is the Chinese Lunar Calendar Gender Prediction: I am 25, and I concevied in March {just after I turned 25 too!!}, so by this I am having another little boy. When I had Lawson, I was 20 at the time of conception and I conceived in September...and it was correct. I had us a little boy.  This is the Western Gregorian Calendar Gender Prediction: Woman's Birth Year  194019411942 194319441945 194619471948 194919501951 195219531954 195519561957 195819591960 196119621963 196419651966 196719681969 197019711972 197319741975 197619771978 197919801981 198219831984 198519861987 198719881989199019911992    1986 Month  123 456 789 101112  3 Day  123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 192021 222324 252627 282930 31  2  Time Zone  CHINAESTCST MSTPSTYST HST01 234 567 8910 1112-1 -2-3-4 -5-6-7 -8-9-10 -11-12  EST        Conception Year  194519461947 194819491950 195119521953 195419551956 195719581959 196019611962 196319641965 196619671968 196919701971 197219731974 197519761977 197819791980 198119821983 198419851986 198719881989 199019911992 199319941995 199619971998 199920002001 200220032004 20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015   2011 Month  123 456 789 101112  3 Day  123 456 789 101112 131415 161718 192021 222324 252627 282930 31  13  Time Zone  CHINAESTCST MSTPSTYST HST 012 345 678 91011 12-1-2 -3-4-5 -6-7-8 -9-10-11 -12  EST     It's a girl!  (Chinese Age 26 at Lunar month 2)   This one says a girl is what I am in store for. I don't know the exact day  of conception, so I just went back 9 weeks and 4 days. And I went with  the 13th...but my period would not have been over at that point. I redid it  a few more times and all the March dates I put in came up with girl...so who  knows!! What do you think?? Boy or Girl?? I would be happy with either. As long as it  is healthy and happy.  Rebecca