Little Monkey

You may know me as The Evil Stepmonster from my other blog, but I decided to create a 2nd blog to talk about our little Monkey that is due October 27, 2010. The thought of clouding up one of the only positive things in our life with Stepmonster stuff really just had no appeal. So... here goes.

I am 20 weeks pregnant this week. I've had a very hard time staying focused the last few days. Mainly because we have our 4D ultrasound on Thursday morning and we "hope" to find out the sex if the little monkey cooperates. My mind is consumed with picking out bedding and decorating the room. Thursday can't come soon enough, although I am pretty pleased that this week has been busy at work and seems to be sailing by.

To catch you up to speed, my pregnancy has been picture perfect. I'm sorry all you other ladies that were miserable. I'm sure I'll get there considering that I will be HUGE pregnant for the entire hot & humid St. Louis summer.

So... about the journey: After trying for quite a while with no success to get pregnant, we were instructed by my doctor to take a pregnancy test prior to starting our first round of Progestin & Clomid in mid-February. To our surprise it was positive. WOW!! What a difference NOT trying to get pregnant makes! Since we had been working on the new house and spending all our time and energy there, we slacked off on all of the timed "activity". Apparently we found time... at just the right time. Although I have an ballpark idea, I'm not really sure when it happened.

At my first obstetrician appointment my due date was set for September 30th based on my LMP, but later that day after my ultrasound my due date was moved to October 27th. Since it was already March I was super psyched with the September date - 1/3 of my pregnancy was almost passed. What do you do though?? The date is the date, but the baby will make its mind up on when it actually arrives.

Since Jay works at the hospital, I have easy access to dopplers to hear the heart beat whenever I want. That has been one of the most convenient things along the way. Sometimes it just puts my mind to ease when I hear it so I often go up there after stressful days when he is working for a quick listen. It is the most magical thing I have ever heard in my life. I won't forget the first time we heard it together - we both cried. Around 17 weeks I began feeling movement - little flutters or what felt like Pop Rocks in my gut. Cute, but occasionally rather annoying when you cannot get comfortable at 3 am! I guess the sleep deprivation now is just preparing me for what is soon to come!

Starting yesterday the movement has become more pronounced and regular. It still makes me giggle and smile when I feel it. Although my life is in chaos now with all of the drama that Season is causing us, we really do have so much to be thankful for now. These little reminders keep me grounded.