Pregnancy Update: 19 weeks and Counting

Today marks I am 19 weeks pregnant, I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going, and that I'm almost half way there to meeting our third child.  I definitely look pregnant now, and I look and feel bigger than I was at this point last time when I was pregnant with Liam.  I hear it's normal to get bigger faster the more babies you have, it doesn't make me feel better about my expanding waistline though.  I asked Bill last night, if he wanted to get me a Christmas present that he could carry the baby for the next 4 months, he just looked at me and smiled.

Rylie asks me everyday if I have a baby in my belly and when is the doctor going to get "her" out.  She is in total denial that she could be having a brother. I asked her if she would be okay if she had another brother and she replied, "Yes, a brother would be okay, but then could you give me a sister?"  I told her mommy wouldn't be having any other babies and she might just have two brothers.  I feel bad and if I could guarantee her a sister, I would have one more(Bill will probably roll his eyes at this), but since we don't get to pick a boy or a girl, we are stopping at three children no matter the sex.  All that matters is a healthy baby, and I'm sure Rylie will love and accept her brother or sister.

I do have a few pregnancy cravings.  My favorite breakfast is cinnamon/raisin bagels with honey nut cream cheese and butter with chocolate milk to drink.(explains my expanding waistline right!)  I love milk when I am pregnant, it has been that way with all of my pregnancies, and I can't get enough of it.  I crave Mexican food, we are having a Mexican food themed Christmas Eve dinner!  I also crave a big cheeseburger every now and then.

I am pretty much over my morning sickness.  Brushing my teeth does make me gag and sometimes vomit.  I know it's weird and I've tried different toothpastes, but I still gag.  Some patients come into work smelling like cat, makes me sick, as well as smelling smoke and raw meat.  I am happy that most of my nausea is gone.

We find out the sex of our baby on Friday, and we are very excited to finally know if we are having a boy or girl.  Hopefully the little stinker cooperates so we can see between the legs!!  We have been told by three different ultrasound techs what the baby mostly likely is (shh, don't tell my mom, she will hold her Christmas cookies hostage for not telling her), but we are keeping it to ourselves until Christmas Eve when all of our family comes over.  I still don't believe the sex that the ultrasound techs have told me. I just had in my mind what the baby was when I found out I was pregnant and I am unsure of what they see the baby is.  We will find out for sure who is right on Friday!

So that's the scoop on what has been going on with the baby, the pregnancy is going pretty good so far.  I will post some baby bump pictures soon.  Once we share with our family what the baby is, I will try to blog our ultrasound and some pictures of our growing baby.