Single and Pregnant

Well as you already know I'm married BUT as I get further along my fingers have gotten fatter and my skin dryer which makes wearing my wedding rings uncomfortable. I stopped wearing my engagement ring a couple of months ago but unless I want to lather up soap or lotion to put my band on its not going to happen. Well as I walk around with a protruding belly I get a lot of looks from older woman and I can just imagine them thinking "Humph! Another black pregnant single girl!" I shouldn't worry or care what people think but it bothers me! But it kinda does! I mean DH and I have been married for 5 years because we wanted to be ready. When people (including parents!) pressured and asked us why we weren't with child we knew we wanted to BOTH be ready in all aspects. I feel proud that we waited and God blessed us when He saw fit so maybe I want to share that with the passerby in the street and a ring does so in a way with no words. Oh well, I got two options. Wait till baby is born or wear cz's lol. I'm seriously considering the latter! My rings are gold so maybe I'll wear silver (platinum) for the next 4 months lol.

I have attached a picture of my pregnant belly at 19 weeks!

No Sex For A Month!

So my doctor told me that I'm not allowed to have sex until ny next appointment which is a month away!! Well 3 weeks now :( I'm so depressed! Finally when we can have unprotected sex I'm prohibited!! This little girl is ruining our sex life already! We joked about how she won't let me no where near DH as she will be the new most important female in the house! Well! She's started in the womb!

On another note, I found out I have a bladder infection, so its not just the baby that increases the bathroom trips! So I've been taking pills for that for the next 7 days. It has reduced my trips to the bathroom so I'm happy about that! Well I'm 18 weeks tomorrow so... Only 4 months and 2 weeks to go!

OMG!!! It's A.........

LoL, before I tell you what it is I'm going to make you sweat lol... Don't cheat and scroll down!!! So... we went to the sonogram place and requested a regular 2d black and white gender sonogram. Since I'm only 17 weeks I didn't want to pay extra when the baby wasn't fat yet! So the the lady was looking at the baby and her head is buried in my back and resting on my bladder!!! Hence me using the bathroom so much! So we were in there for about 30 minutes and BOY was this baby stubborn!!! It would kick but wouldn't separate it's thighs!!! I was almost about to lose hope and give up when the tech said Oh!!! I see it! And froze the frame! She said..."Are you ready????" DH and I both said yes and she wrote on the screen::::::



GIRL!!!!

LOL, so of course, I screamed because I was expecting her to say it was a boy!!! But we are both so incredibly happy!!! We can't wait to go shopping!

Save The Date Invites! Cheap!!!!

So I started sending out Save the Date invites to my family and friends because since it is a summer shower, people will be making vacation plans. The Godparents will send out the official invites later. I have 8 different kinds of cards that I bought from Micheal's Arts & Crafts. Below is a picture of how some of them look:



And below is how they look on the inside:



Micheal's Art & Crafts is a GREAT store!!! I spend $10.00 on the invites (50 of them), $3.00 on the foot/hand print stickers, and $7.00 the inside label (from Staples. So I got my Save the Date invites for $20!! What's better than that!! lol. As you can see, I'm super excited. There's nothing more important to me than being a mom and I want to make sure I'm as involved as possible!

My Baby at 16w3d

Here is a picture of a picture of the sonogram!

Another Scare!!!

I'm sorry I haven't been on for so long. I've been too sleepy to type lol. So let me tell you how my week has gone so far!

So on Tuesday evening, I went home from work and noticed I was spotting bright red blood!!! I called the on-call doctor and she said for me to lie down with my feet up and to come into the office in the morning. She didn't want me to go to the ER because of the stress they may put me through (she was a woman who seemed sensitive to my feelings.) Anyway, I call out sick and I went to the doctor yesterday morning and the doctor (another female) said the bleeding could be from my cervix, placenta, or baby! So the doctor did a quick exam and said my cervix was good. Then she tried to use the Doppler and couldn't find the heart beat so she did a sono. We saw the baby and the heart was beating. The baby even did a little dance for us LOL. He shook one leg, then another, then his arms!! So then we went to get a real sonogram with a tech and they said that I have a low line placenta and that may block the baby during delivery. I have another appt with the doctor tomorrow and he'll tell me more about this. I looked it up and basically it's something that could correct itself but if it doesn't then I would have to have a c-section because it could come out first during deliver (bad) or it could block the baby's way out (also bad!) Also the tech said the baby may be a boy!! Which is why I keep saying "he." But she won't confirm until my next appt. AND best of all, I stopped bleeding!! They did say if I started bleeding then I got to be on bedrest until it stops. I had a mental talk with the baby and God and said the more time I take off now, the less time I'll have with the baby. They both listened!

I will update you guys with my follow-up appointment which is today.