Baby Movements

She's been moving quite a lot lately. Tonight is the first night I felt a kick on the outside. Unfortunately by the time Randy tried to feel, the strong ones were over and I only felt light ones from the inside that he couldn't. I am hoping she will kick a little stronger so Randy can feel her too!! She wiggles a lot but she is still too small for anyone to feel on the outside!

It's a GIRL!!!!

Most of you were right!! It's a GIRL!!!

My stumpy troll feet

Over this past weekend Randy and I went to Jalama Beach to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary (hail to broke newlyweds with a baby on the way!). My feet got so sunburned they are sore, swollen and look like chubby, stumpy troll feet! RED troll feet. Not attractive.

Goodbye skinny ankles, Hello Cankles!! I hope this doesn't continue much longer.

2nd Trimester Cravings

Now that morning sickness is basically non-existent, I have began to crave foods. Nothing strange like pickles dipped in ice cream but I am noticing a trend. Here's my cravings list:

• Hot Dogs (especially from Costco food court)
• Slim Jims (buy one each time I am in the check out lane)
• Cherry slushies/slurpies (Thanks Randy for the late night runs to 711!)
• Milk (My new best friend since heartburn started)
• Buffalo Wings with Ranch Dressing
• Baked potatoes (this has been pretty consistent even when morning sickness was at its peak)

So that's about it so far. None of these are together at once just random things I want and have a few times a week!!

My Labor & Delivery Experience

On Mother's Day morning, I had some red spotting when I went to the restroom. It didn't last long at all and never came back. I hesitated to call my doctor but given my history I thought I should.

He asked the usual questions. Had I been lifting heavy things, straining, had sex, etc. No's to all questions. He decided I should go into Labor & Delivery at San Dimas Hospital to get checked out since his office was closed. It was great because he called ahead and let them know we were coming so we didn't need to go and wait hours for the ER.

When I got there, I peed in a cup to check my urine. The nurse checked my cervix to see if it dilated. It was closed and thick like it should be. I was hooked up to a machine to be monitored for contractions for 30 minutes. She also checked the heartbeat and during that time the baby moved a lot and she was very pleased with that. No contractions, no more blood.

Everything was fine. Baby was doing good. Guess it was something random. She said it can happen unexplained from time to time. Surprisingly, I was not freaked out at all by this. I was calm. Like I knew everything was okay but still taking precautions. I was proud of myself.

The L&D nurses were really nice and one said she will see me in 4 months!

18 Week Appointment

Today was another appointment. Not much happened. We just heard the heartbeat again. 150bpm! I have now officially only gained about 8 pounds and I am almost half way through.

Our big ultrasound is scheduled for May 21st! We will find out the sex of the baby then! We are so excited and anxious. The countdown begins!!!