Intelligender results

Well, I did take the test, I took it the day I said I would, I just haven't posted the results because I don't want to get my hopes up!  I really would be happy with a boy or a girl, both have their pluses.  We would love to have 3 girls and David is such an amazing Daddy to his girls!  But a boy would round things out and complete my set!  So, I would be completely happy either way and don't want one more than the other.  I do feel like its a boy though.  And, so does Intelligender.  I'll know sometime in early June, so, we'll just have to wait till then decide if we should buy stock in Intelligender or not!

11 weeks, 3 days

Week and day: 11 weeks, 3 days

Belly Button in or out: in, but amazingly shallow!  My button didn't pop until I was around 30 weeks with the TWINS and I feel very close already this time!

Wedding rings on or off: on and I plan to keep it that way for as long as possible since I JUST PUT THEM back on after my pregnancy with the girls.

Food cravings: red meat, watermelon and orange soda.

Food aversions: I still can't even think about chicken casserole.  It was the last thing I ate before we had the "stomach bug", which turned into the beginning of my morning sickness.

Nausea: Oh yes!  Much more than I had with the girls.  Although, with the girls I would feel nauseous and then throw up and have some relief.  I haven't actually thrown up with this pregnancy (other than the day of the stomach bug).  So I never get a break!  Its all day sickness and gets really, really bad every 3-4 hours, a snack usually helps it.

Energy level: EXHAUSTED!  More so than with the girls.  Some days I take 2 naps!!

Weight gain: I don't think any.  At least not according to the docs scales.

Mood: Happy!  How can you not be happy when there is a miracle growing in your belly?!?

Maternity clothes: Shoo-wee, buddy!  I ditched normal clothes as fast as I could!  I'm fully embraced my comfy, cozy maternity wardrobe!

Size of baby: fig

Changes of baby:  My baby is "now almost fully formed. Her hands will soon open and close into fists, tiny tooth buds are beginning to appear under her gums, and some of her bones are beginning to harden.  She's already busy kicking and stretching,"  From babycenter.com -- which is why they referred to the baby as "she".

Next appointment: May 7th.  Regular check-up with the doc and we'll hear the baby's heartbeat.

Other:  This pregnancy is such a miracle!  I praise God every day for his goodness!  I am loving every day of this pregnancy.  With the girls I was just so anxious to meet them I didn't take the time to truly enjoy every day of the pregnancy.  This time, I'm loving and savoring each and every day!  I can't wait to feel my little love move around, but I'm not rushing it!  Right now I'm FULLY enjoying the nausea!!  :) 

Our little lovey!

I had an ultrasound today and David and I saw our little love.  Everything looked perfect!  He/she had the hiccups and was bouncing all over the screen.  It had a strong heartbeat -- 162.  I practically begged the tech and doctor to look at the gender, but they refused!  I told them I knew at this stage with the girls and they said too bad, they don't like to "guess", they like to wait to 20 weeks and be "correct".  I suppose I understand their logic but I'm still disappointed.  I did discover the Intelligender.  Its an over the counter gender predictor.  Its only 82% accurate, but thats good enough for me!!  For now anyway.  I won't go paint the nursery blue or anything like that but it would still be fun to have an idea.  I say blue because I'm 100,000,00% positive its a boy.  Of course I said I was that sure one of the girls was a boy, too and obviously I was proven wrong then so I expect nothing less than to be incorrect, but I still have that gut feeling.  You take the test with your first morning's urine, so I'll let you know how things turn out tomorrow.  :o)

Now, a pic of the little Turner!

Isn't He/she a beauty!!  Hopefully you can figure out whats what -- basically you can really only make out the head, which is a profile on the left side of the black sack.  The body is the little blur below the head and the feet are below that which you can't see.  We saw his/her little hand waving around too, but it wasn't captured on the picture.  I also have a DVD of the whole scan.  I'll try to figure out how to load that.

And my friend Sue does a little weekly status of her feelings during her pregnancy, I think I'm going to start that because I have loved reading how she is doing each week, it really gives me something to look forward to and I'm going to assume you would enjoy it just as much!

Gotta change the name of my blog!

Turner TWINS just won't work once we become a family of FIVE!! Which should happen somewhere around November 8th.

Thats right ...

I'M PREGNANT!!

Even after seeing our little love on the ultrasound and hearing its heartbeat I'm still in complete SHOCK!  But, we couldn't be happier!  We had planned on adopting next and had even begun talking with an agency, but God had other plans!  He knows what is best for us.  

I PROMISE I will update my blog more regularly now... this baby deserves to have things documented like the girlies did.  And of course in documenting this pregnancy, you will also learn all new and exciting things going on in our lives.

The girlies went on their first Easter egg hunt last weekend, and I have some great pictures.  I'll work on them and get them posted soon... I PROMISE!  Really, hold me to it!