Flutters in my tummy

I have been start to feel my baby more and more lately. For the last month or so I noticed the fluttering that everyone always talks about. I wouldn't know how else to describe it! Its like butterflies fluttering in your tummy. Feels pretty cool but I can see how some women think its gas! haha

I guess since baby is getting bigger by the minute, I can feel baby a lot more now. I can usually feel where baby is and sometimes I notice a hard area on my tummy that baby is pressing up against. I still haven't felt the baby "kick" so to speak, although I know baby is in there! Jay puts his hands on my tummy to see if he can feel anything, but the OB says you wont really feel anything from the outside until 22 weeks or so.

I am always saying things like "oh baby is moving around" or "I feel the baby" or " Ohhhh baby doesn't like that" (if I move or bend a certain way) I think he is getting a little frustrated that I am having all the fun and he just has to hear me talk about it. I cant wait until he can finally feel the baby too!

Monthly Checkup

Jay and I went to our monthly checkup. They did the routine stuff - blood pressure, urine check, weight check, and to hear the heartbeat. The doctor said that my uterus is right where it should be (while pushing on my belly - how they know that I will never know!) and that baby is growing perfectly. We heard the heartbeat - a whooping 159bmp...old wives tale says its a girl.

But here is my breakdown:

Fast Heartbeat - Girl
Linea Nigra is only from belly button down - Girl
Chinese Calendar predicts - Girl
No Morning sickness - Boy
Snuck a peek at u/s at 12 weeks - Looks like a Girl
I am carrying high - Girl
Craving Sweet - Girl
Hubs growing along with Mom (he is totally getting a belly himself!) - Girl
I have acne - Girl
All Belly (at least thats what ppl are telling me) - Boy

I totally feel like its a girl!!! :) We find out on September 9th!!! Cant wait.

Trip to the OB

When I called the OB and described my symptoms she says.."ummm yeah I think you should come in!" Sounding very alarming I quickly left work and hurried over to see the doctor. 2 HOURS LATER and I got some prescriptions to take, as well as hearing the heartbeat and checking to make sure everything else is okay - which it was.

It was cute too, when the doc was checking for the heartbeat she has her hand on my tummy - she said she felt the baby kick! She must really know what to feel for because Jay and I have yet to feel it from the outside. As for the inside I have been feeling the "quickening and butterflies" for a while now. Sometimes, I can really feel baby moving all over the place! We are going to have one active baby!!!

Some Bumps in the Road

I had an easy pregnancy at first, but now in my second trimester when things are suppose to get easier, I have it a little harder. A few weeks ago I have been experiencing some tailbone pain. Doc says that there is nothing I can do about it, just deal with the pain. It just stinks that I have a desk job and sit on my bum for 8 hours a day! I borrowed that doughnut thing from my sister in law when she had a baby and it helps a lot!

Yesterday I think I had what they call is Round Ligament Pain. It was a sharp then a dull ache in my lower left side of my abdomen. At first I got scared and thought it was something worse, but when I looked it up online and in my books it reassured me that it was RLP. It is completely normal - its the stretching of your uterus to accomodate the growing baby. Its just one of those things that again you just have to deal with the pain. :)

Then this morning I woke up and went to the bathroom. After I urinated I had some mild cramping. I couldnt even stand up right away. After a minute I was fine but it is still something alarming to me. I called my doc but they aren't open until 10am so I am going to call back then. It could be a bladder infection or just from holding in a lot of pee for too long (which I think I did last night)....so who knows!

I am not complaining in the least, its just that all these things make me worry!!!