19 weeks

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

I thought I bet to start posting about the pregnancy here. I'm currently 19 weeks. I felt the baby kick for sure the first time last Wednesday in the middle of teaching class. It was a strong *bump* in the middle of my belly, and it surprised me, though I didn't show it to the class. For weeks, I'd been feeling a flutter. But one can never know what the cause of that is. This, on the other hand, is a kick.

Next week we find out the sex of the baby, though all signs point to a boy. We asked our friends' 3 year old daughter, and she, who apparently thinks all babies are girls said it was a boy. Then, last week, when I walked into Mike's 96 year-old grandmother's house, she immediately announced, "you're having a boy!" as if she were definite. Apparently, she could tell by the way I was carrying.

Information you may or may not want to know but you're reading this blog so I'm going to tell you:
1. I found out I was pregnant Christmas morning.
2. I had morning sickness from weeks 6 through 11, and then for a one night at 14 weeks. Morning sickness started at sundown and continued until noon the next day. I did not throw up. But sometimes I felt so nauseated, I wished that I could.
3. I had aversions more than cravings during the first trimester. I didn't want to eat anything but I knew that if I didn't eat anything, I would feel more sick. So I ate, but I didn't look at my food. I had some cravings for grapefruit. And I bought a lot of it.
4. The baby's in utero name is "The Dancer" a.k.a. "Cooper II."