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22 Weeks (Halloween!)

Another Baby Dream - and Week 22

I had another quite vivid baby dream last night starring my baby and my friend Laura's baby.  Back when I had the original dream about these two babies early in my pregnancy, it was also extremely vivid.  These were definitely the same 2 babies from the previous dream - super cute and both girls :)  We were all staying in some sort of vacation home in Colorado.  Laura and I at one point wondered where the babies went and someone had put them both in a big bed in the upstair bedroom for a nap.  They were so cute napping together!  The only disturbing part of this dream was that Laura's baby was a normal 6 lb. baby and mine was, like, 25 lbs!!!  She didn't LOOK huge, she just was super heavy to carry!  Now I know that mine will be almost 2 months older, but she better not be any 25 lbs at 2 months old! 

Back in reality, this baby is pretty active right now!  Lots of flipping around and wiggling (mostly at night).  But I love it everytime I can feel her, so I always try to stop and appreciate it when I can.  Although I hope she's not this wiggly when she's born - I want her to snuggle up to me instead of try to get away!  I cannot believe it's 4 months away now and that according to What to Expect... I'm beginning month 6 this weekend.  I've been reading the next chapter each month and it's always interesting to read about what is going on with the baby and myself.  Pretty soon, i'll want to read ahead to the end in case she comes earlier than expected.  Although I'm still telling her not to come any earlier than March 5th.  If I put my mind to it, she'll stay where she is until I'm ready, right?  Well, who knows, but I'll use my mind power to keep her inside until March 5th when I'm done teaching for the year.  (And can I just tell you how lovely it is to think about having only about 16 more weeks of teaching for this year?) 

Week 21

At 21 weeks my tummy already feels like it's huge, so I can't imagine another 10 weeks from now... much less 20 more weeks from now!  I was saying to Sean last night, "About 4 months from now, we'll be saying 'she'll be here any day now'!"  That's so crazy that in about 4 months she will be here! 

This weekend my grandparents and my sister were in town, so I spent some time with them.  My sister and I decorated many cute little onesies because we think that's just so fun to do.  They turned out so cute!  I'll have to post a picture another time because I realized that I didn't take photos with my own camera.  I have a feeling this baby is going to have an overly abundant supply of clothing :)  I have been pretty good myself as far as not buying too much yet.  A few people have bought clothes for the baby, but we have only bought 1 little dress and shoes, and a set of Husker onesies for next football season when we went to Lincoln for a game.  And, of course, the onesies that we decorated this weekend. 

I still need to look at registering and choosing things like bedding.  I feel like I've scoured the internet for crib bedding and just haven't found anything that I love.  I suppose I'll just keep looking until something jump out at me.

In the meantime, she's moving around a lot!  However, I'm not sure what movements are little kicks and what are hiccups.  I keep reading that they hiccup a lot, but what I feel could be that or it could be little kicks.  I'm just not sure.  It also never fails that I can see these little movements but as soon as I call Sean in to look at my tummy (or my family), she stops moving altogether! 

I had the first baby dream since the very beginning of my pregnancy the other night and again, she was supposed to be a newborn, but really looked more like a 5 - 6 month old baby.  She was cute, though!  I wonder all the time what she's going to look like.  Will she look like the dreams I've had, or completely different from that?  Just over 4 months until I can see for myself!  I can't wait to hold her and just look at her :)

Week 20

Here is 20 weeks!  I'm not sure how much longer I'll want to post the "bare belly" photos! 

Ultrasound Photos

11 Week Ultrasound

20 Week Ultrasound

Baby GIRL Miglini!

We got to have our 20 week ultrasound yesterday and got the exciting news that IT'S A GIRL!!!  I am so excited to finally know and to be able to plan for our new daughter.  The ultrasound was pretty good... it took the tech awhile to find the sex because of course she was all squished up against the side of my uterus with her legs together, but she looked at the baby several times until she moved enough to see and said it was a girl.  I even had her check again later on to make sure "it still looked like a girl".  She also did measurements of everything (literally), cheked the heartrate (144) and she and the doctor both said that everything looked good, so that was definitely a relief.  We got several pictures printed and a DVD.  However, she was so squirmy that we really didn't get too many good photos where we can see much.  I'll try to post a good one pretty soon, but I need to go to my mom's house to use her scanner for that. 

We had our parents over last night to make our announcement and I had baked 2 cakes earlier in the week (one pink, one blue).  Before everyone came over, I frosted thepink one in white icing with green borders and topped it with a small rubber ducky and pacifier.  Sean's dad got to cut into the cake and tell everyone whether he saw pink or blue!  We were so excited to share the news and everyone is looking forward to shopping for baby girl clothes now.  I bought one little dress and pair of silver sparkly shoes yesterday so that I could take a photo and text it to my sister to announce the news to her.  I just couldn't bear to say plain old "It's a girl" to anyone... I had to make a small production out of it, of course!  Today, Sean and I went with our friends Laura and Casey to Lincoln to see the not-so-hot Husker game against Texas.  Before the game we went to the bookstore and bought little girly onesies for next football season when our little one will be 6 - 9 months old. 

Speaking of my friend Laura, back in one of my earliest posts, I mentioned a dream that I had about my best friend and I having babies that were both girls and mine looked about 8 months old and hers looked about 6 months old... well I must be a little psychic because she is also pregnant and due at the end of April which means our babies WILL be about 2 months apart and so far we know mine is a girl... the dream is actually happening!  Crazy!  I have a pretty good feeling she'll have a girl too, which will complete my dream :) 

And one more exciting thing is that I'm pretty sure I can feel her move now!  Last night when I got in bed, I could feel some little popping sensations when I was lying on my left side and had my hand on my lower right side.  I had Sean come put his hand there and he could feel it too!  I felt it a few more times today as well, so I'm pretty sure that's what it is.  How exciting to finally be able to really feel something in there!  It's quite amazing, I must say...

Week 18

Baby has a crib all ready to go!  We really didn't intend to have the crib ready so early, we expected it to take several weeks to even come into the store where we ordered it because that's what the sales lady told us when we originally picked it out.  However, when we went to buy it, they said they already had one in stock (along with the dresser) and we could take it home that day!  Instead, we had the store hold it for us for a few weeks while we cleaned out the bedroom.  The queen size bed that was in this room before was not able to fit downstairs because our staircase was designed too ridiculously stupid to fit any furniture down there!  So we had St. Vincent's come pick it up along with some of Sean's super old bedroom furniture for their second-hand shop.  Sean and his dad went and picked up the crib and dresser this past weekend and the dresser was already put together (looks great!) and we started to put the crib together Monday night (because I'm impatient when it comes to getting new things - I want them put together immediately!) but instead of a left and right side of the crib, our box included two left sides... so we had to go back tot he store to trade for the correct piece.  We finally got the crib all put together on Tuesday night and it looks so pretty!  We still can't really put the furniture where it will go permanently since for now, this is also our computer room.  We need to move the computer and desk out before we can move the baby furniture around where we want it.  Oh!  And I also got a glider rocker last week and put it together all by myself!  So we pretty much have the main furniture.  I still want a small changing table and a bookshelf for the room, but those can wait awhile.

Here is my latest photo which was taken when we went to Nebraska City last weekend to visit the Arbor Day Farm.

Week 17

Me at 17 weeks

Bigger belly now, huh?  I must have grown quite a bit in the last week because I'm starting to have issues sleeping at night.  I'll wake up with these lovely pains in the sides of my belly and have to switch positions several times during the night.  I've gone on long walks the past 3 nights though, so at least I'm doing something active.  It's nice to be able to walk outside while it's still nice out.  I just hope I can sleep better tonight because this is ridiculous!

Week 16

I had my 16 week appointment today and it went well.  Baby's heartrate is in the upper 140s to 150s and sounds strong.  The doctor said that Baby is also moving around quite a bit (away from her doppler every time she tried to hear the heart)!  We are scheduled for our 20 week ultrasound in about 4 more weeks so we should hopefully be able to find out whether Baby Miglini will be a little boy or girl at that time :) 

Also, I finally got the green light to exercise again so I came home and did P90X yoga (just part of it because there's no way I'd last 90 min. after 3 months of no exercise).  We did about 45 min. though.  There are some yoga poses I can't do comfortably anymore, so I had to modify quite a bit.  I want to get a couple of good prenatal workout videos that aren't too pricey...

Another fun thing is that we got the crib and dresser ordered last weekend.  We decided to go with a black modern looking set and if it's a boy we will probably do blue and black with green accents and if it's a girl, pink and black with some accent color.  It should be cute! 

Week 15

Here is my latest belly photo.  It's hard to tell how much it grows in 2 weeks until I look at the pictures!  I definitely have to wear mostly maternity pants now although I was crafty and resewed the buttons over slightly on some of my jeans so I can still wear them for a bit longer.

I had the BEST time shopping yesterday though for maternity clothes!  I decided to try out the Bigwheels 2 Butterflies maternity store down in Papillion (used clothes) and I figured I'd just be browsing what they have and leaving empty-handed, but I was impressed with the quality and style of the clothes they put out.  And the prices were amazing!  So I ended up buying several shirts, a pair of jeans, 2 pairs of work pants, and a cute black dress in case I ever need to dress up!  I got it all for $52.  They had some nice brand name clothing too.  I will definitely be going back there to look some more as I need more long-sleeved stuff.

As far as the pregnancy, I haven't felt any movement yet and all the websites say that should happen anytime in the next few weeks.  Instead, I've been feeling the ligament pain of my belly stretching.  Also some upper rib pain at times that REALLY bothers me!  I have read what feels like a million books and websites and they all say this is normal, so I guess I'll take their word for it.  I am scheduled for my 16 week appt. on Wednesday and then I will schedule in my 20 week ultrasound.  I am looking forward to this appt. for a little more time with the doctor to ask questions about this upcoming ultrasound and what all they look at/for during it.  I hope to hear the heartbeat again (always reassuring) and I don't know what else I'll be doing except weighing (NOT looking forward to that!)  But at least I feel like I look pregnant now and not fat.  I don't think I'll get too hung up on the weight gain thing knowing that I'll need to work on losing it no matter what after the baby arrives.  I plan on just enjoying being pregnant and not worrying too much about staying "on track" with my weight.  It's not like I was large to begin with.  I do hope for a green light on exercising and everything now though!  I guess I'll know in 5 more days what the doctors think :)