19 Weeks and IT'S A GIRL!!!!! :)

 

Not a great picture - but the last two days have been rough. I'm not sure if it's side effects from the shots (I've read that it could be) or if I have a virus but I have felt AWFUL...especially today. And on top of feeling yucky and not being able to get out of my pajamas all day, I also had to get another shot. :(

 

Baby's now the size of a mango!Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil, and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature. 

Yesterday I had my sonogram appt to try again to find out boy or girl. I went by myself because Travis has missed a lot of work for Dr appts already and it's also really hard to take Brody with us. I had the first appt of the day (8:45). I had a granola bar and a coke on my way there (they told me to drink caffeine and eat before the sonogram so maybe we would have better luck this time). When she started the sonogram she said "well the caffeine didn't work, this baby is not cooperating again". I was going to be so dissapointed if we still couldn't find out. She had me roll over onto my side and that got the baby to move a little bit. She was able to get all the pictures she needed for the Dr and then she said "okay you're good to go". I was thinking she couldn't tell again and I asked if we knew if it was a boy or girl. Then she said "oh, it's a girl"! I was SO excited. I have always wanted to have a boy first and then a girl so she could have a big brother to protect her. (I have a really great big brother who did that for me). The drive home was so long...I couldn't wait to get home and tell Travis. I made one stop to get pink donuts to celebrate with my boys :)  I walked in and Travis was waiting to hear, I told him we've got our girl! We are so happy and excited about our growing family and can't wait to meet our little princess :)

Brody got a special treat to celebrate his little sister- his first chocolate donut.