Little Peanut

I had my first appointment at the hospital on Friday. I had to attend a brief orientation with lots of paperwork, followed by my first ultrasound and labwork. For this ultrasound, I had to have a full bladder. Not fun! But seeing my tiny baby on the screen and his/her heartbeat made up for the discomfort.

For the labwork, I had to do a urine test and lots of blood work. They had a hard time finding a vein! They poked me 6 different times and moved the needle around under my skin to locate a vein (ouch!). I don't know who was more happy when we finally did find one and sucked 6 vials of blood out of me! Now, I look like a druggie who had one too many hits! Urrgghh...hate needles.

Anyway, as of today, I'm 9 weeks pregnant. Little peanut has been making me feel really tired and hungry ALL the time. But ain't my peanut cute??!!

A picture speaks a thousand words

Yes, that's right!! We're expecting another baby! I just found out yesterday afternoon. I have yet to go to the doctor. But according to my calculation using a due date calculator this baby should be due some time in the middle of March 2008. Any guesses whether we will be having a boy or a girl? According to the Chinese gender prediction chart, we're having a girl. But it said I was going to have a girl when I had my first child...which turned out to be a boy. We're really excited and have been talking about baby No. 2 for awhile now. So, we're really happy that it finally happened. My husband really wants a girl. But I'm happy either way.

The only thing I'm bumped about is that my husband is not going to be around when this next one is born as he will be on a deployment to Iraq. But that's ok. Hundreds of military spouses have done it. So can I! I know I will be ok here as I have a wonderful support group here amongst my friends and church members.

I know this may sound strange but I think my son knew that I'm pregnant even before I did. He has been acting a little strange in the last week or so. He has been SUPER clingy and only wants me to do things for him. If my husband tries to hold him or do things for him, he gets upset! In the last few nights, he has also been waking up in the middle of the night screaming for me. So, I got this feeling that maybe he knew. So, after I found out yesterday, I had a long talk with him. Told him how he's going to be a big brother. And how Mommy still loves him very, very much, etc. And after our talk, he's back to his usual self! Not clingy anymore and he slept through the night. A child's instinct, I guess. Looks like I'm going to have to work with him a little bit more on this being a big brother thingy!