It’s a girl!

I had my first ultrasound appointment yesterday and I called my parents immediately after, well after we went out to eat. This morning I sent out an email to everyone with pictures of the ultrasound.

One friend said:

Woo hoo a girl! I really like her name too, it’s so pretty. I always get a little chuckle though when one of our big bad male friends has a daughter! It always feels so just.

My reply:

Actually Kurt seemed a little relieved that it’s a girl. He has some strange idea that in order to be a good dad to a boy you’ve gotta play sports with him and Kurt isn’t into any sports. I kept telling him that a boy will mostly likely be attached to whatever sport/activity dad likes, which in Kurt’s case would be everything motorcycle. :P He’s already talking about a dirt bike for little Sophia.

Kurt’s mother said:

I have never seen an ultrasound before. I am surprised at how clear it is. She is BEAUTIFUL! But what the hell happened to Darth Jorgen?

My reply:

You should see the 3-D ultra sound pics they have out now. One of my co-workers got those and they’re kinda creepy. You actually see the face and they give it a flesh tone.

Oh and about Darth – Apparently Sophia won out during the great sperm war of January 2007.

That’s right Sophia – if you had been a boy there was a chance your name would have been Darth as in Darth Vader. Kurt even said once, “I hope he has asthma” – so that you would sound just like Darth. The other name he wanted was Erik, after his brother. My objection to that one was that it would seem like you were named after me, and Eric with a “k” just isn’t right. :P

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Halfway point

Today, Mother’s day, I’m at the exact halfway point. I’ve been pregnant for four months and nineteen days and have four months and nineteen days to go – that’s if you’re going by the way that doctor’s measure pregnancy which begins on the first day of the last menstrual period and if the baby actually comes out on October first. Otherwise this entire post in null and void.

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No ultrasound yet

When I made my doctor appointment for today I asked if this would be the ultrasound appointment where I get to know the gender. “Oh we don’t do that here” she said, “They’ll have to give you a referral.” Damn it! Apparently they don’t have the ultrasound equipment there at their office. Kurt and I went to the appointment this afternoon…I now weigh 147 pounds!!!

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Weight gain

A friend emailed to see how I was doing. I told her the morning sickness / nausea is over and I’m not as sleepy as I was before. I don’t even feel pregnant except that I’m hungry all the time and I’ve gained 13 pounds.

Her reply:

Oh my God!! For some reason I wasn’t thinking you are going to gain weight.
I want to see you with you weight on :) I am glad your morning sickness is over. That is the worst part of being pregnant.

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Shopping for baby

I went to Babies ‘R’ Us on Saturday with three friends two of them are pregnant and are also due in October. One of them is having twins. They’ve both been through pregnancy once before and so I was using them to help me figure out what I need and don’t need and what to look for and watch out for in some products. Those two left after about an hour or so and my other friend and I decided to grab one of the registry scanner things and just go to town. After that we went to a store called “Just for Kids”. It’s a second hand store. I bought a baby swing for $35 there. It was one of those things that I had previously thought unnecessary partly because I’m afraid my kid may inherit my motion sickness. The others said it’s very useful, so I figure $35 for a swing that looks brand new was too good to pass up.

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Diaper Pins

I needed some safety pins to hold up my maternity pants so I bought some diaper pins. I thought it was fitting in a weird sort of way. When I took them out of the package I noticed the warning on it read, “Keep out of baby’s reach. Contains a functional sharp point. Never leave a baby unattended.” How on earth did people diaper their babies before disposables if they can’t use diaper pins within baby’s reach? – And no, it did not specify “only when not in use” it simply said keep out of reach due to “functional sharp point”. As opposed to those sharp points that don’t function? And “never leave a baby unattended” – are you supposed to watch them sleep? I know they’re cute at that age, but watching a baby sleep could get really boring.

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Morning Sickness

Why do they call it morning sickness when most of us know that it’s not limited to morning? I guess “all day sickness” just isn’t as catchy. Doesn’t matter, I only had nausea except for the one time I insisted on brushing my tongue and it set off my gag reflex. No, I was brushing that far back. Just touching the end of my tongue literally made my sick. All that seems to be gone now and I pretty much feel like my regular self only I don’t fit in my regular pants and I’m still belchy.

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