18 Weeks - IT'S A GIRL!!!

So, I obviously suck at this updating on what's going on in our lives on a weekly basis, but, two times in a month I figure works well enough.

We went to our first ultrasound last night and IT'S A GIRL! We are so ecstatic for her to come. We're going to name her Savannah Lynne, and she's already beautiful. Stubborn as ever and beautiful! The ultrasound took a long time because she was so wiggly and squirmy! It's amazing to see that baby on the screen and see it moving.

Last night as we were sitting there I seriously started pondering abortion. Something the doctor has brought up is that they can do an amniocentesis to see if there will be any genetic defects or anything wrong with the baby. I refuse to do needles any more than I have to, so obviously that was a no for me, but I was talking with my mom about it and we were just kind of saying what would I do about it if I knew something was wrong with my baby anyway? I'm not the type of person that would have an abortion. I believe life begins at the moment of conception, and I've never thought of this baby as an embryo, or something not living.

But last night as I was watching my baby on that television screen and seeing her heart beat and her wiggle and squirm around, I seriously contemplated how someone could have an abortion at this point and not think they're murdering their baby? Seriously, you can see their heart beating, and you can see them move their limbs and you can see the blood flowing to all the various parts of their body... I can't even imagine...

Anyway, I didn't mean to get quite so deep, but being pregnant that's kind of a touchy topic for me I guess. Back to the ultrasound.

We got to see her brain, and we could see both temporal lobes and the cerebellum, we got to see her profile, her feet and toes, her arms. It was great, when we were looking at her brain, at one point you saw her arm just woosh across the screen! My baby girl moves! Hopefully I'll be able to start feeling her move shortly... That will be so exciting!!!

We also got to see her kidneys, and her stomach, and her diaphragm, all those parts that are developing. The coolest though was her heart. You can seriously see that sucker pumping blood and beating. Last night she was at 150 bpm, which is a very healthy heart beat apparently.

And then we found out gender. Dave was really hoping for a boy, but after he found out it was a girl, he seriously could not stop smiling. Our little Savannah already has daddy wrapped around his finger. It was so cute this morning when he woke up kissed my belly and said good morning to her.

I love my husband, I love my Savannah, and I can't wait for her to come!

Hopefully I'll get around to getting ultrasound picture put up. I'll work on that in the next week or so...

15 weeks and change

So, I've officially decided I absolutely need to blog more to document my pregnancy and our lives... so here goes, we'll see how this actually works out.

I am 16 weeks pregnant on Friday, which means approximately 4 months. Only another 4 weeks and I'm half way there! And then we'll get to find out if we're having a Baby Girl Higham, or a Baby Boy Higham. I'm sure you all know what Dave is rooting for... He wants a boy so bad his teeth hurt, but he'd love our little girl just as much... He'd be wrapped around that little girlies finger so quickly it'd make you dizzy!

Pregnancy has been no picnic. I've told quite a few people there's nothing good about it. I'm nauseous a freaking LOT! But, it's getting better. And, I haven't thrown up since I think Friday... So that's like... 4 whole days! My record is 6 since finding out I was pregnant, so cross your fingers for me, ok? Also, on top of the nausea and vomiting, being pregnant has made places I didn't know exist on my body hurt like crazy! For example, did you know you can feel your tailbone? Well I didn't until I could. It hurts. Like crazy. My doctor says it's because my ligaments are loosening so my pelvis moves around. Well, that sucks and it hurts.

But Dave is super sweet through all of it, my crazy hormones that make me cry when I'm watching a hilarious movie, my insane mood swings, waking up bawling in the middle of the night because of insane dreams I'm having... Have I mentioned lately how much I love my husband? I don't think I shout that to the world enough. He seriously is the best, sweetest guy I could ask to be my husband and I am grateful every single day for him. (He even paints my toe nails for me! Who could ask for more???)

We're getting anxious for those 4 weeks to pass though, I'll tell you what. I want to know if I get my girly or my little boy! Dave has already determined that it's a boy, and he always talks to my belly using our boy names. You should see how cute he is! When he kisses me goodbye in the mornings, he kisses my belly too and tells our baby goodbye. That's really sweet gentleman, take that one down in your book of lessons.

Anyway, I'm running out of things for this post, so we'll see how well I do at keeping up on this. We'll try for like, one a week at least... but we'll see. I've never been really great at this blogging thing.