Baby GIRL!

We had our 18 week ultrasound yesterday.  Found out we are getting another little girl.  Greg was a little upset, or at least he said he had to act like he was upset but he's really not :)  He is the only dude in our house, even both of our dogs are girls.  LOL.  I think God's giving us girls just to soften his heart.  :)  Baby looked really good.  I am 18 weeks, 5 days but baby is measuring a week ahead.  Weighs 8 ounces, has 2 hands/2 feet, she didn't see any Amniotic Bands in there at all, so we are looking good.  I know I haven't written about Kyla lately. She is doing really well.  Can make a mess of a perfectly clean room in a matter of seconds.  She's a busy body.  Loves to be home with Mom, isn't so big on going to daycare.  We are thinking all of that through right now.  If I'll stay home/continue working, what...  So much to think about and I am very picky about care of my kids, when they are babies especially.  We will see.  Anyhow, wanted to share the news.  I figure even though I'm talking about this new baby a lot now...it totally has to do with ABS because if you think about parents who already have children with ABS, I believe a concern to all of us is "will our next baby be alright, or will it have the same thing?" etc.  There is lots of worry involved.  I felt my Husband last night after the lady stepped out of the room to get our ultrasound pictures and he was damp through the 3 shirts he was wearing...I was like "why are you sweating?" he said he was anxious, just wanted to make sure baby looked fine and everything was there like it should be.  It's definately an issue for parents who have children who have ABS and want to have another.  I was told that ABS is kind of like a fluke, if it happens to one kid, it won't happen again.  It doesn't look like it is for us.  So another Vance girl on the way.  Once again, I had boy names, but no girl names.  We are going to have to think of a good girl name.  We already have one in mind, but I am picky about names too, I believe kids will become their name, so it's a very important decision...don't want no brats, don't want no provocative names, just cute nice names, so we get a cute nice kid.  :)

Good, Strong, Fast Heartbeat!

So I was super nervous at my appt, and the doctor understood.  He said it's always the Mom's with 4 normal/perfect pregnancies that are never nervous and don't ever think anything could go wrong.  He got out the doppler right away and automatically we heard a fast strong heartbeat, never skipped a beat, he said it couldn't sound any better than it did.  I was so relieved.  Definately thanked God for taking care of my little baby immediately following the appointment.  Heart rate was in the 150's, kind of slow, which sometimes means boy... yikes!  I don't know what I would do with a boy.  There are not many boys in my family, a lot of girls, but not many boys.  I would be clueless...  BUT we have to wait 3 more weeks to find out.  I was bummed about that a little, but I trust him and will be so excited when the day finally gets here!  I'm apparently 14 weeks and due date is June 28th.  He is even already talking about c-section scheduled date of June 25th, but that's a little ways from now.  Kyla is going to be such a good big sister.  She is already asking to give "baby sister" (aka my belly) hugs and kisses and rubs.  So sweet that girl.  Anyway, wanted to send a quick update before I head home for the day.  Take care everyone.

Dr. Appt Today

We've got a dr. appt for the baby today.  I'm stressing.  Ughhhh.  I was so not like this when I was pregnant with Kyla.  I really do wonder if a lot of it has to do with the fact that I thought my pregnancy was fine with Kyla until she was born, now I feel like I doubt what the ultrasounds are showing or that the doppler isn't working or that I can't trust the doctor.  Last appointment the doctor couldn't hear the baby's heartbeat but he didn't search very long to try to find it.  As in move the doppler over my belly a lot to look for it.  Just kind of held it in one place and moved it around a little and that's about it.  I'm nervous but am trying not to be...I just want to know my baby is healthy and growing and developing just fine!  It's been 5 weeks or more now since our last ultrasound.  You'd think with my history with Kyla they would be doing them more frequently.  Ugh.  I'm one nervous mama on the days of my doctor appointments.  It doesn't help anything so I know I shouldn't be.  I have been drinking my BOOST protein shakes everyday (just 1/day) to try to gain some weight, since the doctor told me I need to gain some.  I weighed myself last night.  I haven't gained any weight.  LOL, not surprising...it's like almost impossible for me to gain weight, always has been.  So I will probably get in trouble for that today as well.  I told my doctor last time that with Kyla I was 107 when I got pregnant, was super sick and dropped to about 103 or even 102 or something and then from there, when I delivered I was 117.  This pregnancy I started out at 103 and have remained pretty much at 103....I have only gotten sick once, but I also am just getting to the point where I can eat a lot and not feel like I might get sick after.  Who knows.  I need to remember to just give this all to God, he is in control and stop my little brain from worrying.  Hope everyone had a wonderful Chritmas and New Year's.  We had a relaxing New Year's, went to a local pizza place and then to a hockey game with quite a few friends and their kid's.  It was pretty fun.  I was asleep by 11.  Can't stay up super late anymore with this baby makin' me sleepy!  :)  Pray for good news for us today and I'll update you all soon.