Names

Nick & I have had a very hard time with names this go around. With #1, we just knew we wanted the name Katarina if it was a girl. We never really agreed on a boy's name, but we also had found out the sex so we didn't feel a lot of pressure to figure it out. Now with this baby, no name just came to us in an epiphany. I have read my Baby Name Wizard book. I have paid attention while watching movies and tv shows and reading. I have gone on the social security website and read off all 2000 names to Nick (both boy and girl) in an effort to have one hit us. it was easier to veto names (no, we're not naming a kid Neveah or Levi - who does this?!) than to agree on one we liked.
Then the other night happened. Nick said, out of the blue, "What about x?" (I am not writing it because it's going to be a secret!). I said it with our proposed middle name and it just clicked. Even though it was a name we had heard and read already, for some reason, at that moment, it clicked that THAT was the name for our child. If it's a girl. Now, if it's a boy, I'm still not sure what we're going to do!

It's Been Awhile

The holidays were here and things have been busy and not a whole lot has been going on with the little orange (that is the size right about now) growing inside of me. Last week I had blood work done for the AFP test (to test for neural tube defects). I didn't have that test done with Katarina, but my OB felt it was necessary because of my "advanced age" - being 34 when I deliver. I still think it's a silly test to have, but it was nothing for me to do it besides have to deal with giving blood which I hate.
I'm showing a bit now. Well, I still think I just look fat because I feel like I'm carrying a lot lower than last time. I'm still wearing my regular clothes and haven't gained any weight.
I'm also feeling guilty since I haven't been eating a ton of fruit and veggies and I've been drinking a bit of caffeine. I'm still under the 300 mg limit by quite a bit, but when I go on the message boards I frequent and see all the first time moms freaking out about the amount of caffeine in chocolate I feel guilty since I don't think twice before cracking open my morning pepsi.

Appointment #3

Today was my 3rd appointment. I met a new doctor in the practice, yet again. On a side note: Will I ever get the OB that delivered Katarina? I miss him! You go through child birth with a person and you have a bond! This guys seemed nice enough, though a bit goofy. It's been a rough day for me because I have yet another migraine so I've felt awful and sort of foggy-headed. Well, Dr. G came in and right off the bat asked me if I've felt the baby. I said yes, surprisingly since it's so early. He said 15.5 weeks is very normal for a second pregnancy. 15.5. weeks, I asked? That is about 2 weeks off. He said that after the ultrasound was read, my due date has been pushed to 6/2. It makes absolutely no sense to me. I told him that, but Dr. G didn't have an answer for me. He said he'd move it to 6/6. I'm not really concerned about the due date since I know it's just an estimate, but at the same time, when the practice has a new policy of inducing when you are 6 days overdue, I definitely don't want to have them thinking my due date is earlier than expected!

I guess I'll see what happens after my "big" ultrasound.

I got to hear the heartbeat. I also got a prescription for blood work - the screening for some diseases like spina bifida, unfortunately all that increases with a mother's ages, and when you are an "old lady" of 33 like me I guess I fall into the "higher risk" category. Dr. G also gave me a prescription for fuericet to help with my migraines. I'm also sad because if I'm "15 weeks" I'd be in the second trimester and last time my headaches stopped once I got into it, but unfortunately I'm still getting them.

Flutters

I am only 12 weeks (and 3 days) at this moment. I know it's very early. Yet, the other night, I was sitting on the couch with Nick and I felt a strange, but oddly familiar feeling. First time moms always wonder when they are going to feel the baby move and many times mistake gas bubbles for baby movement. But, I am not a first time mom. (I'm not an old pro by any means, but I have been there, done that once before.) As soon as I felt this movement I thought to myself, 'that is the baby.' I even said it to Nick. But how could it? I'm so early! So, I posted on my trusty mom board and asked if it was possible and I was reassured by the second time arounders that it was possible and that I wasn't crazy. Now I'm anxious to feel the baby again!

It's How You Put It...

Right now, I'm 12 weeks pregnant. That sounds soooo early in pregnancy still and like I have a long way to go. But, if I say I'm 3 months pregnant, that sounds a heck of a lot better! That sounds like I'm 1/3 done this pregnancy already. That sounds like, "wow, some people still don't know I'm pregnant and I'm that far along?" So I've decided that unlike pregnancy #1 where I counted weeks and days, I'm all about months this time around. Maybe it will make the pregnancy go quicker, even though June seems very far away when we just got our first snowfall of winter today.