Pregnancy Update, Week 18

As most of you know we are expecting our 2nd baby. I am in my 18th week right now, almost 5 months. My pregnancy is more obvious now as my belly has bulge so much in the past week, that none of my regular cloths fit me anymore, not even my bra.  (It’s not only the belly that’s getting bigger…)

Matthew, Mommy with Baby#2-Week17-18, Photo taken November 12, 2009. Click photo to enlarge photo.

Most of the 1st trimester symptoms, the morning sickness, nausea, etc., had passed already (I hope.) I am left with serious case of feeling heavy and lazy. The tricky thing about laziness is that – I am not quite sure if my laziness is a symptom of this pregnancy, or if I am using this pregnancy as an excuse to be lazy. But I can’t deny feeling heavy and this constant ache at my lower back. My body has only starting to adjust to the increasing weight in my mid section, that my lower back, hips and thighs are suffering for it. (What am I complaining about? This is all part of pregnancy and I have a long way to go… ahhh, the joys of motherhood!)

I know that, at this point, I should start to get active. I should seriously exercise, walk a lot more but when you’re literally carrying a heavy load, you can only wish to be exercising while in actuality – you’re being a couch potato.

On our next doctor’s appointment is the ‘anatomy check-up’. The doctor’s going to confirm the baby’s gender among others. From our very first ultrasound, at our request, the ultrasound tech-lady already told us the baby’s gender but we are waiting for the doctor’s confirmation to officially announce it. (Of course, we told a few family and friends already.) Would it be funny if the doctor is going to confirm differently? But this is very unlikely.

Hubby and I both decided to know this baby’s gender, but we argued during Matthew’s time.

When I was pregnant with Matthew, I didn’t want to know if it was going to be a boy or girl. I wanted to be surprised! But hubby wanted to know as early as possible. Actually, He insisted to know! He stated that the technology is there and that we should take advantage of that technology and the knowledge of what’s the baby is going to be. That kind’a got me convinced plus the fact that if he knew the baby’s gender and I refused to know, even though he is very good at keeping secrets, I’ll be able to pick up clues and eventually I would have known before Matthew was born. So it’s useless to not know if one of us knew.

This time, we really wanted to know. I think, it’s partly because we have a preference that knowing as soon as possible will help us contain and get over our excitement or disappointment regarding the baby’s gender before the baby is born. So when the time comes, we can truly concentrate more on the baby’s well being and not fuzz about the gender anymore. We will have a name prepared, and everything, clothing and toys, will be appropriate.

Regarding our preference, it’s not a secret that from the very start, even when I was pregnant with Matthew, we have been wanting a baby girl. I remember when I was pregnant with Matthew and we still didn’t know that he is a boy, we would visit the baby aisle at the department store and hubby would show me this cute little baby shoes with pink feathers on it. That little shoes we didn’t end up buying, of course. Maybe this time or not

Then Matthew was born and we are happy that he’s this cute little boy, very energetic and just everything that little boy should be and he is perfect. And our preference became just that – a preference. We didn’t love him any more or any less just because he is a boy, but we love him just as he is. It will be the same the second time around. Boy or girl, Baby#2 will be loved as much!

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