Monthly Doctor Visit - Spoiler Alert - Gender

Yesterday I had my monthly visit with the Dr.  I'm up to 140lbs.  I can't believe it!!!!  The doctor also had the results from our Ultrasound.  Everything looks good, and it seems like we may be expecting a girl.  However, I'm not running out to buy pink for everything.  I still feel like it's not 100% positive and the technician didn't sound like it was easy to see when we were there.  I don't have a sense one way or the other and will really be happy with either one as long as the baby is healthy, so I'll continue to prepare for either one.
I will need another ultrasound at 32 weeks because at the moment my placenta is in the way.  95% of the time it moves but if it doesn't then I will not be able to deliver normally and I suspect will have a C-section instead. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

5 Month Baby Bump

Well,  I've made it to the 1/2 way mark.  20 weeks down, 20 to go.  Here's what my growing baby bump looks like.  I think that I may have started feeling the baby a bit too.  I'm not too sure because I get all kinds of weird feelings so it could just be my muscles popping or shifting.  I did try to have a talk with 'baby' about night-time being for sleeping and day time is when they can be active.  I'm trying to start training them early.  Let's see if it works.

19 weeks

Yesterday we went for our anatomic ultrasound.  This is the one where they take all the measurements and ensure all the body parts and organs are where they should be and developing.  It's also where we hopefully are able to find out the gender.  Unfortunately our baby was positioned in such a way we could not tell.  The technician has sent the pictures to our doctor so maybe he will have a bit of a clue.  If not, I guess we just wait until the next ultrasound or until baby is born.
It was pretty neat.  We got to see baby put both thumbs in their mouth and also it looked like they were 'counting' as they opened their hand one figure at a time.  A very surreal experience and hard to believe this little being (see picture - courtesy of 3D technology) is in my belly.  Maybe when I start to feel the kicks and pokes I'll start to believe it more.

Monthly OB Visit

This morning I had my second appointment with Dr. Zaltz.  These are great because they are so quick.   The results were back from my tests for Down Syndrome.  Basically they take the results from 2 blood work ups and an ultrasound and determine the statistical result of a woman having a baby with Down Sydrome.  For someone my age, they are looking for a result of 1 in 180.  The calculation for us, was less than 1 in 20,000.  Yeah!!!!  That means I do no have to go for an amnio, which I am soooo happy about.
I have somehow managed to put on another 6 pounds this past month so my weight is up to 136 lbs.  I'm not really sure how I feel about that.  I don't get on the scale at all between visits because I don't really want to know.  What difference will it make anyway right?  I'm just going to continually be putting on weight over the next several months anyway.  The hear rate was about 135.  The doctor predicts it will be a boy.  I guess we'll see.  He has a 50/50 chance of being right.
I go for my detailed ultrasound on June 13th and we'll try to find out the gender but I think I'll have to wait until my next doctor's appointment to find out as Ultrasound tech's aren't supposed to provide that information.  We'll see what happens.  Maybe we'll get a nice technician who will provide the information anyway.