21weeks update

I had a check up on Wednesday, 21w1day.

TJ-baby is perfect sizing for 21weeks, so maybe the EDD is right? Got a cute face shot, that I thought looked pretty obvious, but when I showed it to J he was like "what is this then?" lol. The stock-standard ultrasound pictures are pretty hard to fathom. I think they have a 4D ultrasound facility at the clinic, but I don't think it is included in regular checkups, so I probably wont get one.

I told the doctors that we don't want to know the sex, and he was like, "good, because there is a 50-50- chance either way" hehe. The nurse then turned around and said "personally *I* would like a boy, coz I want to see a cute little blond boy running around" . When the doc gave her a wierd look, she added "have you seen how cute her daughter(K) is - I bet a boy would be kakkoi". So I guess there is one vote for a boy. I am still uncertain either way. With K, I did think until about 30weeks that it was gonna be a boy, but I was carrying too round, as opposed to the classic "boy out the front pregnant belly look".

I got a red line underneath my weight gain....3.2kg in a month. I am supposed to keep it to 2kg/4weeks. oops. I have to say the doc was not too 厳しい about it, it was just kinda a good reminder just to keep things under control a bit. Anyway, my starting point with this pg was higher than that with K, so I am already only about 3kg away from my final weight with K! lol. I think it was my recent craving for peanut butter (as in, by the SPOONFUL!!) that might have helped me stack on the weight this time. Am trying to keep my meal sizes down a bit now, and have even been giving half my rice to K - she is being a bit piggy and eating up a storm again!

I am finding TJ-baby to be pretty active (and how the hell does s/he get from one side of my belly to the other in a split second?) all day and night long, seems much more active than K. We haven't really thought of names yet - I was a bit pissed off when J and I had a quick chat in the car on our way to Gunma, and I gave my favourite boy/girls names, then he went and told his mates when we were at the end-of-year party a few weeks ago...I think he thought I was joking with the choice of names I mentioned, but I was quite serious! With K we didn't decide until after she was born, but we had made lists. K was one of the name on the list. We had to think of the kanji while in hospital tho. And I spent the first few nights mispronouncing K's name anyway, lol.

My back is playing up recently - even bending over for a few seconds and it gets really sore. Vacuuming sucks. As does cleaning the bath. Might have to give up housework altogether soon - "pregnancy related" of course (lol). Mum reminded me that my back hurt when I was pg with K too.

I get my swine flu vaccination next Monday afternoon (finally!) which will be a bit of a relief - more psychological than anything.

Other than that, I have been lucky to get a few hand me down maternity clothes and baby stuff this time. We never really bought much with K, so this time we got a cot passed on to us (I actually had offers for 3 different cots!!). If we knew the sex, I could stock up on clothes too as necessary, but since we are not asking, I am not taking baby clothes yet.

I can't believe that I am half-way there...only another 20weeks (well, less hopefully) until TJ baby joins us. How exciting!