pop!

just like that.



freaky.

So, obviously I'm completely out of my 'real' clothes and into maternity wear. This all happened very suddenly, I'm not even really sure when. I went shopping with my preggo friend, and got some really nice things at Thyme, and also picked up a pair of decently cool jeans at WalMart...I really didn't find *anything* else there worth looking at, but Thyme is full of very nice, and very pricey things. The pannely clothes get some snickers from my dear loved ones, so I'm staying away from those for now, since they're really designed for later on anyway.

Not much else going on, hence the lack of updates. I go for my ultrasound on the 4th, which is actually pretty close now, so I'm pretty excited. I'm still feeling big for where I'm supposed to be (17 weeks and 2 days) so I'm still curious to see what they will have to say. Grant's going to come down, I think my mom wants to come up too, so I'll have to see if I'm allowed more than one person in the room or not.

That's about it, I've been super busy with school and the play and everything. When these next few weeks are over, I'll be very, very happy.

new bras, fat pants, and damn, that fit last week...

I finally broke down and bought new bras. I only got 2, and only 2 because it was buy one get one for $5, so I might as well. Effing expensive. Effing went up a whole cup size since about 2 months ago when I bought like, 4 new bras that I now can't wear. Nice. Have begun to more regularly wear the non-panel maternity pants and skirt that I have, and I'm pretty happy about how comfy I am when I do that. I'm really actually looking forward to when I have enough of a belly to justify maternity tops, because they are damn cute, and I have several. For now I'm just looking slightly plump in my regular sweaters. I put on a skirt that I wore quite comfortably last week, because apparently I had actually lost weight since...I think it was last fall/winter that I bought it. Anyway, it still fits, but won't do me for much longer. Ah, the joys!

interesting

I'm too big for 15 weeks, according to my books and my Dr., who I finally saw and is very nice. She said the possibilities (both of which are unlikely, but it has to be one) are that I'm more like 17 weeks (unlikely because I had very regular cycles, and would have been on my period when I should have been conceiving, 15 weeks ago) or that it's twins. She could only find one heartbeat, she thinks, but it's near impossible to tell, because she could find it in more than one place. So, until the ultrasound now, I have something else to scratch my head about. Either way it'll change things, when I'll have to leave school and such, so I'm decidedly anxious to find out. Poor Grant may have a heart attack if I tell him it could be twins, lol. I'll stick to the 'giant baby' theory for now.

updates

well, according to most of the myths about determining the sex of the baby, I'm having a girl. My right boob is bigger, the heart rate is over 140 (144-150), the Chinese calendar says it's a girl, and I had morning sickness. The rest of them I'm not far enough along yet to test out. Good to know, eh? Fun to guess, I suppose, and kind of puts the pressure on to find some good girl names. All the ones I had thought of are really popular right now, so I'm hesitant to use them. I was always one of 3-4 Sarahs in my classes, so I'd like to give this little one a name that's not too crazy or something she'll have to spell her entire life, but something that 4 of her closest friends won't have.
suggestions?

holy cow!

I found the heartbeat and took a pretty funny picture of myself lying down, when all the, let's say, naturally occuring bumps and lumps melt away, and I am left with only this...

so, obviously the Doppler works, and I'm just so, so excited.

mmm, fat pants

I wore maternity pants today. They're fantastic. They're not the old, panelly kind, they have an adjustable waistband thing, so I tightened them up and wore a belt, and they were still about a zillion times more comfy than my 'normal' pants. I don't have a tonne of those kind of clothes though, so I may just be wearing the same pants every day. Nothing wrong with that.

I got a Doppler today (thanks girls!). I got another one last Monday, but unfortunately it didn't work properly, so I sent it back and the very nice lady sent me out a new one, with a note attached apologising for the inconvenience, and she also sent me extra gel to use with it, I assume because one of the times I was talking to her I expressed concern about using too much or not enough, and not having enough in the little tube to use the Doppler often. So I'll try that out tonight, and let you know how it goes. I very remarkably did *not* freak out when the first one didn't work, but after I tried to hear my own heart while pointing the wandy thing right AT my heart, and it was only moderately loud, I figured there was no way it was going to pick up tiny baby sounds.

That's all my news, but if this does work tonight, I'm going to go ahead and tell work, which will make it easier to ask for next Tuesday morning off for my appointment.