Pregnancy Brain: It's Real Y'all

So I went to the grocery store and then to pick up Lily from school yesterday. About an hour worth of running around. It wasn't until I got home and saw two different shoes on the laundry room floor that I looked down at my own feet...

Talk about pregnancy brain!

Sisters!

It's a girl!

Kevin and I are so excited to be blessed with another little girl. I absolutely love that we get to raise sweet sisters who will hopefully grow into best friends. Kevin absolutely loves that we won't have to buy any (or very many) new things :) Always the frugal one, he is. But for real, he is just as excited to have a second girl as I am.He called it from the beginning.

The anatomy ultrasound went well as far as our little girl's growth and health are concerned. She is 11 ounces and her various measurements are all on target. All organs and limbs are present and in working order, and her "gender photo" was clear as day.

In addition to all of this good news, we were told that I currently have placenta previa, a condition where the placenta has attached directly over the cervix. This condition requires a c-section and could possibly mean bed rest later on in the pregnancy and an early delivery which scares me tremendously. However, as the uterus grows the placenta may very well move out of the way. I'm told and have read that a good portion of women diagnosed with placenta previa at 20 weeks end up with a clear cervix by the end of their pregnancies. Here's hoping I'm part of that portion. We have another ultrasound at 28 weeks to check for any movement. I welcome any encouraging words from women who have experienced this condition or any condition that required an early delivery.

Back to fun stuff...

Her profile looks different to me than Lily's, so I'm super excited to see what this little face looks like when she's born!

Baby Girl Wood #2 @ 20 weeks

Lillian Carys Wood @ 18 weeks

Finally, you may have noticed I keep referring to her as "her" "she" or "baby girl" but not by name. We have not settled on a name yet, but we do have some favorites. We may take these names to the delivery room and decide when we see her or we may pick one some time between now and then. Who knows! I'll leave you with a couple more photos from our ultrasound...

Weeks 14 through 19

I'm 19 weeks along today. I had a regular OB visit yesterday, and baby's heart beat has now settled down to about where it will stay for the rest of this pregnancy - a healthy 143 bpm.


I've been able to feel teeny tiny movements for a while now - a very different experience than when I was pregnant with Lily. I didn't feel her move at all until I was almost 20 weeks! The first time I felt this baby was all the way back at 12 weeks. It was like a little burst of bubbles all in one spot. I didn't feel anything for a while after that, but around 14 weeks when I entered the second trimester I began feeling nudges and rolls here and there. The movements are still not strong or consistent but they're definitely there. Baby kicks are by far my favorite part of pregnancy. There's nothing like it.

As promised, I have been keeping up with bump photos this time around. The first set below is from weeks 14, 15 & 16 and the second set is from weeks 17, 18 & 19.

We have our anatomy ultrasound next Wednesday (10/16). Hopefully in addition to seeing a healthy baby, we will find out the gender of our new little one! We are very excited. I have absolutely no inclination toward what we're having, so it will be a total surprise either way.