19 Weeks

What a great week we had this week! We are still over the moon about our baby girl! It's all finally getting a chance to really set in now and finding out the sex has made it so much more real. Jason is so excited to be having a little daddy's girl and I can't wait to start shopping for everything and putting together her nursery. I always said I didn't care what sex the baby was since I eventually hope to have one of each and I still think that's true but I can't help but wonder if I secretly wanted a girl first because I am just so excited. I feel so much more connected to her now that I know she's a little girl. And Jason, who admitted he wanted a boy first, had the biggest smile on his face when we found out and immediately starred spreading the news before the ultrasound was even finished! We have been talking a little bit about names but haven't come up with anything yet. Now that I know she's a little girl I feel bad calling her "the baby." She needs her own name!

Then Friday night we had our surprise date night. I was told I had to go buy a nice dress and not worry about where we were going. Jason tries to surprise me from time to time but usually he gets too excited and tells me or gives me too many hints until I figure it out. This time he kept the secret from me for a few weeks. So we got dressed up and went out to a nice dinner and he told me we were going to see Legally Blonde the Musical at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. I love Legally Blonde and have been wanting to see the musical for a while now but we always missed it. I loved it! It was such a cute show and a great date night.

As far as the pregnancy updates, there's not much new to talk about. I'm looking a little bit more pregnant every week, some days more than others, but still waiting for the really baby belly to appear. My symptoms are mostly the same although for dome reason I just didn't sleep very well this week. I am starting to feel her move around a lot more and I even felt a first real kick! I was laying down and all of a sudden, THUMP! I'm still not really feeling the kicks from the outside yet but hopefully soon.




How far along? 19 weeks 2 days
Weight gain/loss this week: +2
Total weight gain/loss: +7
How big is the baby? mango
Maternity clothes? nope
Sleep: Back to crappy
Best moment this week: Finding out were having a little girl!
Movement: Starting to feel the kicks! She's getting stronger every day.
Food cravings: Still none really
Gender: GIRL!!
Labor Signs: No and hopefully not for a while
Belly Button in or out? In
What I miss the most: Apple Martinis....yummy
What I am looking forward to: Actually looking pregnant
Symptoms: Nothing major this week

Weekly Update: Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might actually get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature.