36 Weeks Pregnant: Update on the Li'l One!

Good evening! Here's the latest on Li'l Krupp.  Honestly, don't get excited because it's not much!

Today was my 36 week check (although I am technically almost 37 weeks along), so the first of my weekly visits from here on out. Wow... it's getting real now!  My OB/GYN office has been extra busy lately because one of the female docs just moved to Arkansas to be with her kids.  That was pretty sad for me, because I loved that doctor.  However, I don't blame her for wanting to be nearer family and I am super happy for her! Anyway, I was supposed to see the doctor who delivered William, but she was called to labor so I was with the only doctor left in the office (the male doctor) instead.  That's really not a big deal because I have been seeing him almost every time I have been there, since the doctor who delivered William has been on her OWN maternity leave for a while.  Needless to say, it's pretty crazy at the office and they should probably hire someone else since they are so busy.  I had to wait for a half an hour in the waiting room, which is uncomfortable when you are mega-pregnant and you have been waiting to pee for a few hours b/c you know you will need a urine sample when you get to your appointment (but that's beside the point).

Anyway, since this story is really anti-climatic I will keep it short.  Basically, I gained two pounds since my last check-up two weeks ago, which I thought was reassuring because before that I hadn't gained any weight in four weeks!  (I have only gained 7 lbs in the past 10 weeks... that's when I started keeping track on my phone, so before then I am not exactly sure how much I weighed.)  The baby's heart-rate is still at boy level, according to this doctor who has predicted boy for the past four visits, and he or she is so high that the doctor couldn't even tell what position he or she is in... so that's it!  No more news!  I actually felt reassured by this because I have been in so much pain lately that I thought baby had dropped and was going to come pretty soon.  It's not that I don't want to see baby, because I definitely do, it's just that despite my pains and the extreme level of discomfort I have been in... I still want to go late.  My goal is to make it to Sunday, July 15th... as unlikely as that is!

I will return for my 37 week check next Thursday morning.  Stay tuned for the next update!

Sex? Sex? Sex?

Baby #2's 20 Week Ultrasound

Li'l One,

GUESS WHAT?  Our due date to meet you is exactly ONE MONTH FROM TODAY!  That is so exciting and I will tell you why:  I love you... but I am going NUTS wondering if you are a boy or a girl.  I have sworn this ENTIRE pregnancy that you are a girl.  Here are the reasons why I am going to stick with this prediction:

1. I have had two dreams about you, and both of them have been that you were a girl.  The second of these two dreams was had sometime between using the restroom around 2AM and getting up at 5AM on my 31st birthday, so I think of this dream as a birthday memo from God.  Unfortunately I don't remember what the dreams were about at all... yet here is a funny story from my pregnancy with your big brother which supports the reason why I believe that dreams tell the truth:

• I only had one dream when I was pregnant with William and he was a boy.  Granted, he didn't have a name... or if he did I still wouldn't tell my Dad what it was after driving over the Cedar Point causeway to attend his first birthday party only to deny his grandparents the right to know his name.  Weird dream, I know... just wait until I tell you about my Ronald McDonald festival and bowling dream... now that one was weird!

2. All of the ring tests have said you were a girl.  Of course your "Uncle Tim" Phillips does these and I think he influences the results, but don't tell him I told you that. In addition the ring tests (which I don't swear by, because they were wrong with William) my coworker told me about this crazy prediction test you could use to tell the gender and THAT came out as you being a girl too. 

• Here it goes: Add the age you were when you conceived and the month you conceived in.  I was 30 and it was October (10) = 40. Odd is boy, even is girl... therefore you must be a girl. This is like Scientific PROOF!

3. Mother's Intuition... I just FEEL that you are a girl.  Shouldn't that count for something?  I knew William was a boy and he was, so I trust my gut and I will eat my words if you are a boy.


Honestly, at this point if I were to HAVE to have another ultrasound for some reason (I've already had three with you) I think I might just cave and have the tech tell me if you are a girl or a boy.  Your Daddy and I are still planning on having three kids, but I am not sure I can wait to find out the sex again after this time around.  I know I only have ONE MONTH to wonder if you are a girl or a boy... but that month seems like eternity to me right now.

Regardless of whether you are a boy or a girl, your Daddy and I love you very much and we can't wait to show you everything there is to see in this big ol'world.  If you are a boy, I hope and pray that your big brother is your best friend... and that you wear approximately the same size clothing so I don't have to get a ton of new clothes.  Hey!  Don't get upset that you are getting hand-me-downs, your big bro got all of his clothes from cousin Zachary and Zachary got a lot of those from HIS cousin... so there.  Not only are you getting hand-me-downs, you are getting hand-me-downs TIMES FOUR! 

Now... doesn't that make you want to be a girl? ;-)

* For the record - Daddy thinks you are a boy.  I had to put that out there so he can tell me, "I told you so" if he's right and I am wrong.  What's his reasoning?  I am not entirely sure.  He just always swears that he is going to have three boys since he was one of three boys.  However, I am always quick to point out that his brother Andy who has TWO kids has TWO daughters.

PREDICT THE BDAY, GENDER, DATE, WEIGHT, and LENGTH OF BABY KRUPP HERE

What I Wonder: Boy or Girl?

My biggest wonder right now is whether "Li'l Krupp" aka Baby #2 is a boy or a girl. Seriously, I SWEAR baby is a girl. I have had TWO dreams during this pregnancy, one early on and one the morning of my birthday. They both told me that I was having a girl!  I feel like this "Mother's Intuition" is pretty right solely because I only had one dream about the sex when I was pregnant with William and it was that he was a boy... and he clearly is!

However, my male doc has not once but TWICE guessed that our baby is a boy based on the heart rate during two checkups, both after 30 weeks.  I informed him politely both times that we do not know what the sex. The first time he guessed boy, I was worried because I figured he was probably right since he has listened to heart rates for YEARS. However, my mother found this article on baby heart rates and sent it to me after his first "guess", which reassured me that this baby could still be a girl.

What about the Daddy? What does he think???  Well, Dominic thinks that baby is a boy. He once swore to me that he is only going to have sons, since he came from all boys. However, I am always quick to remind him that his brother has two kids - both of whom are girls!

At this rate, only God knows what we are having. However, if this baby is a boy I think I will have to find out the sex of the third kid (if we still are willing and able to have one) because I don't think I can go through another entire pregnancy thinking we are going to have a girl if we are not.

If you want to guess the sex, birthday, weight, and length of this baby, I welcome you to do so at this baby guessing game website!

P.S. Don't mind the fact that this ultrasound makes baby look like he or she has either a lobster claw or a spatula hand! I'm hoping that's not the case!