Okay, so the scary shortness of breath episode, I am chalking up to anxiety, probably a full blown panic attack. Not sure of the source, though I lean toward it being a combination of eustress and distress. My GP is still running blood work to make sure all of my organs are working and whatnot, and I have gone ahead and made an appointment with a psychologist for good measure. On the up side, I have not had another episode since that first time, which is another clue that makes me think it was a panic attack. My GP agrees that with my hormones all ramped up that my sympathetic nervous system could easily kick over into that mode because it is a familiar place for it to be, but she is erring on the side of caution, thus the tests.
We received the results from the quad-screen blood work from the OB, which came back negative, so looks like no Down's Syndrome or neural tube defects. Go fetus!
In other news, we have company arriving tomorrow! My mom and dad get in early in the morning. I am very excited to share this whole thing with them in person! We are planning on shopping for maternity clothes and baby stuff while they are here as well as doing some nature walks.
We also get to try and find out the sex of the parasite on Thursday!! I will only be 17 weeks, so they warned me that we might not get a good enough picture yet, but we are keeping our fingers crossed. Oooh, and everyone gets to go, my husband, mom, and dad, how much fun is that?!
We aren't leaning one way or the other, but everyone I talk to tells me I am having a girl. Ex. "Oh you have been really sick, it will be a girl" or "You are already showing, it is a girl." or "Mars is in retrograde, it will be a girl." However the Chinese calendar prediction is a boy (that goes my month conceived and mom's age at conception). I have heard that boys are easier, less drama than girls, but I would like to be able to name my daughter after my mom. So I am on the fence. Grandpa Phil wants a girl because they are so sweet, but the caveat is that she has to be athletic. Grandma Karla wants a girl because she will get her name. Grandpa Marc wants a girl because he remembers how much fun his nieces were. I think that Grandma Darlene is subliminally hoping for a girl if the fuchsia stuffed bear she sent the baby is any indication :) And lastly Grandpa John is hoping for a boy, I think would like to see what a male of his bloodline would look like.
Really I am just looking forward to not calling the monster "it" anymore :) That is my driving force behind finding out the sex. It is interesting how many people sound disappointed when I tell them that we are finding out and aren't waiting to be surprised. But we figured, the technology is there, why not? Besides we are not notoriously patient people. I also think that this will help it "get real" for my husband who has been dragging his feet about getting stuff done for the baby, like cleaning all of the storage stuff out of the baby's room so we can start setting it up.
Lastly, I think I have finally traded in nausea for headaches. Yes! Score. Headaches I can work through. I still haven't gained any weight, maybe a couple of pounds and have only grown an inch in my waist and hips, but you can tell this belly has a grander purpose, or so my husband tells me.
Wish us luck on a good ultrasound position!
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Actually my only preference toward a girl is because you were so sweet, fun, and beautiful that it would be fun to do it again with another little girl just like you! It's very cool that you want to name her after me and I will love that but I truly have no real preference. After having a grandson that is also sweet, fun and beautiful, my strong preference for a girl kinda went away. Let's start with healthy!!
ReplyDeleteActually I was wanting one of each :) Wow....I must be color blind because I thought the little bear was a dark red for boy or girl :) I'm just thrilled to become a grandma.
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