Week 24 – Halfway done

This month I had my check up with Dr. McCracken. It’s so different this time around with doctor’s appointments. We’re not checking my cervix since I’m doing a C-section, just blood pressure and measuring my belly. I had a very bad leg cramp and have troubles walking with pain in my pelvic area. Dr. McCracken told me to eat more bananas, but that all the pains and aches get worst with every baby. My body isn’t what it used to be. Great! So I can’t even walk fast. NOPe! She told me to slow down. Look, last time I was teaching kickboxing up until this point. This time I haven’t even worked out at all (other than the occasion run here and there).

Then I had an ultrasound to check on how my plasma was “hanging” in my cervix. It’s still too low for their liking so we’re doing another ultrasound in a month. We got to see Luke and his little penis. It’s just so cool to see the inside of his body and see him kick around in there.
My semester is coming to a close, which is good. I’ll be taking one summer course to prepare my EdD proposal. Hopefully I can stay focus to get it done. Over Memorial day weekend, we went to he Woods Resort to celebrate our anniversary. Carlita had a blast in the pool and playground, and it was nice getting away from technology and the world for a while. For the first time, she said to my sister “Mommy has a baby in her belly”. So it seems she’s starting to get it but we’ll be working on helping her understand and get ready for the next baby this summer.

With the semester ending, now I feel I can concentrate on the pregnancy more – getting things ready like the crib and a baby registry. O the fun of it all! I do love being pregnant and love the summer so this will be a blast!

May 1 – and the verdict is…. (week 19)

We had an Level 2 ultrasound last week to check out how baby was doing. It was fun to sit there nd watch the monitor as the little one moved around kicking and swarming. The technician went through all the body parts (i.e. lungs, heart, spine, head) to check on the development. She asked us if we wanted to know the sex of the baby and we did. WE were surprised the last time but this time we wanted to know. So the verdict is….. a boy!!! We got a pair! We are so excited about this. I don’t know what to do with a boy. I should have known because I came up with the name a few weeks ago: Luka Armando Kaliher. We saw his penis and we were reassured that he will for sure be a boy when it comes to birth. We just couldn’t believe it. I always wanted to have a brother growing up and now we’re having a boy. So exciting!!! The doctor came in and told us that the baby looked great. We were so happy.

Later in the week I had a check up with my doctor. We listened to the heartbeat and talked about still births. One of my friends had one and it really saddened me. But my doctor reassured me that I had minimal risks. So everything is going very well. I’m more hungry but not that much. I don’t’ really have any carvings, though I still work like to have eggs a lot. I am having difficulty walking with pain in my pelvis but that’s natural because all of your joints and ligaments are getting looser. I can’t’ even walk fast! That’s so hard for me. The weather is getting nicer which is great to get into some of my summer clothing. My breasts are ridiculed large – they think they are ready to produce milk. They haven’t been this big until I gave birth to Carlita. I’m scared on how much bigger they will get even though Karl is enjoying them. Carlita still has no clue. We try to tell her about the baby in my belly but she just looks at her own belly. This summer we will start explaining it more to her and get some books on being a big sister. She’ll be great! That’s all from our happy little family.