That will be $93 and a bottle of urine...

Friday was my 18 week check up. I am getting used to the doctor routine. I go in every 4 weeks, with my $93 and tiny bottle of urine. This is the first appointment I have gone to without Tim so I was a bit bummed. Amazingly, I was in and out of there in less that 30 minutes! This has to be a record for any doctor's office but especially this one. Four weeks ago, Tim and I sat in the waiting room for over an hour so I was shocked to get called back after waiting just 5 minutes. These appointments are very routine. "How are things going?" Lay back so we can hear the heartbeat and that is about it. After a stop at the scheduling counter, I grab my urine sample bottle for the next appointment and I am on my way.

Normally, I would be back 4 weeks later for the same routine but in less than two weeks, we will be back for the BIG appointment...the 20 week sonogram! If all goes well (and the baby cooperates) we will find out what we are having on the 29th. We are absolutely dying to know! Tim says we are having a boy but that mostly comes out of his fear of the number of unicorn items I will buy if we have a girl. Truthfully, we will be happy either way. We are just hoping for a healthy baby. We have not decided on any names but we have a few we like. Hopefully, we will walk out of the sonogram knowing what we are having so we can focus on one gender. The task of naming your child is hard enough...maybe focusing on just boy or girls names will help us out. I added a poll to the sidebar so let us know what you think we are having and I will do the big reveal (hopefully) after our appointment on the 29th!

Overall, I am starting to feel better. The first 4 months were pretty rough but it is starting to settle down...the calm before the next storm. I have gained about 7 or 8 pounds or so but my belly has definitely rounded out. It feels so much bigger than it looks. It is hard to get my head around the idea that I will end up so much bigger than I am now but I am in it for the long haul.