Going to the zoo

We leave for the zoo in about an hour.. im so excited but so worried at the same time. the last time we did alot of walking when i was 6 months i wound up on bedrest...BLAH dont want that. so anyhow i'll have some pics up tonight of the zoo after we get back. We dont plan on staying @ the zoo all day long. we figure we'll prolly head twords home bout 3 or 4pm and stop in lancaster and have dinner b4 we finish our journey. im hoping to be home by 8pm or 9pm This is where you will find the pics from the zoo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/amouwful/sets/72157616743248717/
hope you all have the best saturday ever.
On another note, we got some bad news yesturday that chris's gpa in Or is fading every day so it looks like pretty soon we'll be taking a trip up to Or and not for a good reason.
anyhow take care!

1/2 Way there

Well we are stoked :) we made it to the 1/2 way point!! even more exciting for us is we are now about to be 6 months on Monday and my blood pressure has stayed low. My 1st goal was to make it to 6 months without having a problem with my blood pressure. Our 2nd goal is going to be much smaller then 6 months :) Our next goal is to make it to the 8th month/3rd trimester which happens around June 29th. After that our goal will be to make it to 33 weeks which is July 17th. Then to be able to make it to 37 weeks after that. Im not sure if we will even make it that far but that is our hope. Our hope is to NOT need to deliever the baby b4 37 weeks. But im sure we prolly will... Things with this baby seem to be WAY easier then they were with the other 2. I didnt have any of the "negative" symptoms of pregnancy. I was never sick, still im not up pee'n all night long etc. so its been pretty easy so far so we are hopin we wont have any of the complications we have had with the past 2 kids :) anyhow im having problems stayin connected to the internet...dumb mediacom so im going to stop typing now b4 i lose myblog :) hehehe see ya monday for my next weeks blog

Our Dr Apt on 4/28

We had our dr apt today. It went pretty good :) my blood pressure was 110/70 which was good to see :) The baby had a heart beat of 160 which to hear the heart beat is also good hehehehe. i've had some anxiety lately cuz i dont really feel the baby kick. I really cant wait til the baby is strong enough to kick and have me feel it!!
The dr said my thyroid levels are at .73 and its suppose to be .93 so he upped my dosage and he said if the new dosage makes me all jittery to call and they will lower it. makes me laff cuz i've been thru this b4 :) when i was first having to take them sometimes i'd feel sooooo jittery it was hard to think. but anyhow getting back to the baby the hard drive on the ultrasound machine is broken but it should be fixed by friday. Now if it is we are going back in for an ultrasound on friday if its not we will be going back in sometime next week for a ultrasound.
Our next apt is 5/29 @ 8:00am I will be 24 weeks and 5 days.

Week 20

Wow this is the last week of my 5th month! I know I say this alot but it sure is amazing ;)So anyhow this week we have a dr apt on tueday 4/28 @ 415pm. This weekend we are going to the zoo we are excited but i think bethany is even more cuz sesame street will be there :)

Your Baby Week 20
Your baby weighs about 9 ounces (260g) and measures about 5.6 to 6.4 inches (14 to 16cm) from crown to rump.

Her skin is thickening and developing multiple layers- the epidermis and the dermis, the deeper layer where it will form fat. Your baby is now also developing a waxy protective coating for her skin called vernix caseosa. The vernix protects your baby's skin which is continuously submersed in amniotic fluid. Vernix, which is particularly thick around the eyebrows is held in place by tiny downy hairs called lanugo.

Your baby can now grip with her fists. Toenails and scalp hair are growing.

At this point, it may be possible to determine the baby's sex by ultrasound, if the baby cooperates, but the ultrasound technician will rarely guarantee the sex based on the ultrasound results as mistakes are sometimes made at an early ultrasound.

You can hear the baby's heartbeat with a Doppler ultrasound device or a stethoscope.