Week 18 Updates ...

So this week we had a appointment with our OBGYN.  We thought it was going to be my mid pregnancy scan ... BA was so pumped about finding out the gender ... but it was just another three minute visit, although we only had to wait 20 minutes this time!  The visit went well, the top of my uterus is about even with my belly button, which is right on with being 4.5 months pregnant.  The heart rate was 152 bpm ... higher than last time, but I did drink a large glass of orange juice before we left, so the Gypsy would be all cracked out and moving around for the ultrasound we didn't have.  We have the mid pregnancy scan scheduled for June 9th ... so be on the look out for a "ITS A _______!" text and/or update.

As I have mentioned before we haven't bought a single thing yet, so this afternoon I decided that we would go to Target and buy something ... anything ... to show that indeed we are preparing for our African-American baby.  We ended up buying dog treats and baby laundry detergent.  Its incredibly overwhelming and annoying trying to figure out what to buy and what not to buy.  Even at Target, where the selections are limited, I could only commit to buying laundry soap.  BA assured me that it would get easier when we know if its going to be a girl or a boy and we can stop thinking about it as "the fetus" and start thinking of it as ____________(insert name here).  I hope so or else this baby is really going to be wearing old sheets for diapers and sharing Homer's bed with him.

I also find it annoying that there isn't ANY maternity work out clothes.  We even joined a new gym so I can start swimming when I get too big to run.  But unless I want to be rocking a tiny bikini and a big 'ol belly (sorry it really only looks good on people who weighed 90 lbs before they got knocked up) in the lap pool, I am going to have to find an online maternity friendly store where I can buy a one piece swim suit and some running shorts.  (any suggestions?)

I have gone from having an avocado baby to a bell pepper baby.  BA refused to retake "me and baby" pictures this week.