this is when we found out we were having a.....

today i had my doctor appointment! it wasnt at all what i was told it was going to be. just a simple ultrasound. thats it. previously i mentioned that i would be taking a glucose tolerance test and having an hour long ultrasound. this was what was told to me at my last appointment. they said my appt was at 9:30am but to be there at 8am to drink the sugary drink. they also said not to eat anything and drink very little water if i needed to.

so i woke up bright and early this morning, and got to the hospital on an empty stomach at 8am. we waited for a bit and got called in by a nurse and after i gave urine then she called me into the room and tried to take my blood. well, since i hadnt eaten or drank anything my veins were really dry. it took them a while to finally get some blood. she then went to get the doctor. jeremy and i waited in the room for a little while and finally a doctor came in. this wasnt my regular doctor. after she talked with me for a bit i got into a gown and she started the ultrasound. the first thing she asked was if we wanted to know the gender, and we said "yes". she asked if knew what it was by her pointing at something and i said "a boy?" and she said "yes." he was sitting bottom down, with his legs open so we could see everything! it was pretty darn cool! and that was all she really showed us. i was kind of bummed that she didnt show us his face or anything. after that i got dressed and she talked with us a bit more and explained that our next appt was going to be the really long ultrasound and i mentioned to her that they told us this one was the glucose and big ultrasound and she said that its too early to take the glucose test and that we will have that around 26-28 weeks. so our next appointment on the 29th of december is for sure the really long ultrasound. they are going to make sure all the organs are working correctly and limbs and fingers are all there! i am hoping we get some good pictures this time! i am really looking forward to seeing him move about! =)

after the appointment we had to wait around a bit to get our picture, which isnt a very good one. and i weighed myself. my last weight was 81.5 kilograms and this time i was down to 77.5 kilograms! which means i lost almost 10 lbs!!!! crazy! i read its normal to lose weight, but by now i should start gaining. hopefully! we walk everywhere we go so maybe that contributed to some of the weight loss. who knows!?

all in all we are SUPER excited we are having a boy! his name is going to be xavier douglas. xavier after jeremy and douglas after my dad. due date is still may 15th as far as i know! oh oh!! and jenna is going to be out here on the 26th of may! if i go over long enough she might be able to be there for the birth!! yay!