BG2 Update

For those who don't know, we called Jacob "BG" (for Baby Gunning) before he was born. Our new little bug has thus been given the nickname "BG2"!

I went to the doctor last week for another check-up and the little baby blob was measuring about a week bigger than we originally thought so my doctor changed my due date to May 12th and he said that is what he is finally settling on. I will be 12 weeks along tomorrow. I go in for another ultrasound and some blood work this Thursday (just routine stuff). It's a lot of fun to watch the little one twist around and kick its arms and legs! The baby blob is doing really well though - nice big head, looks like an alien, and luckily there is only one of them!

We find out if it's a boy or a girl on December 10th! I am so excited to find out before Christmas!! (I think it's a girl, but we shall see...)

Because of the preterm labor complications that I had with Jakers and him being born 6 weeks early, I am having a procedure done this time called a cerclage and that is scheduled for November 19th. This surgery gives me a better chance of carrying to term this time. I have to be on bed rest for a week or so after the surgery (luckily its the week before Thanksgiving) and then afterwards it's just kind of a wait and see thing. The worst case scenario is being on bed rest starting around 20 weeks (end of December..... yikes) but Paul and I knew all of this and the risks going in to the second pregnancy. Nothing that we could do would change the risks and we definitely knew we wanted to have more children. Luckily with a lot of close monitoring, this surgery, and possible bed rest, we have a very good chance of making it to at least 37 weeks. I'm nervous, scared, and excited all at the same time. Luckily I have the BEST family, friends, co-workers, boss, and daycare provider who are 100 % supportive and behind me the whole way.

So the tough part has been that this pregnancy has been a little rougher so far than the first. That has started taking an emotional toll on me, but I keep telling myself, just a couple more weeks and I will start to feel better. Between the utter exhaustion and nausea, it's been hard to keep up with things and I feel like I have done a whole heck of a lot of nothing for the last 6 weeks. That's not like me, and it's driving me crazy! I miss my love of all different kinds of foods so I can't wait to pig out very soon. In fact, I have lost about 4-5 pounds. So I will have a lot to make up for during the next 28 weeks!! But the worst is feeling like I haven't been able to do much fun stuff with Jakey. I know he doesn't care because he's just happy to be playing and hanging out with me.... thank goodness for Paul and Allison who have done so much to help me take care of him (and let me sleep)!

I'll try to post some new pictures of the baby blob soon. And as for Jake, he is getting better and better with his walking every day!! He is opting to walk now instead of crawling and he's getting really good at making it longer distances. I think he is just so excited and happy with himself that he wants to do it over and over :-) Taking all of the cool things he has done over the last 15 months in to consideration, this definitely ranks up there as the coolest so far!