Many of my out of town friends and family have asked to see belly pictures, consider this belly shot #1. I am told by others I wasn't really showing until this past week. To be fair, I work in scrubs and it's summer so I am otherwise living in comfy dresses-it may be harder to tell that I have a bump because of my wardrobe but I promise, the bump is there! Baby Tinch is making his/her appearance! About two weeks ago I could tell but this week I really "popped".
Eric and I go back for the big "20 week" ultrasound on Tuesday. I call it a big one because we will see all Baby Tinch's anatomy closely, including the big things like brain and heart!! I am really excited to see him or her again (and get more pictures for the fridge) but I am also really nervous. As most of you know, I work in a place where we see many children with heart defects, chromosomal anomalies, and neurologic defects. I know the children we treat are a very, very slim portion of the population, but I'm still nervous....I am told that I will never stop worrying about our baby, but I hope at least some of my fears will go away after Tuesday!
One thing we will not be looking for is little boy or girl parts on the ultrasound. Eric and I decided we want the sex to be a surprise on Baby Tinch's birthday. I really have gone back and forth with this decision, as most of you know, I am a planner, I like having everything in order and planned. I have always been this way, in just about every aspect of life but, for certain surprises, I can wait. I always wanted to be surprised at Christmas, when most of my friends would search for their Christmas presents weeks before, I never wanted to ruin the surprise. Baby Tinch will be the biggest surprise of our lives and I think it will help me push that much quicker ;). We only want a healthy baby, really, we would be overjoyed for a boy or girl.
For anyone curious, I think it's a boy, not for any particular reason, just a feeling I have. Eric refuses to guess what it is, we all know how he hates to be wrong...my mom thinks it's a girl (also based on nothing, just a feeling) and no other guesses so far, what do you think Baby Tinch will be?
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i am so proud of you - not finding out the gender at the ultrasound. you look great!
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