It has been a while since I’ve updated you on my pregnancy.  Things are going very well and I am thoroughly enjoying the second trimester.  I have my energy back and I no longer have any morning sickness.  Although I can’t say it is entirely without its aggravations.  I find my lower back is aching now, particularly at the end of a long day sitting at my desk at work.  Next week I hope to go in for a prenatal massage, so that should help a little.

We had an ultrasound done a few weeks ago.  We’re having a girl Smile. It was so neat to see her moving all around on the ultrasound screen.  She didn’t much care for the intrusion of the ultrasound wand into her space (she doesn’t really like the heart monitor thing that the doctor uses to get her heartbeat at my prenatal visits either).  Every time the ultrasound technician tried to get measurements she would move, she hid her face several times when the tech was trying to measure her facial features.  It took quite a while for the technician to confirm it was a girl.  She suspected it was early on but since the baby had her legs closed tight together or would move whenever she tried to get a good shot down there, and the umbilical cord was right there she didn’t want to say anything until she knew for sure.  After much time spent on the table she finally saw what she needed to and confirmed it was a girl.  We are both very excited and so are our families.

One of my favorite things about this trimester (besides getting to see her on the ultrasound monitor) is feeling the baby move.  She is kicking up a storm in there.  I am amazed how active she is already (and has been for quite sometime now).  My husband has been able to feel her move too, which he thinks is so cool.  Sometimes if you push on my belly she will kick back.  Having the ultrasound and feeling her move all around (not to mention my growing belly) has really made things seem so much more real than they did earlier in the pregnancy.

We have started picking out baby gear like bedding, nursery furniture, strollers and what not.  I have a lot of fun looking at all that stuff, I don’t think my husband enjoys it quite as much.  We are also working on picking out a name for a our little girl.  I can’t wait to see what the next few weeks and months bring.