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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Feb. 22nd, 2014 10:24 pmI had my monthly OBGYN appointment today. Everything looks good. We listened to baby bear's heartbeat and had an ultrasound where everything was in normal range. Plus, I got a picture with a profile and a hand waving. And I had to do more routine blood tests. But the best part was the ultrasound technician telling us that she thinks it is a girl! Yay! She can't give 100% guarantee and there will be further confirmation at the 20 week anatomy scan (21 week, really for me in four weeks), but she checked twice and she is pretty sure.
When she said that it was most likely a girl I was just so happy, I got very emotional (I'm blaming that on hormones, they definitely making me all happy about anything baby lately). I really don't care about the gender - either way is good, but I did always wanted to have a little girl so I could name her after my grandmother.
And Bear is happy about it too since he wanted a girl - he relates better to girls. Bear is pretty scared of the whole baby thing - it is mostly all the changes and his own situation in life and wanting to be more successful. He agreed on a baby because I decided it was time and he always knew how important having kids was to me. We talked about it long before we got married. He would have been just a good not to have kids at all but he also was coming more and more around to the idea the older he got. (He did think it would take a bit longer to happen but it only took a few months). He doesn't deal with change well in general. I know he'll be a great Dad but I do think that it will be easier for him to have a girl.
And if baby bear does turn out to be a boy, that will be good too and we'll adjust. But at least for this month I'm reveling it "it's a girl."
Papa is very excited about it too - he was already looking at all the girl dresses in stores even before today. He didn't care about the gender either but he knows how to deal with girls obviously more. My parents were in New Jersey today, scooping out some more stores like IKEA for baby furniture prices (they are very invested) and Mama picked up new bras for me at Walmart too. I definitely need some, I went up like two sizes already, which is wow. I never had big boobs and now I get to see what that's like. They stopped by for a little bit on the way to visit my grandparents since they wanted to see the sonogram pictures.
The weather today was warm (50F) and super nice, so Bear and I went for a walk after the doctor's appointment. And then I graded some papers.
For dinner I made kotlety - it's like Russian mini-burgers/mini-meatloaf cross - from ground turkey, bread crumbs, onions and various spices. Fry it for 25-30 minutes, flipping every 4 minutes or so. And I made venegret since I had some more beets. Venegret is a beet salad made from mixture of chopped cooked beets, potatoes, carrots, and with a can of sweet peas, a few pickles, chopped onions and sauerkraut and a bit of olive oil. Mixed it all and it is super delicious. So very Russian dinner while watching some bobsledding.
When she said that it was most likely a girl I was just so happy, I got very emotional (I'm blaming that on hormones, they definitely making me all happy about anything baby lately). I really don't care about the gender - either way is good, but I did always wanted to have a little girl so I could name her after my grandmother.
And Bear is happy about it too since he wanted a girl - he relates better to girls. Bear is pretty scared of the whole baby thing - it is mostly all the changes and his own situation in life and wanting to be more successful. He agreed on a baby because I decided it was time and he always knew how important having kids was to me. We talked about it long before we got married. He would have been just a good not to have kids at all but he also was coming more and more around to the idea the older he got. (He did think it would take a bit longer to happen but it only took a few months). He doesn't deal with change well in general. I know he'll be a great Dad but I do think that it will be easier for him to have a girl.
And if baby bear does turn out to be a boy, that will be good too and we'll adjust. But at least for this month I'm reveling it "it's a girl."
Papa is very excited about it too - he was already looking at all the girl dresses in stores even before today. He didn't care about the gender either but he knows how to deal with girls obviously more. My parents were in New Jersey today, scooping out some more stores like IKEA for baby furniture prices (they are very invested) and Mama picked up new bras for me at Walmart too. I definitely need some, I went up like two sizes already, which is wow. I never had big boobs and now I get to see what that's like. They stopped by for a little bit on the way to visit my grandparents since they wanted to see the sonogram pictures.
The weather today was warm (50F) and super nice, so Bear and I went for a walk after the doctor's appointment. And then I graded some papers.
For dinner I made kotlety - it's like Russian mini-burgers/mini-meatloaf cross - from ground turkey, bread crumbs, onions and various spices. Fry it for 25-30 minutes, flipping every 4 minutes or so. And I made venegret since I had some more beets. Venegret is a beet salad made from mixture of chopped cooked beets, potatoes, carrots, and with a can of sweet peas, a few pickles, chopped onions and sauerkraut and a bit of olive oil. Mixed it all and it is super delicious. So very Russian dinner while watching some bobsledding.