Level 2 ultrasound is in 3 hours. Trying to be relaxed. He definitely kicks the heck out of me, so I know he's in there still, I just really want his kidneys to be a little smaller (or, at least, not bigger) this round.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you and your little boy, Amanda!!!

How'd the ultrasound go Amanda?

I just got home. Everything was back within normal limits, so it was a false alarm. Whew! And I got to see him again, which is always nice. Today was the first time I saw him kick on the ultrasound while feeling it at the same time.

Yay! It's cool to feel and see the kicks...at my last one I saw our little one kick back at the probe thingie and felt it too! She was spunky that day...

mandalinn- so glad to hear all looked good

So I had my ultrasound today and the tech took 2.5 hrs!!!!! it was pretty unpleasent and anxiety producing, she said nothing the whole time. At the end of the scan she finally went and got my DH and DS and brought them in and showed us the baby moving around and told us everything looked good. When she showed us it's legs he/she had them crossed at the ankle wiggling it's feet around. She said it was hard to get good shots because I am heavier and my placenta is anterior. We got a bunch of pictures of the baby's head in profile. We didn't want to find out the sex of the baby.

Now however I am stressed out that exposing the baby to the ultrasound for that long could have caused some harm.

Sakai - How did your U/S go? Did you find out the sex of the baby?

Hi ladies!
Went to get my scan...took 20 minutes. Everything looks good, the baby is measuring well and weighs 10oz.
And she's a girl....no question.^.^
She was on her back and the technician kept jabbing and wiggling my belly with the wand to get her to flip around to see the spine. It didn't hurt or anything but it gave me the giggles everytime. Plus I got to see her get all kinds of mad before finally rolling over.

I'm so glad everyone and their little babies are doing well! I'm looking forward to my next ultrasound. I really don't know what to expect as the last time I went the baby was tiny and not very far along.

I'm having a really tough time tonight. I really have felt for some time that I don't want to adopt and I am so very torn. I just want to do right. It didn't help that my boyfriend informed me tonight that his brother and his girlfriend are also expecting and she's due the same time as me. Only his brother is older and they expect to raise their baby.

I'm feeling very alone in my adoption decision. I don't want to make a rash decision by any means but it's just everywhere I turn I see mothers with their children and it's tearing me up inside. I just want to make the best decision for the child, no matter my feelings but it's just been a terrible day for me.

Sorry for the long rant, everyone.

Gahhhhh gained 6 pounds in the past two days-- and i've barely even eaten!!! I'm freaking out!

Racrane- Just remember that no matter what you choose, you will have support(from us at least!) and as that childs mother and carrying her/him, only YOU know what is best. Whether that is adoption or parenting. Also, don't base it off of his brother expecting. Each family/parent has there own circumstances in making the right choice. You have a long road ahead of you still and plenty of time to decide whats best. When is your next ultrasound?? They are so exciting!

Sakai- Glad she cooperated for the ultrasound. Do you have names yet? Will you be naming the baby, the adoption family, or both of you together?

Butterfly- Baby must have knew to keep their legs crossed =]

Manda- Glad everything went well!

I'm curious because I've seen this a lot in this thread. Obviously gaining too much weight over a short period of time isn't good, I'm guessing, but does it even out in the end? I'm curious because I haven't started gaining weight whatsoever (not that I'm too far along) but I'm just curious how the weight goes up over the course of the nine months. I've gotten mostly from my doctor to not worry about it too much and just eat healthy. So I'm curious.

As for the ultrasound, I have one February 9th. I'll be eleven weeks, I think. I keep getting screwed up on my weeks. I'm not very good at counting, lol.

I'm still very confused about what to do. However, there is one couple in profile that I like very much. I'm not sure why, but I'm so drawn to them. The idea of adoption will be much easier for me if I really like the couple personally. Anyway, my boyfriend will support me no matter my choice. So, I'm grateful he's completely on my side.

I really like reading everyone's experiences so far. I'm looking forward to when I can feel my baby and know what sex the baby, too.

racrane- A ticker is the way to go! I also get a daily email that tells me how far I am and whats going on each day. With the weight, I lost weight first. I'm 25 weeks in a couple days and this is actually the first time i've even been over my "starting" weight from the day I found out I was pregnant. There's a thread on here that we also keep track of our weekly weight. Some ladies even out, some don't. I shouldn't freak out as it's been up and down lately but 6 pound difference is ALOT when you're used to seeing it go down or stay the same! And I sure don't eat super healthy either. I still puke almost everyday and salads and fruits/veggies make me sick to my stomach just chewing them. I don't eat fast food like crazy(only if I really can't keep anythign down) but i'm not eating all the extras that I probably should be. I try to walk 20 minutes a day at least but sometimes I hurt to much to move. I told DF that if this pregnancy gets any worse as i've had every horrid side effect possible, I never want another child of our own unless it accidentally "happens" and we can adopt.

It's so fun reading about everyone's ultrasounds! I'm glad things are looking good for everyone.

I'm still motoring along. I find myself overdoing it some days, but with two toddlers to chase and a house to keep up with there's not much I can do about that. My weight is staying about the same, although I have been craving grapefruit juice like mad. I've drank (drunk?) a little over a half gallon in the last couple of days. I think the craving has been satisfied, for now.

I hope everyone is feeling good and hanging in there!

racrane- I second the ticker for keeping track of weeks! In terms of weight gain usually most women gain little or even lose weight in the first trimester. Most weight gain happens in the second and third trimester as baby gets bigger, blood volume increase, more fluids are produced by baby, placenta gets bigger, etc. here is a page that shows how what the weight gain is

Honestly though it is really hard to control your weight gain in pregnancy if you are eating mostly healthy and doing some form of exercise. Also you only really need about 300 cals above maintenance for the baby. Some women use pregnancy as permission to just eat crazy and end up eating way too many calories and of course then put on too much weight. You can also have poor nutrition and therefore poor fetal growth but be eating too many calories if you eat mostly junk food. So really what the scale says doesn't really tell you much about the health of the baby or the mother. Looking at what the mother is eating and how much is a much better indicator of health.

Hi ladies - I had been using the forum when loosing weight, but didn't realize there was a pregnancy forum. Glad to have you all around. It's nice to see how you're all doing and to have some folks that are around the same as me to know what "normal" is

Doctor in the morning to make sure this thing with my back isn't anything not baby-related. It could be an infection, a kidney stone or the doctor said it might be a kink in the tubing of my kidney. Hoping for infection or something easily treatable so I can sit at work comfortably again. If it's baby related...well...gonna be a LONG, painful time 'til May...