20 Weeks!

We are 20 weeks along today!  I can NOT believe how fast time is flying.  I keep stopping to soak up this beautiful blessing of carrying a child - each time I find the experience more religious - there is no doubt that God exists and we feel extremely blessed.

So today marks 20 weeks, this morning Mike took a photo of CC and me with baby.  This time we are going to find out the gender (this Friday!) and I am getting really excited to find out if we will have another beautiful baby girl or a sweet baby boy.  This pregnancy is different in a few ways, first, I compared my photo this morning to my last 20 week photo (March 2009 blog post) and I'm definitely bigger this time and seem to be carrying differently.  With CC I took note of every heartbeat from the 12, 16 and 20 week appts and they were all low for a girl, 140's and 150's (old wives tale, girls have faster heartbeats) - this baby has a much faster heartbeat than CC - always in the 160's at each appointment.  With CC I could eat anything (and everything) - with this baby, Mama's tummy is always messed up and I also started popping tums alot earlier (heartburn!).  With this baby, my ankles have been swollen since 19 weeks - I only remember that with CC at the end of the pregnancy.  According to the Chinese Calendar, we're having a boy (again, an old wives tale).

So we will see - any guesses?  If you ask CC, 99% of the time she says "it's a baby girl" and she proudly announces that she is a "big sister"!  So when I am asked my thoughts - I think of CC and how definitive she is in her response and it makes me wonder - she's a pretty smart cookie.  I also think of how different things seem to be this time, so it also makes me wonder if she could be wrong?  Regardless, we are blessed to be pregnant and we pray for a healthy baby :)