19 Weeks

I'll be 19 weeks on Monday.  Almost halfway!  I've been feeling the baby kick a lot this week which I love.  We find out the gender on February 4th.  Based purely on how this pregnancy compares to both my pregnancies with Paige and Lucas, I think this baby is going to be a boy.  I started gaining weight early on like I did with Lucas.  My belly popped out much sooner like it did with Lucas.  And my nausea has been intermittent since 12 weeks, like it was with Lucas.  With Paige it was done around 14 weeks and never came back.  I felt sick just earlier today.  It's so weird how it comes and goes.  And look at this belly comparison picture.  I mean my belly is pretty much identical to when I was this far along with Lucas.

I was looking back at the old wives tale gender prediction things and how I answered when I was pregnant with Paige, and they are all pretty much the same for all three pregnancies.  My acne has gotten worse every time, I've craved cheese every time, and I sleep on my left side every time.  So I think those are more me than a way to tell the gender.  Oh, and the Chinese gender prediction calendar has said girl every time.  The Mayan calendar however said boy for Lucas and girl for Paige, so that one has been right so far.  It says boy for this one so I guess we shall see.  

An actual scientific study has shown that placenta placement as early as 6 weeks can determine gender with 97% accuracy.  That's pretty dang good!  When the placenta is on the right side of the uterus, it's a boy, and when it's on the left side, it's a girl.  I have ultrasound photos where you can see the placenta, the only problem is when you ultrasound the belly the image you see is reverse the placement in your body so you'd have to reverse it to get which side of your body the placenta is actually on.  BUT, some ultrasound techs will reverse the image that pops up on the screen so that you don't have to reverse it, and some of them don't.  So, there is no way to tell if the image I have is reversed or not, so that leaves us at square one.  But for anyone out there that is pregnant or planning on getting pregnant, just ask your doctor at your first appointment what side the placenta is on.  You're welcome!

Anyway, we're all very excited.  Lucas is always patting and kissing my tummy.  He likes to put his ear up to it and hear the baby swimming.  Paige really has no clue, but I'm sure she'll love poking and sitting on the baby soon enough.