PeNsIvE

Yes, 20 weeks, we’re halfway there!!! Don’t get me wrong, even with all the challenges of this pregnancy, believe it or not I am enjoying every moment of it. But then again, I am at my second trimester so I am pretty much at the smoothest part so my opinion might be slightly biased.

Even at this point I still can’t believe that I am growing a life in my body. I’m still pretty much amazed at how all this works. Somehow, my lack of understanding of how biology works seems to just make it all the more magical. Bobby’s been doing a lot of reading…on the Internet, books my sister-in-law lent — the best one is: "What to Expect when You’re Expecting". I’m really glad coz it doesn’t compel me to read so much about pregnancy — I just end up being more paranoid than I already am.

Okay, let’s head back to the important details:

1) We just got the AFP screen results last February 9, and the results are negative…woohoo!!! Don’t know much about it but it checks for a variety of neural defects like Down Syndrome and some other defects. Even if the test has a false positive rate of 5% — so they usually say don’t stress so much about it, I’m just so relieved that it is one less thing to worry about.

2) We just had our 2nd Trimester Ultrasound on February 16…they checked all the vital organs, fingers, size and weight  — the baby is doing great!!! I am 20 weeks and 1 day, the ultrasound showed the baby’s size is 20 weeks and 2 days. The baby is slightly bigger, on the average, 20 week babies are 10 1/2 oz. our baby is 14 oz. Though ultrasound technician says its nothing to worry about. I wonder what our nutritionist will say once they get a copy of the results. Maybe that is why everybody’s been saying my tummy is so huge…they keep teasing me that my tummy is even bigger than our friend who’s already 27 weeks pregnant.

3) And finally, Bobby is so happy to announce that … we are having a boy!!! Of course we both are…but I’m sure you know what I mean.

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