Adventures of the Pretekin Pride: Think Pink!

We are having a GIRL!! You read that correctly, come late February/early March Graham will be getting a baby sister. We are thrilled to be adding a daughter to our family and surprised that there will be a Pretekin girl (there's not a whole lot of them)!

And now for an update on the pregnancy so far. I have been feeling good, but experienced a bit of bleeding again around 16 weeks. My doctor had me come in for an ultrasound just to make sure everything looked okay. Baby was looking good during the ultrasound, but the tech thought that my placenta appeared to be very low and at my next visit, she would check to see is it had moved down over my cervix causing a condition called placenta previa. Placenta previa typically means some level of bed rest with very regular doctor visits in order to monitor mama and baby, since the condition can have complications. The tech also thought that my placenta looked like either it had an accessory lobe (totally normal and does not cause any complications) or could have another tear. I was told to take it easy and to do as little lifting as possible. During this visit, the tech also told us that she was fairly certain we were having a girl, but was not 100% sure since it was still early and baby wasn't completely cooperative. We told our immediate families the news about the baby's sex, but decided not to tell anyone else until we got confirmation a few weeks later.

So on to my next visit. I am happy to report that everything looked great! My placenta moved up quite a bit, so I am no longer at risk of developing placenta previa. The tech was also able to determine that my placenta has an accessory lobe and there are no new bleeds. Our baby girl looked great, is developing normally, and measuring right on track. I'm also happy to report that our baby girl is quite the mover! I didn't feel Graham move until a bit later in the pregnancy due to the location of my placenta (me and the placenta, right??). Even when I started being able to feel him, he was never really active. Baby girl sure is! We are so excited!