Week 10 - Doctor Visit

Hello, hello!

The past week or two has been filled with morning sickness (which always happens at night for me), nausea, and fatigue that can quite literally knock me off my feet.I'm not showing at all, and I have not gained any weight. Although I have some cravings, my nausea is keeping me from binge eating :) I am more than ready for my second trimester to begin!

An update on me: Still busy as ever! I passed comps, which is a HUGE weight off my shoulders. Unfortunately, many of my fellow comps-takers were not so lucky. In fact, there is actually hearings taking place in the near future for academic dishonesty. Apparently, some students thought it was okay to take large passages from something that was previously written. (Not smart.) While I think I am an emotional nutbag, my outbursts are typically limited to sappy movies and songs. Of course, it has been difficult coping with Chris' work schedule with the shuttle up, but we enjoy the moments we do get to spend together!

An update on Chris: He is doing an awesome job as lead! As I heard it, most of his work was prepping pre-launch so that nothing goes wrong while they are up there. It is no surprise that things are going smoothly. You can see him on NASA tv from 5:00p.m.-2:00a.m. (central time) This is also when all the interesting stuff is happening, because the crew is awake and working.
He also installed a back door for us! He did an outstanding job, and it only took...well, several hours, but there are no gaps, no bugs or small lizards can squeeze into our house anymore, and it does stick or anything. It looks quite lovely and actually brings in more light! Go Chris! I suppose I should just have him blog on this as well, so you can hear his point of view of pregnancy and boring household projects....

Now what you really want: Our doctor's visit today went very well. A relatively boring one, but we got exciting news. In 2 weeks, we are visiting with a doctor to do genetic testing (looking for disorders such as Down Syndrome), and at that visit they also do an ultrasound. As of 11-12 weeks, the baby has his/her fingers, toes, organs, etc. the rest of the way is really just growing and developing more.

This means....they anticipate being able to tell the sex! Don't get too excited, apparently they're right 80% of the time (1 in 5 get a wrong guess), but still!!! We will have pictures that actually look like a baby!! Crazy, huh? That appointment is the 24th (bright and early) and then we have another one March 10th to check up.

Otherwise, everything is going well. Apparently my uterus is the size it is supposed to be (an odd compliment to receive), and things are looking really good!
OOOH - there is the option to "comment" -- please take guesses as the sex of the baby. Chris apparently thinks it is a girl, and I'm thinking maybe a boy (I'm not sold). Comment and take a guess!