my 2nd appt

Saturday, September 22, 2007

my 2nd appt
It was this last Monday, the 17th. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again and it's 150bpm. Doc says she thinks it's a girl. But we won't have our ultrasound until Oct. 15th. As of right now, our list of names is blank. Every time I think of a name, Dada doesn't approve, then, a month later, when I have a new name picked (that he doesn't like) he suggests the same name I did a month before! By that time, I'm already over that name and moved on. And most of the names he suggests, I don't like. I decided not to announce the final pick until the day the baby is born because I've already had a couple disappointing reactions. For instance, for a boy, we were thinking Kale, until SOMEONE told me immediately after hearing it that kale is cabbage. Another was a girl name: Emma; cute right? Until a different person teased it by replying "Emma? Sounds like Enema." Out the window with that one, too. So, secretive it will be. I DARE someone to tease or make fun of it's name after it's born. No one with a heart will say it to my (or their) face. Do I sound bitter about it? I'm not, not really. I'm just frustrated trying to find a name that both of us parents like. And the ones that we DID agree on, have been ruined for me. Now it's hush hush and then big surprise!And I want to thank you all who e-mailed me concerned about my not feeling well. I was really touched to receive those letters. I AM feeling better. I had to be patient and figure out little things that helped. My sleeping position, how much and how often I eat, things like that. I'm only really tired all the time now. But nothing except rest will help that. I sleep away over half the day, and I'm lucky enough to have a son who will sleep almost that much too, or he'll lay next to me and watch a movie while I nap. We are really attached at the hip most of the day. I don't know what I'd do without him, my little lovey. He even rubs my back when the morning sickness has me bent over the toilet. Well, that's all for now. TTYL!