I'm 25 weeks and 5 days today. :) We got our ultrasound done at 19.5 weeks, so I'll add those pictures too. We kept the gender of our first three a surprise, this time Jeremy really wanted to find out, and I thought it would only be fair. I kept telling him I was 90% sure it was a boy this time, but he told me that since I had been wrong the last three times we should find out. Lol. I couldn't really argue with that. It was QUITE obvious in the ultrasound that we are having a BOY!! :D He was hiding a little bit at first, but after a little while we were able to see. I couldn't believe I was right! People keep asking if we are happy...of course we are happy!! I can honestly say that we are just as happy to find out we are having a boy this time as we have been with our other boys, I am so grateful. I pray every day that Heavenly Father gives me what I need to be the Mom I need to be for these boys of mine, sometimes I wonder if I'm brave enough, but now that we have them I don't have much of a choice, do I? And Heavenly Father knows it. Lol.
Bridger, Beckham and Benson love to put their hands on my belly and feel his kicks now. I'm not sure Benson quite understands, but he sees his brothers do it and he wants to too. Bridger suggested that we name him Hodge, Beckham says Johnson or Beckham. Lol. We are still trying to find a name we feel is right, but I think their ideas are cute.
I definitely feel like I am showing more this time than with my others, but this IS baby #4...I have to remind myself of that. I've been taking Plexus for my vitamins, probiotics, and magnesium, I feel like they have helped me feel better. I've still been exercising, I'm doing the Jillian Michaels 90-day program that I've been doing the last 15 months, but I have found that instead of moving up a level every two weeks I now just stay where I am, or go back a level, lol. I am very grateful to be able to exercise though. The symphysis pubis dysfunction achiness started around 20 weeks again, but I feel like because I was working out before I got pregnant and during this pregnancy it has helped it.
I have not been sleeping very good, especially the first part of the night, it gets better in the early morning hours, but the boys get up so early that it gets interrupted pretty early. My mind gets really busy, so even my dreams are weird. I pee about 3-5 times per night and wake Jeremy up all the time, lol. I feel like it's pretty much the same as with my other pregnancies.
I have craved a lot of sweet stuff this pregnancy, I try to get my craving fix with vanilla yogurt and granola most of the time. About a week ago I also started craving mint again, my toothpaste is tasting amazing, lol. I'm not sure why I crave it so strong in the third trimester every time, but I do!
Ultrasound pictures! We loved seeing our little one, his heartbeat was 145 BPM and his measurements were right on, so my due date is the same. He was super wiggly when we first started, so the ultrasound tech had a hard time getting measurements, lol.
145 BPM.
Sweet little profile. :)
Profile again. :)
Like I said...it is QUITE obvious he is a boy. :)
Little foot. :)
Another obvious picture showing that we are having a BOY!! :)
Arm and head. :)
Little arm. :)
And that sweet little profile. :)
I have loved feeling this little one growing and kicking, and sharing it with our boys. We already love him! :)
