23.5 Weeks

Feeling good and doing well. Little Man is moving around a lot and even has had hiccups a few times. Even after being pregnant so many times, it's funny when they get hiccups.

It looks as if I'm going to change my OB and delivery hospital. I think I mentioned earlier that my OB's wife is sick, so he's leaving the practice and moving away. Paradise is a far drive and even farther for all my friends in Sacramento, so I think I'll be changing to Sutter Roseville. I'm still waiting to see if the OB I chose can take me on, but I'm hoping for the best. Will keep you all posted of course.

Someone is getter bigger!

Here are some photos from the 20 week ultrasound. The Tech said everything looks great and he's measuring on target for his gestation . . . except that he has long legs. Apparently his femur measured 35 weeks! How tall was that egg donor? :) Oh and yes, there was a penis confirmation- BOY it is. :)

In this video, the tech was getting his lips (top center) and trying to make it look like he was squishing them on a glass mirror!

Tomorrow is 19 weeks!

So I'm feeling good and Little man is doing great. Had an OB appointment Monday and it went well. He's growing right on target and heartbeat sounded great.

Last night, while I was hanging out and watching TV with my friend, I felt him move. I kept feeling him over and over again. It's always so great for peace of mind when you feel them move. I also bought a Doppler from a Surrogacy friend who just delivered so I can keep tabs in between appointments and let the IPs hear them when we Skype.

We have the big ultrasound scan set for 2 weeks from now, so I should have lots of great pictures.

These are Awesome!

A special shout out to my friend Mandie McGlynn. She started this Hey Girl tumblr page on Surrogacy and it is soooooooo perfect and awesome and did I use totally awesome yet? More to come I'm sure.

CHECK THEM ALL OUT HERE!

16.5 weeks

Doing great. Feeling great. Just waiting to feel "Little Man" . . . I know he's moving around because I've seen him all over the place, but I have yet to feel it.

One thing did happen this week and it's that my belly popped out, especially the top part! Here's my first belly pic of this journey
Behold . . . . 16.5 weeks

14 weeks!

Yesterday was Valentine's Day . . . It started out with an appointment with my OB. "Little Man" was doing great. Excellent heart rate and just relaxing. I love how in the ultrasound picture he's got his hands behind his head, just chillin'.

The only bummer part of the appointment was that they moved the scale from in the bathroom to out in the hallway. Can't really strip down in the hallway . . . ah well. Oh, I take that back, one more bummer part. My OB is moving to LA in April, so someone else will be taking over his practice. I really hope he is Pro-Surrogacy, Pro-Gay Parenting and knows what he's doing. I'd rather not change OBs or Hospitals if I can help it.

On Natasha and Anjali related news . . . the kids and I are going to visit George, Sanj and my surro-girlies this Sunday. YAY!!!!

Off All Meds!

I finally got the email I've been waiting for "Discontinue all meds!" Woot! Woot!

FIrst I got to discontinue the lozenges . . . then the shots . . . and finally the vaginal suppositories- and those are the worst! All the surro's I know joke about the suppositories. They are pretty gross and leave you with we all call "pasty vagina." When you are using suppositories you are single handedly keeping Carefree panty liners in business. Although, I have to say the one good thing this time is that the suppositories that Dr. Kolb prescribed came with an applicator. The last two times, Dr. Sahakian prescribed suppositories that didn't come with an applicator. TMI, I know what you're thinking, "Gesh Kelly. Stop it with the Pasty Vagina comments and the visuals of applicator free suppositories!"

Okay, Okay, I'm done . . . for now anyway! ;)