Jenna and Daniel plus 4: A pregnancy first and annual illnesses...

In my previous post I mentioned that I was having a lot of pain in my side and was going to get an ultrasound. I had a feeling that they were not going to find anything, but for every one's peace of mind we went and had it done.

We took the kids with us because we knew it was going to be quick and we thought they might want to see the baby. When the ultrasound tech came out to get me we were informed that the kids were not allowed to come in the room with us. What? So Daniel had to stay in the waiting room with the kids while I went in by myself. I've never had an ultrasound done and was a little sad that Daniel was not in there with me. The tech told me she was a little confused as to exactly what the doctor wanted her to do. I told her I really only wanted that area looked at and I didn't really want the whole anatomy scan done (the doctor really wanted me to get the entire 20 week anatomy ultrasound done). I didn't really want to see the whole baby, honestly the images freak me out a little bit. I just want to see the baby when it's born and it's a fully developed baby. Anyway, she was ok with just doing the minimum that I asked for and she got to work.

We were pretty sure we did not want to know the sex of the baby but I was still wavering a little bit. Once I was in there by myself with a very pushy and not so friendly lady, I was sure I didn't want to know anymore. I don't think she even looked. The only thing she saw on my left side were the baby's feet. Maybe he/she was kicking a nerve that was triggering all that pain. Everything looked good. I was in and out of the room in about 4 minutes. I didn't really want a picture to bring home but since the kids didn't get to come in the room I decided to get one. When I showed them they seemed pretty confused as to what it was and didn't really want to keep them.

So the picture is tucked away in my pregnancy book as a souvenir of this pregnancy.

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There has been a lot of sickness going around in our area lately. Fortunately we avoided the stomach bug that went around. Unfortunately, I got my annual case of strep throat and Addie got her annual case of pink eye (twice!). For the past month someone in the family has had something, I think I have been coughing for the whole month! After the strep I got some kind of virus that causes a super sore throat and a yucky cough that people are telling me takes weeks to go away. Not fun. And this poor baby gets squeezed every time I cough and my whole belly contracts. This week we spent our family night cleaning and disinfecting the house. I am done being sick!!

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Here are some random photos that we've taken over the last couple of weeks:

21 weeks!