week 12, or is it?

Well week 12, let’s let everyone know what’s up.
The baby is growing, so is my belly. This week is the last week of my 1st trimester. Now word on the street is that 2nd trimester is “the best part of pregnancy”. You don’t have to pee as much, your energy comes back, and you get your pregnancy “glow”. Well, anytime that stuff wants to start, I’m more than ready for it. I’m tired of being tired, and I hate peeing, and as for my “glow”, its has been covered by the overwhelming about of pimples and zits playing “tag” across my face. So any time, I’m ready……anytime. The baby has full motion of its reflexes now. I haven’t felt anything other than tiny bubbles, but I’m excited for any kicks to my ribs.
My belly is measuring this week at: 31 inches around. Eewww.
Now, the high risk doctor appointment was 75% good and 25% bad. The good part, they did the ultrasound that I have so paitently been waiting for. And…..there is only 1 baby! Yeah! So no twins for this couple here. A huge bullet dodged. The other good news, the baby is measuring a whopping 5.73 inches long! What a worm huh? Because its so big, they said I am probably 15-17 weeks rather than 12 weeks. So go ahead take some time off my pregnancy I don’t mind. Totally good by me. So now, comes the bad. Because the due date moved back by 3-5 weeks, the due date is probably going to be the last week of March to the first week of April. Which means that Kim is probably not going to be there for the birth. He leaves on deployment in January 2009, and won’t be back until April 2009. If I can keep that sucker in there roasting long enough, then there is that chance Kim could make it. But the way it looks right now, we’re preparing ourselves for the worst. They didn't give us an exact gestational age, or an exact due date, so we're praying that it all works out for the best.
We made our prenatal class believe it or not! We learned nothing new. Everything I have all ready read in the prenatal books and stuff. But it was good we went because Kim, being a more “visual” learner learned a lot. He’s not a big fan of reading, so to see the power point, to hear it said, rather than just sit and read. Kim learned a lot.So until they know exactly how far along I am, I’m going to stick to the original week 12 for this week. But coming up soon, we should be skipping a few weeks. Keep you posted after the Oct. 20 and 21st doctor appointments.