This pregnancy has not gotten nearly as much print as the last one did, but that doesn’t mean it’s been less eventful! Ian has actually kept us hopping for more than half of the pregnancy so far…and recently that’s become more literal. 
Our ultrasound at 17 weeks showed placenta previa - which means that the placenta was blocking Ian’s way out. It’s not that uncommon in early pregnancy and it usually resolves on it’s own before birth, but it needed to be monitored. If it didn’t resolve, it would mean a c-section in the hospital rather than the natural birth we planned at the birth center. The hospital delivery would mean a longer stay, more risk and a lot more money, so we were definitely concerned. We began going for ultrasounds every four weeks to check for progress. Slowly but surely, we did see some progress and finally at our 31 week ultrasound, we saw complete resolution. (Actually, we’re still waiting on the final report, but the tech’s opinion was that all is well!) [more...]
Other than that little worry, the pregnancy has gone quite well and super fast! I can’t believe we have just over eight weeks left to go…although I am very glad of it. I have definitely felt this pregnancy differently than I did the last. Michael set up shop on my bladder early on and never moved. Ian is stretched out on my right side from my hip to my ribs. I can feel just about every move he makes and my rib cage has long since run out of “stretch”. I love feeling so much movement, but the rib pain is fairly miserable and so far as I’ve been able to tell, impossible to relieve! The best I can do is to lie on my left side and stretch out as much as possible.
On the plus side, I look much more pregnant this time than I did last and I’m enjoying that. It’s fun for strangers to notice that I am “with child”! I only had that happen once when I was pregnant with Michael!
There is much less to do to prepare for a second child than the first…especially since we’re expecting another boy! We have made a few changes to the nursery though to allow for more storage space and I’m planning to set up an area for Ian in our room (where he will sleep for the first six months or so until he is sleeping through the night and is ready to move in with Michael Aaron.) I need Michael to move some furniture around so I can complete that project but I’ll get some pictures added when it’s all set up.
We are getting busy making plans for when Ian is born - arranging family visits and all that. It feels like it is getting so close and I am super excited to meet this little guy in the real world! Just 57 days to go…
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