23 Weeks: Bubble of Happiness

Not going to lie, I am feeling pretty proud of myself these days. Yes, I know that my circumstances are not normal and I am also aware of how the gender is determined in pregnancy, blah blah blah, this is not my first rodeo. Still, I'm allowed to gloat a little aren't I?
I hope that is a yes, because... I CAN DO IT! My body is actually able to carry A BOY!!!! Annnnnd, not only is he a boy, but he is a healthy and strong little boy. That is the best news in the entire world! Of course, N & R are over the moon, boy or girl, their baby is healthy and that was the best news heard on the day of our sonogram.

We met at the hospital to get checked in and were immediately taken to "The Sonogram Cave" (or so I like to call it). I had been there many times, but this time was by far the most nerve racking. I was really excited for N & R, but I was anxious that after all the sickness I went through, something would be amiss. Bridget, the technician, was a familiar face and I took comfort in knowing that she had been through this with me 3 times before and was "the best" per our OBGYN.
Bridget put on the belly cream and moved the wand around for maybe a second before immediately pulled the wand away from my stomach. "Did you want to know the sex?" Bridget asked sweetly, but you could tell that she was silently praying that we either didn't see anything or really wanted to know. "Yes, we definitely want to know!" we said. Those people that can wait til the baby is born to find out the sex just stun me. I wish I had that much self control to wait on something so major. How do you guys do it?
Anyway, we were a little confused as to why the wand was taken back so abruptly, but as soon as it was returned we understood. There was no doubt that this was a baby boy. N and I were in total shock, but R just smiled proudly. We teased him that I could only carry girls and that he better get ready for tea parties and dress up, but all along he was right. We had to ask Bridget to go back to the gender a couple times and ask, "Are you sure?" We just couldn't believe it!

Baby K moved around the entire time and made it very hard for Bridget to do her job. In fact, he really hasn't stopped moving since. My girls got to feel him move for the first time last night and we immediately had to call N to tell her the good news. I'm anxiously waiting to travel back in town to see them so we can share the baby's movement together.

This part of the journey is the most fun for me. Not only can I feel the baby move, but others can too. The "Name Game" officially starts around this time and I'm not quite as big as a barn (yet). All in all, things are pretty great right now and I will take this moment to be happy. Things are always subject to change, but I like my little bubble of happiness. NO ONE POP IT!