20 weeks...1/2-way there!

as we celebrate the 1/2-way point through our pregnancy, i'm conflicted. on one hand, yah! i've made it this far! on the other hand, crap! how much more can go wrong w/me?!

we had our ultrasound last weekend and we have the results...it's a boy. needless to say, chris and his family are pretty tickled blue over this development. i, on the other hand, need some time to adjust. i had really hoped for a little girl...someone i could dress up :-) but, i have heard that boys are easier (and probably cheaper in the long run!) to raise. when they gave the results of the ultrasound, they added a little disclaimer saying it could be wrong, but ppl have told me it's usually the other way around...incorrectly calling it a girl when it's a boy. we were thinking of getting a 3d ultrasound just to confirm, but that's an additional cost i'm not sure i want to incur. no biggie at this point.

my fellow hewies aren't surprised that it's a boy, considering everyone on the 19th floor of our building reproduces boys...ironic for a woman-dominated environment :P also, the upcoming generation on both sides of our families are pretty boy-heavy. i didn't stand a chance of having a girl! besides, i guess only a man can cause me THIS much pain! haha :-)

and speaking of the pain, and what else can possibly go wrong...on this 20-week celebration, i bear bad news. i have to cut back my work hours. the torture of sitting at a desk 40 hours a week has come to an end...i'm now down to 20 hour work-weeks effective today (salary continuance workplan), potentially until the baby arrives. i saw my chiropractor today, and the latest complication is numbness and tingling in my tushy...a precursor of a herniated disc. unfortunately it can't be confirmed because i can't get any x-rays done. so now 1/2 of my work days will be spent cooped up at home in my bed in the hopes that the sciatica won't get any worse. this is NOT fun!

now chris and i have our work cut out for us...we need to get our condo tidied up a bit so we can hire a crew to do our cleaning on a regular basis. once we get the 2nd bedroom organized better, we'll be well on our way to having a room for the baby! all that's left now is creating a baby registry, ordering our carseat and stroller, prenatal classes, creating a birthplan with our doula, researching our diaper options....hmmm, seems i have my work cut out for me!