17.6 Weeks Along - Lots Of Movement In There!

I think we may have a potential soccer player on our hands!

For the past few weeks I've been feeling what can best be described as being tickled by barbie-doll feet. But on Monday night, while Gareth and I were sitting at dinner in Vermont, I got the first really good kick, followed by another and another and they've been going on ever since. I have to tell you, it's a great feeling!

It's amazing though. While I've been through this before, it's been a long long time. But it never ceases to inspire in me a sense of awe and wonderment that there is a tiny little human inside me, letting me know it's there, in sometimes, the most intense manner. And it's still so small, so I know those kicks and jabs are only going to get a lot stronger and more intense over the next few months. But it's all good.

I do have to admit to being very curious about whether it's a boy or a girl. At first, we had decided we weren't going to find out, and now I can barely wait until my next sonogram to find out. We are definitely going to ask them to check to see if they can tell. Of course, there is always the chance that peanut will not be entirely cooperative and we won't be able to tell if peanut indeed has nuts or not.

Everyone keeps asking me if I have any intuitive feelings either way, but I sadly, do not. I've laid there night after night and tried to see if I can sense anything either way, but I can't. Gareth thinks it's a girl and I think my Mom does as well, but as far as everyone else who's into prognosticating this sort of thing, they all think it's a boy. Although, one friend of ours, Marlene, I sense she might be wavering just the slightest bit. *lol* She's been firm that it's a boy since I told her I was pregnant. So has everyone else. One of my sisters, Diana even thinks it's a boy. I can't remember if I asked Amanda, my other sister or not. Will have to remember to ask her, the next time we talk. I'd ask my brother, Jacob and my Dad but they aren't too concerned with the sex like the rest of us women are. So it's definitely a "chick thing"! *lol*

If heart-rate is any indication like some suggest, well then all hints point to it being a girl. The heart-rate has been consistently fast. At my last prenantal appt. back on the 5th of August it was at 160. And it's always been between 150-160 when they've monitored it. But who knows. Even after an ultrasound way back in '87/'88 when I was pregnant with Josh, they told me he was a girl. So how shocked was I, after delivery to find out it was a BOY!

Suffice it to say, I DO NOT want them to tell me the sex unless they are absolutely sure. If they can't tell for sure whether those are dangly bits hanging down, then don't even hazard a guess! We do get to have this next sonogram either recorded to DVD or tape, so it will be special either way....whether we find out the sex or not.

But don't get me wrong...I'm just itching for the 12th of September to get here already!