Wednesday, December 16, 2009

We are having a boy!




Well here he is! He has grown a lot since our last sonogram. It has made me rest easier knowing he is doing so well. The doctor and sonogram technician said his measurments were right on he looked like he is growing healthy. I am still right on for my due date of April 30th. We were able to see the chambers of his heart pumping away and I have to say it was pretty amazing. It is very different seeing a sonogram on the screen when you know it is your child! Crazy, yet amazing and awesome! He was moving a lot the day we went to the doctor and kept putting his right hand on his face. I started felling him move around last Friday and since then I think at times there is circus going on inside of me. He must have a lot of room because I swear I think he is doing somersaults. He is moving constantly now. My doctor said he is 12 ounces; of course I have gained 4 pounds since my last appointment but I guess that is about right 1 lb a week and it has been 4 weeks. So far I have had no cravings and appear to have less of an appetite then usual at night which is rare for me. I realized last night however at this rate if I go full term I will gain another 20 lbs on top of the 15 lbs I've already gained. I see my stomach growing everyday and think I can not imaging how big it will be in 4 more months. It is weird but at least it is gradual so I have time to adjust. Well I will wrap this post up for now. We are super excited; Adam is on cloud 9! Honestly from the beginning I think we knew we were having a boy. I do not know why I guess it was just a hunch.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Catholic Senators who want to fund abortion

I know this has nothing to do with my pregnancy but thought I would get this info out.

The list of the 15 Catholic Senators who want you to fund abortions; December 9, 2009 ·
These are the US Senators (listed below) who voted last night (Dec 8th) against the Nelson/Hatch/Casey amendment to the Health Care legislation. This is the amendment that would have essentially kept the health care reform efforts “abortion neutral” and applied the current law – Hyde amendment restrictions – to the Health Care reform bill.

Even worse, these Catholic senators voted for you to pay for abortions and to expand federal support for abortion on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I wonder if they went to Mass before or after voting to expand federally funded abortions?

Fortunately non of these senators represent Alabama but still thought I'd pass this along for readers to know. If any of these senators belong to you, please vote them out. And please share this list with all of the Catholics you know.

Begich (D-AK)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Collins (R-ME)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Harkin (D-IA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)