Gravy Update

I am 15 weeks pregnant now and had an appointment today. As referenced in my previous post, I've been feeling less than stellar the past few days. My blood pressue was much higher than normal, I am a 110/60 girl usually, but today I was 126/86...not terrible but certainly out of the ordinary for me.

The doctor didn't have much insight for me other than suggesting it was heat related and that our move, and all of the work involved, is just now catching up with me. Quite possible. My hemoglobin was fine at my last blood draw so he's not suspecting anemia right now.

I also read online last night that sometimes women feel this way when baby is having a growth spurt, so that's also a good possibility. Whatever the cause, I hope it goes away soon! I hate feeling so crappy!

Aaaaaaanyways...Gravy's heartbeat was 155. For me and my babes, heartrate has never been an indicator of gender. All of my kids (Gravy included)hung out in the 155 range. Speaking of gender, mark your calendars! We will be finding out on August 18th if we are having a BOY or a GIRL!

And I'm kind of thinking we will announce it to family in a fun way.  This is likely our last baby so I want to make it exciting...perhaps having a dinner where the gender will be revealed by the menu (i.e. hot dogs for boy, tacos or cheeseburgers for girl), or for simplicity's sake, maybe doing just a dessert with a cake colored blue or pink inside only and the gender will be revealed when it's served.  I am open to other ideas if anyone has any!

Update: Just after posting this, I was listening to some music on YouTube and Gravy was going nuts!  I had wondered if I was feeling movements but now there's no question!  I love feeling life in my belly!