23 weeks

Here is a picture! I definitely look pregnant. It is very different this time. I seem to be more belly than I was with Mia. When I was pregnant with Mia I gained weight all around, now it seems to be more in the front. We will see what happens over the next 15 or 16 weeks. It is hard to believe that in less than 4 months we will have another little one around!

22 weeks

Well we finally have some answers about my blood type! I have a rare condition called a D-antigen in my blood. Upon first blood tests, my blood will appear as O-. The blood needs to be tested twice to find out that I am actually 0+. What a relief. Even if on a first test, my blood appeared O- and they gave me O- blood, it wouldn't hurt me. It would only hurt if I was O- and they gave me O+. So Kevin and I and Mia are all O+.
As a precaution, and because I have gotten it 3 times already, they will give me the rhogam shot just to be on the safe side against the RH factor.
Other than that I am feeling pretty good. I look pregnant (pictures will come soon). I feel pregnant. This one is a mover! And this month I gained 6 pounds which brings the total to 10 pounds so far (but I was 10 pounds overweight when I started so I am 20 pounds heavier than normal).
According to my sonogram they are keeping my due date at November 22. However, they are going to schedule my c-section for a week or two before. So it is safe to say that by Thanksgiving we will have another little turkey here!
We are working on switching Mia to the new room we painted because it is brown and cream and because I love the color pink with brown. Little Kev's room will be Mia's which is tan and green. Lil' Kev will use Mia's crib and changing table and we ordered new for Mia's room. It should be here in September. I have already started to move stuff around in there for her. It is going to look so good! When it is all done I will take some pictures.
Kevin is hard at work in our main bathroom. He ripped everything out and we bought new everything. After that all we have left to do in the house is the kitchen and then everything will have been completely remodeled. The completed rooms are really not decorated but at least the walls are painted and the floors are all new (either hardwood or tile). We are happy with it so far.
Until I sit down again...

20 weeks

I knew I would have trouble keeping up with posting!
Well the halfway point has finally arrived! With that comes the news that we are having a boy. It will be the first grandson on both sides. And with that comes our Kevin Michael Mesnick Jr. My Kevin is very excited about being a senior. I think it has something to do with American Choppers but I can't be sure. Especially since he now finds the show overrated!
Healthwise we are still at a stand still. My blood type came back to my doctor's office as O+ but it doesn't make sense that 2 hospitals found it O-. This could cause a major problem with the baby possibly having O+ blood and if I am O- my body will develop anti-bodies against the baby and attack his red blood cells. Mia is O+ and had a long bout (21 days) under jaundice lights. The blood incompatibility could be the reason for that. In the worst case scenerio I will insist on the Rhogam shot at 27 weeks. It won't hurt me if I am O+ and will help if I am O-. The heart palpatations and migraines are much better. They have become very infrequent and I am thankful for that. No results still from the cardiologist. They seem to say "no news is good news" but I worry that I may have been forgotten.
I now have been having trouble with my sciatica nerve in my lower back, which is normal, and I had it with Mia. Thankfully, laying down seems to help. I also have been swimming which is a nice relief. I feel "light as a feather" in the water. Mia loves to swim too! So does Hank but the poor boy isn't allowed in the pool for fear that he will rip the liner.
After a year off I have been starting to get myself psyched up to go back to work next month. I will miss Mia terribly during the day but am very thankful Meg will watch her and take very good care of her.
I will post updated pics of my growing stomach soon! Until then...