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...