The BIG Ultrasound @ 18 weeks - February 22, 2012

Well, we finally had the BIG ultrsound done last week and it's a GIRL!!!  We even decided on a name.  She will be Mattie Quinn Poplin and we will call her Quinn.  Crazy to think we are going to have a bunch of pink stuff to add to all of our blue!  We are super excited to meet this little lady. 
Everything else on the scan looked good.  We had a little scare with a measurment of a section of her brain, but we went to another ultrsound place, downtown, and they said it is nothing to worry about and she is in the clear.  So now we can sit back and relax and enjoy the rest of the pregnancy. 
I have started to feel her moving around more and more this past week.  She is still very low, so it's still kinda strange feeling.  She is doing flips as I write about it now!  Kelly hasn't felt her yet, but he will soon enough. 
I have been trying to talk to Haven about his baby sister and tell him what her name is and he WILL NOT remember her name.  (FYI: he will be 3 in a week and a half...can you believe it?!  Time really does fly by!) He always refers back to Kinley (his cousin--Whitney's daughter).  Hopefully it will sink in before she gets here.  Otherwise we might have two Kinley's in the family!
Next appointment is Wednesday March 7 at 4pm. 

Movement - 17 weeks

Whoo hoo!  So we just got back from our cruise and I had movement while there.  It was Thursday (2.16.2012) and I was on the ship laying out.  I decided that I was going to roll over on my tummy (yes, I can still do that) and get some sun on my back.  When I did that I felt movement.  It was low, but it was there!  So I figured it was the babe telling me to move and give up some room, so I flipped back over.  It was the first time! 
The BIG ultrasound is tomorrow.  So if you haven't guessed yet, go to the bottom and vote!  I will post tomorrow to let you all know!

Doctor's Appointment - 16 weeks - February 9, 2012

Went to the doc yesterday and I took the Haive with me.  Interesting, to say the least.  Thank God for the iPad.  Watching Bubble Guppies kept him entertained.  Good thing too, cause we waited for Dr. Godsey for 30 minutes. 
But all is well with the babe.  Heartrate is 160, blood pressure was 110/58 and the weight gain is minimal (hooray!)  They did want to take some blood to check my levels.  Something about making sure I wasn't getting anemic.  To be quite honest, Dr. Godsey is a little on the strange side and I found it difficult to follow what he was saying.  Very easy appointment and everything looks good.
One thing the nurse did say when she was feeling around for where the babe is so that she could get the heartbeat was that she felt growth.  Makes sense cause my belly definitely popped out last week.  Check out the pictures from 14 weeks to 15 weeks.  It got round over night!
13 days till we find out if its a boy or a girl!

2nd Trimester

It's finally here!  I got my energy level back, the nausea has gone away and I'm feeling good.  I think I was even nesting a little last weekend.  I have started to get headaches though.  They seem to show up in the late afternoon and linger till about dinner time.  Nothing painful, just noticeable.  Something I didn't have with Haven.  Other differences so far have really been that it's eaiser this time.  Now, don't get me wrong, I had such an easy pregnancy with Haven...I wasn't sick, didn't have any complications or anything.  But I just remember things being more extreme the first time around.  The nausea was more intense and seemed to last a little longer, the food aversions were worse, the sleepiness seemed to last longer and the "pregnant brain" was OUT OF CONTROL!  I don't know if that was because it was the first time for me to go thru all of it and I was just much more in-tune with it or if I just don't have time to think about it as much this time.  I know they say all pregnancies are different, so that could be it too.  They weren't lying when they said that.  Just hoping that this baby is healthy and as easy as Haven was and still is!  Fingers crossed. 
Headed off for our cruise a week from Wednesday!  So excited!  Ready for some sunshine and warm weather!   I bought some bathing suits last week to take with me.  All I can say about that is "YUCK".  Boobs and belly, really?  Not diggin' it.  Whoever said that pregnant women were so beautiful must have been looking at the 5 foot 10 woman that is only pregnant in the belly, still has thin legs, arms and face.  Cause this 5 foot 5 mama ain't so cute!  :)
16 days till we find out if Baby Pop 2 is a boy or girl!  Make your guess at the bottom of the blog!