Happy 16 Weeks my little sushi nuggets...

So if all is still well, my little sushinuggets turned 16 weeks yesterday. Ah, the 4 month mark.


At this point my nausea has diminished again but does pop up from time to time. I've had more food cravings, still have breast tenderness and some weird twinges/pulling sensations in the last couple of days in my pelvic area. Hopefully this is all normal.

Another big step of mine...my doppler finally came in! It came in on Thursday and I rushed home to try to use it. I found at least one heart rate perfectly fine. I can't tell if I'm finding two or if it's the same one. I purposely rented a digital one so that I can see what the number is. One is about 157 and the other is around 153. I know those are pretty close so it might be the same baby but who knows, it was my first time trying and I'm sure I'll get better at it.

And because of the doppler I felt a-okay with telling my boss about the pregnancy on Friday as well. I had decided that I would tell him but let him know that I wasn't ready to tell my staff or anyone else at the office yet. I felt it was the right thing to do not only out of etiquette but also in case anything major happened and God forbid I have to take longer off or have issues with complications. I thought it would be better if he at least knew the first half of the story before hand.

Friday was review day for me so I thought it a perfect chance to discuss right after all was said and done (so as to not bias his review of course) since I don't get to talk to him one on one much. I was a bit concerned about his reaction but knew it would be better than my last crappy boss. She was completely anti children and this boss has a young child. So I had hopes that all would go okay. He actually surprised me by being very much overjoyed and and was so happy for me. We talked about all the details and how long I thought about taking and what we were going to do about staffing. He just seemed genuinely happy. I told him that I'd like to wait a little while after the amnio to make sure that everything went okay before telling my staff. He said he understood and talked about how his wife had the amnio as well. Although I didn't tell him it was twins yet (thought that was a bit too much info at this time) I did mention that I may need bed rest and will probably deliver early. I guess his wife had a similar situation as well and he related. Not bad for a male boss I would say :)

So I guess I'm on to next week at work still trying to hide my belly. I'm so proud of myself for making it this far. (Although does that mean that I'm not growing enough? - Arrg...the constant worry) As long as I get through this week I'm free and clear as I see it. My amnio is a week from Monday. Even though I've read that a miscarriage can occur as long as a month after the amnio, my obgyn says it happens quite quickly if it does. So I'll definitely be on pins and needles in a couple of weeks.

Mr. sushinut and I still haven't told my mom or my inlaws and decided to wait until after the amnio. My hope is that we will announce to everyone at Thanksgiving our news (or in my case just show up looking pregnant) and pray that we have something to be extremely thankful for. Two babies that survived an amnio and that are healthy to boot. Wouldn't that be a dream come true. Sure beats the depressing infertility issues I've had to deal with at past Thanksgivings. I can only hope. Both of our families would be beyond overjoyed. And I would love to give them that.