24-11-2008 - Should I try to find out early?

My mood while writing this blog: unsure

OK, So I'm not sure if I should try to find out early if I'm having a boy or girl. The ultrasound tech said you can usually tell the sex of the baby by 16 weeks. I will be 16 wks at my next doc appt on Dec. 19th and I can request an ultrasound then. My doc usually does ultrasounds at 20wks to find out the sex of the baby, but that will be in mid January. Should I just wait & save it for later when its almost DEFINITE we will find out? Or try early? Not really sure how much money my ultrasounds cost....or how much my insurance covers.

I want to know soooo bad.

Anyway, things have been going pretty good lately.. I'm still tired all the time and I don't have much energy but I suppose I came out lucky this pregnancy and I only got morning sickness a few times. (I can count on one hand!) Certain smells still make me nauseous but I think I only threw up maybe 3 times so far this whole pregnancy. I have to watch what I eat. Greasy, fried foods , or lots of meat will make me sick. I almost got sick at the table from eating pizza the other night. I also can not OVER EAT. I can only eat small portions of food at a time because if I eat too much I will feel the need to throw up or something. I also can not brush my teeth on a full stomach. (I have a bad habit of brushing my tongue and all it takes is for me to gag once and all my food goes in the sink.) lol pretty nasty, but I used to make myself throw up sometimes by doing that before I was pregnant. Its just worse now!

Everytime I sneeze or move really fast I get these SHARP pains on both sides of my lower abdomen. Doc says its a good sign and that I'm stretching but it still hurts and causes me to worry a little bit. They go away pretty fast so thats cool.

1 more week left and I enter my 2nd trimester, YAY!

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for some reason I am almost convinced that this baby is going to be another girl. sexratio.com quiz said there was like a 85% chance it was a girl. Old wives tales say if your face breaks out, its a girl and my face just started breaking out. The chinese birth calender even said this baby was a girl. My 3 yr old said she wants a baby sister. My husband told me it was probably a girl.

I would really love a son, but I'm experienced with girls..and girls are fun. I know if I have a girl I will probably end up getting pregnant again in the future to try for a boy. lol. If I have a boy I can just call it quits and have my pair. BLAH who knows. I just want to find out.

Hope all is going well for you ladies.