It's a BOY!
We found out about a week and a half ago we were having a boy this time, and boy were we shocked! Obviously you know there's a 50% chance either way and neither of us really felt 100% this baby was a girl but.. we both always deep down saw ourselves as a family of girls. We were both speechless when it popped up, and I definitely saw it was a boy right away! I think the biggest shock was because all of my pregnancy symptoms were IDENTICAL. So basically my body hates pregnancy no matter what the gender! lol I know Lance is excited to have a boy to do "guy stuff" with, but he was even like, "wait what? I thought I would be Lance and his 2 girls!" haha Surprise!!!
We had our names picked out before we found out (if you know me, this is no shock on the planning side! ha) and we actually had the boy name picked out since before we had Tilly. And his name is...
Ivor Hinton Rowland
Pronounced I-ver. Ivor is Lance's middle name and Hinton is my mom's maiden name. I loved the thought of using Lance's middle name since it has been passed down a few generations, and yall know I love to use "different" names. Who knows what comments we'll get on this, but I don't care! :)
Here we go with a little monthly update!
Whew, hello bump!
How far along: 20 weeks - 5 Months
Size of baby: Mango (6.5in, 10oz)
Maternity clothes: I mainly wear maternity tops because I like how much longer they are and show more of a bump than just a fat belly! Ha I still can't wear most of my old maternity pants yet because they are a size or 2 too big. I do have a few pair that can work and then basically living in my leggings. Comfy and practical. I still can wear my regular jeans with hair tie trick, but they aren't very comfortable that way.
Sleep: The peeing has died down SOME so I am sleeping longer stretches.
Symptoms: My sciatic nerve pain is FULL FORCE on my right side and it's deadly. I got this around the end with Tilly and can't believe it is here so early. Some nights it's so bad I can barely walk. I am trying to do stretches and keep it manageable, but yikes. No more nausea at all thank goodness. And of course big ole growing belly!
Miss anything: Pumpkin beer! haha
Movement: Yep! Definitely feeling lots and lots of full blown baby movements. The most is at night when I lay down on my back.
Food cravings: No cravings really, but I will always say yes to a good sweet treat or dessert! :)
Have you started to show yet: I guess I can take this question off after this month since that's a big YES and will be from here on out.
Best moment of this month: Seeing our baby and learning it's a sweet little BOY!
Tilly's 20 week update-
