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Jessica's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 10/3/00 -------------------- 9/27/00 9/24/00 9/14/00 9/6/00 8/24/00 8/9/00 8/2/00 7/19/00 7/12/00 7/10/00 6/20/00 6/8/00 6/1/00 5/16/00 5/5/00 5/4/00 4/25/00 4/17/00 4/6/00 3/29/00 3/14/00 3/8/00 2/27/00 2/12/00 -------------------- Jessica's Introduction

May 4, 2000

These weeks seem to have just flown by. It seems like yesterday I was sitting in the doctor's office crying because I just couldn't belive I was pregnant! Now here I am, 19 weeks and just feeling wonderful. Those first few months were hard, but now it seems worth it. My head is filled with thoughts of this little person growing inside of me. Last Monday I think I might have felt it move, but I'm still not sure. But I like to think that's what I felt. My grandmother bought me some baby things and we're going to start setting up the nursery soon. And my big ultrasound is on the 15th (rescheduled from the 22nd) so if we find out the sex I can buy even more things! We've definitely decided on naming it Anastasia Morgaine if it's a girl and for a boy we have Benjamin, but no middle name. Anyone have suggestions? You can post them if you do. It may not even matter, though. I'm still convinced that this is a girl. It just feels like a girl, I guess. I'm reading books on the Bradley Method so that when we start our childbirth classes in July, I'll already know at least a little bit. I'm determined to have this baby without an epidural unless it becomes necessary. I'm so very afraid of the needle in my back! Really scary to me. I know I can do it, though. I'm just stubborn enough, I think ;). So that's about it. I'll go back to day-dreaming about baby now. I'll talk to you all later!

-Jess

and Baby Bug due 09/28/00