19 week update

We flew back in from Texas yesterday. Andrew and I are exhausted... who knew such a small time difference would cause such a dramatic feeling of jet lag. Ugh.  It was terrible getting up for work today.  

Tomorrow I go to Naval Medical Center P-town to have the 2nd trimester diagnostic ultrasound.  If we had not found out that Peanut is Mrs. Peanut then tomorrow would be the day we would be waiting for.  I am excited though to see Princess Kenley again and to hopefully hear that she is a good size and weight and all looks well.  Too bad I have to leave for this appointment at 6:15 am tomorrow.  Damn you downtown tunnel.  Updates to come, as well as some ultrasound pictures.

Prepare yourself for a boring, disgusting weeks description. 

Vernix caseosa, a greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil and dead skin cells (yum) now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.) You might actually get to see the vernix at birth, especially if baby is premature.