Pregnancy Journal: Week 17

This is the tail-end of week 17. In fact, tomorrow I cross into the 18-week territory..

This week I've had more of that lovely pre-pubescent looking acne explode all across my face, neck and even my chest a little bit. I picked up a bunch of samples the other week for moisturizers and face washes, but so far nothing is helping. I've discovered I have oily and dry zones, with acne crossing into both areas effortlessly. Fantastic. I definitely didn't have this problem with other pregnancies, so I don't even know where to begin.

I've been incredibly anxious the past week for my upcoming ultrasound. It's the big anatomy scan where they reveal the gender, but my husband can't come, so there won't be any revealing going on. Instead, the tech will (hopefully) discreetly slip the results into an envelope for us to open together at a later date - though I'm not sure when. I'm not going to lie, I'm going to try to guess based on what I see on the screen. lol

I also have my father-in-law's girlfriend coming up to watch the kids while I go. I have a "regular" sitter that has watched them twice, but both times she has left a mess in the epic proportions, so I'm hesitant to call her back. $20 minimum and 2 weeks worth of picking playdough out of a dark carpet doesn't really amount to a lot of fun on my end. Not to mention I can't decide if she's developmentally delayed or not and I'm not sure how she'd react if anything really went "wrong" while I was gone. That kind of scares me... bottom line, if you can't trust her, you need to get someone else. My father-in-law's girlfriend has been on the scene for a little over a year now, so I guess she can be trusted, not to mention the kids like her, so that helps. We'll see how it goes... I know my father-in-law would love for us to call them (as in both of them) one weekend to watch the girls since they are the only grandkids he gets to see. The family has been really cold and downright rude to her, so I'm trying to be the more "open" one since everyone deserves a chance.

Anyway, here's to hoping tomorrow goes well and maybe in a future post I'll reveal the gender!