Status Update:-)

Okay, I am nursing the remainder of a cold but I am on my way to feeling human again!  We are in between little getaways, after getting back from La Quinta (near Palm Springs) for a Damko family vacation, we are getting ready to head up to the bay area to visit my parents for some much more enjoyable weather!

I'm now 19 and a half weeks along, and its a boy!  We are very excited to be bringing a brother home for Owen.  From my experience, growing up with sisters, I can really appreciated having same sex siblings and look forward to watching the brother's relationship develop!  We went in for my first cervical length check and before my doctor even looked at it (this is the maternal-fetal medicine specialist), he brought up putting in a preventative cerclage (suturing my cervix shut) because with my past, he wasn't super happy about just doing the hormone shots and extra ultrasounds.  Although this is surgery, I was actually relieved to have that option available to me as we tick along through these weeks I have felt my anxiety building a little bit about every little feeling etcetera, so to have even a little peace that at least I am not silently dilating is reassuring.  So we had the surgery of which I will spare you the details, and have had our first two week cervix check which was good, so we will just keep hoping that everything keeps progressing normally.