We got a WILD ONE!!!!

We had another appt yesterday. As we listened to the heartbeat, the Dr was trying to count bpm, little baby decided he/she didn't like that and kept kicking the doplar probe. We didn't get a good count, but we're guessing around 140 bpm. We scheduled our ultrasound Fri. Dec. 26 (finally, Andy is getting impatient) where we will hopefully find out what color to paint the baby's room. Andy can feel the baby kick occasionally and I can feel some movement too.

Its a boy!

Well, we don't really know the sex yet, but according to old wives tales, with the heart beat being 144 (slower heart beat), its supposed to be a boy. We had another appointment today and got to hear the heart beat. I wish I could hear it everyday, its such a wonderful sound. I have started having a few 'flutters' of movement. The doctor measured my fundus (the top of my uterus) and it is measuring 2 finger breadths below my belly button. The second trimester is going good so far, no more morning sickness and I am not near as tired. We will have another appointment in 4 weeks and we will schedule our ultrasound at that time. Hopefully with the ultrasound the baby will play along and let us see if its a boy or girl.

This is Andy. I know everyone is probably wondering how I am doing so far in the pregnancy soI just thought I'd let everyone know that I feel just fine. I haven't had any morning sickness, fatigue, or sore boobs. The fatigue I can handle, but first signs of the other two and I'll probably be at the doctor. Anyway, I hope everyone likes the relevant information on the blog. Later.

First Prenatal Visit

Finally! Today I had my first prenatal visit. When Andy and I got to the clinic at 8:45, we found out that my doctor had to rush to the hospital for an emergency c-section, so we had to reschedule our appointment. Luckily the doctor was able to get me in at 11:30. However, Andy had a big meeting for work from 11 to 1, so he was unable to go with me :( I was able to hear the heart beat, which was very exciting. I took a digital recorder with me to record the heart beat for Andy. The recording isn't the best, but its better than nothing. I am still having some "morning sickness", but for the most part, I am feeling pretty good. As of Sunday, I am 12 weeks, 28 more to go! I am now to the point that I will be seeing the doctor once a month, so there will be more updates to come!

Just an update

Nothing really new to report at this time. Things have been going good. No more scares, thank God. I go for my first prenatal visit on Monday. We will be able to hear the heart beat with the doppler, which will be pretty exciting. Hopefully we will have more to update on Monday.

My hCG levels

After another little scare yesterday, I went to see the doctor. They did a blood draw to compare hCG level to the first one. It was definitely good news to find out that my first level taken on 9-19 was 37,182 and my second level taken yesterday, 10-7 was 146,194. So as the nurse said on the phone, "you are very pregnant!"

Update on my pregnancy

I haven't written for awhile. Things are going pretty good, I have had some nausea, but most of all I am very tired. We are about 8.5 weeks pregnant, it will be 9 weeks on Sunday. We had some exciting news yesterday. Andy's sister, Haley and her husband Tom are in town for the weekend. We went over to Mason and Jenny's last night to see them. They shared with us that our baby is going to have a cousin. Haley is due 11 days after me (5-21-09)! They found out about 4 days after we did, but wanted to wait to tell us in person.