Monthly Appointment

I've gained a whole three pounds...and the Dr's happy about that. All in all, a good checkup. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat, which was reassuring. However, he told me no more 16 hour shifts for at least the month - "we'll re-evaluate after a month"... THAT'LL make County happy - *sigh*... Other than that, we're doing the 'simple blood test' version of the Triple Screen - they're going to give us our odds of having a child with a genetic defect. I have to have that drawn sometime between the 26th of September and the 3rd of October. Next appointment is October 13th...



Meanwhile I have to go see my primary care provider - I keep getting increasingly short of breath and have minor palpitations - they're not too concerned as they feel it has everything to do with the increased blood volume, but we're going to double check anyhow.

Finally! Ultrasound Picture!

OK - I finally got the picture uploaded! This is one of the ultrasound images from 2 weeks ago (August 29, 2005)... I was exactly 11 weeks that day and the baby measured at 11 weeks and 1 day. His/Her heartrate was at 167 beats per minute which is really good. It was definitely too early to tell the sex of the baby, but the tech said that it we are able to get the Dr to allow us to come back at about 20 weeks, she should be able to tell. The baby was verrrrry active ... he/she was doing flips and somersaults - and the tech said she saw his/her little arm waving. He/She is sitting very low still and she had a hard time getting to see the baby. The picture is a magnified one, so that's why it looks a little grainy - that and the fact that the machines they are using are somewhat antiquated. As we progress, I'm going to try and find someone in the area that does 3D or 4D imaging.



13 weeks today! Scott says he thinks I'm finally starting to show - I don't see it yet though...



We have another Dr's appointment tomorrow... I'm going to ask him why I have no real appetite. I have to almost force myself to eat and then when I do, I get the feeling I'm going to be sick...but I don't get sick. Who knows. *shrug*