Saturday, October 27, 2007

Name Change and U/S Date

Tim and I have decided if we have a boy we are going to name him Lincoln James instead of Donovan James. Its a name we ran across recently and both really liked. I have my 16 week appointment on November 7th. I asked Dr Williams if we could get an ultrasound to see what we are having on that day and he said that we can try. 16 weeks is still a little early for that, normally its done between 18 and 20 weeks, but I know several people that were able to tell as early as 15 weeks what they were having, so I'm feeling optimistic about it. I just want to know so I can start planning the nursery and buying some things.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Today's Appointment

We went in for our 12 week appointment today. I've gained a total of 5 pounds in the first trimester. Not terrible. Dr. Williams wasn't able to hear the baby's heartbeat on the hand held dopper so we had an ultrasound done. I really wasn't suprised at all that he couldn't hear it because I've been trying to hear it at work and I've never been able to either. The part that did suprise me was the the ultrasound tech wasn't able to hear it on the ultrasound either. It took her a good 5 minutes to find it at all. She said she could see it, and that everything looked fine, she was just having a hard time hearing it. She finally told us that it was 162 beats per minute. Sounds good to me. She said that the problem was that everytime she got the baby pinned down and tried to listen, it would move. I couldn't see very well from my angle, but Tim said that he could see it moving and waving its arms and legs.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

12 Weeks

Today I'm 12 weeks pregnant. This is a very important milestone that I have been looking forward to. Mainly because I get to stop taking my progesterone today. That means no more twice daily suppositories. Yay! Today is also often looked at as the beginning of the 2nd trimester. Some books and people say 13 weeks is actually more accurate, but I say as long as I make it there I don't care when it is. I have an appointment tomorrow morning at 9:30 am, so I'll be updating again soon.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

My Jumping Bean

Tonight when I was at work I had the chance to look at my baby on the ultrasound machine for a few minutes. While I was looking at it I must have done something that startled her because she jumped really fast, hit the top of my uterus and then floated back down to where she was. Of course I couldn't feel it, but it was so cool to actually see it moving. It made my day :)