Second Dr. Appointment

Today's appointment was not as exciting as we both expected it to be. We were both hoping to find out the sex of the baby, but we didn't even get to see the baby today. Sad. But, we did get to hear the baby's heartbeat - beating at a rapid 156 beats per minute! Trust me, I have no caffeine in my system!!!

I did get some blood drawn for cystic fibrosis, down syndrome, and neural tube defect tests. All in all, it was an uneventful appointment, but it was really nice to hear the baby's heart beating so strong and healthy.

Our next appointment is the 2nd trimester ultrasound appointment and Dr. Han said that the technician will be able to tell us the sex of the baby at that time. 15 OCT 07 - can't wait! Dr. Han also told us that I should be able to feel the little one move in the next couple weeks!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!

Anticipation

It's funny the things you anticipate when you're pregnant. I'm almost finished with week 18 now, and the one major thing I'm looking forward to is feeling the first fetal movement. I read everywhere that it's hard for first-time mothers to tell the first movements because it often feels like gas bubbles or just an overturning stomach, but I just wish there would be a definite way to tell if it was the baby moving or just dinner moving around...hehehe...

Sometimes I sit really still with my hands on my peh and my eyes closed and think about the baby swimming around in there...imagining him/her reaching out and touching the walls and feeling around him/her. It makes me smile.

I sang to the baby today on my lunch break. Jeff and I are really looking forward to our next appointment this Friday. I'm hoping that this doctor will let us know the gender...if she can. If the baby will let us know. :) We really want to know so we can starting imagining the little one as a he or a she and address it as such.

How exciting!

16 Weeks

I'm starting my week 16 and have thus far had a relatively easy pregnancy. I've definitely had a few days of morning sickness where I spent more time saying hello to the bowl than I would have liked, but I have to think I've been lucky after some of the horror stories I've heard about morning sickness. Sleepiness is inevitable; I'm just glad I don't seem to have much trouble sleeping at night. As for rollercoaster emotions - not bad, actually. I've only just gotten more teary-eyed than usual watching shows like extreme home makeover and such. I do have a little bit of joint pain, a bit of indigestion, and a few dull headaches here and there, but nothing to really make me feel immobile. Thank goodness. Jeff and I just got back from a quick vacation in the Philippines, so I'll post some family pics here, soon. The pictures are the first shots of the little one starting to show in my belly. I'm really looking forward to my next appointment at the end of this month!