August Baby News

This past Thursday I had my 16-17 week appt with Dr. Larson. It was a relief to have him back since my July appt was pretty worthless. We started off by talking about the different testing that you can do to predict birth defects and genetic defects. I also asked him about not wanting to eat but forcing myself to eat, expect for fruit which I could eat non stop all day long! He said it is still normal and isn't too worried that I feel this way even though I am almost half way through the pregnancy (SCARY THOUGHT!) He also said that if it continues through 20 weeks then he will start to get a little concerned. Dr. Larson just suggested that when I do eat, forcing or not, that I try to eat things with a lot of protein. We did another ultrasound and took measurements in which confirmed the original January 30th due date. It was really cool to do the ultrasound this month b/c baby actually looked like a baby! When we started the ultrasound baby was moving around and giving us a thumbs up which almost made me cry! But lately it seems like anything and everything can make me cry! Dr. Larson is great at explaining what we are looking at on the screen. He used the head, chest cavity, and the femur for the measurements. It was so cool to see body parts like the ribs, spine, arms and baby moving. At every ultrasound he also checks my uterus b/c of the heart shape and actually said that it is starting to "flatten" out as the uterus gets bigger. Baby weighs about 6oz and the heart beat was 142.

My last day at the hospital was on Friday and it was hard to leave everyone there. It was by far my favorite job I have ever had and I will actually miss it. However, it is very nice to permanently be back in the cities. My background for DCC was completed last Monday so I am hoping to hear from them this week. Jared is still at the Rosemount armory doing army things. Today Jared and I went to a movie and walked around the Southdale mall for a bit. We went into Macy's to look around and Jared came to the infant department. He of course went right to the boys clothes but I saw him peering over at the little girls section! We eneded up buying a really cute sleep and play and one onesie which are gender neutral since we don't know the sex yet.

The much anticipated 20 weeks appt is on Sept 15th in which we are hoping and praying that baby cooperates and we can find out the sex. We will be going back to see Dr. Larson in Mankato for this appt. I have been looking for some dr's up here in the cities and have been thinking about places for the delivery but it all depends on where we will be living and where insurance is covered. I will be posting all of the ultrasound pictures this week since I am finally in the cities but I'm only able to do it at my parents house since our printer/scanner is in storage. We are also excited as we found out this past week that we will have another nephew! My sister Julie is pregnant and due mid December, only 6 weeks further along then I am!!