Last Friday, I went to my dr. for my 12 week appt. Since I had just been to the u/s appt. I was feeling quite upbeat about the pregnancy. The only nervewrecking thing was weighing in. Based on how much I had been shoving into my mouth the past few weeks, I was hoping that my weight gain was under 5lbs. To my utter surprise, I actually lost 3lbs. SAY WHAT?! I'm just going to accept this and not try to ponder the many mysteries of the universe. However, the dr. did express some concern and told me that she didn't want me to eat too healthy that I am losing weight. No worries there, I've been eating pizza all week long!
A couple of more awesome things about this appointment included the nurse whipping out a doppler monitor to measure the baby's HB. And it took her awhile, or what seems like awhile. She probably heard the anxiety in my voice b/c she kept saying that it was very hard to detect a HB at 12 weeks with a doppler and that she's had no luck with any of the other pregnant patients that morning. However, she kept on trying and after moving the monitor around, we finally heard the glorious sound of my baby's heart pumping away at 163 bpm. According to the dr., to be able to hear the baby's HB using a doppler at a mere 12 weeks is a "major achievement in the baby's development." It turns out that a doppler usually only picks up a HB at the 14week+ mark. Happy to hear that our kid is already an overachiever! The other great news was that my blood work was "excellent" - everything came out fine, blood count, iron levels, and my blood type is O+ so be nice people, I'm a universal donor (except for those with O-, sorry you're on your own). All in all it was a very good appt. and one of the best weeks I've had so far.
Upcoming major events: 16 week screening (more blood and prolly another doppler hearing), 20 week detailed anatomy scan for the baby (also time for finding out the sex which we're opting not to do), and 32 week growth u/s.
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