14 Week Update!
The Babl Baby and I left Ryan in class and headed over to our 14 week appointment. It took the nurse a good couple of (nerve-wracking minutes) to find the heartbeat because apparently the little one was hiding out down in my pelvis!
The statistics are as follows:
Baby’s Heartbeat: 134 bpm (Average is 110 – 160, so our baby is cruising in the middle!)
Jenny’s Weight Gain: 3 pounds total
Ryan's Weight Gain: No, I'm kidding! He's in better shape than ever this semester!
The BIG appointment! Because of the medication I take for Crohn’s, the docs do a targeted ultrasound. This isn’t significantly different from regular ultrasounds; except the machine is a little more powerful and the doctors will be taking a more detailed look at the baby’s anatomy. What that means for us is, the experience of seeing our baby in a more detailed and high-tech way! And, they usually do this exam at about 17 weeks ……….
Well, I had an appointment scheduled for March 2 at which I would be said 17 weeks and we would (assuming the little one cooperates) be able to determine gender at that time. However, after looking at our schedules, Ryan was not able to make it. For a brief moment, I thought about leaving him in class and not waiting another minute and just telling him later. (Geez! I said it was brief people!) But that appointment means the world to Ryan and if he can’t go, I am not going either! Unfortunately, the next available date that we could both make it was March 12 (Spring Break) at which point I will be almost 19 weeks. (Still earlier than many people find out!) So, mark those calendars cause we will know on March 12 if it’s a he-Babl or a she-Babl!!!
Happy to hear Baby Babl is doing great! Can't wait until March 12th! It'll end up being cool to wait a few more days so everything will be more developed :) Only about a month to wait!!!!
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