Our 16 week appointment was today and nothing too eventful went on. Checked my weight and blood pressure(which was normal) and then listened to Baby Goode. Doc said that Baby Goode sounded good even though we didn't get to hear much because of the squirming around. Blood was drawn for the quad screen which checks for signs of Downs Syndrome and neural tube defects. Our next appointment will be down in radiology at 20 weeks for the ultrasound!!!! Hopefully Baby Goode will be cooperative and show us what we are looking for so we can start saying he or she. Shawn has called the baby he from the get go so maybe he already has it right. :) Shawn and I have both been pretty sick and my poor husband tried so hard to not get me sick. We have hand sanitizer, lysol, and anti bacterial wipes in every room right now. He even slept in another room to try and not get me sick!! He is the sweetest but I still ended up in Urgent Care Monday night with Bronchitis. Woo Hoo, fun.
So, my Dad called yesterday and is planning to come and visit at the end of the month!!! He will be the first person from my family to actually come in from out of town to visit us here in Mountain Home. :) I'm trying to think of things to do while he is here and I figure one day we can take him out to the flight line to see the F-15's. After that I am not sure. Hopefully he doesn't get too bored here in Mountain Home since he is used to having lots to do at home.
Hooray!!!! We are beginning our second trimester and hopefully it is super fantastic like everyone says it will be. :) Our 16 week appointment is on October 14th and maybe the doc can take a peek and see if Baby Goode is a girl or a boy. If not we'll have to wait until the 20 week mark. I am so bad at waiting!!!!
Well, our 12 week appointment seemed to go well for the most part. Baby Goode is measuring right where he/she should be. We heard the heartbeat for the first time and it was amazing but we could only hear a bit at a time due to all of the wiggling. :) This little kiddo sure likes to move around a lot, I can't wait until I can feel it all myself! Our doctor also gave us some news about when Baby Goode is going to be here. Apparently I am being categorized as a chronic hypertensive which makes it a high risk pregnancy. Apparently IVF also puts you in that category, which I really didn't know. So the plan is to induce before I ever get to 40 weeks. It all scares me but now we know for sure that Shawn will be here for the birth. I just hope that everything goes well for the duration of the pregnancy. I am starting to show a bit now and it is very exciting and kind of difficult all at the same time. I love that our baby is growing and becoming so real, but it is not easy to say goodbye to my jeans. :P
Week 11 is now complete and week 12 is now beginning and the rumbling belly feels like its in overdrive. I felt really great for a couple of days and it has been downhill since then. Hopefully all the rumors I hear about the 2nd trimester being great are true. Feeling like a tired slug just isn't my cup of tea. :) We have our first appointment on base this week and I am hoping that we love our doctor!! Fingers crossed since we'll be with him for a bit.
Here is the most recent ultrasound of Baby Goode. Shawn was over the moon when he saw our baby on the screen. (He wasn't able to go to the first u/s) It was amazing to see how much he/she has grown and to see the heart beating so fast. To top it all off Baby Goode decided to wiggle around and put on a little show.
Finally starting to feel better after all of the "morning" sickness that has been abundant this first trimester. :P I can't believe that we'll be into our second trimester at the end of this month, time sure seems to fly by. Not a lot going on right now, just waiting for the base hospital to get back to me to set up our first appointment there. Ha ha, we'll see how long that takes!!! I wish I could have stayed with my reproductive doc, they are the best at that office.
