Well, I had another appointment today. A surprised me this morning and told me he decided to take the day off so he got to come too, which was awesome! I’m UP 2 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. So that’s a pretty good improvement over my last appointment… of course, at this point with M I was about 10-12 pounds up… sooooooo whatever. I ate 3 big chocolate chip cookies for dessert tonight and felt good about it.
Since A was in training for the last appointment, I had this brilliant idea that I’d try to convince the doctor to give me another sonogram. After all – our insurance DID change, so it would be covered. We walked in, took my BP (totally normal) and then she pulled out the heart beat thing (what is that called?). As I laid back I said “You know, if you have any trouble hearing the heartbeat we wouldn’t mind a sonogram. We have new insurance and Dad didn’t get to see the first one.” She put the little wand on my stomach and the heartbeat came out loud and clear. When I say loud… I mean LOUD!!! As in, the people in the rooms on either side of us probably heard it too. So I kinda figured we wouldn’t be seeing TNB. She even made a point of saying “that’s a little loud don’t you think?” and turning the sound down. As a last ditch effort I said “I don’t know what you’re talking about, I can’t hear it!” and we both smiled as we all listened.
I sat up and was pretty sure we were done… and then she said a few little words that almost made me hug her. “You know, I don’t think I heard that heartbeat either. Let me see if I can find the sonogram tech. Out she walked and A and I grinned at each other. A few short seconds later she came back and told us that the tech had appointments for the next hour and a half. Dreams crushed we left. But surprisingly – neither one of us were TOO upset. We were both just super impressed with the fact that she even tried. That had it been up to her we would have seen the little babe. Both of us were happy to hear a nice strong, loud heartbeat. To have everything check out OK and to leave with nothing but good news. Overall, a really good appointment… that was almost REALLY AWESOME.
Oh! And she also told me that they officially decided my due date would be Valentine’s Day. Which is cute. And I love it.
Congrats on the baby!!! I’m new to your blog and I’m looking so forward to hearing more about your pregnancy journey and adventures!!!!