Yesterday was blustery and COLD. We braved it and drove to Topeka. We knew it would be worth it. Andrew took the afternoon off of work and I enjoyed having a “date” with him although Michaela tagged along to hear her sibling’s heart beat. She was a bit off at the app. unfortunately. Norla the midwife who delivered Michaela is on call for office appointments on Mondays and it was nice visiting with her again. This baby is measuring just on 13 weeks and Norla thinks my belly is looking just right for 13 weeks as well. It must be that second time mothers just pop a LOT sooner! This baby is super active and apparently just ONE. :) It took Norla several minutes to get the baby to hold still long enough for her to hear the heart beat and be able to count it. It was so nice to hear this little one’s heart beat! It was 170 beats per minute. So very fast. Norla thinks another girl. We’ll see. She guesses based on heart rate being faster in girls than boys. She was right with Michaela.
The nurse that attended me this visit is 13 weeks pregnant too which is fun. She had had bad morning sickness as well. We commiserated. Thankfully we both are starting to feel more human again although for the record it seems evenings are always the worst for me. I can hardly stand the smell food or just about anything. Andrew is such a kind and wonderful husband to not complain about this part of the pregnancy!
Oh and we have announced our pregnancy publicly so it’s out there now. I think in the process we stepped on at least one or two person’s toes unfortunately. But you know that always seems to happen. You can’t do anything right when it comes to how you announce your pregnancy. Sigh. I am trying to get thicker skin. It’s rather hard to do when you are pregnant and emotional though!
Oh and for the record after hearing how firm Norla is on gestational age of this baby I am rethinking getting the ultrasound. I am just soo unsure. I don’t know what I want to do. SIGH. Andrew is used to this. I have a very hard time making up my mind on such things. :) I guess I do have several months to come to a conclusion! I am confident on our date now too so I am thinking I don’t need to worry about getting a u/s just for the dates. If we get one it would be for the thrill of it. Oh and just to make sure everything is A-OK. But maybe we won’t and we’ll just be surprised again. I am feeling at peace that even if it were a boy I think we would have plenty of clothes for the first 2 months or so and I am sure that we’d be fine after that too! My mom sends out lots of great second hand clothes she finds and I have some thrift store boy clohtes I squrrled away when I was pregnant with Michaela. Oh and you can always bid on a lot of boy clothing on Ebay. So it wouldn’t be a big deal. Man, if only I weren’t so indecisive. Oh and if this baby is a girl WE’RE SET! Ha! :)
So thanks for the well wishes. It was so reasuring going to the app! Oh and as far as due months I have decided that I am saying September as our “due month”. Mainly because I think I will go a week late with this one too. The official due date is August 22 according to LMP. But I think that is such a general suggestion it isn’t of much worth. I prefer the term “due month”. I just have a feeling that my babies need a little extra growing time. :) We’ll see!






















