12 Week Baby Appointment

Last week Thursday was my 12 week appointment with my obstetrician. Everything was checking out fine; weight gain, only 1 pound (amazingly!!), blood results came back good, no relief for the constant fatigue until probably week 18 etc. Then it was time to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. Ryan was with me for what we hoped would be a momentous occasion. Unfortunately, despite the doctor trying for more than 10 minutes, up, down, sideways, high, low, he could not find a heartbeat. He started going over different scenarios: (1) my due date is wrong; (2) my uterus is titled, or (3) there is a sac but no baby. Of course #3 scared me enough to ask what we could do. The doctor recommended an urgent ultrasound and thought I might be able to get in the next day already. Taking his advice, I was in for an ultrasound the next day. Unfortunately Ryan could not get out of work with such late notice and my mom offered to come along with me to the hospital the next day.

So we started the ultrasound (without my mom in the room) and right away the technician said "oh there's the heartbeat" and I breathed a huge sigh of relief. She took a few more measurements and I got to see my baby on the screen for the first time. The technician brought my mom in too so she could take a look and see her grandbaby.

So everything seems to be on track, and there doesn't seem to be any concerns after all. Huge relief. We even got our first baby picture (good thing she labelled the head or it might be hard to tell at this point). If anything, the technician said the baby is measuring a little small (well, that's ALL we heard throughout my entire pregnancy with Kaitlyn and I think these medical professionals keep forgetting how short this child's parents are!).

So here's our first baby pic:

Shopping

Well today turned into a bit of shopping day. Something I don't do a lot of as I hardly ever let myself spend money. Today the kids' swap meet was happening in town (only happens twice a year) so I figured I better go and check it out since Kaitlyn has about 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants that fit her right now, never mind summer is just around the corner. What I like about the swap meet is everyone takes only cash so if I take out a certain amount in the morning, I know that once it's gone, it's gone and I'm not allowed to take out more. I decided to be cheap and save the extra $2 and not hit the early bird entrance since I wasn't looking for any big ticket items which is basically what early bird is used for. I managed to hit some really great deals and get some really cute stuff, all within budget, most of it barely used and a lot of name brands - something I said didn't matter to me anymore but the price was right!

The best thing about this? I was petrified Kaitlyn would run off and be impossible to manage by myself. I brought the stroller along to pile the bags on and knew she wouldn't want to go in there so I took her "leash" along. But a wonderful thing happened when I took out the stroller - Kaitlyn wanted to sit in it! And she sat in it the entire time, drank her juice and ate her Cheerios like an angel!! I was so impressed with her. I guess she's not always "terrible 2"!

The dilemna I had before leaving the house was another sort though. Wearing jeans. I have a few "fat" jeans still in my drawer from before I lost my weight, but the problem with those is they are still falling down in my current condition. And my "skinny" jeans are okay except I can't do up the fly or button. So today I wore a longer shirt and left my fly open. Yeah, not that attractive. After the swap meet, I hit a couple consignment stores and found a great pair of maternity jeans that don't look like maternity jeans and are so comfy. So yes, I guess you can say I am hitting the maternity wear already. Sigh. Isn't it too early for this??