Doctor Visit #2

We finally went back to the doctor yesterday. We got to hear the heartbeat! YAY! Our baby is a live one...160 beats per minute. We've heard wives tales that faster heartbeats, like this one, tends to be a girl, but our doctor wouldn't confirm or deny the sex this early on based on the heartbeat alone. He said, "I'll give you a 50/50 chance." Thanks doc...that really helps us out. He did say however that he will do a peek sonogram next month off the record just to see if we can see the sex. He said it's about a 70/30 shot we'll be able to tell in 4 weeks, so we're hoping our little baby will be positioned just right so mama can start shopping! He said all my blood work came back great and I even lost almost a pound since my last visit. I attribute that to the many episodes of preggo sickness I get on a weekly basis. He prescribed me Zophran which helps with the nausea, but not the random spurts that come from nowhere. And I'm supposed to take 2 a day but the pharmacy only gives you 20 at a time so those script copays will start to add up. I asked him if there was anything else I could do to help me keep my food down and there is! He said I could take a 1/4 of a unisom pill with a 25mg pill of B6 and the nausea and preggo sickness should basically completely go away. I was so happy to hear that! I can eat again! Hooray!

I've been having this pain in my butt. I know that sounds really weird but it hurts and I have it almost all the time, but usually only on my left side. So I pointed to the doctor where it was and he said that it was my SI joint. He said 1 in 4 women develop pain there because they are trying to help support the weight of the baby and your back tends to sway back a little which causes more pressure on that joint. He said I can put heat or ice on it and of course I can take tylenol. He also said I could rub that cream like icy hot on it as well but that stuff really burns so that will be a last resort.

So Tony and I are convinced I'm already showing. Several of our friends have said I'm not, but I swear my belly has gotten bigger...and it's just in my belly...well my butt too. So I asked the doctor about it because from what I've seen, most women don't start showing until their 2nd trimester. He said most women don't start showing until their 5th month but because I'm pretty small and it's my first baby, my body doesn't really know yet how to handle the little person inside me so he said it's normal and that I am already showing...so the doctor confirmed that I am not crazy for thinking this (thanks goodness!).

I can't say enough how amazing my wonderful husband is to me. Every time I get sick he asks if I'm okay and if there's anything he can do. He's such an awesome help and I am very very lucky to have him. So that's our update. Oh! And for those that don't know, my sisters due date is March 19, just 3 weeks before ours, so it's gonna be a blast having a double baby shower and being preggo together. She, Sam and Elizabeth will get here on October 13 and then Sam ships out on November 1 for ANOTHER stupid mission for 6 months so Krysten will be having the baby here. I'm so excited to share this experience with my big sis. It's gonna be soooo much fun!