Wednesday, March 16, 2011

143 Beats Per Minute

Here I am at 16 weeks. My belly has actually gotten a little smaller. Weird.

I had my midwife appointment Monday morning (17 weeks), and everything is fine. The midwife found the heartbeat right away, and it was 143 beats per minute. I said something to her about how we were tracking the heart rates to try and figure out the sex, and she said "well, this one is right in the middle, but that's never accurate anyway." Sigh. I still haven't gained any weight yet (believe it or not) and my glucose test came back normal. I also had my blood taken for the genetic testing, or quad screen as they call it. I am not sure when I'll get the results back from that, but I'm hoping for good results. I go in for my ultrasound on April 8, and I'm very excited. Justin is going to come, too. I think the ultrasounds they do at the Maternal Fetal Specialists are more detailed, so they should be really fun to see. We aren't finding out the sex, so that part will be nerve-wracking. I actually dreamed that they told us the baby was a boy during the ultrasound and we were so upset that they spilled the beans. What a weird thing to be worried about...

2 comments:

Jim said...

Well, you could sign a release authorizing them to tell just the grandparents the gender and I would promise not to spill the beans . . . .

You are looking great--I hope you are feeling as well as you look. We are very excited to see you guys in about a month.

Happy Saint Patty's Day (just a day early)!

adriane said...

Nice try! It really is harder for some reason to not find out this time around. It's weird.

Thanks so much Jim! I really appreciate it. I'm trying to stay as healthy as possible...