Happily, the doctor said everything is GREAT. My weight gain, blood pressure, sugar and protein levels, etc. are all totally normal / clear / good. It is so wonderful to have modern medicine to measure these things. I can't actually feel the baby yet, so it's extremely comforting to have other ways to monitor that the baby is alive and well. There are so many steps along the way where things could go wrong that I just feel incredibly grateful every time I receive any kind of confirmation that things are well.
We scheduled our next ultrasound (which is when we will find out baby's gender!) for Wednesday, January 16th. I'll definitely post something here to let my very loyal readers know. In the meantime, Bruce has christened the baby "Squirt" so that we aren't always referring to the baby as 'it.' Having a nickname has definitely helped us feel that this is a very real person who will be joining our family soon. It is still so bizarre to consider that some day we will know this person so well, yet right now we have no idea 'who' he or she is!
Sometimes I feel really overwhelmed thinking about all of the changes that are and will continue to happen with having a baby. Okay, often! At other times life just seems completely normal and perhaps this pregnancy is just something I've made up in my head. But every now and then we get a glimpse of glory - what an amazing thing it is that my body can do this and that this baby will be a person who will grow to be an individual personality just like each of us.
As for morning sickness, I'm starting to feel a LOT better. I still have to make sure I'm eating regularly or I can get quite sick, but overall my energy is increasing and my food aversions are dwindling. I actually had a protein shake today for the first time in months! So great! My goal now is to focus on eating more nutritiously - more like what I was before my pregnancy symptoms started - and to get back into my exercise routine. Hooray for the promised land AKA 2nd trimester!
2nd Prenatal Appointment Stats:
my weight gain last month: 3.5 lbs
my blood pressure: 118/82
my uterus: 16 cm
baby's heart rate: 162 bpm
1 comment:
I'm so happy for you Karren! You will be such great parents. :) I love what you said about knowing "who" your child is (and love the nickname idea!). One of the reasons I always wanted to know the gender of my babies as soon as possible was so that I could "get to know" them before they were born. Which each one I felt like I KNEW them from the moment I first held them. I probably would have felt that way anyway even if I had NOT known the gender beforehand, but it was really nice to have been able to form feelings about them before they were born. :)
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