We had our 16 week doctor appointment this past week. :) The highlight of the appointment was of course getting to hear our sweet little baby's heartbeat which had dropped quite a bit from 160 at 10 weeks to 139 this week. This is normal though since the baby's heartbeat will slow as it gets bigger. I've gained 4 lbs so far and everything else is tracking well. Another huge highlight of this appointment was that we got to schedule the anatomy ultrasound!!!!!!!!! The doc wanted this scheduled for 19 weeks so at checkout we made the apointment with the front desk. The week she gave us to choose a day from was the week of Doug's birthday so of course we scheduled it for that date (Aug. 24th). :) It wasn't until a few days later that we realized I would only be 18 weeks at that time and that they must have pulled up the wrong week by accident, so I called the doctor's office to let them know and they said it was fine and to keep the appointment since they can still see everything they need to see at 18 weeks. So Doug's birthday present this year will be finding out the sex of our baby!! Doesn't get much better than that!
Highlights from this past month:
I found out one of my best friends out here (Jenn) is ALSO pregnant and just 2 weeks behind me!! The little terd was able to keep this a secret from everyone until she made it to the end of the first trimester. I'm absolutely ecstatic that we get to be pregnant together and can't wait to meet baby Reber #2 (or as Logan calls the baby, Baby Logan). :)
I drank a liter of Root Beer in an 8 hour window (for someone who doesn't ever drink soda this is quite a highliht). Doug had gone to the store to pick up Sprite for my Sprite craving but also came back with the liter of Root Beer since he knows me better than I know me... The Root Beer was gone by morning and the Sprite remained untouched. :)
What I referred to as the "dissapearing baby" is now long gone. Before now, some days I'd wake up with no baby bump at all and I'd get all worried that my baby wasn't in there anymore and then the next day it would be back and I'd be smooshing into my clothes again. Now it is ALWAYS there. :) Although in the morning I just feel like Fatty McFee trying to squeeze into skinny girl clothes and by the time night time rolls around I look about 7 months pregnant.. it's very strange but I'll take it over the dissapearing baby!!
I tried out some new exercise classes at my gym that I thought would be baby friendly and something I could stick with throughout my pregnancy:
Yoga - Love it! I will definitely stick with this one and probably try for 2 days a week.
Pilates - Hate it! Miserable is the only word I can come up with for this class - the only sore part of my body after taking this class was my neck.
Water Aerobics - hahaha.... No. This just wasn't my cup of tea and I felt very out of place age wise.
I started researching day care options and about cried at the cost. :(
We decided how we will be announcing the sex of the baby to all our friends. :) Since Jenn and I are just 2 weeks apart we thought it would be fun to announce it together and make a party out of it. Since our friends like to gamble we will be taking bets for Boy or Girl for both of us and at the party, which we've tentatively scheduled for Sept. 11th, I will announce hers and she will announce mine. Neither of us will know what the other ones is ahead of time...
