Here we are already at our next appointment posting. Today I am 16 weeks 3 days pregnant...165 days left to go!!! In another week and 3 days I will be done my 4th month and starting my 5th!
"No one compares
You stand alone, to every record I own
Music to my heart that's what you are
A song that goes on and on"
Each time we find out more info about our growing little bundle of joy. At this appointment we finally got to hear the heartbeat....whoosh whoosh whoosh!!! It was a nice feeling. I think I feel more at ease. My blood pressure seems to be really good at each appointment. The heartbeat was at 140..which is pretty normal and borderline of what the baby could be. Doug and I have decided we are pretty sure we are not going to find out what the sex is..we have waited 3 years to get this far what is another couple of months in the grand sceam of things. We would be happy either way. Just might have to put the baby in some very neutral clothing options for the first little bit. I believe one of my besties/aunt holla will be holding a shower for me after the baby is born..so we will get some gender specific things then.
We go back in 5 weeks August 31st. At this point I will be almost done my 5th month and soon starting my 6th. I will be a week and a couple of days before finishing my 5th month. He said he will be taking a very long and detailed look at the baby to see what is all going on etc. I am hoping we get some better pics by then. I was kinda hoping to see how the baby had grown since last time..but I know for your safety and the baby's they do not like to do too many of them. So we wait to see our little miracle again next time. All of my blood work seems to be okay according to the doc. I also re-found out that my blood type is O+..so that is good to know.
I am hoping I am showing some by then. We have not started measure me at all yet. I am thinking it is going to take me a while to start to show as for I am not the smallest in the weight category for my height. However I am hovering around the same weight point up and down..the last app I lost some weight and I am only up 2 pounds. So I might get really lucky and only gain baby weight..which would be great considering I will have to try and lose whatever more I gain later on. My theory is it has alot of weight/fat stored up that it can take from already. I am not eating like crazy or getting cravings really yet. Most of the time I do not really feel hungry...I start to and then do not really eat all of what I had. I get this you are done feeling from the baby. I eat a big meal at dinner and small snack meals throughout the day at work..for I mostly get 15 min breaks. I drink lots of water and have a regular breakfast. I have to watch my sugar levels anyway..so this all works out for me.
I might feel more prego..once i start to round a bit and show. It does not have to be alot..just enough where people stop wondering why I am shopping in the baby sections and are dumbfounded when I say I am due in January. Funny how appearance is everything. Works out for wearing clothing a bit longer..for I will eventually have to get some maternity pieces. One of them I dread..a big winter coat for the last few months.
I would be taking pics of myself for you starting this week..but if you have seen my lately..i just look like I have lost some weight and I am not more rounded than I already was. So soon enough I will post some pics of my growing belly and the miracle that is inside of me. Each day we feel so gifted that we have made it this far and can not wait to eventually meet the precious life we are nurturing inside.
140 beats per min...ahhhhh!
