September's Doctor Appointment

Today Todd and I had a great doctor's appointment! We met our OB for the first time today (before we were just seeing nurses and the sonographer). We are very pleased with him, he couldn't have been any nicer.

The first good news, you may have noticed the amount of weeks I am pregnant to the right of the screen jumped almost an entire week! That's because the doctor goes by the days of my last period, not by the ultrasound findings. So even though the sonographer initially pushed me back a week (and said I was only 6 weeks and not 7 weeks pregnant at the time of the first ultrasound), the ultrasound can always be off 5-7 days. So, it is more accurate to go by my last period. This means, my weekly posts will go up on Tuesday nights, instead of Sundays. But hey, I'm not complaining. I gained 5 days in my pregnancy! I am in my 12th week, not 11th. That makes me very happy. The estimated due date is now April 8th, 2014.

Today we also got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time! That was amazing. Measuring at 163 bpm, it was perfect. The doctor found it pretty quickly, he said. It was loud and clear!

Lastly, we decided to take blood for the Panorama Prenatal Test. This is the test that will scan for the possibility of Down Syndrome and other birth defects. We know we are not at high risk for any birth defects, but we always planned on taking some prenatal tests just so we could be sure. Because this test looks at the baby's chromosomes, it will also be able to tell us something else...the sex of the baby! Of course we can opt out in finding out and go the usual route of finding out the gender with an ultrasound weeks from now, but we would love to know. The sooner the better we say! Also, this is much more accurate than an ultrasound due to the fact its looking at the chromosomes. I definitely do not want to be told the gender over the phone, so Todd and I are going to talk about how we want to find out. At this point, we are thinking we want the doctor's office to mail the results. That way it will be more private and personal. I forgot to ask how long it takes to get the results back, but I would assume in a week or so?

So overall, everything is going along just fine. Mother and baby are both healthy (although this week the nausea definitely came back with a vengeance)!