12 week Dr. Visit!
We went to our 12 week Dr. visit today. This is the visit where we get to hear the heartbeat to make sure all of this sickness is worth it. There was a shocking development when we got there, the Dr. was behind… So after a 45 min wait we finally got into the room. The Dr. came in and he got right down to hearing the hearbeat. Problem was, he couldn’t find it. Now we are no professionals at this by any means, but this made us a little nervous. He didn’t seem too nervous, but he wanted to not let us leave all freaked out, so he told us he wanted to do an ultra sound. Of course theirs was broken so we had to walk over to the office next door to use their machine. After informing us the he hadn’t used the ultra sound machine in about 10 years, the Dr. put the gel on her tummy and the baby appeared on the screen. He said that the baby looked good and the hearbeat was thumping away. He was able to capture a picture of the baby’s face and printed it out for us. He handed it to me and said, “Here is the picture of your alien baby”. I tried to get him to say it was a girl, but he wouldn’t. 8 more weeks to find out.
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Only 45 minutes? That is shocking.
I remember with our first baby, that absent heartbeat each and every visit was killer. The first time, I remember it felt like I was going to, uh, ‘lose my lunch’. Each time was just as freaky. but the second time around, I think you just no better and your heart doesn’t drop to the floor every time.
BTW – I’m sure you’re well aware of my, what is it, like 12 for 12 baby-gender prediction accuracy, but I haven’t quite made up my mind about yours. Next time I see Beka I’ll know.
Congratulations guys. Keep up the good work Beka!
February 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I get more and more excited about the fact that there is going to be another baby in the family! YEAH!!!!!!! I am so happy that things are going so much easier for you this time.