Today was an exciting day at the doctor's office. I went in for my routine monthly checkup. So far, I've gained three extra pounds, about only 1 oz of that is actually the baby. My doctor, Christine, went to check on the baby's heartbeat using the doppler, but she couldn't hear anything. Turns out that my uterus is slightly tilted back (which is the main reason why I'm not really showing yet). She said that in a couple of weeks the uterus will start to tilt forward and then I can say goodbye to my old pants.
Side story: Christine said that about 40% of women's uteruses (uterii?) are tilted back and the old wives tale was that women who had tilted uteruses couldn't get pregnant. She said, "well, you showed them!"
So, since we couldn't hear anything on the doppler due to my tilted uterus, she did an ultrasound. I had an ultra sound done about 7 weeks ago and at that point, all we could see was a small white blob. This time, I got to see the baby's head and body pretty clearly. Most exciting was seeing the baby kick a bunch and then wave with its tiny little arms. It was so cool! I couldn't believe how active it was in there. The baby was laying on its head with its butt up in the air and its legs were so skinny (you could even see the foot!). Even though I couldn't feel any of those movements, it made me feel so good to see that I've got an active baby in there.
The next ultrasound will be around week 20 and then we can see the sex of the baby. Until then, I guess this little thing will continue kicking until it gets big enough for me to feel it. Any guesses on the sex? I don't know why, but my gut tells me that its a boy.
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Good morning Jia, Just wanted to let you know that I have a brief memory of a dream last night where I learned that you had a girl. I can't remember any more of the dream then that.
ReplyDeleteBefore I had children I dreamed that I had a redheaded girl, so I don't think my dream can be much of a prediction though.
Love, Ya Ya or Ni Ni