Weeks 10-13

Ok, folks! Sorry it's been so long, but since we've skipped about four weeks we have a few updates! At the end of week nine, we got our first sonogram, which was pretty cool. I didn't realize that the reason sonograms are so blurry is that the baby is moving around in there! We have quite a little dancer. Or soccer player, whatever.


Weeks 10-12 went by without much news, and then again at week 13, we got to hear the heartbeat. My mom came with us to the doctor's appointment, and tried to hold the phone up to the Doppler machine while the doctor was listening for the pulse, so my dad could hear it. It was pretty funny when the doc was all, "Yeah. You're creating quite a bit of feedback." Oh, Mom...

They also did lots of blood work at this last appointment, which grosses me out, but it also bought me a smoothie after my appointment since I was so good :) "Good" meaning, I didn't cry or yell when the nurse said, "Your vein just rolled...do you want me to take the needle out?" Wow. I may need another smoothie after I finish typing this.

In four weeks, we have the trisomy testing (to see if our kid is going to have chromosomal defects), and then four weeks after that, we find out if we're having a boy or a girl! Hopefully we'll find something to write about in between, but if not, we'll find some more cool text book pictures to post and trick everyone with.

Feel free to keep posting your family-friendly comments, and please keep the salty language under control- the baby has ears now!

CJ:
Current baby size - 3 inches
Current baby weight - 1 oz., or about $592.80 in gold at current market prices.