Our 2nd ultrasound

Everything went great, once we got out of the waiting room housing three hellian children. Our little one is doing perfectly and is right on schedule!

Here is a picture of the bambino! The two lines going across the baby are the beginnings of it's spine.


AND.....we got to see AND hear the heartbeat for the first time! SO awesome! The top of the picture has two rods that are zeroed in on the beating heart and the bottom, though kind of hard to see, is the heartbeat!


Notice how I said bambino? With the heartrate being on 129bpm, we are thinking it's a boy! Everyone I have talked to so far that has a girl had a heartrate in the 150s and 170s. Only time will tell!

My doctor said he wanted to see me back in four weeks for another ultrasound, just to make sure everything is still progressing the way he wants it to. I've lost the 2 pounds that I gained, but I still look bigger. He said that it was mainly water retention combined with the fact that when you are pregnant, your bowels completely re-route themselves and bloat up. With me having IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), they are realllly bloating up! So that's why I look like I'm having twins! I'm not by the way-having twins. Just one! Also-no more big meals. He said I should be eating 6-7 small meals a day and I shouldn't eat just because I'm hungry. I shouldn't eat more than every 2-3 hours.

So there you have it dear blog friends!