Week Twelve appointment

On Thursday I went to my week twelve appointment. Everything was good. I lost four pounds but I had been at camp the week before so it was all good!

I was able to hear the baby's heartbeat. It was an amazing sound. The doctor said the heartbeat was in the high 160s and that was fine. That is about where it was when I went for the ultrasound. Just like at the ultrasound the doctor had a hard time getting the baby in a good position to hear the heartbeat. The little bugger is already an active baby. Dr. Devlin said she could even hear the baby kicking! Oh boy! What are we in for?

My next appointment is September 15th.

Here is a picture of me at twelve weeks


Here is a picture of all the pregnant ladies at camp!
L to R: Amy (due any day now), Jess (due January 2), Me (due March 1), Maureen (due with twins March 5)

Our First Ultrasound

We went to our first ultrasound today. It was at Holy Redeemer Hospital which is where we will be having the baby. The appointment was at 12:15. We were brought back into the room by 12:30. I was pretty happy with how quickly and smoothly everything went.

The technician brought us into the room and asked me to lay down on the table. She set everything up. I felt like I was laying there forever but I am sure it was only about five minutes before she finally showed me the baby. I was so surprised! It looked like an actual baby! I thought it was just going to be a little blob but there was actually a baby. A baby that was moving all around. I saw the heartbeat, but we didn't hear it yet. Hopefully at my next doctor appointment we will.

The technician told us the heart rate was 167. She said anywhere between 120 or 140 (I can't remember which) and 180 is good. She also said that I was 9 weeks and 6 days pregnant. She gave me a due date of March 6. Dr. Devlin originally told me March 1 so just a little different which is fine.

Here is our baby's first picture!

Telling the Folks

On August 2 we invited our parents, siblings, grandparents, and Rosie over to Julie's house. We told everyone they were coming over for a party to celebrate Jim finishing the apprenticeship. My sisters already knew that we were pregnant at this point.

We called the party for 7:00. I found out later that Heather had to go to a ceremony to accept a scholarship from the Vietnam Society at 5:00. I was dying! She promised that she would get my parents to Julie's house no later than 7:30. She was good to her word. As soon as my parents got in the door and said their hellos I asked my mom to sit next to Jim's mom. I gave them each a gift. It was a book that was about Grandparents.

On the cover of the book was a spot for a picture. Obviously we had no picture yet so I just wrote "Coming Soon: Baby G March 1, 2010". The moms looked at each other and started laughing and then they passed the books off to the respective dads and then the grandparents.

Pretty soon everyone was hugging and screaming and crying. It was great!

My dad broke out the whiskey, people did a shot, and we had a nice rest of the night.

Here are some more pictures from the night!

Rosie and Babci

Jim

Us and the Grandparents

Us and the Great-Grandparents