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This little one wasn't shy in the least bit.  Had their legs wide open for the tech today.  I will say they were lazy at the time.  We did get a nice wave and got to see baby open and close their mouth at the end.  I'm so glad we paid for this privately.  It was a great experience that neither my husband, our son, nor myself will ever forget.  T was really cool about the 2 people in the room rule and said that lil guy can come with instead of no one going.  I was going to be fair and only go with the hubs, but she said lil guy can go since he really wanted to.  She's a great kid and I wouldn't switch her out for anything.  I can only hope this new addition is just as wonderful as my other kids.  


OK now for the big reveal.  I'll let the picture speak for itself. lol

Ethan says hi

Movement clip of our lazy little guy

belly pics at 16 weeks 5 days

Whoa belly is all I have to say...

Bare Belly

Shirt Over Belly

finally heard the heartbeat

And it was the most beautiful sound I've heard in years.  That was the only good thing about yesterdays appointment.  I'm so fed up with this OB it's not even funny.  They have yet to get my blood results from the NT scan done on Jan. 17th and now had to do the triple screen blood draw that's a follow up to that one.  However, with nothing to cross reference the blood results to, it sorta serves no purpose at the moment.  Now the hunt is on, yet again, to get those damn results and try to see if the same lab could run yesterdays blood draw.  The OB asked if I could take the blood to the lab or to the place where I had the NT scan done so they can forward the blood.  Umm what?  Sorry but I don't care if it's my own blood, I'm not walking around with a vile of blood in my purse to play messenger.  You have got to be out of your damn mind!  I told the receptionist last night that I will not be returning.  She fully understood.


As for the rest of my visit.  I put on 3 pounds in 4 weeks, so I'm OK with that.  My blood pressure was perfect and my urine was fine.  He didn't do a fundal measurement, so I have no idea if my belly is measuring big, small or average.  But by the looks of things, I would say big. lol  I'll try to upload the heartbeat and post that later.  I did record it to my phone.

the big scan

I've made the appointment for the big scan.  On February 26th I will be getting a 3D scan that will hopefully be able to determine the sex of this baby.  Am I growing a penis inside me or a vagina?  I can't wait to find out.

had a scare this morning

Nothing major, thankfully, but I almost passed out on my way to work. I was on the bus, standing up because it gets that crowded and people don't offer a seat for nothing, when I suddenly got really hot. So I opened up my coat, still hot. Took off my scarf, still hot. Took off my coat, still hot. Started sweating and then saw some stars before my eyes. Thankfully, I carry water with me everywhere I go, so I was sipping on that. Still no help. I finally had to ask some college kid for a seat. Oh man I felt horrible for then majority of the ride. I almost got off and was going to call Kev to come get me. But I started to feel a bit better after sitting and chugging my entire water bottle. So I decided I was going to continue heading into work.  I have shit to do at the office.  I don't get paid for being home.

 

Then of course travailing in NYC leads you to deal with stupid fucking douche waffles! So I had to deal with a dumb bitch too after already feeling like crap. After the bus I need to take a train for two stops so I do that.  The train was crowded but not sardine packed like usual. Being only two stops I was able to manage that one OK. 

 

As I'm walking up the stairs, slowly cause I'm feeling like shit, plus the fact that pregnancy makes a woman take in less oxygen combined with being asthmatic equals one slow walking Liz up and down stairs.  Some dumb chick who thinks I can't hear cause of my head phones says to a friend of hers "...and then you have people walking like old ladies." I didn't catch the entire sentence but I did catch the "people walking like old ladies" part clear as day.  Brushes past me in a rush, to which I replied "It's called being pregnant you idiot!" She looks back opens her mouth then shuts it right up. Damn right I heard you dumb ass, you stupid bitch! And I know you were talking about me cause now you have nothing to say you fucking piece of shitty twat waffle!

Well that has been my Friday morning. The joy!  Oh and the partner at work flipped out on my co-worker because she made a major mistake that could get him disbarred and face criminal charges. YIKES!

I just hope my afternoon is better. I'm gonna continue chugging water and get some lunch in a bit. I'm probably gonna junk out with McD's but I need a junky meal. I've been eating healthy all week and had a healthy breakfast. After the morning I've had I'm entitled to a crap meal that will make me feel better. And heaven help the mother fucker that comments on my food.  I will rip your head off and take a shit down your open wound.

second trimester

woohoo I have officially made it into the second trimester.  I am now 13 weeks and 4 days pregnant.  I have made it out of the scariest part of pregnancy.  I am no longer on progesterone and things are moving along well.  I still have morning sickness.  But hey it's not all day nor that bad so I'll deal.  I have yet to get my results from the NT blood work, it's annoying but I'm not going to worry about it.  It's just not worth the worry.  I would rather just continue on knowing that the scan was good and things looked fine.  I need to take another picture but I did take one last week at 12 weeks 5 days.

ob visit was mostly full of aaughhhhhhhh

Sorry but this is a copy and past from somewhere else.  I've been meaning to update, but I've been too tired this week.


OK so appointment had its ups and downs. Up side the NT scan showed baby actually measured ahead at 11 weeks 5 days which moved my due date up to Aug. 2. And that the thickness was within normal range 1.18 or something like that. So that's good news. Blood draw results from last ob visit were good. Everything within normal range except for the hemoglobin and something else blood related were a bit low, but not by much. I'm back up to 150lbs, so I feel like I'm doing OK with weight gain so far.


My aauggghhh moments...doc did not have my blood results from the NT scan. So even though the scan showed normal levels, without the blood, we don't know the risk for sure yet. I have to call he place I went to tomorrow and see if they have the results or not or find out how to get them over to my doctor. My other aaughhh moment...the freaking battery died on the doppler so we couldn't hear the heart beat. He did offer it up for me to go see him next week to hear, I'll see what I'll do depending on the blood results. My final aaugghhh moment is that he wants me to take the progesterone for another week. BLAH! Just when I thought I was done, it sucked me back in. I felt bad for DH. He left work early to meet me there just to hear the heart beat. Next time I go see him I'm bringing a double A battery just in case.