Doctor's Appointment 2.0

Our second doctor's appointment was today. (I don't count the very first time we went to the doctor because they just had me pee in a cup and told me I was pregnant. Like I didn't know that from the home tests that came back positive...) As usual, they had me pee in a cup. I'm getting quite good at it! They weighed me and I found that I had only gained 2 lbs! Which is really good. (I thought it would have been 10 or 20 with the way I've been eating. I guess baby is just soaking up everything I don't need. Thanks, baby! Mommy loves you!!) I went back to the room where the hubs was waiting and had my blood pressure taken. Then the NP came in and answered a few questions that I had thought of after my last appointment. She had me lie back on the bed and she felt around my tummy to see how I was growing. She said I was growing perfectly! It was weird because when I push on my tummy, it stills feels squishy, but when she was pushing, it actually felt hard! Then we listened to the heartbeat. That never gets old. She said is was between 140 & 150 beats per minute which is perfect! So to sum up the appointment, I'm perfect, Baby is perfect... what more could we ask for? I also got my H1N1 vaccine. It didn't hurt but my arm felt like dead weight all night.

Then we talked about my upcoming appointments. I was so excited because I know that they can tell gender between 18 and 22 weeks. I'm supposed to go back every 4 weeks. If I keep that schedule, at my next appointment I would be just shy of 18 weeks. I thought maybe we could just schedule the appointment for 5 or 6 weeks away so that it would be easier to see if we're having a boy or girl. She said that she would see me again in 4 weeks and then 4 weeks after that we would have my "big" ultrasound. So I said in my most pathetic voice "Oh, so I'll have to wait until 22 weeks then?" She said that they're going to do it that way so they can be absolutely sure of the gender and also since I had an earlier ultrasound, they want to see a lot more growth and waiting would just be better.

I pouted all the way home. I kept saying "May??? We have to wait until May??? I don't want to wait that long!"

Did you hear that?? May!!!! So for everyone marking their calendars, we will find out the gender on May 4th.

Oh, and don't worry. We already have a special something planned for how we'll break the news.