Dr. Visit #2

I went to my second prenatal appointment this last week. I was a little nervous, just because I wasn't sure what to expect. Well, after discovering that I haven't gained any weight since the first visit, I was more nervous. Curt was with me again, he's such a supportive husband. The doc congratulated me for getting through the first trimester (yay!!) and then asked me how I was feeling. I let him know that I've been really uncomfortable because I've been so bloated, and I didn't know if or what medications were safe. To emphasize how bad it's been, I told him it even wakes me up in the middle of the night sometimes because I'm in pain. Then Curt pipes up, "Yeah, and then it wakes me up!" Tee hee hee. The doctor laughed and said, "Well, you did this, you should have to suffer some consequences!"
Then came the exciting part; he pulled out the Dopplar, which finds the baby's heartbeat and amplifies it so we can hear it. He felt around, and moved it around, and kept moving it around, and nothing. My heart worried a bit as I looked at his face and saw a little confusion (maybe that was just in my head.) He put the device down and started feeling with his hands. He discovered that my uterus was sitting to the right (I didn't know it had that much room to move where it wanted to). So he picked his tool back up, and sure enough, there was the baby's heartbeat! He looked at me and said, "Yep, you're pregnant!" Whoa, talk about an emotional moment; not at his news flash, but at that rapid thumping coming from inside me. It made it that much more real that there is a little person growing in my womb. He let us listen for quite a while. I'm so grateful that I've made it three months already and so far, things seem to be right on track. Everyone has been asking me if I want a boy or a girl. I can't wait to find out what it is, and then I will have an answer :) I want whatever is inside me, changing my life forever. It's a miracle!