We had our 12-week appointment today (a little late, since we're actually 12w5d), and we got lots of reassurance that everything is going well. That is, we got our reassurance after we had a terrifying few minutes of my doctor being unable to find the heartbeat with her little doppler machine!!! Thankfully she was immediately able to wheel in her little portable ultrasound machine, and we immediately saw why she was having difficulty with the doppler: our little bean was dancing and flipping like crazy! I think we're going to have our hands full with this little one. :)
So, normally we would only get two ultrasounds (one at 8 weeks and one at 20 weeks), but today we got another "bonus" to make up for the nerve-wracking few minutes of (seemingly) no heartbeat. And the upside was that we got to see our little one dancing, and everything looked perfectly formed according to my doctor. Yay!
I realized today that I've been buying myself little rewards after each milestone appointment. After we got past 8-9 weeks, I bought a journal and some magazines. After we heard the heartbeat last time I bought myself a bellaband. Today I just ordered a copy of Baby Bargains so we can start thinking about registering!
Now that it's slowly starting to sink in that we're actually having a baby, I'm realizing just how much work we have ahead of us: registering, choosing a daycare, deciding on cloth vs. disposable, etc. Whew! So we're just taking it one step at a time (while armed with multiple lists that I've already created!). First up: telling my boss after my annual review tomorrow. Wish me luck!
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YAY!!!!! Do you have a photo you can post??
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