it's a boy!

Benjamin Lawrence Brewer :) No doubt about it! very squiggly wiggly guy in there :)

movement

Today I felt the baby move for the first time (at least the first time that I was sure it was baby)! So awesome, and totally creepy at the same time. I was in the car at a drive thru and I could feel he/she kind of flip in my belly... guess he/she was hungry!

impatience :)

Due to our (okay, my) impatience, we're going to get an 'elective' ultrasound next Thursday at noon. It won't be 3D/4D as it's still too early for that, will be just a plain 2D but as long as baby cooperates we'll be able to find out if it's a boy or a girl in there :)))) Now, we may keep the results under our hats for a bit after finding out, but we'll eventually tell, and I'll post pictures that don't give it away afterwards :)

Relief :)

Had another doctor's appointment today and heard Baby Brew's heartbeat again :) 153 today. Such relief knowing everything is okay. Made our next doctor's appointment and our 20 week ultrasound appointment for May 18th. Although we may go somewhere for an 'elective ultrasound' so we can find out what Baby Brew is sooner :))))

Heartbeat

Today was our doctor's appointment and we could hear the heartbeat! There is no way I could describe the relief when the Dr. found the heartbeat right away and that it sounded 'perfect' (her words). I think I would have freaked if it was hard to find or such... Anyhow, the heartbeat was 163 bpm and she said that was perfect for how far along I am... Haven't gained much weight but that should change soon... Otherwise everything seems to be going quite well :) Next appointment is on April 21 (will be 16 weeks, 1 day) and then we'll make the next appointment then, somewhere for 4 weeks later, and also make the appointment for the ultrasound... The next 8 weeks can't possibly go by quick enough until we see our baby again!!

Sick. Bleh.

Nothing new to report... I'm anxiously awaiting our next appointment and have a huge range of emotions about it (excited, scared, happy, worried, etc). On top of the usual 1st trimester exhaustion I now have a head cold. Joys. Oh well, could be worse :)

Baby Brew #2 :)

After depriving myself of caffeine for months because I read it can hinder conception, it finally paid off! Had the first trimester ultrasound on March 02 :) 9 weeks along, didn't get to see much as (I believe) baby was upside down and backwards so he/she pretty much just looked like a blob, not much definition. Saw the heartbeat tho and that's what's important :) We're super excited but I'm also all kinds of nervous after what happened last time. I'll feel better once we get through our second doctor's appointment with good news (we didn't get that far last time), which is 3 weeks from the ultrasound. Anyhow, nothing else exciting for now!