Last Friday we met Dr. Marcum for the first time. She was not exactly what we expected but seems pretty awesome :) For some reason we had pictured her as a quiet lady but she's pretty outgoing and very nice! She spent plenty of time with us asking if we had questions, preparing us for the first trimester screening on the 28th, etc. We joked that she's probably not excited to have a patient like me... a hypochondriac med student with an OB/GYN dad! Fortunately, I just call Dad with my questions though and save them the trouble :) We didn't really have any more questions at this point so we just chatted with her a minute then she ran and got the doppler so we could listen to the heart. She said sometimes it's difficult to hear the heart with the doppler this early and if she couldn't find it, she would just grab an ultrasound machine and we could peek. Fortunately though for my nerves, she found the heartbeat almost immediately and she said it was about 170! Faster than last time!! We're scheduled to see her again in January :) We also have the screening ultrasound on the 28th - next Wednesday. They use an ultrasound to look for Trisomy 21 and 18 as well as a couple of hormone levels in my blood. It's not definitive one way or the other but will spit out a percentage chance of having a baby affected with either of these chromosome abnormalities. Hoping baby is happy and healthy at the next appointment!
Even cooler than meeting our doctor this past week was an ultrasound we did at Dad's office over the weekend!! It was just on a mobile ultrasound machine so not super fancy but it was amazing how different the baby looked from the 8 week ultrasound! It had little arms and legs and the coolest thing was when it jumped around a couple of times!! It's amazing to think that there's such a tiny little thing moving inside of me when I can't feel it at all. Andy also thought this ultrasound was way cooler than the last... we weren't able to hear the heartbeat but we could see it and could also see the blood flowing through the umbilical cord. Dad printed off a bunch of the pictures and somehow I didn't end up with any of them! Olivia quickly grabbed her three favorites and Cam took the one he snapped when he was driving the ultrasound wand... haha Andy said, I think we should do an ultrasound every time we go to Etown! haha... I said maybe we could just ask dad to bring home the machine for the next 7 months ;)
We had sibs dinner in Lexington on Monday since OJ was here then went to pick out suits for David and Carrie's wedding! They picked out some pretty charcoal suits. I took OJ to try on bridesmaid dresses the next day at Twirl and to get fitted. All the dresses looked so cute on her! The rest of her girls are going Thurs to try on so we'll see what everyone picks out! We've had fun having Olivia up here. Lots of shopping, FroJoe's and being bums ;) As my family is about the most competitive family ever, Andrew and OJ are already working on baby's first word. They like to stand in front my stomach and Andy says "Dad Dad Dad Dad...." while OJ says "Goal Goal Goal Goal.." lol We figured Olivia likely would not be the first word out of baby's mouth so OJ chose another word... she's thinking about changing it to "O O O O O" as that may stumble out of the baby's mouth before "Dad." I think Andy's got a good chance on this one though :)
Here's my picture and update for the week. I don't really have much of a bump yet but Andy believes he can see it ;) Merry Christmas to all!!! Hope it is wonderful :)
How far along: 11
Total Weight Gain: 2lbs
Stretchmarks: None :)
Sleep: pretttty good
Best Moment This Week: seeing the baby jumping around during the ultrasound!
Movement: Can't feel it though we've seen in
Gender: ?? I do have invitations picked out for the gender reveal party though.. haha
Labor Signs: Too early for that!
Belly Button: In
What I Miss: nothing :) feeling pretty thankful these days
What I am Looking Forward to: Next ultrasound on the 28th
Milestones: Size of a lime
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