My Baby TOTALLY looks like the Robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000

1/3/12

11 weeks fat

Had my 2^nd prenatal appointment today. Case was going to go with me on this one, but well…..he had went with me the day before when the office was closed. Yea………. So the day before today, (1/2/12) I was all gitty and excited because Case and I had the day off, and because he was off work, he was going to be able to go with me to my prenatal appointment and hear the baby’s heartbeat. I was so excited I could hardly sleep a wink. I could not wait for Case to experience the same elation as I had, when I first heard the baby’s heart thump. On Monday morning, he and I wake up at 7:30, shower, and head out the door just a few minutes early (that NEVER happens). He needed diesel, and we were about 20 minutes early, so we stopped at the Jet Pep. Some stoned guy bugged Case for gas money, of course not for too long though, at 6’7 and 270lbs, if the man says “no” you leave. LOL. Then off to my appointment we went. I was more excited than Case, but I could tell he was interested to see what this was all about as well. We roll up to the Medical Plaza, hmmmmmm there are not many cars in the parking lot, maybe the other offices are closed. We walk in, I turn the handle on the office door, “click, click”. A sign on the door said they were closed for the holidays. I promised up and down sideways that they had told me that my appointment was on Jan. the 2^nd. I KNOW THEY DID. I was so heartbroken, I nearly cried…..and I am not an emotional girl. Disappoitment swept over my face, and my big doe eyes must have broken Case’s heart. He gave me a hug, told me it was ok…. That ne needed to get up and get to work on his Jeep project anyways. No harm no foul. Lots more hugs and pats on my back.

……..so…….day 2 of the 2^nd prenatal appointment. MULLIGAN. Case had already left for work by the time I had woken up at 7am. I was suppose to call him as soon as I called the Dr. office to MAKE SURE my appointment was today at 8:30. Apparently it was not meant to be for Case to be at this appointment, because at 8:25am, NO ONE WOULD ANSWER THE OFFICE PHONE. At that time, it was too late for Case to meet me there, so I called my mom.  She was ready to go in a split second. “Hey Momma, you wanna go t………..” “Yea hun, sure be right there (click)”. We go in and they put Momma in my exam room while they have me pee in a cup, take my BP (95/70, it dropped) and check my weight. I nearly fainted when I saw that I had gained 6lbs. 6 POUNDS!?!?!?! HOW?!?!!? I was totally flipped out. I had read online and in books that I was not suppose to gain more than 4lbs in the 1^st trimester. I just knew the Dr. was going to have a freak out on me. The Dr. walks into the exam room, and it was one of the 1^st things I asked……”have I gained too much weight, I saw where I gained 6lbs.” The Dr. reassured me that this was normal and I was on schedule to gain 30lbs over the course of my pregnancy. She tried to make me feel better by adding in that we ALL had gained about 3-4 lbs over Christmas break, then add another 1-2 lbs for the baby…there you go. This was not the most reassuring answer for me, but nothing I can do about it now. I was really nauseated and sick feeling, sure some days I ate a good bit, but it was balanced out by days where I hardly ate a bite. I really made a point to not over eat, and to try to stick only to the health things, limiting my junk/fast food. Oh well…….. it is what it is……I normally gain weight in my legs and butt, which are still the same size. Maybe the alien in my belly will rub my fat down to a thin layer with all that squirming around ‘lil Bean is doing in my belly.

Next they checked the fetal heart rate with the Doppler. No dice…baby was still to small for the handheld fetal Doppler to pick up any heartbeats. I did hear the blood rushing to my uterus……yea…..that is exciting….woooooo…. blood in my uterus. Get to the good stuff lady, I wanna see the creature in my belly! Mom and I got very excited when the Dr. told us that she had to have a heartbeat and that if the Doppler wasn’t strong enough, looks like another ultrasound was in store. The Dr. was about as excited about that as we were.  Yeaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!! MORE BEAN PHOTOS. We were very excited, especially since an elective ultra sound is normally an additional $75. Ouch. They take mom and I back to the ultra sound room, and this time, they performed the ultra sound on my belly….instead of more…..invasively like last time. J  The lady performing the ultra sound was so excited for us. We got to see Lil Bean move around, it pressed its little face right up against my belly at one point, did some flips in my belly, put its butt toward us, laid on its side, on its back, then again on its side, hands over its head, hands around its body, little legs going in every which direction……the ultrasound technician said, “My you have a very active baby in there”. Oh boy……an active baby, that means I won’t sleep a wink once those kicks become bigger and more powerful. It was so neat to watch my baby swimming around, kicking its little legs and arms, in my belly. Lil Bean wouldn’t set still for a photo for too long……and of course like all sonogram photos, my baby looks like some kind of alien. Of course I think it is great, but I am pretty sure the rest of the world finds the sonogram of the face, incredibly creepy. ROFL. I won’t force you to look at my naked pregnant belly, but you will have to look at my funny alien sonogram photos. Sorry ya’ll J.

We got to hear the heartbeat……boy that little heart was a pumping away at 171 BPM. We could see the tiny heart inside of Bean beating away on the sonogram. The Dr. said that if we wanted to put any stock into the old wives tale of being able to determine the gender of the baby based on the heartrate, then I am on tap for a possible girl. Everyone keeps asking Case and I what we want, to be honest, we just want a baby that has all 10 fingers and toes, and all its brain cells firing on all cylinders. We are going to get what we are supposed to have, and our baby will be  a wonderful blessing and loved, regardless of what gender it is……or what gender it may *think* it is in the future. It is our beautiful child and we love it no matter what………awwww J

 We ain’t greedy, we will take whatever…..more hands for the farm work and chores!

So be sure to check out my awkward baby sonogram photo! Maybe I should host a contest to see who can best describe what my baby looks like….. I said that it looked like the Robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000. LOL!!!