OB Appointment #4

On Wed (11/12) I had my 4th OB appt and Thurs I turned 17 wks. Everything is going very well so far. My baby's heart rate was 148 bpm and Dr. F found it right away when she stuck the doppler on. I have gained 4 lbs so I am now up to 110 lbs. My last appt I hadn't gained or lost so I figure I am going to be on the gaining end from now on. I declined the quad screening. I had it done w/ Kyndra but I don't want it this time. I wasn't tested for anything this time around except for the AIDS blood test. I think that's always a good idea for me since I work at a hospital and can be exposed to blood borne pathogens. Of course I do not have AIDS-the test was negative and I had that done at my 1st appt. I haven't felt any movement but I'm sure that will be happening very soon! The good news is my appetite is back for the most part so that's prolly why I gained some weight. Anthony and I have decided on a name for our lil girl-Carleigh McKenna. We decided last night. We had already picked out Carleigh from our list we had made and we just needed to decide what her middle name would be. I had made a list of like 20 middle names for Anthony to pick from and then going thru the list once he narrowed it down to 8. Then he said that McKenna was the name he liked the most so it was final!

Another little girl!!

Today I am 15 weeks so I went back to US this morning to see if we could tell if I am having a boy or a girl. Well, it looks like we are gonna have another lil girl running around! We both thought it looked like a girl since the 3 lines were visible but Kylee said to come back again next week and we'd check again to be sure. I know Anthony is disappointed b/c he wanted a boy but I am really excited to be having another girl! So now we need to narrow down the names we have picked out.

Kyndra is still her spunky self. She crawled up the stairs the other day trying to get to me. She does it really well! Tonight is trick-or-treat and we'll take her to a couple of our neighbor's houses and then pass out candy the rest of the night. We don't get a whole lot of trick-or-treaters so we give them lots of candy!!

OB Appointment #3

Today I had my 3rd OB appt. I am 13 weeks along. My weight was 106, BP 90/60, and pulse 80. Everything is looking good! I declined the cystic fibrosis screening and the nuchal translucency US. I asked about getting my flu shot 1st week in Nov and I am good to go! She said as long as I'm not in the 1st trimester it is fine. By next appt I need to decide if I am going to do the Quad screening, which is for spina bifida, Down's syndrome, and Trisomy 18, and other defects. My baby's heart rate was good-it was 156. She also measured my uterus but there's not a whole lot to measure right now!

Work is going well for me. It's been kinda slow but no complaints there! I've kept my radiation exposure down pretty well but of course I'm not doing as many patients since I found out I about being preggo. My pregnancy is going well. I've been feeling great and my appetite is coming back so hopefully I'll quit losing weight. My belly is popping out faster this time around and I'm getting more symptoms earlier! No worries! I'm just hoping no problems w/ this pregnancy like the last time. This baby better behave. Anthony and I are currently deciding on names too.

12 week ultrasound

Here are some ultrasound pics of our baby at 12 weeks!

9 week ultrasound

Here are some pics I had taken today of our baby at 9 weeks!