Completed baby doctor appointment number 2 and everything looks good. Most of the time was spent meeting with the business office manager on the financial aspects of the deal, discussing what not to eat and things that I should not be doing…..apparently contact sports are out for the remainder of the pregnancy. They also did some routine blood tests, and Amanda did not pass out (very big score).
For the grand finale of the appointment we got to hear the baby’s heartbeat for the first time! She put a high powered microphone with some cold goo on my stomach, moved it a little and a sound like a train came pumping out the speakers. (I said train, Lance said washing machine). The baby’s heart was beating at 168 beats a minute, which they assured us was completely normal and a good rate for an 11 week old baby. There was no crying….but definitely a lot of big smiles and wide eyes.
In 7 weeks, (Columbus day actually), we go back for an ultrasound. Provided the little one is cooperative we will find out if it’s a girl or boy at that time.
On the non-medical front, we have initiated our first steps towards preparing the house for the baby. We have a contractor coming to the house this week to give us an estimate on putting a closet in the pool table room, which we are planning to convert to a guest bedroom. Though we are sad to be parting with our pool table, we know it will be safe in my mom’s basement and hope the spacious new living quarters will attract many babysitters…I mean “guests”…. to visit us next year.
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