Gosh, I keep sitting down to write this and then forgetting what I’m doing or – earlier today – falling asleep! Doh.

Today was my 16 week doctor’s appointment! I showed up a little early, had to wait a while for everyone to come back from their lunch and re-open. But I got called in pretty quickly after that.

First to get weighed. I groaned a little as I stood there. It read 139, but they take off 2lbs for clothes so my official doctor’s office weight was 137lb. Damnit. (I was 140 by their scale at my first appointment, so “official” weight loss so far is 3lbs.) I’ve been trying to gain weight (or at least to stop losing), but my body refuses! Luckily the midwife didn’t seem all too concerned, said that many people don’t gain any weight and since I’m still eating a variety of foods and not throwing up *every* day. She said that she thinks any kind of anti-nausea meds may not even help and would probably give me side-effects. So really, if she’s not concerned, then I’m fine. I just hope I put back on pound or two by next appointment!

My blood pressure was 102/50. That seems low to me! The nurse’s eyebrows went up and said, “Really good!” My normal pre-pregnancy blood pressure has always been around 110/60 so that’s maybe why I’m feeling a wee bit lightheaded!

She flipped through my records to find the results of the first-tri NT screening… came back with risk of Down’s 1:19,000 and risk of Trisomy-18 1:36,000. Those are very good. ^_^ I was never really concerned, but Den’s a bit of a worry-wart. (In fact I read him those numbers and he was like, “I wish that number was even higher…” I had to reassure him that those are REALLY good numbers!) She asked about the quad-screening, and I shrugged and said I don’t really care, but hubby would probably want me to do it and it’s just a simple blood test so sure why not. (It tests for neural tube defects.)

I layed down on the table so she could check my uterus growth – I told her I could feel it easily now and she said it’s probably halfway to my navel. And yep, she just smiled and nodded as she felt it. Then the doppler! She checked the middle first, round in circles, then the left side, round in circles. She gave a little chuckle and said she can always hear kicks before finding the heartbeat at this stage, “They’re so active!” – so I’m guessing she heard something that I couldn’t make out! (There were little whooshes and thumps and who knows what else.) Then she moved to the right side and there it was. She said the heartrate is in the 130’s this week. :)

She asked how I’m feeling overall, I just said a few little “twinges” and aches here and there, all perfectly normal. She asked how daddy’s doing and I laughed and said he has tons of pregnancy symptoms and he’s not feeling well at all… heartburn, indigestion, headaches, moodiness, cravings… she got a good laugh out of that one. She said it’s usually the sign of a very healthy relationship, and a very good daddy! Tee hee.

She asked if I met with the other midwife group, I told her I did and that I have booked my 20 week appointment with them, that they were wonderful. She said they’ll miss me but she knows I’ll be in very good hands and she thinks I’ll be very happy with them, and she wished me luck. :) I’m really going to miss her!

She said the receptionist would schedule my anatomy scan for me at the hospital, so it’ll all be set to go, and that they’ll order my records. I just asked them to send the records to me… I might want to make a few copies of things, hehehe. Then I’ll pass them on to the new Midwife group. Unfortunately the receptionist and nurse were a little confused about stuff…. first she said that I needed to get a bloodwork slip so I could wait in the waiting room while the nurse got that for me. I mentioned the anatomy scan. So she had to ask the Midwife about that. I stepped out to the waiting room for a minute, and when they called me back in she was on the phone with the ultrasound office making an appointment for me. Then she said I was all done. I was like, “Ummm, what about the lab slip?” “She didn’t give that to you?” So I had to wait again for that. But it all got sorted out.

Unfortunately (fortunately?) the blood draw had to be that day (it’s based on my weight, she said – so I had to do it the same day as they weighed me). It’s right next door, but it never fails getting my blood drawn takes forever. I had to wait for someone else to finish, before even getting called back. The blood lab at the hospital where I went for IF treatment is so quick, in and out. The one in this office is just one person, and for some reason they are SO much slower. So that made me late getting back to work. BUT she found my vein right away and there was no hunting under the skin for it… cheers!! (And PS, the needle stick hurts way less than taking the bandaid off. Owwie!)

And that was my appointment! All good news, other than my weight. I’m glad I had this appointment there, so I could say goodbye to the Midwife. I might switch back to her after the baby’s born, for my annual paps and stuff.

Oh, I guess I should reveal the big date for my ultrasound: November 9!! That’s only 3 weeks away!! Den originally said we’d have to wait until after the 12th of November, which made me sad, but then today he said anything after the 8th was okay… so when they offered me the 9th I was all, “Okay!!” It’s at 3pm, so I have to somehow get through work that day before my appointment. I am SO excited. :twirl:

Anyone want to take a guess at what I have in my belly? Is it a boy? Or a girl??