7/2/08
As of today, I am 17 weeks. I am going to start alternating which sex I use each week when I am refering to the baby, instead of saying "it". I just don't like calling my baby, "it". So this week the baby is going to be a girl. : )
Here is a little bit about the development of the baby this week. Her skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to soft bone, and the umbilical cord is growing thicker and stronger. She is now about 5 ounces, and about 5 inches long. She is the size of a turnip. All of her joints are now able to freely move, and the sweat glands are starting to develop. Owen obviously takes after his Daddy on this one, he sweats a lot. When he is outside playing, he will have little sweat beads on his nose, and I will not even be close to breaking a sweat. I hope this baby gets my genes in the sweat department. : )
I went back to the midwife for my 4 week check up, and got a real scare. She put the doppler on my abdomen to find the baby's heartbeat, and she kept searching, and searching, and searching, and nothing. At one point she thought she might have heard it, but I said, "no, I am pretty sure that is my heartbeat, because mine is now racing." She felt my pulse, and sure enough, the heartbeat she heard was mine. I was really starting to panic. After looking for the heartbeat for a couple of minutes, she went to go get the ultrasound machine. George looked at me, and told me that everything was going to be alright. Of course, I was still really worried. Finally she got the machine hooked up, and the ultrasound wand on my belly. I could see the baby's 
arms moving around instantly. The arms were up above the head waving all around. The heartbeat was then visable. We could see the heart beating quick and strong. The midwife said that everything looked great. While doing the ultrasound, she also found the reason she was having a hard time picking up the heartbeat. The placenta for the baby has formed on the front wall of my uterus. So it is covering the part of my uterus closest to my bellybutton. The baby was laying right behind the placenta making the heartbeat difficult to pick up. I guess we ended up getting to see the baby's face out of the deal. : ) I hope she will be able to pick it up right away at my next appointment so we don't have to go through all that again. We had to schedule my next appointment for 5 weeks instead of 4 since George, Owen, and I will be in Phoenix. WHOOHOOO! Our big anatomy ultrasound is on July 25th, and I am counting down the days. I just want to know that all those tiny little organs have formed the correct way, and everything is fine. We have the ultrasound on Friday, and then leave for Phoenix bright and early Saturday morning. I can't wait!!! Can you see the side profile of the baby's face in the ultrasound picture? George said it really looks like a girl. I am not so sure. We only have about 159 days until we find out on the "birth"day!!
arms moving around instantly. The arms were up above the head waving all around. The heartbeat was then visable. We could see the heart beating quick and strong. The midwife said that everything looked great. While doing the ultrasound, she also found the reason she was having a hard time picking up the heartbeat. The placenta for the baby has formed on the front wall of my uterus. So it is covering the part of my uterus closest to my bellybutton. The baby was laying right behind the placenta making the heartbeat difficult to pick up. I guess we ended up getting to see the baby's face out of the deal. : ) I hope she will be able to pick it up right away at my next appointment so we don't have to go through all that again. We had to schedule my next appointment for 5 weeks instead of 4 since George, Owen, and I will be in Phoenix. WHOOHOOO! Our big anatomy ultrasound is on July 25th, and I am counting down the days. I just want to know that all those tiny little organs have formed the correct way, and everything is fine. We have the ultrasound on Friday, and then leave for Phoenix bright and early Saturday morning. I can't wait!!! Can you see the side profile of the baby's face in the ultrasound picture? George said it really looks like a girl. I am not so sure. We only have about 159 days until we find out on the "birth"day!! 
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