When my nephew, Reed, was born, my sister-in-law, Mallory, started a blog to help keep everyone updated on the new baby. I love reading about what their family has been up to, so I thought created this blog would be a great way to journal about my first pregnancy.
Suffice to say, we are thrilled that we are expecting late October/early November. I can't believe I'm already 12 weeks. People have told me that time would fly, and I thought "yeah right, you're not the one who's pregnant!". It has been nearly 2 months since we found out we were pregnant and have been excited every step. On March 21, we had our first appointment with the OB-GYN, Dr. Huston, who is a family friend of Chadd's family. I wasn't sure how I felt about this at first, but so far I really like him & he makes us feel really comfortable. We had a sonogram done that day and the baby's heart rate was 148 bpm. As soon as I saw this, I thought "I'm having a boy". Chadd would be thrilled to have a boy & I'm indifferent. A girl would be nice though ;). Today we had our first doppler done & were able to hear the heart beat. I was so excited for this, & figured it would be around 150. I was surprised to hear it is 173! Prior to this, I was 80% sure it was boy, but now I'm not so sure. My mom, sister, & sister-in-law all think it's a girl, so we will see (on June 29th to be exact). In other news, because I work with kids all day, I am at risk of being exposed to numerous things. Dr. Huston said to be careful of Shingles, because I've never had the chicken pox & was never vaccinated, & Fifths Disease. Wouldn't you know, I was exposed to both of those within a week. We did find out that I am immune to chicken pox & I had another titer done for fifths disease today.
Words cannot express how excited we are for this. I wasn't sure when I would ever be ready to have a baby, but I think that God must have known I was. I can't wait to start feeling it!
