Doctor's Appointment

Today was my second prenatal visit, and it was cool BECAUSE I got to hear little miss/mister's heartbeat. It was so sweet at a "sluggish" 158 bpm. I told Travis, "You know, if you're into those old wives tales, they say 140 and up is a girl." He said, "Yeah, that makes sense since you all are so high strung all the time." Ha.

Dr Collins was in surgery, so I saw Julie, the nurse practitioner. I said, "I've got a question. My stomach is normally really flat, and it's starting to poke out a bit, BUT I can suck it in. So if I can do that, that's not baby right?" She then said, "Feel this? That's your uterus. It's growing up and out, and as it grows UP it pushes everything else up and out, so yes, that's from baby." Then she said, "With first babies, your stomach stays flat for longer. You're lucky. Your's is still so flat, but with your second, you'll be poking out much more at this time." I said, "This IS my second." She was like, "OH! Well...how is your stomach so flat?!" It was kind of funny and flattering. :)

Then I said, "So, when are we going to find out what this is?" She said, "Well it's too early today, but next time you come in, tell Dr Collins and he'll come find me because he's a sucker for looking early." So in 4 weeks, we'll know what we're having! That will be so fun! I also took a dive off of our porch today on my way to the doctor's office. It was so random. My heel (I WEAR HEELS ALL THE TIME!) got stuck in between the porch and the brick of the top of the first step, and I was on the sidewalk before I knew what happened. It was pretty painful, but before I could concentrate on pain I had to look and make sure no one saw. I thought my knee and legs would be bloody, but thank God, I wasn't. So, I will probably just have some bruises to my legs and pride, that's all.