Yesterday I had appointments with both of my doctors and they went very well. My first was with my specialist. I was only supposed to have an internal ultrasound to check my stitch but the tech. was very nice and wanted to take a quick look at the baby with a regular ultrasound as well. She said that she feels comfortable telling the gender after 16 weeks, and asked me if she could see anything, would I want to know? My reaction was, "OH YES PLEASE!!" Well, little one decided to be very shy and curled their legs all the way up to their cute little butt. The tech. said that she thinks that baby could be a girl, but she wasn't at all positive. I didn't see the famous three white lines on the screen that would show a girl, and any boy parts could have been tucked away. That's okay though because the scan was only for about 2 minutes which wasn't much time to see more, and tomorrow will be another chance for us all to see :).
Then she did the cervix check and that went well also! I'm still measuring over 4 cm and there is absolutely no change, everything looks healthy. My specialist came in and told us that from now on we won't be discussing measurements because things are looking so good, and unless there is a concerning amount of change I don't need to worry myself over numbers. I'm okay with that :).
I also got the go-ahead to get myself back to my normal activities. I put myself on mostly bed rest for the first trimester to make sure I didn't hurt myself or baby in any way, and was doing a little bit between weeks 11 and 13, and then went on full bed rest from weeks 13+6 until about last week. So, needless to say my muscle tone is pretty much gone hehe. As long as I am continuing to show no changes I will be trying to walk when I can (and rest when I need to) and do some very gentle prenatal yoga at home.
The last part of my visit there was quick. I got my first 17P shot in the behind and that wasn't so bad! The area is sore and the first day it burned quite a bit but now it just feels a little bruised. I also got a vile of blood taken for a second trimester defect screening (I can't remember what it's called).
We then made our way over to my regular OB/GYN and I had a nice visit there as well. I had a new male nurse check for baby's heartbeat (a strong 140+ after breakfast) and he asked me a lot of questions about my pregnancy with Evelyn. We had a long heart-to-heart chat about her pregnancy complications and how we lost her, and he was so kind and supportive to tell me that he has such a good feeling about this pregnancy, that my husband and I are very strong people (I so needed to hear that), and he agreed that she must be watching over this little one. I also learned that his wife is currently pregnant after suffering a miscarriage. It's amazing how sometimes opening up about our loss to strangers leads to a deep conversation and understanding between us about how precious life really is.
Overall my visits made me feel so happy and appreciative that we continue to have good health and fortune with this baby. Only one more day until we (hopefully!) find out what we will be naming our tummy tenant. I'm so excited to see him or her in a 3D ultrasound! The poll is leaning towards boy still at 13 to 8, only time will tell now :).
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