Correction!!!!

Well, the information I posted this morning on 15 weeks isn’t correct. Why? Because I’m not yet 15 weeks! I found out this morning from my doctor that I am actually 14 weeks and 3 days today! So, the information I posted earlier will be effective on Sunday! I am a tad bit disappointed that I’m a little behind where I thought I was, but its okay. Realistically, it is only 4 days difference! Not a big deal! I think the confusion came from our original due date being February 14th and then being moved to February 17th when we got a little further along. Also, as I haven’t been shy to admit, this pregnancy calculating stuff is quite confusing. Never before have I counted anything in weeks!

Anyway, I went to the doctor this morning to discuss a few things. Nothing major so no worries! While I was there, she wanted to listen for the heartbeat. Ray and I had seen it before. Well, we heard it once, but it was very faint because we weren’t far enough along. Since she didn’t want to pull out the big sonogram machine, she just used the fetal doppler thing. If you aren’t familiar with this device, I’ll explain it very simply. It basically looks like a microphone connected to a walkman. The microphone is rubbed across your belly to pick up sounds. The walkman part is basically the receiver/amplifier. While this device is very cool, it can’t pickup a baby’s heartbeat very early in pregnancy. So, last time, it didn’t work out to well. But this time, it worked like a charm. She put the microphone on my belly and went right to where he/she was located! Very clearly, I heard it beating! It wasn’t extremely fast like Ray and I first saw it beating months ago! It sounded like a normal heartbeat. And the doctor said it sounded great, very normal! Unfortunately, Ray was not there to hear it. Again, the plan was for me to just get a few questions answered at this visit. We had no idea she would do other things while I was there. But of course, Ray will hear his/her heartbeat next time! :)

I thought I’d also give an update on how I’m doing since I’m often asked. I’m doing pretty good. The nausea is much better, but the fatigue is only slightly better. I just cannot get enough rest. My only complaint right now is the discomfort. And yes, I know – “it will get worse”. Getting into a comfortable position to sleep at night is not easy. Well, to be honest, it is pretty much impossible. I recently purchased a body pillow to support my belly some. It helps. But needless to say, it does take up a good bit of room in the bed. Ray hasn’t complained one bit though because it seems to be helping me rest a little better than I was. It is just kinda annoying to have to climb over every time I need to go to the bathroom throughout the night. And I absolutely refuse to put it between Ray and I! :) During the day, Yoshi hangs out in our room. Every time I go in there, that boy is propped up with my pillow! I don’t mean that he lies near it! He is propped up on it!!! It is a funny sight! Ray has even said that Yoshi seems to be nicer to me since I got that pillow! :) Man, if only I had known before that a $15 pillow would work such magic! ;)

So, again, right now, we are 14 weeks and 3 days. That means I should be reading Week 14 updates. I thought I’d share the following one with you:

*Oh, and before you start reading it, I just want to warn you that this particular article keeps referring to the baby as a “she”. They take turns alternating between “he” and “she”. This week just so happens to be “she”. So, don’t think you’re smart and have uncovered the answer! :)

Head to bottom, your baby's 3 1/2 inches long — about the length of a lemon — and weighs about 1 1/2 ounces. Her body's growing faster than her head, which now sits upon a more well-defined neck. By the end of this week, her arms will have lengthened and will be in proportion to the rest of her body. (Her legs still have some growing to do, though.) She's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair all over her body (called lanugo). Her liver starts secreting bile this week, a sign that it's already functioning properly, and her spleen starts contributing to the production of red blood cells. She's also producing and discharging urine into the amniotic fluid, a normal process that she'll keep up until birth. You still can't feel your baby's movements, but her hands and feet (which are now half an inch long) are more flexible and active. Thanks to brain impulses, her little facial muscles are getting a workout as she squints, frowns, and grimaces. She can grasp now, too, and she may be able to suck her thumb.

~"Tish"