At Long Last...

It would appear that the Fates have been conspiring against me working to prevent this post.  Well, I have prevailed!  Through storm and wind and dark of night, victory at last!!  

Thank you, thank you.  No, please.  Hold the applause. 

Ok, so maybe it wasn’t through storm, wind, or dark of night, but it sure as heck seemed like it sometimes!

Anyway, here is what I have been hiding (or rather not hiding) all this time...

Ta da!!

Baby bump!!

Actually, this picture was taken a little over a week ago.

How about a freshly snapped, hot off the press Baby Bump picture??

Oy!  Early mornings are not kind to me...

Maternity clothes, here I come!!  I think it’s also about time I scheduled a fitting at Victoria’s Secret, if you know what I mean...  ;-)

In other news, I went to my 2^nd prenatal appointment on Monday.  This one wasn’t quite so <ahem> invasive... 

Everything was going quite smoothly (as expected) until the midwife tried to find the heartbeat with the little Doppler gizmo.  And not matter how much she moved around, pressed into my belly, or cajoled the little thing, she could not find it!  Another, more experienced midwife came in & tried, but still nothin’!  

No heartbeat at all.  

I got up, walked around, went to the bathroom, & spoke oh-so-persuadingly to the little kid.  Then they both tried again.  The only sounds coming through were the placenta (apparently that thing makes noise – huh!) and a couple little swishes as the baby moved away.  One time we thought we heard an echo of a heartbeat, but that just ain’t good enough, little Sea Monkey!

Finally, they said enough is enough & took me in to get an ultrasound.  Turns out, this little monkey was havin’ the pool party of its short life & kicking so much that the Doppler was unable to pick up the heartbeat.  It was so cool watching those little legs just kick, kick, kicking away.  They were quite unmistakably legs, I might add – I could even see the little toes!  And the cute, little knee!!  I also saw the heart beating!!  It was so cool!

Next month, I’ll have the 20 week ultrasound and (hopefully) find out the gender!  Since I have, as of today, completed my 17^th week it’s a lot closer than it seems, folks!