12 Weeks Pregnant!

Good-bye First Trimester, Hello Second! 

I can't believe I'm in the last couple of weeks of my first trimester! Can't say I'm sad to see it over with though, the first trimester of both of my pregnancies have been so difficult. Even harder this time, since I have a little man to take care of! I usually nap when he does though, and my sweet hubby lets me head to bed whenever I need to when he gets home from work. The last few weeks have been better and better though, I finally have some energy back and am starting to feel like myself again!

It's SO strange with the second pregnancy, I'm so preoccupied with taking care of our little guy, cleaning, laundry, running errands, that I have to admit sometimes I forget there's a teeny baby growing in my belly! I'll be grabbing Case a string cheese or juice box and catch a glimpse of the ultrasound on the fridge, and I have to stop and smile, and then I remember seeing our baby move around like crazy on our first ultrasound...then I just get butterflies thinking about how exciting it is that our family is growing from a family of three to a family of four!

I had my second Doctor's appointment yesterday, they called me back and the nurse Dana said "So, you're 16 weeks and 4 days pregnant..." 

"What? I'm pretty sure I'll  only be 12 weeks tomorrow..."

"It says your due date is October 23..."

"Hmm...he told me November 23...in fact I know it is..."

She looked through the chart, and realized Dr. Youkilis had written the wrong date on the top of my chart...

"Bless his heart...you should ask him about that!'

Ha! :)

Well, my Doctor had a student with him, and let her find the heartbeat with the doppler, she found it and shut if off after about two seconds! I was so sad I didn't get to listen longer, but she seemed so nervous that I didn't say anything :) 

We asked Doctor Youkilis about the due date, and he laughed, said he had a blonde moment or something, and then said "I'm glad we figured that out now, that would have caused lots of problems!"

Doctor's appointment went well, he said all of my tests from the lab came back great, and I go back in 4 weeks (June 7) to hear the heart beat again, and they'll probably measure my belly. I'm going to take Case with me to that one, I'm so excited he'll be able to hear the heartbeat with me, even though he's probably too young to understand ... yet

  :)