Baby appointment was today! And thank goodness, because it would have been just a miserable day without it. I had a horrible, dizzying migraine almost all day. We actually scheduled an emergency chiropractor appointment because the headaches are every day now, just like with Katie. Not only that, but I was sick too. The car ride was just too much on me, and I kept pulling over to dry heave. When we finally got food I've been craving, I threw up almost all of it right after getting it down. Throwing up when having JUST eaten (and eaten fast) is the worst! I broke so many blood vessels, just in time for Bill's family reunion (I swear, for the past three years I've gone, I had broken blood vessels EVERY TIME!) and my birthday. Blech.
But, back to the baby appointment, which I was so nervous for this morning that I couldn't sleep, it went really well. I'm not sure why I was so worried, probably because I didn't feel the baby for two days, but this morning I felt a big kick to help reassure me. Once we were at the doctor's office, it took an hour and a half before they saw me. They kept saying how behind they were, even with three midwives there on staff. Being sick, tired, dizzy and nervous made it really rough. Sitting next to women discussing their labor fears made it worse! lol. It was funny though, because the entire room of women coo'ed about Katie while we were in there, they all kept saying how adorable and cute she was over and over, and Katie soaked it up! When she knew she had attention on her, she really danced and smiled big.
When the midwife tried to find the baby's heart, they couldn't. She had to get a different doppler and try again, but still it took a while. Bill told me that he could see how scared I was by my face, I apparently couldn't hide it. I was inwardly panicking, as I was transported back into that moment when we found out about Elizabeth. That horrible feeling was something I had managed to suppress and not remember for a while, but it flooded back easily when she couldn't find the heartbeat. There was just so much wooshing noise, my racing heart could be heard, but baby seemed to by hiding. Finally though, she found it. As soon as I heard that fast heartbeat, I asked for reassurance and said "That's the baby's, right?" She listened to it for a while, then measured it at in the 140's. Other things I found out at this appointment: My blood pressure was 100/80, I weigh 125 lbs, found out that I'm not anemic and all my blood work came out really well, except for the fact that....I haven't had blood work done yet. I realized that only tonight though, that I haven't had any blood work this pregnancy and the last time I had it done was in February.
At the end, Tammy came in. I was really surprised that she remembered so many details of Katie's birth. She talked about Bill's long curly hair, about my foly bulb induction and breaking my tailbone, little things about my labor and things Katie did, etc. She talked to Katie for a bit, because she was excited to see her since birthing her, and of course said that it was highly likely that I'd break my tailbone every time (can't they just lie to me...or not mention that part? Give me ANY hope? lol!).
I was so relieved after the appointment that it hit me all over again that we're actually having a baby. I love that relieved feeling. What's better is I have an ultrasound appointment next week, and then again the week after, and then just two or three weeks after that I have another appointment, so I should be feeling good for the rest of this month!
Baby is super active tonight and kicking up a storm. I got four hard kicks that I could feel on the outside, and lots of strong inward movement as well. There's nothing better than feeling baby! I'm not sure where baby was for the last two days, but I didn't feel much. Today all of a sudden though, there's been lots of kicking! Maybe all the vomiting affected them!
Now on to 17 weeks!!
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