Music to my ears

*swish*swish*swish*swish*swish*swish*swish*swish*

So I went in for my 2^nd prenatal visit today.  The nurse weighed me (153), took my blood pressure (120/64), and checked the baby’s heart rate (158).  I tell you, that little heart beat was the most beautiful, amazing sound I have ever heard in my life!  The nurse had a little trouble getting the rate because she said the baby kept floating away.  I guess it doesn’t like getting poked!  I can just picture it (him) in there wiggling away!  Haha!  So then Dr. H came in and we just chatted about how good things seem to be going.  Apparently I’ve lost 5 pounds since my last visit.  He wasn’t too concerned about that.  He said the first weight could have been wrong, or I was just retaining a lot of water that day or something.  I told him I already felt like I was eating everything in sight and he suggested adding ice cream to that and I’d be fine.  So that sounds like a plan to me.  My labs from last time were all good/normal.  He mentioned my hemocrit (hematocrit? (red blood cells)) was on the low side but still in the normal range.  He poked around to feel my uterus and that all seemed fine as well.  He said to take care of myself, wear plenty of sunscreen, and come back in a month.  So my next appt is July 27^th and they’ll do an ultrasound a few weeks after that, somewhere around 20 weeks, so get your votes in before then!  Oh and he said I could wean myself off the progesterone if I wanted, but it might help me sleep at night so I’m okay to keep taking it too, it’s not a big deal.  He suggested maybe stopping the morning dose and keeping the evening one.

Anyway, YAY, I *really* feel like I can relax now.  Time to coast and focus on FINISHING SCHOOL!