12 Weeks!

I made it this far! I'm not sure why this has been a big landmark for me because week 13 is the start of the 2nd trimester, but I have been looking forward to 12 weeks. Yesterday we had our doctor's appointment. It lasted about 5 minutes - went over bloodwork (all is good) and heard the heartbeat (sounds normal). It took him a few minutes to find it, which of course made me really nervous. He said he could hear it finally, but I didn't hear anything. So he went over to the sink like he was done and I must have looked really disappointed because he came back over and said, "Let's try it again." He found it quicker this time, and it was much louder and more clear. It was such an awesome sound!! We recorded it on a little recorder, and then when we got home I put it on a video. It's a recording of a recording, but I think it's still good enough. Here it is...



Next appointment is August 27. The past few days I have had moments where I have felt better than I have since week 7, but the times where I do feel sick, it seems worse than it has been the past several weeks. Maybe because it's just more of a difference, when before it was just consistently having a feeling of nausea. I'm hoping that since it seems to be changing, maybe the ickiness is on it's way out completely...?

Here's what's going on with little Green Bean. He or she is 2 1/2 inches long, not counting legs, and is basically fully formed. We now have a fetus, and the critical period of development is safely behind us! Yay!



And here I am with my "food belly" as my sister lovingly calls it. I have to eat every hour or two so I don't get sick, so this is what has happened as a result... Although Steven keeps reminding me that my uterus is now like 3 times bigger than it was, so it has to be pushing stuff around in there, right? Let's go with that for now...