Baby update!

We had our 16 week appointment at the birthing center this afternoon.  Had  a nice chat with Alice, one of the founding midwives, and got to hear the heartbeat again.  It was pretty incredible how immediately the doppler picked up the heartbeat.  Four weeks ago the midwife, Katie, had to try a couple of different spots before picking it up.  It was quiet, as well.  Not today.  She just laid the wand (doppler microphone??) on my tummy and BOOM!  There it was, beating away.  The baby even moved away at one point (weird to know that he/she moved when I can't feel anything yet) and she had to reposition the wand.  She let us listen for a couple of minutes.  Very cool.  I'm pretty sure we both grinned through the entire thing!  :D

We have a referral to get our 20 week ultrasound done, so I'll call soon to book that.  Should be somewhere in the week of June 8, possibly earlier.  We are so excited to see the baby again (who will look like a real baby and not a gummy bear!) and find out if we're going to need to register for pink or blue!  

The first (sort of) belly shot...

So this isn't exactly an accurate belly shot for several reasons:

1)  I'm not really "showing" yet... just a little puffier than normal with no space in  my abdominal cavity in which to suck my puffiness.  Of course, by the end of most days, and following a decent meal (which is when we took this picture), I have a good sized "food baby" to be proud of, but it's gone by the morning.

2)  I'm wearing a maternity shirt, which make a girl look, well, pregnant.

3)  I'm at a funny angle and the shirt is billowy and pouffy, so the silhouette is not accurate.

But we took it for one good reason...

14 weeks

We were at a wedding and I was wearing one of the two shirts that I hope will see me through a summer of weddings with an expanding belly.  Our last wedding before the baby arrives (hopefully before - no early babies, please) is three weeks before my due date.  I want to wear the same outfit to that wedding and take the same picture.  I think it will be funny to see a side by side comparison a few months from now.

Well... I think it's funny now.  Let's see how I feel come October.  

This weekend, we're doing our first maternity photo shoot for my former co-worker who is due in June.  Now, she'll have a real belly to show off!