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!