Ok so I am FINALLY updating. I had 2 big exams yesterday and spent all weekend studying and then went to bed last night at 7pm and slept till now (7am).
So I am in the exam room at the doctors office and the nurse is trying to find the babys heartbeat on a dopplar thingy and cannot fins the heartbeat. I think she probably tried for about 5 minutes or so and couldn't find anything at all. I have to admit it worried me a tad, but I didn't get too worked up over it. The doc came in and told me that since the baby was going to be difficult today we were going to get a free sonogram. So off to the sonogram room we went. The doctor actually did our sonogram this time and this was the first time I actually got it done by her instead of the tech. We got a really good view of the baby and he/she was moving around like crazy! He/she was tossing and turning and flipping over. We saw him/her wave and kick and all kinds of stuff. It was very exciting. We got a good view of the spine which looked good and also a good view of the heart (what we cared about at the moment) and it was bating nice and strong with a good regular heartbeat. He/she laid still long enough for us to get a good look at his/her face, but he/she is so small right now that we really couldn't tell if everything looked normal or not. The doctor really tried though. She looked for probably a good 2 or 3 minutes trying to decide.
We scheduled our next exam for Friday, April 27. At that exam we will get to schedule our 20 week sonogram which is where we will find out the sex, YAY! We talked a little more about the CLCP subject with the doctor and she told us that we have 2 options: we could just switch over to the 3d/4d sonogram dueing our 20 week sonogram there at her office to see if we could see anything about the face, or we could find a Perinatologist to do it for us. We chose to go to a Perinatologist. They have much more advanced technology for looking for stuff like this and they also have more experience at looking for stuff like this - I mean that's what they do EVERYDAY. So Jason is working on getting that set up. It will also be around 20 weeks. So We should know pretty together both the sex and if the baby has CLCP or not. I'm not worried. It is just a preperation measure. I want to have everything set up and ready for when my child gets here. Man that still sounds so weird to me. "My Child." Kind of scary too! I'll be ok. I have tons and tons of support and God will guide Jason and I to be great parents.
So while I was at the docotr's office, my blood pressure was pretty high. I talked to the doctor about it a little bit because I know that pregnancy can cause you to have high blood pressure and that sometimes leads to pre-term labor. She said that that is most likely not the case with me. It is too early for pregnancy induced hypertension to show up (she said). She said that more likely than not I am border line hypertensive already and becoming pregnant just amplified the already exsiting problem. It something that I am a little concerned about, but shouldn't be a big deal. She said that we will keep an eye on it and if it continues to rise (or gets too high) I will have to go onto medication for it. I asked her what I can do to keep it down and said get new parents. It is mostly genetic. She also said to limit sodium intake - so thats what I am trying to do. Thats hard though cause I have been craving salty foods.
Thats about all there was for the doctors appointment, but I got to go and see RENT Sunday night and it was AMAZING! Jason got us GREAT seats and I thouroughly enjoyed evey second of it. I think I fall more and more in love with it everytime I see it. He also got me a cool T-shirt that says "No Day But Today" on it. I had a blast!
I will also be in Oklahoma City from April 27 - April 29 for a wedding. If anyone there would like to try and meet up with me, give me a shout!
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