17 weeks

Had my appointment with the perinatologist. The baby looked great and was soo big, I will post pictures later. My CMV test are still negative... yeah. The doctor convinced me this is a good thing and that my chances are not as high as we thought they were. They will test again in the middle of January. If tests are still negative then I do not have to go back to the perinatologist. They said the baby looked great and healthy! They asked if I wanted to know the sex... it was tempting, but I said no. Will post pictures later.

16 Weeks

I had my 16 week appointment. Like always they drew more blood... I can't believe how many tubes of blood they take when you are pregnant. We listened to the babies heart rate 155-158 again and the baby was moving all over! Short appointments now. I get to set up my 20 week ultrasound for the week before Christmas. We can find out the sex of the baby at that point, but I really do not want to know. Jason really wants to know. He says he can bond better with the baby if he knows what it is. I like the idea of the delivery room surprise. We talked about just him finding out, but he thinks he might ruin the surprise somehow. So for now we will just go enjoy the hour ultrasound and keep it a mystery! They redrew my CMV labs and they are still negative! So that is a good thing. And I am getting a small gut.. if you look close! They said I should stop sleeping on my tummy... really hard to do, especially when there is nothing there to keep you from rolling on it. I have been trying really hard not to. So far so good!

Bring on the Ketchup!

So my pregnancy update that gets mailed once a week says my baby is the size of an apple! Amazing how you still can not see it in my belly. One day I am sure it will pop out... I do feel a little more bloated lately. Anyways I had a bladder infection over the weekend... TMI (too much information)... I know that is all I will say, but the symptoms are much different when you are pregnant. Glad I went to the doctor, but I feel like a bad mom and bad nurse that I did not catch it sooner. Guess I was too busy working! My doctor also set up a meeting for me to meet with a perinatologist about my CMV exposure. The perinatologist wants more blood drawn on Monday and then set up an appointment. He said there may be treatment options if I do end up getting it. Glad that the nurse practiciner I see is watching out for me! It makes me feel better. So anyways hope all of the test are negative next week. Heard the babies heartbeat last week at the Dr's 150 again. Pretty consistent. Darn bugger was moving around like crazy they could barely find the heartbeat for more than a few seconds. Oh yes... If any of you know my husband has a love for ketchup! Well I don't mind it, but don't put it on very many things. I went out to eat with my girlfriends and had onion rings with ketchup which were wonderful and ever since then I seam to be eating ketchup so much more and craving it! I actually really like it.. I even put it on my burger instead of mayo.... what is wrong with me? So I guess our baby already has one trait of his dad's, a love for ketchup!

Good news and Bad news....

The bad news first. I am not a CMV carrier like everyone thought that I would be. This would have been good because then I would have had antibodies against the CMV. The good news is that so far according to my blood test I am not having a CMV reaction. They will test my blood again in 5 weeks to make sure I still am not having one. So I guess I have to be really careful until May and figure out some way to get CMV by the time I get pregnant with my second! I made it to my OB visit, everything was fine and I got to listen to the babies heart beat.... 148!