i had my second OB appointment today. The dreaded one. (Can I get an AMEN from my mom friends?!) The fun part was I got to have another ultrasound! It is absolutely awe-inspiring (breath-taking, unbelievable, and amazing) how these little babies grow inside us. At my 9(ish) week ultrasound it looked like an oversized lima bean. This is what I'm used to seeing since I've had ultrasounds with each child around 8-9weeks. I hadn't realized I've never had an unltrasound between 9 and 20 weeks...so seeing it at 13 weeks (just THREE weeks later!) how much "it" changed! It looks just like a 20 week baby only miniature! SO adorable. I mean...how cute can you get? At one point the baby put his/her feet toward the monitor so I have the most darling little ultrasound picture of just these teeny tiny footprints. TELL ME AGAIN why we don't save all these babies from the monsters that kill them? Tell me why we don't punish people for even suggesting we kill our precious babies. (end rant) anyway. it was just so amazing and fun. Another memorable moment was when the baby put his/her arm up by his (I'm just gonna call it a him for this post) head and i could see the arm and hand by his head. I truly enjoyed the moments seeing my baby today. I feel so blessed. and SO happy.

"His" heartbeat was down at 152. Now "they say" (who knows who "they" is anyway?) that a high heartbeat is a boy and a low heartbeat is a girl. My Kaden-boy had a low heartbeat and I was always told he must be a SHE... Katelyn-girl always had a high heartbeat and i always was told She must be a "he". So, based on that, we're going with boy this time around. He looked perfect. I still have the cyst, and it has not reduced in size, but it also has not grown in size, so that is a major praise!

The doctor referred me to physical therapy for the "golf ball in my back/tailbone that becomes a tennis ball during pregnancy" (my explanation, not hers). She was amazed that I've had this problem since getting pregnant with Kaden and am just now saying it affects my life. I figure as long as I can manage I'm good...when I stopped being able to bend over to pick up my shampoo...i knew there was more of a problem. She feels I need to do some PT to find the problem, maybe even fix it, so that when I'm 9 months pregnant I won't be bedridden. i think I agree.

I also found out that after my 20 week ultrasound (the infamous BOY or GIRL ultrasound!) I need to have one at 27, 32, and 37 weeks. This is because when I had Kate she had been losing weight and my amniotic fluids were consistantly low and lowering. As in, I measured 3 inches small kind of low. SO, apparently that becomes more common if that has been a problem before. She basically told me not to expect to make it to my due date, and if I did, probably not past. I didn't know whether I should smile right then...but, sometimes it's just nice to hear that you might not have to endure being "late". Today's due date was Sept 12, by the way. I'm not sure what they are officially going with...I've heard the 10th, 14th and now 12th. So I might just stick with the 12th??

I think that's the highlights of my appointment! Next one is just the doplar and measurements (and the dreaded scale) so I'm considering taking Kaden..I wish I'd taken him today to see the baby on ultrasound, but I guess we will have plenty of oppurtunity for that!!!