checkup

I went to the doctor for a checkup on Thursday and all is well!  I got to meet the last of the 3 OB's at my practice and loved her.  She was so genuine and friendly, but was also very helpful and had lots of good information for me.  She told me if I had a boy with red hair she would have to keep him, haha!  Apparently she always wanted one, so now she loves on the ones she delivers just a little extra.  I am so happy that I really like all three of the doctors because any one of them could deliver our baby.  I knew I liked the one I was seeing before pregnancy but had never met the other 2.  Now ironically, my regular doctor is the only one I haven't been too yet. 

The doctor answered all my questions first, which was nice, especially since some of them were a bit premature for my stage in pregnancy, haha.  If I don't ask all the questions I come up with now though, I'm afraid I'll have a list of questions 50 long at my last couple appointments.  After that I listened to the heartbeat, which never gets old!  The doctor said even doing that several times a day for other women, it still doesn't get old for her either!  The heartrate was 132, which is good and strong.  She also looked at my belly and said I seem to be growing right on target, which was nice to hear.  They were also happy to see that I've gained 4.5 pounds above my prepregnancy weight.  I never thought I would hear multiple people so excited about my weight gain, haha!  I'm glad all of my hard work paid off!  Drew and I switched to 2% milk (Drew is exstatic), I've been drinking a vitamin breakfast drink in the morning with my food, and I started adding an extra snack in my evenings (always healthy of course, haha!).  My next appointment is my big anatomy scan ultrasound!  It will be Feb. 18.  I can't wait to find out if it's a boy or girl!  And with my birthday being the day before it will be a fun birthday present! 

I truly am loving being pregnant!  I actually had someone ask me if I was pregnant the other day, which surprised me!  I guess I actually look pregnant enough that people feel comfortable asking without being afraid I could just be fat.  Ask me again if I'm still loving this in a couple months and my answer may be different, but I'll take it for now!

Keep praying for a healthy and happy baby and pregnancy!