i had a prenatal appointment yesterday, and heard bean's heartbeat more clearly and strongly than ever before. she's either really active or really uncooperative in there, and kept basically telling us to fuck off with the doppler. we perservered tho, and eventually got a good strong rhythm. it made me so happy! it's always been "in the background" before, so to hear that heartbeat so obviously was fantastic. probably my favourite mommy-to-be moment thus far.
next week is our anatomy scan. josh and i have both gone back and forth about finding out the sex, but we're sticking to our guns and keeping it a mystery. that amazing surprise will help me keep my eyes on the prize during labour, or so i tell myself.
i've made a solid dent on the baby registry, and have a good idea of what we will be happy with buying new vs. used. i'm going to pick up a baby swing from a lady next week. it'll be the first thing we buy for baby, and it makes things feel so real.
hopefully we will decide on a colour/theme for the nursery in the next 2 weeks, so we can get it painted, and i can do some shopping/register for some nursery things.
other than baby stuff, things are pretty same old, same old. i had a wonderful relaxing christmas. we went to my mom's, and it was nice to just have a few days off. i've been trying to work as much as i can, which has led to some crappy hours the last couple of weeks, but things will slow down in a few weeks, so i'm just trying to suck it up and make it through.
[christmas day baby bump] |
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I always loved hearing the heartbeat, although it was only even for 2 seconds before he'd wiggle off somewhere. Fun times!
