Uneventful

My 2nd OB appointment was pretty uneventful - which is good news. I didn't get another peek at Sunshine (boo!) but we did hear the beautiful heartbeat on the doppler (yeah!). The OB said the heartbeat sounded strong and that all was well. My bloodwork and urine culture from the last appointment came back perfect so I just had a pap and was sent on my merry way. After having so many dates with the dildo cam, a pap is a piece of cake. I honestly said to myself, "is that all?" I used to make such a big deal out of those until IF showed me what it's REALLY like to be invaded.

They gave me the option of doing the AFP screen to test for spina bfida and Down's Syndrome but I declined for two reasons. One, I know too many people who have gotten false positives from this and worried the rest of their pregnancies only to have a healthy baby. I don't need any more stress than I already put on myself. Second, if something were to be wrong with Sunshine, DH and I decided we would not terminate. So, with those considerations in mind, we opted to forgo this testing. Any soft markers would show up on the BIG u/s anyway and we are satisfied with that.

My next appointment won't be until nearly 18 weeks. Yikes! March 4th seems so far away. And our BIG u/s won't be until 20 weeks. I'm going to try to push for a St. Patrick's Day date. I'll be 19w4d so it's not that much sooner and it's my mom's birthday. I know she'd love to have that gift.

I can't believe I'm already planning this stuff. It seems so far off and yet so close. My impatience is getting the best of me. I just want to know if there is a baby boy or girl inside me. I'm tired of calling the baby "it". Ok, so Sunshine is his/her code name but I would love to be able to think about names, nurseries and actually buy some gender-specific things. That is the fun stuff. That's when I think this will start to feel more real. Like, maybe we really will be carrying a baby home in August and Ashton won't be popping out of the background to Punk me soon.