Just when you think there's a plan...

Isn't the first rule of parenthood that you have to be flexible? Well, it's a good thing I've already learned that. I got news today that I will have to be on a business trip on the 26th - the planned ultrasound date. I remember getting news that the ultrasound had to be postponed when I was pregnant with Amberlin and sobbing, I was so devastated. I am happy to report that I am handling it much better this time! It didn't even phase me. I told you - TRUST is my motto for the year. So I just called and quickly got the new date set up. Thankfully, it only has to be delayed one day. I was surprised since the ultrasound tech is only in a couple days per week, but delighted to find out we won't have to wait much longer! Andy said that God probably knew the baby would be "shy" on the other scheduled date, so He fixed it for us. Ha, ha... Perhaps. :)

I also heard back on the quad panel test that they did on Monday - everything came back normal and looks good. Yea! And one other thing that I forgot to mention is that I'm doing well on my weight gain. I've gained only three pounds total. Even considering Christmas, I only gained two pounds from early December to now. That was a nice surprise! Those that have seen me know that it looks like I've gained 30! But it's all baby. It looks like I might get as huge this time as I was last time, only sooner. *sigh* Hopefully we can at least keep the GD away.

16 weeks

Unfortunately, my morning sickness got more intense after my last post. I have had a lot mroe of it since then - including lots of throwing up (boo!). I'm approaching 17 weeks here - hopefully it stops soon. I keep finding women who tell me they threw up all 9 months of their pregnancies. Hopefully that's not how this one goes!

Everything else is going well. I have started feeling the baby move a little bit. I can't wait until it can be felt from outside so that I can share it with Andy and Amberlin. Yesterday we had an OB appointment and when the doctor tried to find the heartbeat with the doppler I could feel the baby moving away from it. It was pretty funny. It took her a while to find it for that reason. A stinker already. :)

I have actually had two OB appointments since we posted last. The one last month was much more eventful than this month. We found out that we'll have our ultrasound on January 26th and hopefully find out the gender. We were also able to determine the date of the C-Section, which will be June 8. It makes it nice to be able to plan so far ahead of time! An unfortunate discovery that we made in that appointment was that our scheduled delivery date falls on our doctor's vacation time! Boo! We really, really liked Dr. Schoen. We will be meeting with the other doctors in the practice (there are three more) to determine who we will use instead. Although I'm disappointed, I know that God has something in mind for the delivery of this baby. I will TRUST (that's my word for the new year) that whatever happens is in His will. Our next appointment is with the doctor that Dr. Schoen thought we would get along with best. She said she is funny and outgoing, too - which is what we enjoyed so much about her. We'll see what happens....