10 Week Doctor's Appt

The appointment was at 11am this morning. Lorenzo was cutting it really close with work but we made it on time. I got there and had to pee like none other but I couldn't because I wouldn't have anything to give to them to test.

Finally they called me in but with my luck the 2 stalls to pee were full. So I still had to wait. As soon as I got in there the nurse asked me a few questions about the way I was feeling and stuff and I just asked her if I was going to get to hear the baby's heartbeat this visit. Last visit (during the ultrasound) we just got to see it on the screen and not hear it. She told me that she was going to try but normally when the patient is just 10 weeks along it's too faint for them to pick up on. *At this point I was able to go potty*. Well she gets her little doppler machine over to the table had me pull my pants really far down. As soon as she put it down I heard it and then our little booger squirmed out from under the doppler and she had to do some searching for s/he. After about 30 seconds there it was. The best sound I had ever heard! She left it on there for a while so that she could measure the heart rate and it was at 178 bpm. It was soo strong too! Lorenzo asked if everything was ok because it was high and she said that it was normal.

After that excitement...the only reason that I wanted to go to the appointment...the doctor came in. I knew that this visit was going to be the time when they did all this god-awful blood work so I wasn't going to bring it up if she didn't remember. She just talked to me and made sure everything was ok and asked if I had any questions. Then she said that I was going to get my bloodwork (DAMN she remembered, lol) today. I just don't like getting my blood drawn from anywhere besides on base. There is one guy on base that is sooo good at taking blood! He is so gentle and he uses the proper equipment so you don't feel him changing out all the viles and stuff. Everytime I go out in town to a lab or something I always get this god-awful crackhead bruise on my arm. It didn't fail this go-round either. The second she poked me I felt the pain and knew that this was going to look ugly tomorrow. They took 4 viles of blood and sent me on my way.

I have an ultrasound at my 14 week mark. I am going to hopefully *fingers crossed* get a picture of the boy or girl parts. I know that they won't be able to professionally tell me what it is but I can do my guessing with a picture at least! Alot of my friends say that when they got a picture at 12-16 weeks they were able to tell. It's the office policy for them to wait until 20 weeks to officially tell you what you are having so I will have to wait it out another 10 weeks for the official results.

They sell this kit at HEB & Target called the "Intellegender Prediction Kit" and you just pee in a cup and in 10 minutes it tells you weather you are having a boy or girl. I know that it's not 100% accurate but all the reviews that I read online said that it worked for them. I only read one review where it said it was wrong but that's because the girl said she had PCOS and the test says that if you have that it's going to give you the default reading of boy...and she ended up having a girl but she said she knew that risk going into it. It's $30 and a waste of money but it's all in fun.

Today I felt fine. Wayyyy moodier then normal but the doctor said that's normal. I was soo relieved to hear the heartbeat because the few pregnancy symptoms that I have (sore boobs & tiredness) have started to disappear again this week and I was getting worried. I know that I have nothing to worry about now...I have reached the 10 week mark and I heard my baby's heartbeat when the nurse said that I probably wouldn't. I just know that we have a strong baby.