We went to our 15 week Dr appointment today and it went well. We had to take Alex with us, but he was amazingly well behaved, content to eat his Yogos and keep his hands off all of the tempting equipment. My blood work from last month came back perfect, my blood pressure is fine, the baby's heart rate is 155 which is normal and I was also relieved to confirm that I have only gained 2 pounds so far (as opposed to the 10+ pounds I'd gained by this point in Alex's pregnancy), however the doctor said "Don't worry, you'll gain a lot of weight later in the pregnancy". Great.
I was also vindicated on two points:
1) I am actually "showing", not, as I'd feared, just fatter. I'd been convinced that my existing fat was somehow just migrating upwards to my stomach. I couldn't believe I'd really be showing this early in the pregnancy. The doctor however, noted that my uterus is indeed "poking out", as he put it.
2) I am feeling the baby move. I'd been telling John that I was feeling movement for the last week or so, to which he'd always respond "You just need to fart". However, the doctor confirmed that yes, with a second pregnancy, it is very likely that I'd be feeling movement this early.
Our next appointment is the 20 week ultrasound, scheduled next month. John and I have a disagreement as to whether or not we will find out the gender of Baby 2.0. I say no, he says yes. We found out with Alex, and that was great, but I just think it would be fun to not know until it's born. John feels very strongly that he needs to know the gender so he can start thinking of the baby as his new son or daughter. I think he thinks it will help him bond with this baby easier. He's suggested that he know and keep it a secret. I think that's stupid. If he knows, I'll want to know and he'll either slip or I'll weasel it out of him eventually. Since John usually gets what he wants, we'll probably end up finding out the sex, though I'm going to be hard at work trying to convince him otherwise unti then.
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