Hello all. I had my first OB appointment on Friday. It went really well. Brian and LittleMam and I got to see the baby and hear and see the heartbeat. It was pretty cool. I told Little Mam that she gets to see the baby on the TV. So when the doctor pulled the monitor over she said "baby!". It was cute. The baby was moving a lot so it was hard to hear the heart for very long but the heart rate was 128 bpm. I am due on February 25th. The doctor said everything looks great. I do have a slightly tilted uterus though so she said I might have a lot of pressure in my back. Also, she said at 20 weeks I'll be receiving weekly injections of progesterone to help me not go into pre-term labor and end up in the hospital or on bed rest. But with the injections, the ultrasounds being billed separately, my vitamins, lab work, etc, I'll most likely be meeting my $5000 deductible before the year is up. Which means when I give birth in 2009 I'll have a whole other $5000 to pay for hospital bills! So it's a little scary right now trying to figure out how on earth we are going to do this. But I know that God will provide for us.

Little Mam had fun at the appointment for the most part. She got a lollipop and a balloon made from a glove. She also got to play with the blood pressure cuff and with a red ball while I had my blood drawn. The doctor even gave her, her very own picture of her baby brother or sister. she was very excited and held on to it for the whole visit and drive back home. I have included a labeled picture from the ultrasound. I hope you all enjoy seeing baby # 2.

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