Hooray, all is still well!
I had my OB appointment this morning. Well, sort of. I got a call around 9AM saying that my doctor had a patient in the hospital and they were clearing her morning. A little frustrating, but good to know that she drops things and goes to the hospital for people, not just whoever is on hospital duty that day. So, they reschedule my 10:30 appointment for 11:45 with the nurse practitioner. Fine. I like her quite a bit, and I really didn’t care as long as I got some good reassurance.
And reassurance was readily available! Though I did make quite a jump in weight this week, she didn’t seem overly concerned (as long as it doesn’t keep happening). My overall weight gain is fine, and my blood pressure had not gone up. My uterus is measuring good and large (same as would be expected for 18 weeks if it was a singleton pregnancy), and she managed to find both of their heartbeats. They were down to about 150 and 160, which was fine. The second one took a minute to find, and seemed to be swimming away from the doppler, but there they were! Hooray!
I should hear soon about the time and date of the “big” ultrasound, when we’ll get the full anatomical scan and (hopefully) find out what combination of boys and girls we’ve got. Can’t wait for that!
Since everything looked good today, we decided to spill the beans to the world. I told my bosses at work, we told the rest of our family, and we’re telling all of our friends. It’s still a little scary for me, but very fun to get everyone’s reactions.
That’s the update from here! Hope everyone else out there is doing well…
