My little Thumper!

We had our second appointment this morning. Chris was able to just make it since he had to launch a plane this morning. I waited in the parking lot for him. Everything looks good. I haven't gained anything even though pants are definitely not fitting right! I have resorted to the rubber band trick on my regular pants while wearing the one pair of maternity khakis to work and jeans and lounge pants when not at work. But, my blood pressure as usual was very normal. I think she said 180/60? Whatever it was it sounded normal and good. I have always had slightly low to normal bp so that's good.

But the best thing about today and what finally gives me a bit more of a feeling of relief, we got to hear the heartbeat. The NP warned us that babies didn't like her and she tended to scare them away. But she found the heartbeat fairly quickly and we got to listen for a good minute or so. I think she said its count was about 160 or so. So that is great. I had this horrible thought while waiting to go in that we would hear an abnormality or something. I think this came about because I knew we were checking the heart today. Last time, I had no clue.

So, it's even more official. I have my newest piece of my heart growing and I have now heard said heart. Let's hope that things continue to go smoothly!