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The ultrasound and OB appointment both went very well. I do not yet have the ultrasound pics scanned in, so they will not be in this post. Just a warning. I'll get to them tomorrow...or the next day.

I know you're all DYING to know, so...

Now THAT'S a Buddha belly!

The ultrasound was crazy!! The baby kept pushing against the ultrasound camera thingy! She was very wiggly and active. Very fun and exciting to watch. The ultrasound tech showed us all of the vital organs (brain, kidneys, heart, bladder, spine) and pointed out the eye sockets and the femur and such. Her heartbeat during the ultrasound was 167 bpm. It's so very amazing to watch. CRAZY! There's a human inside me!

The OB appointment was short, but very informative. I learned that I've gained 7 pounds since I've gotten pregnant. My blood pressure was great. I'm generally healthy! The baby measured normal and according to the ultrasound, my due date is August 30th. It hasn't actually been changed because it was within a week of my actual due date, but her measurements say August 30th. She is already head down...which isn't a problem now, but it may be later if I begin to have any complications. When the doctor checked her heartbeat through doppler, it had dropped to 152 bpm from 167 bpm during the ultrasound. Doctor says that's attributed to the fact that she didn't seem to care for the ultrasound...what with all of the pushing back and wiggling and such.

She has been kicking me like crazy!! Everytime I try and get her to do it for Chris, she won't. And I'm not even sure that he'd be able to feel it from the outside yet. I can't really tell. She's wiggly and pushes on my bladder alot. Sometimes it seems as if she has her hands on the front of my uterus and her feet on the back and she's trying to streth ALL THE WAY out. Weird.

And here's how I'm looking...

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20 weex again

The 20 weex funny face

The sideview Buddha Belly

IT'S A GIRL!!!