Second Doctor's Appointment

We had our second doctor's appointment yesterday, August 9th. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat! It was amazing...there really is something in there. :) It's made the whole pregnancy even more real for me. I really can't believe there's something with it's own heartbeat inside of me!

They look my blood pressure and apparently it's borderline high. :( I have to go back and have it checked again. I think it was high because I threw up yesterday morning after breakfast and whenever I throw up, I always feel so horrible afterwards, so I'm not really surprised that it was high. It's still not good news. It was high at my first appointment too because I was really nervous. I dunno, sounds like I'm making excuses. If my blood pressure is actually high, I guess I wouldn't be surprised after this past year I've had at work...oh well, I guess that we'll wait and see.

We also scheduled our sequential screen. Basically it's a series of two tests to determine the likelihood of the baby having Down's. We're doing the first part next week, hopefully everything will turn out okay!

Even more exciting news is that when we scheduled our next appointment, we also got to schedule our 20 week appointment with the big ultrasound! The big ultrasound let's us know if the baby is developing correctly and the gender of the baby (if the baby is cooperating). I can't believe that we're only two months from finding out!