So tomorrow begins my 13th week and my second trimester. I m looking forward to the tales of the wonderful second trimester, all though aside from being very tired and brainless, my first trimester was easy peasy. Fun Facts about the thirteenth week: The baby has forms tiny little finger prints, and it is almost 3" long or the size of a medium shrimp, and it weighs about an ounce. So tiny, it's amazing that all the vital organs are already formed. The baby still wants fruit, I love fruit anyways, but most of the time it seems like that is the only thing that actually appeals to me. We have been scarfing down watermelon and oranges and berry smoothies. I also bought some strawberries a couple days ago, can't wait to eat those. And can I just tell you how wonderful strawberries smell. OMG it has to be the best smell ever.
This week we had two appointments one on Tuesday and one today. Tuesday we went in for screening, it checked for chromosomal disorders like down syndrome and spina bifida amongst others. And they did another test to give me the gender of the baby. The test included another ultrasound, fine by me, just another chance to see what the baby is up to. We watched the baby move around and wave's it's hands and gulp amniotic fluid (that was really cute). We also got to hear the baby's heartbeat, 172 beats/m, sorry I didn't get a chance to record it. I find out all my results next week and I am very excited to discover if it is a boy/girl. Then I can start picking out names : )
The second appointment was really just an opportunity to get the results back on all my blood tests, I passed with flying colors. Apparently I am going to have a urine test done at every appointment, so I decided to become acquainted with the little strip what the rainbow of colors meant. The bottle of strips was sitting right next to the sink and it had a color coded system to test all kinds of crazy stuff that I can not pronounce. But as I studied it against my test I concluded that everything was good. I test negative for protein, blood and glucose... those I am familiar with, lol. Demoné just looked at me and shook his head then went back to practicing his kanji. My next appointment isn't until next month so I guess I will have to survive without saying hi to the baby for a while. I want my own ultrasound machine : (
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