We've made it past the first trimester. Today was my 12 week appointment with the midwife. All is well with me and in the womb. My weight, blood pressure, and urine are all good. The midwife used the fetal doppler and I was able to hear its heart beat. Its heart rate was 160 bmp this afternoon, which is consistent with the heart rate during the ultrasound. She also said the baby's location is in the right spot for how far along I am. Other than that we just went over any questions I had and then I was on my way. She said it's normal for brushing my teeth to cause me to throw up and if that's the only time I do, then I'm lucky. Hopefully in this next trimester I will be able to brush my teeth again without feeling the urge to purge. I haven't started showing yet, but I'm thinking in this next month, I probably will. Luckily, most of my pants are loose around my waist, in order to fit over my hips, so I should be able to continue to wear them for another few weeks.
I'm still going to yoga class and the midwife said I could continue throughout and it's not necessary to go to a prenatal class. I'd like to, but the prenatal yoga class around here is downtown and twice the price I pay for my normal class, but only meets once a week, instead of twice. My instructor is really good about telling people how to modify poses (there are some older ladies in the class with back or knee problems) and is aware of my pregnancy, so I am just going to keep going to her. I've also been walking the dogs about four days a week and will probably step it up to six days a week in the coming weeks.
We were able to get the ultrasound video onto our computers but now we're having trouble getting it uploaded to the internet. So maybe I won't be sharing the videos with you, only the pics. Oh well. Once I have the next ultrasound done in about two months, we can burn the two videos to disc and send them to the grandparents.
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