16 Week Update

I had the 16 week appointment today and all is well.  The baby's heartbeat was 150 bpm and we heard it right away.  Last time I had a hard time differentiating between my heartbeat and the baby's but this time the baby's was loud and clear.  The midwife asked if I could feel it moving yet and when I explained the feeling I have in my lower abdomen, she informed me that was not the baby, but my ligaments stretching.  So no, no kicks, yet, at least that I can feel.  I still haven't started showing.  Tim thinks I am a little bit, but I can't really tell the difference.  I don't feel nauseous anymore and brushing my teeth has gotten better.  Not great, but better.  Now I can brush without the need to vomit about half the time.  Progress!

My next appointment is scheduled for April 13th and it will not include the ultrasound that I am anxious for.  They do the second ultrasound at 22 weeks.  So sometime around April 23rd should be the ultrasound where we get to find out if the baby is a he or she.  

Later this month we're going to start getting around the nursery furniture, so hopefully near the end of the month I'll have some beginning pictures to share with you.  Tim has started designing the new bookcase/bed combo that he is going to build for the computer room.  Currently the baby's room is the spare bedroom with a queen sized bed and we need a place to put it.  He's building a bookcase with an extension where the mattress can be stored up against the wall in the computer room.  Then we'll bring down the steel frame from the attic and make up the bed when we have company.  A similar concept to a murphy bed, just cheaper and without all the hardware.  The futon will go into the baby's room for now.  We'll probably get rid of it in a year or two.  It will give the girls somewhere to lay when I'm in with the baby.  And if we do get rid of it sooner, rather, than later, have no doubt that the baby's room will include at least one dog bed.

I think we will start taking weekly pictures of me from the side.  I don't know how excited I am about this, but I'm sure years from now, I'll be glad we did.  I'll add this week's pic later today or tomorrow, since it hasn't been taken yet.