We Have a Date

I had my 4-week appointment today. It was pretty short and sweet. Basically my doctor told me that I could stand to gain a few more pounds because I apparently haven't gained a lot (I think that is awesome, personally). She also told me to cut back on my water aerobics. She was excited and encouraged me when I first told her I was going, but when I told her I am going three times a week for an hour each time, she told me I should probably back off to just twice a week. Then I told her that I loved the classes, but that they left me completely exhausted and that I had been dizzy after the two I went to this week. Then she told me that I should back it off to half an hour twice a week, but that I could bump it up as the weeks go by. My BFF thought it was funny that my doctor told me to gain weight and not work out as much. lol

I realized today that perhaps I am overdoing the exercise a bit when after only 8 minutes on the treadmill at work my heart started pounding. I wasn't even exerting myself, but I guess I have just been doing too much lately. I got off the moment I noticed my heart pounding, and within minutes I was so completely exhausted I wasn't sure how I was going to make it through the rest of the day. All I wanted to do was curl up and sleep for the next 24 hours.

I also asked about the congestion and got the green light for some Zy.rt.ec before bed since I am in the second trimester. I am really looking forward to breathing again. I think that will also help with the exhaustion, since not being able to breathe makes me tired.

Before the end of the appointment I got to not only hear the baby's heartbeat, but her swishing movements as well. I started to panic a bit when it took the doctor a little while to find the heart beat. Had I known that the swishing noises she was finding was my baby moving around, I would have panicked less. But once she found the heartbeat, she told me what the swishing sounds were. Being pregnant and hormonal, I had to once again choke back the tears. My doctor also told me that my uterus can now be felt just directly below my belly button. That confirms why I can now see my belly button surgery scar!

My next appointment is scheduled, but it isn't for 4 weeks away. *BIG SIGH* I determined after leaving my appointment to finally bite the bullet and buy the fetal doppler since it could be another 4 weeks before I feel the baby move and I won't have the opportunity to hear the heart beat until then. I kind of have mixed feelings about the doppler though, especially after my doctor had a hard time finding the heart beat today. I am afraid that if I don't immediately find the heart beat on my own, I will panic. But the other side of that is when I do find it, it will put my mind at ease knowing everything is okay.

I also scheduled another appointment when I left today... the one where we get to find out the sex of the baby! It seems kind of funny because my next appointment is in four weeks, but my ultrasound is in five weeks. My options were to have two appointments a week apart, or hold off on both of them for five weeks. Come on, four weeks is bad enough, like I could wait for five!

Now the countdown begins!