Revealing the baby to the girls

Revealed to the girls tonight at dinner that they would be big sisters. Loved the stunned looks on their cute faces. "Huh?", they both asked.

My favorite quote of the night:

Younger girl: I hope the baby doesn't get lost.
Me: Yeah, me too.
Younger girl: But, if it does, maybe you can just adopt a baby.
Older girl: Oh no, that costs way too much money.
They have no idea!

Also, thought it was cute that they are so worried about being at the hospital at the time the baby is born. They want to make sure they are the first kids to hold the baby. Kept asking what would happen if they were in school when I go into labor. They want to make sure someone will come get them.

If the baby is a boy, they want to name it Lego. And came up with about 100 other names as well.

Younger girl: I hope the baby likes Legos.
Me: Oh yeah, it better!

Before we tucked them in for bed, younger girl tries to hear baby through my tummy and older girl pats my tummy to say goodnight to the baby.

Also, loved how over the course of the night their language went from "the baby" to "our baby".

Telling Baby Daddy's parents

Chromosone Testing

Today was ultrasound and bloodwork to test for Down's and other chromosone-related problems. We had a 30 minute ultrasound where we got to see the baby in various poses and moving about. Nuchal fold measurement was 1.5mm, which is considered very low risk for any problems. That, correlated with the bloodwork, showed that all is good and well and no worries. Yeah! Another milestone in the journey! Still hard to believe this is really happening this time.

First OB Appt

Had our first OB appointment today where we met with the nurse only - appt lasted for over 2 hours! They checked weight, history, answered our numerous questions and then time to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. They use this handheld doppler thingy - the nurse warned us that it could take a few minutes to find baby's heartbeat. She began moving the probe around on my belly and I could hear all the girgling noises from my tummy, but nothing that sounded like a heartbeat to me - even though I wasn't even sure what I was listening for. Then, what seemed like an eternity went by as she continued to search and all we could hear was "stomach static". I began to panic. Why was it taking so long? Was something wrong? Had our baby died? Of course, all the worst-case scenarios ran through my head. The nurse gave up, but still seemed calm as she said she would try the ultrasound instead. We waited nervously as she got the machine, sets it up, etc. Then she started looking for baby and nothing. More panic. What is wrong? Baby Daddy knew I was in panic mode. Nurse said there is too much "tissue" in the way, which I think was the nice way of saying I was too fat. So, on to vaginal ultrasound. As soon as she was able to see baby and heartbeat, I began to cry tears of relief that all is well. This baby sure has tested us! Heartbeat looked strong and steady even though the machine didn't have ability to register rate. We even got to see baby move for the first time. Amazing!!!!

Telling family

With today being Labor Day, figured it was the perfect time to let grandma and brother in our little secret. Made frames with ultrasound pic for each of them to unwrap at the same time while we videoed their reaction. Both opened their boxes, looked at the picture, then turned and looked at each other's picture with confused looks on their faces. Baby Daddy and I sat there in disbelief that it was taking them so long to figure out what was going on. Finally, it clicked for them and then I think they both went into immediate shock. They asked when baby was due and when we said, "April Fools Day" they both thought we meant this whole thing was an April Fools joke. They both said Congrats while they finally let the news sink in. Later, in the kitchen, Grandma admitted she couldn't believe it as she had given up all hope of having grandchildren. Which we already knew from her endless comments about it!I think it will take some times for the news to really sink in.