Baby Kicks

The IP's and I had our first appointment with my mid-wife Kathleen today, she reviewed all of the pregnancy basics with us as well as showed us the birthing room and bathtub where I will be giving birth. The birth-center actually closes during a birth so there will be plenty of room for the IP's family and friends to come, cheer us on and wait until the baby is born. It was a great informative appointment. Baby measured right on track at 15w and the heartbeat was strong in the 160 range.

I am so grateful and happy we made it this far and am so excited that we are now in the care of such a wonderful mid-wife. I also feel very fortunate to have such a supportive positive team, I just adore S and E. I can not wait for the day that I get to put their baby in their arms and make their dreams of being parents come true.

I will go back in 2 weeks for some blood-work and then our next real appointment is early April with the big gender reveal ultrasound mid-April. I have said from the day I first felt pregnant early December that this baby is a girl ...and I hope I am right because I LOVE shopping for girls.

I finally found some good low-waist maternity jeans with the elastic insets on the sides, I am not a fan of the full-panel options and thanks to the Jessica Simpson and Heidi Klum lines at Motherhood I can feel a little more like myself in regular jeans. 

I felt the baby kick last week on February 28th during my 14th week, I was so excited to share the news with E (IM) who then got to share it with S (IF). I am now 15 weeks,2 days pregnant and here is a self-picture from today.