Sunday, August 23, 2009

Heard the baby's heart beat!

Well, I was supposed to hear the baby's heart beat at my last visit (11 weeks).
But when Dr. Patel tried to find it, she couldn't, which completely freaked me out.
Because I had already had thoughts earlier on in the pregnancy that something was going to be wrong. And I was not at the 12 week mark where miscarriage rate goes down.
But she brought in the ultrasound machine and I got to get a quick view of the baby.
She saw that the baby's heart was very healthy and pretty much instantly turned the monitor off. Jake got to see the whole ultrasound. But I did not because Dr. Patel was blocking my view.

But at this visit, she came in and right away listened to the heart beat and it was healthy, 177 BPMs.
So I am definately not worrying as much as before. I am sure that the baby is going to be perfect.
I also asked the Doctor about being a vegetarian and my protein intake.
I have gotten a protein supplement, but it was a shake and I really didn't like it so I asked her if there were any pills I could take?
And she said no, And at this point I was really worried that I was damaging the baby or something by not eating enough protein.
But the doctor assured me that the only thing that could go wrong was that the baby would be a little smaller.
So I was very relieved, I am enjoying this pregnancy alot more since all my worries have been relieved.
And on top of that, every time I have been to the doctor, I lost weight,
The second time I went I lost 3 lbs. And this time I had lost another lb.
I really don't know how though. I have not really been eating better or working out. And I have no morning sickness so it's not like I'm throwing up and thats causing me to lose weight.
So I'm happy.