Saturday, May 16, 2009

13 Weeks Along


Today we actually got to hear Baby Smith's heartbeat for the first time. Baby Smith's heart is beating 149 beats per minute. We saw the doctor yesterday and he told us I should begin to feel my first movements when I am round 20 weeks, so about 7 more to go. Our next appointment is June 15 which I will be 17.5 weeks then so I am hoping the doctor can tell us what we are having then. If not we will have to wait until our 21 week appointment. We have already registered for the 3 classes that we will be taking in September: Childbirth Preparation, Infant Safety & CPR, and Breastfeeding. So needless to say September will be a very busy month for us. The doctor said that our baby is growing at an excellent rate and he or she is just the size that they should be at this point. As of this week our baby is about the size of a medium shrimp, getting bigger and longer every day.