Week 17

So we went to the doctor today for our 17 week check up, the baby is doing great the heart rate was a solid 145 which the doctor thought she made a funny joke by saying " oh it sounds like a boy" and I swore Caesar's jaw dropped and he replied "how can you tell" she told him that it's just something fun that she likes to do cause so many people follow the old wise tails. I had my last tube of blood drawn, thank god it's the worse. I felt bad because the hemotologist (sp) came in and I said " I hate this" she commented back to me " i'm not going to kill you" the I said i should probably get over it as I'm going to be giving birth in a couple months and I'm sure that' s worse then giving blood, but then I thought and said " oh yeah i'll get drugs though" she started laughing and said that's the only way to do it. So we go to a doctors office where during a pregnancy you having rotating doctors in this practice thay have 4, 3 femals and 1 male. So Caesar and I felt why not get it out of the way and just meet all 4 of them in our first 4 visits. So we have meet 2 females and 1 male, our appointment in November we say the male doctor, I thought he was great, we both liked him alot and during that visit he said that next time you come in we can schedule your final sonogram to first and for most make sure the baby is developing properly and then if you would like to find out the sex. I said i thought we had to wait until 20 wks he said we can do it anywhere from 18 - 20 great so we would have been able to fidn out before Christmas. So yesterday we see Dr. Park (2nd female) and she gives me the referral for the sonogram and says you can make your appointment 3 weeks from now, WHAT!!! Caesar looked and giggled at me and I said why can't i go at 18 weeks she replied with the sonographers don't like when we send people early because it makes there job difficult and they want to be accurate. Logically I understand but at the same time I am so anxious to see how much my baby has grown, I can honestly say I don't know how people go 20 wks without another sonogram before the baby is born, it might drive me crazy. So I came in to work this morning and called the Radiology Center right away so they wouldn't fill up and I have my appointment for 9:45 Wednesday December 31st. it will be a great way to enter the New Year.