Well, I had an appointment with my midwife this morning for a regular check up.
It went good and was short and sweet.
We heard the baby's heartbeat again and the heart rate is in the 160s, which according the the old wives tale indicates that the baby is a girl! We got to listen for about 2 minutes, then heard a big SWOOSH and couldn't hear the heartbeat anymore! It is so neat to hear the baby move!
My midwife gave me the ok to take chewable kid vitamins since the prenatals are causing me severe constipation and stool softeners do not work. My only other option was to take milk of magnesia a few times a week and I don't want to do that. So I'll take the chewable vitamins! She also told me to take claritin or zyrtec for my allergies instead of benadryl, since benadryl makes me very sleepy.
Oh, and I can finally dye my hair!! I'm saying BYE-BYE to my dark roots and gray hair!! I've been holding off on doing it until we made it to the second trimester because I didn't want to cause any ill effects on our rapidly developing baby!
I go back in 4 weeks for a regular appointment and we should schedule our BIG ultrasound at that appointment too!
Congrats! Glad to hear all is well! Looking forward to more updates.
ReplyDeleteSo glad everything is going well! Those movements are really fun to hear for sure.
ReplyDeleteI need to get the hair done soon also, gray hair and new mommy's don't go together!
God bless!