I often forget to post these little pictures, so if you hang on the edge of your seat waiting to see how this baby's size compares to your favorite fruit or vegetable...I appologize.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
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So all of the literature states that it is possible to hear the baby's heartbeat with an at home doppler at the earliest 10 weeks, but at 12-13 on the average. I completely gave up at 13 weeks. I figured that my extra abdominal fluff would inhibit me from hearing it. After all I spent like forty bucks on the thing off of ebay, I shouldn't have expected miracles. I totally bagged it when a good friend of mine who is two weeks behind me, and much thinner than myself was also unable to find her own baby's heartbeat. I figured that I would just reside to hearing it at doctor's appointments and Derek would have to wait until ultrasounds.
I was piddling around on one of my pregnancy sites that has message boards and another June mama posted that she found hers this evening for the first time at 17 weeks. I was reinspired. I dug out the box and the gel, Derek gave some inspirational words to our baby, and I tried. And tried. And tried. I turned left, I turned right, I scrunched my belly, and I puffed it out as far as I could. Nothing. As since the beginning, I was able to find my own heartbeat without a problem, in several places infact. Then I had a GENIUS idea. I always feel lots of pressure when I lay on my stomach, so I thought, why not...I haven't heard it in the seven weeks that I've been trying, what's one more position?
Within five minutes, I FOUND IT!!!!! I yelled for Derek to come quick, and since my doppler has two earphone jacks, Derek was able to hear it too! A wonderful, steady, 160 beats per minute. It was so amazing and a true blessing! We are so thankful for this baby.
I was piddling around on one of my pregnancy sites that has message boards and another June mama posted that she found hers this evening for the first time at 17 weeks. I was reinspired. I dug out the box and the gel, Derek gave some inspirational words to our baby, and I tried. And tried. And tried. I turned left, I turned right, I scrunched my belly, and I puffed it out as far as I could. Nothing. As since the beginning, I was able to find my own heartbeat without a problem, in several places infact. Then I had a GENIUS idea. I always feel lots of pressure when I lay on my stomach, so I thought, why not...I haven't heard it in the seven weeks that I've been trying, what's one more position?
Within five minutes, I FOUND IT!!!!! I yelled for Derek to come quick, and since my doppler has two earphone jacks, Derek was able to hear it too! A wonderful, steady, 160 beats per minute. It was so amazing and a true blessing! We are so thankful for this baby.
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