Ultrasound on 9/20 19.5 weeks pregnant

You can see her nose and ear. Her little hand is up by her face, you can see a couple of fingers!



Baby foot!





It’s a girl!!! I think Damon and I are both in a state of shock. Of course we are happy but we really were expecting a boy. I just knew that inside was a boy, but nope it’s a little girl! I think it will be for the best, she is going to have Damon wrapped around her little finger and now all Damon has are girls (me, annie the cat, keiko and zoe) :o) So now we are on the task to start thinking of little girl names!

With the ultrasound machine they checked the baby's brain and heart. They measured the length of her bones, head and overall body. From the measurements she weighs 11 ounces! They identified both of her little ovaries so there is no mistake that it is a girl! :)

Damon The Baby Whisperer

Before:

Labor Day weekend Damon and I decided to go to Paris, TN to visit family. We got to meet our new little nephew Gavin. When we got there Saturday morning Gavin was not a happy boy and was crying. Damon held him and rubbed his little belly and soon the little guy was off to sleep. The pics are so cute that I had to post them :)

After:

Dr. Appt on 8/31/10

This appointment was very quick. Dr. Spetalnick checked the baby’s heart beat it was 140-150 beats a minutes and is about 7 3/4" long.

I have lost another 2-3 pounds. Dr. Spetalnick isn’t very happy about that and told me that I don’t need to lose any more weight. I said well I just bought a treadmill this past weekend (yard sale $20, I rule) and he said you can walk on it just don’t lose weight. I was like...uhh then why would I walk on it? I don’t really have a baby belly just looks like fat. It's hard to believe that there really is a baby in there. I can tell that all my organs are being pushed up in my chest because the top part of my stomach is hard. Apparently at this stage some woman can feel the baby hiccup and move - I unfortunately can’t feel a dang thing.

The best part of the appointment was he told me that I needed to schedule ANOTHER appointment for the ultrasound. I thought we were going to do it on 9/28 when we had to see him but NOPE! We have to schedule a separate appointment b/c it is in a different office. Totally pumped I made the appointment as soon as humanly possible but still close to the 20 week mark. We are going on 9/20 at 2pm to find out if its a boy or girl! I will be right at 19 weeks and 3 days! :)

Love,
Katie

A Gift from Grandama & Grandpa Nash

Linda, my mother-in-law sent me the most beautiful necklace! The charms are about the size of a dime and are very delicate & detailed! The baby has 2 legs and the stork has an eye & tail feathers! I am going to wear it all the time! Thank you so much!

Love,
Katie

1st visit with the OBGYN 8/9/10

So yesterday Damon and I had our 1st visit with the OBGYN (Dr. Spetalnick) apparently he likes to have you meet with the nurses at first to make sure it is a viable pregnancy. He has been my doctor for MANY years now so I am used to his slight kookiness and vague answers. Example: I say "so, packaged meat...can I really not eat it?" and he say "well, what’s to say you can’t eat something...I mean you can get sick just as he can from eating deli meat." I looked at Damon (who I warned in advance) with a puzzled look on my face...So i guess that is a no??!! hehehe. Even with his vague answers Dr. Spetalnick is one of the best at Vanderbilt.

On an completely awesome note:
We got to hear the baby's heart beat! It was so fast and cute (can an audio clip be cute?) I asked if he could record it for me and he laughed...that’s a no. 150 beats a minutes!

We got to schedule the rest of our visits:
08/31/10
09/28/10 find out the sex!
10/26/10
11/23/10
12/21/10
01/04/11
01/18/11

Love,
Katie

prenatal pills....for a horse?

OHH GEEZE! I am not a fan of taking pills. In fact, I will only take aspirin if I have a slamming headache. I would much rather take 3 little pills rather than 1 ginormous pill! I have to take it with water handy and a little snack (just in case). At least they are a pretty color. :/

Love,
Katie

3 Months Down 7/30/10

I am officially 12 weeks today! This means by nausea should start going away, my energy should increase and life will start going back to normal. Well as normal as can be with a little one inside me!

On the downside I have a crazy cold and it has hit me hard.

Here is a note from Parenting.com:

Dear Mom-To-Be,
Time may be moving in slow motion, but you're about to reach an important milestone--the end of the first trimester. Your baby now weighs about half an ounce and is about 2 1/2 inches long from top to bottom. From toothbuds to toenails, the fetus is now fully formed. He can even open his mouth and wiggle his fingers and toes, though you are still probably not feeling any movement. Development is in high gear, as fetal nerve cells multiply rapidly and synapses start firing.

Results of Genetic Testing

The nurse called me Friday, July 30th to let me know that all my tests came back in the normal range. The chances of me having a down syndrome baby is 1 in 10,000 and Trisomy baby is 1 in 9,530. I said well the odds on that don't seem as good as the first result and she said not to worry it is all in the normal range. :) They will test one more time in the second trimester just to be sure. YAY!

Love,
Katie

Genetic Testing 7/26/10

Morning all!
Today I went in for genetic testing on the baby. They did an Ultra Screen which tests for Down Syndrome and Trisomy 13 & 18 (if this comes back positive then I can carry the baby full term but it will die when it is born). I should have the results in 1 week. Part 1 of the test is an ultrasound that measures the fluid in the neck, the nurse said that was all ok! I have attached a couple pictures of the baby! It actually has a profile-nose & lips! It has fingers and toes! AND it was moving all around , flipping back and forth and wiggling its arms and legs!!! It was so cool!!! I didn’t hear the heartbeat but she measured it and it was 149 beats a minute! Which apparently is it the normal/good range! The first picture is a side profile with the face, neck and some belly. They second picture is a close up of the face with the little hand by the face!!! We see the OBGYN on August 9th!

Love,
Katie

The Cutest Sheet You Ever Did See!

Tired of buying just diapers I wanted to get something cute. I decided to get a sheet, but needed something gender neutral. This is the cutest sheet ever!

Love,
Katie