Doing great

We had our second visit with the midwife today and all went well.  I was a little anxious as to how the appointment would go since the intended parents and I have only spoken via email and text since our last appointment.

I only had to wait a few minutes before I was called to the back for my appointment.  Before they even did anything Marcia (the midwife) spoke to me and I let her know how things were going between us and how we have decided to handle the appointments going forward.  She was glad to hear that we have figured everything out.  This is her first surrogate birth that she is a practitioner for so a learning experience for all!  They did my vitals and I gained about 3 pounds this last month and had a good blood pressure. The intended parents were called back to the room and were able to hear the heartbeat which was 150.  That was it and the appointment was over:)  I had to hurry back home to get the babysitter back to my sister's as she needed to go do something so there was not much time for talking. 

We met again at 12 for the ultrasound appointment.  They decided to do an ultrasound to determine the gender and to also have pictures to show their son as they were going to tell him this weekend that he was going to be a big brother. The ultrasound was fun and a really good experience.  The technician/owner was actually the ultrasound tech when I was pregnant with Finley (we might not have remembered each other but it was good to see someone I knew and trusted).  She started with the 2D ultrasound looking at the baby and then quickly moved to the gender determination.  I was pretty proud of myself as I was able to see pretty fast that it was a GIRL (especially since I have never seen the between the leg shot on my own kids)!  I am so excited for them.  As with most expecting parents you will take and love whatever God gives you, but one gender or another might be preferred.  Since they already have a boy they were overjoyed to learn that they will now have the experience to parent a girl.  We were in the ultrasound for about 25 minutes and had a great time seeing this little girl and how shy she was.  We did not get many face shots as she kept her hand up to her face for most of the morning!  Hopefully they will send me some of the pictures and I can put them up for you.

Personally I am feeling great and can't believe that I have already started to pop!  I don't know if I can fit into my regular clothes as I prefer dresses and soft skirts usually anyway and I haven't tried on anything without an elastic waist:)  Someone at the pool on Tuesday asked if I was going to have a 4th, I think that was her really nice way to ask if I was pregnant!

23.5 weeks to go!