doctor's appointment

I had my second pre-natal checkup on Friday. It was a bit stressful for me... I was told I'm a cystic fibrosis carrier. Joe has to be tested now, and there's not a big chance that he'll have it too. But it's still really scary for me. I just feel so utterly helpless. There's nothing I can do to change the fact that I'm a carrier, and if Joe is too, then there's nothing we can do if the baby does have it. I'm praying hard that he's not a carrier. If he is, there's only a 25% chance that the baby would have it. I always dreamed of a big family, but if we're both carriers then this will probably be our only baby. I couldn't put any other babies at risk knowing ahead of time that we both carried it.

Aside from that news, everything is going great. I'm measuring a little ahead of time- 14 weeks, and i'm at 12 weeks. but not enough that the doctor is concerned, they're keeping my due date in late April. They weren't able to hear the heartbeat so they did a quick scan to see it. The baby was laying in there sucking away on his/her thumb. It's still sitting pretty low, so they couldn't hear the heartbeat through my pubic bone. I've gained 3 lbs so far, right on target.

and- my morning sickness seems to be going away somewhat- I only get nauseous if I wait too long to eat now. I can feel the top of my uterus if i lay down, it's neat to know I'm growing a little human in there. I can't wait to feel the baby move for the first time!!!

My next appointment is November 9th.