16 Week Update

David and I had our 16 week appointment today and here are the stats:

• blood pressure: 110 over 60
• baby’s heart rate: 154
• my weight gain: not a single pound in the last 4 weeks, so negative 4 pounds overall
• placenta: high, in front

We scheduled our 20 week ultrasound, which apparantly was pre-certified by the insurance company. We will not be finding out the gender unless some kind of freak accident occurs in which the ultrasound tech blurts it out without asking. Though, by watching Peter and Shelley’s ultrasound of Wendy, it’s pretty obvious in places that she’s totally girl. Hopefully the “Little Barnes” will be shy on that day. The ultrasound and next appointment will be on February 23rd, which is pretty darn close to my mom-in-law’s birthday. I know she would love to know boy or girl, but we’ll all just have to be patient and wait until July.

I haven’t knowingly felt the baby move yet, but there is a lot of action in there somehow, either gas or upset tummy or baby, but I can’t tell which it is when something moves and I’ve had a lot of upset tummy lately.