12 week appointment

Justin and I have eagerly awaited our 12 week appointment so we could finally hear this little baby's heartbeat and see him/her move around in there on the ultrasound.  Lo and behold, my insurance company won't pay for ultrasounds (what the heck?) and therefore, one was not covered for the 12 week appointment.  I was pretty bummed out as it has been 6 weeks since the last time we saw the little round blob on the screen.  We also learned that the testing we had decided to go ahead and do (NT testing, Trisomy 18, etc.) was not "scheduled" during this last appointment so we have yet another appointment to go this week for the ultrasound and blood work.  I can't help but really feel like my doctor's office dropped the ball.  Such is life, I suppose.

On the bright side, after what felt like an ETERNITY, my doctor found the heartbeat on the doppler! 163 beats per minute and it was worth every second I had to wait to hear it.  I was so nervous I kept laughing, and I'm pretty sure every time I did, the doctor lost the heartbeat again.  Apparently the baby is hiding somewhere very deep inside my abdominal cavity on the right side.  Hopefully he/she makes a much better appearance on Friday morning for the testing.  Keeping my fingers crossed the ultrasound technician will print out a picture or two :)

Other than that, nothing exciting to report!  Justin and I had a laid back weekend and celebrated a beautiful Sunday with friends and family at a BBQ in our backyard.  Ladderball was set up in the backyard and the guys grilled steaks, pasta salad and my yummy salted caramel butter bars definitely hit the spot! I also watched Meghan's little guy Chase during the day on Sunday and we had a wonderful day.  We went for a walk through the neighborhood and played for hours and hours until he crashed out for about an hour.  It was fun practice for the arrival of our little one some time in August/early September 2013.

I'll post pictures when I have some :)