baby’s heartbeat

We just heard the awesomest sound ever – our baby’s heartbeat! Wop wop wop wop wop wop It was truly an amazing experience hearing our baby’s heartbeat through a fetal doppler! I’m glad my hubby was there with me. And he is a proud father indeed! At first my OB was a bit worried that she’ll have a hard time finding it due to my flabs of fat, but we’re really thankful that it just took a few seconds before we heard that awesome sound. Good job, baby!!!! I have been anxiously anticipating this OB visit and have been really paranoid if everything’s alright…if we would be able to hear baby’s heartbeat. Especially that lately, almost all pregnancy symptoms are gone, except for some ocassional barfing and lower back ache. Maybe I can attribute that withe fact that we’re almost at the 2nd trimester. Anyway, we’re just really glad the OB visit went well. She was happy that my hba1c went down. I just really need to make sure that I control my weight gain for the 2nd trimester. Since I’m obese, I would only need to gain 1-2 lbs per month as compared to those with normal weight who would have to gain around 1 lb per week. Also, I wouldn’t need to take folic and multivitamins, but instead she prescribed me to take iron and calcium supplements which my baby would be needing at this phase of my pregnancy. I was hoping she’d give me an ultrasound request since I really want to see my baby but she adviced that we just wait for my 5th month when I’m scheduled to have my congenital anomaly scan (CAS). Oh well. That’s a bit of a long wait! At least we’ll have the opportunity to hear baby’s heartbeat again on our next visit next month. There are lots of times that I’m really tempted to buy a fetal doppler so we wouldn’t have to wait for check-ups and we can listen to our baby’s heartbeat any time we want to, especially during those times when I get paranoid. I just need to make sure to follow my doctors’ orders, keep on praying, and trust God that He will bless us with a healthy, normal, strong, happy, and smart baby! :-)