Week 9

Week 9 has been an exciting week.  It started on Sunday when I called my mom a day early for her birthday.  Her birthday gift from me was finding out that she has the chance to be a grandmother again.  She was VERY calmly happy.  She just said that she has something to pray for now.  She also said that she wasn't going to tell my dad just yet.  She didn't want to upset him if something happens again.  I found it a bit cute and a bit funny.  So, my mom was the first family member to know about Baby.

After a few days of getting more and more nervous and also getting horrible diarrhea, we finally had our first OB appointment with Dr. Wong on Thursday morning.  It is always nice to see her again because she has been with us for so much.  She has been my doctor almost since I moved here (I saw a different doctor the first year, but have been with Dr. Wong since 2001).  She delivered Claire and was the one who told us we would have to deliver Matthew as well.  She prayed with us after the babies died and always gives us hugs. 
She went through some of the basics with us and them went straight to the ultrasound.  Baby popped up on the screen immediately.  It was like a weight lifted off my shoulders and I felt so happy to see the little one.  We even got to hear the heartbeat while it showed on the screen.  I was so overwhelmed that I wanted to cry.  She said the heart rate was right about 160bpm, so nice and strong.

She measured Baby who was measuring about a day ahead giving a due date of 6/19, which is Claire's birthday.  Dr. Wong is still sticking with the original date of 6/20/11, so that is fine, but it is nice to know that our little angel Claire is looking after her little brother or sister.

Then, on Friday morning I tried out the home doppler again and am pretty sure I caught the baby on it again.  I have really only been able to get it to read my heart beat, but I heard a faster beat and as I kept the wand in one location, there was a heartbeat followed by a whoosh and it was gone.  I am thinking Baby doesn't like the doppler just like his/her brother, Matthew, didn't like it.  They certainly are related!

Friday ended with my stomach feeling better, but my head not doing great.  I believe another migraine has set in.  I took some vicodin to help out, but I just ended up puking it up this morning.  So, hopefully it will go away soon.  So far I have had 3 migraines--at 3w4d, 7w4d, and 9w4d.  Interesting pattern, huh?

What a happy and wonderful week!  We are looking forward to many more good weeks.  Next week is Thanksgiving and the Boroughf family is going to get the news of the Baby Boroughf on the way!