1st Baby Appointment

Michelle had her first Dr. appointment today for the baby. Through some recommendations from friends and ward members, she found a Dr. who is the Stake President of a neighboring stake. He also is quite young, and has 5 children as well with the oldest being in their early teens.

Her appointment was at 8 o'clock in the morning, and that is when the kids have to get to the bus stop. So I stayed home to get them ready and off to school, and watched Jasmin until Michelle came back home after 10am.

The Dr. says everything is ok. The Dr. drew some blood, told her to "open wide" (and no, this wasn't a Dentist) and also performed an ultrasound. I guess this Dr. performs ultrasounds at every appointment, which is one of the main reasons why Michelle went to him. So she got to see our little baby (I think she referred to him/her as a "little stick") and see the heart beating. We also found out that we're having......just ONE baby! =) whew! Michelle's mom was bringing up the "twins" talk with her, and Michelle was getting a little paranoid. Michelle also kept referring back when she was pregnant with Jasmin and kept having dreams about triplets. So unless this baby miraculously spawns another clone inside, it is just one. This is just fine with us, because with this child we will be maxed out with seat belts. We didn't want to have to go buy a small bus to start driving to the grocery store.

Expected Due Date: July 10

Since Michelle can't remember the date of her last period, the Dr. has estimated the due date by the size of the baby. Which is just a few days shy of us thinking it was going to be around July 15 (or so). Since Michelle has had 2 C-sections already, this will also be one, and the Dr. prefersto deliver them a week early. So it will be more like the beginning of July (3rd). Jasmin was actually delivered 3 weeks early (because of complications) and was already at 8lbs+ and fully developed lungs.

Michelle's next appointment will be December 27th. Which works great, because I have the day already off for the Christmas holiday. The three older kids will be at their biological father's this year for the two week break from school. So that gives us a little rest and relaxation, and perhaps I will be able to attend this appointment. I am guessing that we won't find out until the end of January what the sex of the baby will be. The Dr. is estimating Michelle at 7 weeks, so this next appt. will put her at 11 weeks (too soon to tell). But the following appt will be around the 15 week mark, and a lady in our ward found out by 13 weeks the gender.