"I don't like the doppler!"

Yep, the title of this blog post is what Bella yells every time she sees a doppler machine. haha. I am not sure why exactly she hates the doppler so much, but she does. I went to the OB today for 12 week checkup. Bella of course came with me. She actually loves going with me. We pull up to Clarian North and she yells, "That is the hospital where I was born!" It's so cute. We park, and she gets excited because she loves the water fountains that we pass on the walk in. She loves pushing the automatic door button for me to get into the door. She then yells, "We are going on the elevator!" She used to hate elevators too but has since decided they are ok. She goes on, says hi to all the people... "Hi people!" She screams. haha They all comment on how cute she is ;)

Then we get into the waiting room and Bella goes, "Hi people! See your doctor? I have Mommy's phone!!" hahaha Once again, they all smile and humor me. Yes, I give Bella my Iphone when we are there because it occupies her. Little does the entire waiting room know that they will now be serenaded by the entire song list of every Disney song ever written as Bella sings along....

We are called back, I get weighed (my LEAST favorite part of the doctor's visits....and I always seem to gain more weight in the first trimester than most women, and then it slows down for me. I am up about 6 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. Blah.) I step off the scale and Bella steps on too. ;)

We get back into the exam room and this appointment is the first one the nurse listened with the doppler for the baby's heartbeat. Bella threw a fit. "NO! I don't like it! I don't like the doppler!" Thankfully, baby 2.0 was cooperative and we found the heartbeat really quickly at 162bpm so Bella didn't have to have a coronary. haha.

Dr. Flora said everything looks great, my uterus is right below my belly button already so I'm definitely measuring a couple of weeks ahead but she also said that is very normal for a second time Mom. She told me to keep taking all of my old lady pills as I call them to help with all the nausea and other digestive discomforts this pregnancy has plagued me with. I go back for my 4 month checkup on July 15 and then the big 20 week appointment and gender ultrasound is August 12 at 8:00am!! I can't wait!!!!

We are heading out of town this weekend for a destination wedding to Puerto Rico!! We are really looking forward to the beautiful photos we are going to have the opportunity to take but it's going to be a long 4 nights away from my baby girl!! I have never left her for that long... I am going to miss her terribly. Safe travels to us...here's hoping I don't puke on the plane ;)