You really are in there!

Today we went for our Week 13 visit to the midwife's and it was short and sweet visit. As a new Mom who wanted everything to be alright, I was down to be poked prodded, examined, looked under a microscope to see if all bells and whistles were working fine. Imagine my surprise when I found out, after all that gorging and snacking and cooking I've done, that I've only gained 1/2 a pound! I was scared. Are you even there? Are you too little? But all my nerves were calmed when the Doppler signaled your quick thump-thump-thump. Your dad and I listened to it for a few minutes, we were smiling and we were so happy - there's a little rabbit in there living and breathing and has a little heart working so hard to grow. 161 beats/minute!! Helen said normal is 120-160 bpm is in the normal range but a little over is just fine. It also might indicate that you might be girl!

A few nights ago I had another dream of you. I dreamt that I gave birth to you at 17 weeks. The doctor put me under so that labor would be nice and easy (like going to the dentist and having a cavity filled). When you came out you were wrapped in a pink blanket but your big (I mean BIG) head was poking out of the bundle. You looked like Leonardo Dicaprio with blue eyes, complete with hair. You yawned and looked at Dad and said, "What is your name?" Dad said "Scott." and you said "Nice to meet you, Scott." It was the most surreal dream ever.