Here he/she is....Mr./Miss. America..... :)

Today was our 9 week ultrasound and again soooo nervous.... I guess it comes with the pregnancy territory....lol!  Anyways....all was well!  Yay!!  


Baby is growing right on schedule and looking great!  Heart beat was nice 'n strong at 175 beats per minute!  :)  But the best part was, we could actually see tiny arms and legs!!  And at one point during the ultrasound, he/she moved and did a little wiggle!  Too cute!!  


It makes all the nausea, occasional dry and not so dry heaves, exhaustion, and boob pain all the more worth it!  I'm officially released from the RE and I'll be making an appointment with my OB/GYN!  


Thanks readers for all of your opinions on "What Would You Do" from my last blog posting!  I think I've made a decision....at least for now.  I think I'm going to go with the OB that I really like, the single mom who used a sperm donor, and I'll just deal with the hospital if I have to.  I will be asking her however, what happens if I just go to the other hospital and take my chances with whomever is on call, unless she can assure me that she'll be there to deliver the baby.  I'm considering going on B's medical insurance after the first of the year, and that plan would cover my delivery at 95% if we use the nice local hospital, and 85% if we use the hospital we don't like, but that my OB delivers at.  95% of delivery costs covered sounds pretty darn good to me at this point....my current plan covers me at 80% thru my work.   So at least that's one decision made....for now....only 2,000 more decisions to go!  Ha!  


Hope everyone is doing well....I've enjoyed keeping up on your blogs, even when I'm being lazy about updating my own!  ;)  


And now, without further ado.... introducing our little seahorse....isn't he/she cute?? LOL  Best looking baby-shaped blob on the block!  :)  

Our little seahorse....

We had our first OB ultrasound today and I was sooo nervous!!  Tried to play it off like I was cool, calm, and collected, but um....no.  Ha!  

B and I have been calling our little boo "the baby seahorse" for the past few days because at this stage of the game, that's honestly what it looks like!  Ha!  Anyways, imagine our surprise when we went into the exam room for today's ultrasound and the stirrup covers had seahorses all over them!!  They use different covers every time, but I can honestly say I've never seen the seahorses!  So, it might sound silly, but at that moment I felt like it was a sign that everything was going to be OK.  And OK it was!!  :)  We saw our little boo easily and he/she is a whopping 6 mm with a nice strong heart beat at 121 bpm!  It was soooo cool to hear and see the tiny little heart beating away!  It made it so much more real!  :)

I'm due to go back in 2 weeks for a 9-week ultrasound and then I'll be released into the wild....or to the OB....something like that!  :)  

Speaking of OB's....I have a WWBD (What Would Blogland Do) question..... Here's the issue -- I really like my OB/GYN, she's awesome and totally comfortable with me and my partner.  She might be gay herself, but we're on the fence, she's a single mom who used donor sperm.  The only problem is, she doesn't deliver babies at the nice, new hospital 3 miles from my house.  She delivers at the giant hospital downtown, where B and I have had multiple negative experiences.  So, what would you do?  Switch OB's to one that delivers at the local, nice hospital - or stay true to the OB you like and deliver at a hospital you don't like?  Any opinions would be most appreciated!!  

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!  I know we will!!  :)