third prenatal appointment

I'm back from my third appointment.

I'm up 2 more pounds... so 3 pounds total. I did get warned though that even though the gain has been slow so far, that these next two months are the months where lots of women get in trouble - sometimes gaining as much as 10 pounds a month! She said just to stay away from bon-bons and ice cream sundeas and make healthy choices... And I'm sure next time I reach for an unhealthy food my hubby will be whispering "10 pounds" into my ear since he was at the appointment too. LOL

I did get to hear the heartbeat again and the midwife was like "you've heard this before, right?" and I said, "yep, at my last appointment and almost everyday since" ...she looked at me kinda shocked. I told her I rented a doppler and she was really interested in where and if it really works. She said lots of women come back and report that they buy something from walmart/target and it doesn't work. I said, "nope, my machine looks almost like the one you're using and it's only $20/month" ... so she thought that was cool. I'm trying to decide if I want to keep the rental for 1 more month... that would take me to June 9th. If not, I only have it for 2 more weeks. Boo!

She felt for the fundal height (uterus) and she said it's right where it's supposed to be...half way up to my belly button. I couldn't feel it, but the nursing student that was in there could. I know that I feel it lower, but I just can't feel the top of it where they say you can feel a hard bump and it kinda rolls... I'm sure I'll keep looking for it. Richie is convinced our baby will be born with a dent in his (her?) head because of how often I poke at my belly! LOL!

We set up my next appointment for May 17. That will be the anatomical ultrasound and then an appointment with the OB to clear me to continue seeing the midwifes until I'm full term. I'm not very happy about the OB I'll be seeing. I've heard nothing great about him, but I guess as long as I don't have to see him anymore after that it'll all be good. The OB I wanted to have the appointment with didn't have any appts until the end of May and they didn't want to make me wait that long to have the next scan.

I feel like my belly has popped out a little more this week. I'll definitely be trying to take weekly belly pictures from here on out since I'm sure there'll be noticable changes now :)