We just got back from our 17th week apt. "Monkey" aka baby is growing well and is now 5 inches long and weighs in at 5 ounces. We got to hear the heartbeat and it sounded wonderful. It was much easier to find this time. The nurse was surprised to hear my heart skip a beat while she was taking my blood pressure. She had never heard anything like that before. I assured her and my doctor that my heart has been checked out and that I have been diagnosed with an irregular heart beat. My gyno wants me to send over my heart monitor tests so that he knows what he is dealing with. He said it should not be a problem but when I get further along the baby "steals" so much of my blood so my heart could potentially be compromised. So, he most likely will look at my heart monitor results and he wants to run an EKG just to check things out. But he does not seem too worried and I do not feel it so I think should it be fine. Should I start feeling my heart skip around then we will have to pursue something.
I am feeling better. The puking seems to be going away, which is great. I puked twice last week but I really do feel as if it is on the tail end. Next apt. we will find out the sex, Dec. 10th. We are really excited to find out!!!!!
2 comments:
I didn't realize that you had an irregular heart beat! I am sure that it is fine and your baby will steal only what is necessary from you and not any left over snacks or hidden snicker bars. :-) Unless they are hidden in your backpack. Can't wait to hear what the sex is! Do you have any guesses?
Sounds like the baby is doing well! We'll be anxious to hear the results next month - do you have your names picked out? Michelle & Jeremy are due in the next 3 weeks and they are struggling picking out her name.
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