End of the First Trimester

We had our second doctor's appointment today, and everything looks great!! I met the doctor, and he seems really nice. And today's appointment actually turned out more exciting than I thought because they decided to do another sonogram!! The only reason it happened was a guy from San Antonio was there training all the doctors how to use the new machine, so they were having the doctor's practice on all their patients today! So, I was shocked, but getting the sonogram helped make up for the TWO hour wait I had to endure because of this...it was totally worth the wait.

The doctor was "practicing" so he kept the baby on the screen for a long time. It has grown so much!! They determined we are 13 weeks and 3 days along. It's about three inches long now, with a heartbeat of 180 bpm, and you can see its sweet face, hands, feet, and even an ear!! And that baby was moving... Arms were flailing, legs were kicking, head was turning back and forth for the entire duration of the sonogram. The only time it stopped moving was the few milliseconds before it made a huge somersault!! It flipped itself completely over and then started all the wiggling again! I can't feel a thing yet, though, so it was really great to see it all happening on the screen. I was amazed that this little person is inside of me, and it was really exciting to see how much fun it is having in there. :-)

And, because the doctor was "practicing" his sonogram techniques, he actually took a 4D sonogram picture of the baby. It was pretty cool!! Here's the picture we got to take home:

Travis thinks it looks just like him. I'm inclined to agree. :-)

We have our next appointment in a month, and that's when we'll find out the sex of the baby (as long as it holds still long enough for us to see)!!

As for me, I'm feeling much better - the nausea isn't as persistant as before and only happens now and then. Now, I am just really tired all the time, and I can feel the emotional roller coaster that I am riding constantly (poor Travis!!). My students, honestly, get the brunt of my bad days and the best parts of my good days; I try really hard to be nice to them, but when I'm not feeling good, my patience runs a little thin!! You can see a little bump in my stomach (not much, but definitely noticeable if you are looking), and I can feel everything stretching (sometimes that hurts!!). I crave chocolate milk ALL the time and have finished off about four gallons of milk in the last month! I am also devouring strawberries like crazy, and this week's food of choice has been Lucky Charms (random, right!?!?). Travis is really excited about all the changes he is seeing and is extremely patient with me, regardless of my mood. He's been to the store more than once for more strawberries and milk, and he's always happy to take care of anything that I need. I couldn't ask for a better husband, and we are both looking forward to whatever comes next! :-)