16 Weeks

16 weeks pregnant

A lot has happened since our last update! We are two weeks into the second trimester now and feeling pretty fantastic (at least pregnancy wise - I have had swine flu this weekend and that's awful). We had our 4 month prenatal visit last Wednesday afternoon and everything looks great! The baby's heartbeat was 143 and I'm measuring exactly as I'm supposed to for 16 weeks. Apparently my uterus slowed down and my weeks caught up...so no more double wide uterus for the baby.

On a less exciting note, we got our genetic testing back this past week and it turns out that I am a carrier for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Dan had his test on Wednesday and we're waiting to hear back about whether or not he is a carrier as well. The good news is that it's super rare for both people to be a carrier and even if we are there is still only a 1/4 chance that the baby will have the disease so we're not going to worry until it's necessary. All evidence, like the fact that the baby is moving like crazy whenever we go to the doctor, seems to point to the fact that the baby is super healthy and not infected with the disease. We're going to stay hopeful!

We have 11 days until we find out what the baby is! We're going on November 12th to find out and we seriously can't wait! The anticipation is getting stronger each day.


Here is our 16 week belly pic (it's getting way bigger)