Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! We had our Week 14 Dr.'s appointment today. We made it there in plenty of time and there were no breakdowns so that was good. It was a very short appointment (under 15 minutes). I weighed in, did the urine test, had my blood pressure taken, and then Dr. Cline came in. She talked to us for a few minutes and then she used the Doppler to find the heartbeat. She found it right away. It is still fast but it has slowed down a little since the last time. It was 158 beat/min. I asked her what she thought about the relationship between the heartbeat and the gender and she said it's a myth. She said we all have a 50/50 chance of guessing it. By the way, Brad thinks we are having a girl and I think we are having a boy. Only time will tell! She scheduled our next appointment and an ultrasound in 5 weeks (March 22nd). We told her that we would like to find out the sex of our baby so she said that hopefully at that appointment we will be able to tell. We can't wait...we are so excited! It's crazy that in 5 weeks we could already know if we are having a boy or girl! It would be great to have it be a surprise at birth but we decided for our first baby that we would really like to find out early. That way we'll know for when we do the nursery and for the baby shower. Also, our friend Jason told Brad that it was easier for him to bond once he knew what he was having so Brad thought that was special. But really, we just can't wait!
So our appointment was short but sweet. It was such a wonderful feeling to hear our baby's heartbeat again! Later we went out to dinner at Bravo's (my favorite Italian restaurant) and celebrated our appointment and Valentine's Day.