We're a 3rd of the way there!

Today we're officially in the 2nd trimester. It's all still so unreal! We had our 2nd doc appointment yesterday. All is well so far. Blood tests and everything that were done at the first appointment all came back normal for all the stuff they tested for (he listed off a bunch of stuff and I have no clue what most of it was, just that it was all okay ha). I go back in 2 weeks for more blood tests that were optional but I felt we should do them. One is to check if I'm a carrier for Cystic Fibrosis. If I am then Tim has to get tested to see if he's a carrier. And if he is then our kid would have a 25% chance of having it. If I'm not then all would be okay. He said 1 out of 30 caucasian women are carriers. And the other test is to see what the chances are of our baby having down syndrome. If they think it has a high chance, then I have to have an amnio, which would be no fun. But I'm not worried about either of those coming back as something to worry about.
We heard the heartbeat again. Beautiful sound! I always worry about stuff but when I can hear that it's okay it helps me not worry so much.

My next appointment (aside from when I go for those blood tests) is in 4 weeks. And in 8 weeks we get to find out the sex. Hopefully... if the baby isn't being stubborn at the time. I can't wait for that one. I'm sure it'll feel like the longest 8 weeks ever.

I hear I'm supposed to be able to feel the baby make little flutters within the next few weeks. I'm really looking forward to that. I think once I can feel it, this will all become real. I STILL have a hard time believing it's really happening since it took so long for it to happen at all. It just seems so unreal. Even feeling sick all the time hasn't made it real. It just feels like a never ending flu or something lol. But once I start feeling it move, and once I start having to buy maternity clothes and even baby clothes (can't wait!), then it will become real in my mind.

This week the baby can suck its thumb. Pretty neat! And evidently it's as big as a lemon or a fist. Could have fooled me! I definitely don't feel like I have a fist sized baby in there. ha.

Hugs to all. Hope spring weather gets here soon :)

xoxo