Well, THAT was anticlimactic

I had my 13-week appointment today. I knew we'd get the heartbeat and planned to ask the doctor if she'd kindly listen to make sure there weren't two buckaroos swimming around in there. I've been seeing Dr. S. for nearly 8 years. She's always come in the room alone. But, of COURSE the day that I want some investigation done, she had a student with her...and let her operate the doppler. Homegirl put the gel on and found the heartbeat quickly. *relief* of course that Baby B's ticker was thumping away (at 160bpm if you want to know so you can try to figure out if it's a boy or girl). But she just stopped there. I specifically asked the doc to listen for two and the student just kept listening to Baby B...she never even approached the left side of my abdomen with the wand. So, we're pretty sure there's just one (even though I'm "huge") -- the world's fastest prod at my uterus by Dr. S. concluded that I'm not excessively large. Dr. S. said "well, I've only been caught off guard by twins once. I guess you'll know for sure when you have your ultrasound at TWENTY WEEKS." Uh, doc...that's like a month and a half away. It would kind-of be nice to have an idea of what's going on with regard to the growth of our family sooner than later, ya know?

I digress. The point is, we're assuming it's one at this point. I'm going to feign absolute offense to any and all people who insinuate I'm larger than I should be and therefore must be carrying multiples. This is my second baby. My uterus and stomach muscles were maxed out less than a year and a half ago. My body has just surrendered to pregnancy a little early this time. I guess the upside is that I look pregnant and people aren't just giving me the "is she pregnant or just fat" once-over...

I've been trying for 20 minutes to upload some photos to distract those of you who were hoping for news of double the fun from your disappointment, but Blogger isn't cooperating. Maybe tomorrow I'll get REALLY motivated and take some video of Lawrence talking. I've been meaning to do it anyway because it's just way too cute and I'm sure I'll regret it if I don't capture the "teeeeeeeease" thing (please) before he learns to say "Ps"...

In my defense, I've been busy growing a human...

So, there's really no excuse for not updating in nearly two months. But, since I can only use it as a crutch for about 6 more months, I'm going to blame my laziness on pregnancy.

I fully intend on updating much more often so I can keep everyone in the loop with Baby B and, of course, Lawrence.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I'll definitely be asking her to confirm that there is only one baby in my ever-expanding belly. The "it's got to be twins" comments abound and are starting to make me just a teensy bit nervous. A) I know I'm not just fat because I've lost 11lbs. B) At my first appointment, my doc listened for the heartbeat and found it...and she said "I'm pretty sure that's just your heartbeat echoing in the background, but we'll check your uterus size to make sure..." and C) I was listening to the heartbeat the other night in bed with my home doppler and both Mike and I thought we *might* have heard two separate heartbeats. I really doubt it's twins, but I need to KNOW if we have one or two on the way at this point!

What will also be discussed at my appointment tomorrow is my due date and whether my doc will consider inducing me a few days (or weeks...) early if I'm progressing and everything looks good. I went early with Law, so I'm hopeful that I'll go into labor on my own before my due date again, but I'm not even joking when I say I AM having a 2008 baby. It's not really about the tax deduction (though that would be fabulous), but our insurance plan year runs by calendar year and they just upped our deductible and max out-of-pocket and I can't bear to think about paying both twice. Ack!

We won't be finding out the sex of this little one, so we want to have both a boy and girl name ready. We're set on the girl name (and not sharing...sorry), but we could use some help on the boy one. Here's a link to our name poll:

We may end up reposting this later if we add/remove names and we'll definitely take suggestions, too. We're having a really hard time coming up with a name that's as awesome as Lawrence Axel! Ha!


I'll post tomorrow to give an update of the doctor's appointment...and to let you all know if there happens to be twins in there.