Heartbeat

The past week I've actually been feeling better......I think. The nausea is still there, but its not as bad as it has been, and hopefully I only have a couple more weeks until I feel much better and more energetic. I have been craving fried chicken for the past week too. Everywhere I go at work when I fill up my water buckets in break rooms and kitchens, all I smell is fried chicken, and I need it! So one night I had Stephen pick me up some KFC. I know how unhealthy it is, but man, that tasted so good! I'm still crave it every night, but I'm trying not to give in so I have a healthy diet while pregnant. I don't want to have extra weight to lose after the baby. 

I had my first appointment with my midwife yesterday. I've been looking forward to this for a few weeks now. I didn't know what to expect, but I knew I'd be able to hear our tiny baby's heartbeat. It was really easy and my midwife is so personable--I liked her immediately. A urine analysis and five viles of blood later, I laid on the table ready and eager to hear the heartbeat for the first time. She searched for a few minutes and said sometimes you can't hear it because of the position it's in. I started to panic a little bit because she hadn't found it, and then there was a loud thump, thump, thump. I stared to get excited until she said that was my heart beat. As soon as she said that my heart started to pound harder because I was afraid that maybe the baby really wasn't there and she was going to give up until my next appointment. Then, I heard a rapid thump, thump, thump, thump. "That's your baby's heartbeat" my eyes welled up; what a precious moment that was. A flood of relief rushed over me. I'm having a baby on November 22nd!