Jesse and I went to our 16 week appointment with Dr. Wittingen today. We definitely heard the heartbeat again. It was pounding at 144 heartbeats per minute (which is normal). We also set up the ultrasound appointment, which will be taking place on October 11th (good day to find out in my opinion) and hopefully we’ll be able to find out if it is a boy or a girl. I honestly don’t care what we’re having at this moment. I want a boy, but since we have the girls name picked out (and I really like it), it would actually be kind of easier to have a girl. But who knows at this point. We’ll find out in a couple of weeks. According to the doctor everything is still going smoothly.

I’m not showing all that much yet, but the doc says in another 2-3 weeks, the baby will definitely start making its presence known. Still no morning sickness, so I think I’m in the clear with that. My back is starting to bother me a little at night, but it’s not that bad yet. Overall, I’m not feeling all that bad. I have noticed that I can’t bend or twist like I used to. :) And I am getting sore at the end of the day, but it’s more exhaustion/being tired I think. It’s been allowing me to completely sleep through the nights, so there hasn’t been any negative effect going off the sleeping pills. That’s great news.

I think that’s all the news for now. I’ll have more in a couple of weeks and hopefully a sex determination at the same time.

Originally posted on myJaxon’s blog on September 26, 2006.