16w0d

I'm officially outta the first trimester and into the second. Both feet in the second, actually.

I'm sorry I haven't updated sooner on my first midwifery appointment this week, things as usual have been a little crazy around here.

The appointment went really, really well. Better than I could have ever hoped. I'll be honest, I was really on the fence about going with a midwife over an OB - and I have to say that I'm glad we did. The appointment was one of the longest I've ever had with a healthcare professional. She asked a full history, how I was feeling, what's been going on, and never once in the 45 minutes with her did we feel rushed.

We get to deliver at a fantastic hospital near by; we have the option of everything to a fully natural child birth all the way up to a fully medicated one; waterbirth is an option for us (although I hadn't really given much thought to it - I always thought it was a bit "granola" for me, but we'll see, at least there's the option).

Buggy's HB is now 156 bpm and strong. I think I'm starting to feel her move around in there (feels like there's waves running through my uterus, and every once in a while I get a crazy amount of fluttering). I have weekly appointments with the group of midwives for the next few weeks, and next week I get my requisition for the anatomy scan - which I'm anxious for. I just want to see that she's in there, moving around, being normal.

I'm still paranoid that I'm going to miscarry. The midwife I think could sense this, and she said the best thing in the world to me that anyone has said so far in this pregnancy:

"Even though you guys did the IVF/PGD, at this point? You're pregnant. Just like any other normal pregnant woman. So you'll be treated as a normal pregnant woman, because you are."

Amazing to finally here we're 'normal' after hearing otherwise for so many years.