16 Weeks and Counting

Today, I'm actually 16 weeks and 1 day pregnant! Everything's been great and I'm finally feeling back to my old self. We had a doctor visit scheduled for yesterday but due to Ike, it was rescheduled for today. The doctor checked the heartbeat and our babies heart was beating 146 beats per minute. The doctor said everything was great and that I was right on schedule with my size. I'm not really showing yet but I have a small pooch. The doctor said most women my size don't show until around 20 weeks and one morning I would wake up and have a bump. My next doctor visit is on October 14, and we'll get to find out the sex our baby! We will also be able to see our baby on a 3D Ultrasound. We are so excited and can't wait to see our little one and be able to count fingers and toes and find out if its a boy or a girl! We'll find out in 4 weeks...the count down is on!!!

I hope everyone made it safely through Ike...our power finally came back on this evening!!

Rh Negative (12 Weeks)

We had our second doctor visit this morning and everything went great! The doctor didn't do an ultrasound but we were able to hear our babies heartbeat. My next ultrasound will be at around 20 weeks and at that time we will get to find out the sex of our baby....can't wait! I did find out that my blood type is Rh negative, which is very rare. Being Rh negative, there's a good chance that my blood is incompatible with our baby's blood, which is likely to be Rh positive. You don't know for sure until the baby is born, but in most cases you have to assume it, just to be safe. Sometimes the baby's Rh positive red blood cells can enter the mother's bloodstream. It isn't likely to harm the mother and baby during the first pregnancy but these antibodies remain in the mother's bloodstream after the baby is born. If I get pregnant again and that baby is Rh positive, the antibodies in my blood from the first pregnancy will try to destroy the second baby's positive red blood cells causing Rh disease. To make sure this doesn't happen, I have to get a RhoGAM shot at 28 weeks and again after the baby is born. I know this is all confusing and may sound a little scary but after talking to the doctor, everything will be fine as long as I get the shot. I'm still doing some research on Rh negative blood type and will keep you posted.

I'm 12 weeks today and feeling much better than I did last week! I'm still a little tired at times but not feeling as nauseas in the evenings. I never had "Morning Sickness", I've had "Evening Sickness" and it has not been fun for Larry or me.

First Picture of Baby Furman!

As you all may know, Team Furman is having a BABY!! When we first found out the good news, we were shocked (because it happened so quickly) but EXTREMELY excited! Larry started singing some song about his “Jungle Juice”….whatever that means!!

We thought this would be a great way to keep everyone updated on our little one and also something for us to look back on. As of today, I'm 11 weeks and 1 day pregnant. We are very excited and can't wait to add our new little addition to our family. We had our first doctors appointment on July 21....it was amazing. The doctor did an ultrasound and we were able to hear our babies heartbeat. My due date is March 3, 2009 and the doctor said everything looked great! Right now, I see the doctor once a month and my next appointment is on August 19 and we can't wait to see our little one again! We'll keep you updated as our little one continues to grow!

Here's the first picture of Baby Furman at 8 weeks!!! YEA!!