We Have A Beating Heart!

Before we left (Adam for work, me for Hong Kong) I had to pack enough snacks, plus a few emergency snacks since I now get severe car sickness.  Anyway I am as difficult to get ready for a day trip as a toddler these days (10+ snacks that I can carry around all day, drinks for the car and something I can eat for lunch in case I don’t have time to eat before the appointment).

On to the exciting part of the day…I heard my baby’s beating heart!!!!!!  According to the size it is 7 weeks and 1 day old, which means our due date is our second anniversary (April 4^th).  I am so excited…watching my baby on the big screen tv (yes I said big screen tv) in the ultrasound room was the first time in 2 weeks (although it seems like a lifetime) that I haven’t wanted to curl up in the fetal position because of nausea.  It was the magic of the baby because I had rushed through a bad decision lunch (Thai food is not for nausea) and skipped a snack. 

It wasn’t all hearts and rainbows because the doctor said that there was blood around the uterus (somewhere it shouldn’t be).  He said it happens a lot, and it usually absorbs into the uterin wall but just to be safe he scheduled an appointment for 2 weeks from now (rather than the typical 4) and until then no exercise or strenuous activity…I can’t do any lifting or stretching or too much walking.  I was very careful on my way from the doctors office to the China border…I made sure to not walk too hard, to not pick up my feet too high when walking up the stairs (I mean there are escalators all over Hong Kong except when you need them) and I didn’t rush to be in the front of the immigration lines.