BABY Z HAS A HEARTBEAT!!!

yesterday was our 2nd appointment! we saw the same midwife that we saw the first time and she was able to find baby z's heartbeat immediately with the doppler! baby z moved a little when she first found it, but then she found it again for a longer period of time. she said everything sounded and felt normal. i should've told kenny to count the beats so we could calculate the heart rate, but i think i was just expecting for it to not work again. i guess i tend to look at things negatively, but i don't have a negative attitude. it's weird, but i think i just prepare myself for the worst and then i can be excited when it isn't as bad as i originally anticipated. that's how i've been my whole life, so it's not just my thinking about baby z. anyway, while we were listening to baby z's heartbeat, i started laughing (i've read on thebump where some pregnant ladies cry) but my laugh+the doppler=horribly loud sound! it was just SO NEAT to hear that there is indeed something beating in my belly!

after the appointment, we headed to the mall. we started at international, but didn't make it past the restroom at dillards. i decided i wanted to go to westshore instead. "pea in a pod" is nice, but it's TOTALLY a splurge store in my opinion. my thoughts: im only going to be wearing maternity clothes for a few months (hopefully) so why spend so much on a shirt? "motherhood maternity" and "old navy" seem to be better choices for everyday, casual maternity clothes.

we went to MM first and we found some stuff. i tried on everything we'd picked out BEFORE the helpful saleswoman explained what the funny shaped pillow on the bench in the dressing room was for. maybe i'm just dense or am just SO not thinking baby yet, but i made kenny take a photo because it was so flipping neat. the saleswoman said i probably wouldn't be this big until my 7th or 8th month, but that it's good to get an idea of what the clothes will look like at that size.


i was too lazy to take off my capris to try on the sleep shorts, so my white capris are in the photo. kenny picked out the shirt, but i won't be able to wear it for a while. who knows if the shirt will even fit when i'm that big. i think that when i'm at this stage (without the pillow), strangers will just feel sorry for me--they won't even read the shirt. lol.

here's one more pic. notice the lumpiness of the pillow baby. i hope that my actually tummy will not look like that. EVER.


after we did some damage at MM, we went to old navy. ON turned up nada. i did try out a possible jacket for when we go to vegas for thanksgiving. i think it may be cold while we're there, but it's hard to know how big i'll be in that time. maybe i won't need a maternity jacket. i'll keep my fingers crossed!

after the mall, we stopped by the "once upon a child" in south tampa. we didn't see anything we needed right now, but kenny did find a crib for $50. but i shot him down because i'm a little leary about buying a crib that i have no way of knowing what brand it is. i want to at least know whether the thing has been recalled before i drop $50 on it. i know $50 for a crib is a fabulous deal, but i haven't completely decided against the $500 ones i've seen elsewhere. is that wrong? it's like i go back and forth. there's nothing wrong with buying things other people have used, but if it was originally only $150, then i'd rather spend the original amount and get a brand new one. i guess the deal needs to be AMAZING for me to go for it without taking some time to think about it (and take the risk of missing out on the deal). plus, we don't know whether baby z is a he or a she (and frankly my strong feeling of baby z being a she dissipated after hearing the heartbeat), so why rush and buy a white crib when baby z may, very well be, a he.

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appointment 2 updates:
weight: the scale at the office said 126! yikes! 4 lbs gained? really? the scale at home said i weighed 124.6 before i left (with the same outfit and shoes on). maybe i'll use the scale at home so i can provide weekly updates with weekly belly pics.
edd: still 4/6/2010, which probably won't change until/unless we get the nt scan which we are definitely considering (more on that later)
next appt: wednesday, october 21st; the midwife will order the 18wk ultrasound to determine fetal anatomy! yay! we should know before thanksgiving whether baby z will be a he or a she! the midwife will also order the AFP if we want it (which i think i might, but i haven't done enough "research" yet)