Sweet baby

Well, today marks 13 1/2 weeks for baby Winburn, and they are just SNAILING by (if you ask me!) We were able to see the baby by ultrasound on Friday, and we heard the heartbeat. Oh, amazing, amazing, amazing. I'll never forget it. I started laughing in relief, partly because the heart was beating loud, strong and clear, and partly because there was just ONE baby. Everyone had been teasing us about the "babies," and I was starting to believe them. We would be thrilled for anything, but we're very happy with "just one." We also had the first trimester screening for Down syndrome, trisomy 13 and trisomy 18 (disorders that cause mental retardation and birth defects.) Although this isn't a diagnostic test, meaning that it can't tell you that your baby does/does not have one of these abnormalities, it can give a probability. Hold your horses...this was NOT an amniocentesis...just a finger stick blood sample and information from the ultrasound. We will not ever ever ever have an amnio. Today, the OB nurse called to let us know that our results were "well into the negative probability range for the test." We're just happy that the baby is "most likely healthy." ;-)

I found this little q/a thing on another blogger's site, so yeah, I stole it:

How far along? 13 1/2 weeks

Maternity clothes? Oh yeah, baby. I have been wearing these for weeks. I'm pretty advanced for my gestational age ;-) This could be one big baby. Help! I was loaned some, and mom and dad gave me an awesome pair of Citizens of Humanity maternity jeans for a birthday gift. Love love love love!

Symptoms? Still some nausea, heart burn/acid reflux, and I just took a nap while writing this post...need I touch more on extreme fatigue.

Stretch marks? Not yet...

Sleep? Straight through the the night (if you don't count the minimum of 2 potty breaks!)

Best moment this week? Eating the eggplant lasagna that Andrew made tonight. Why? It was good, it had meat and veggies in it, I didn't feel sick before or afterwards, and I actually WANTED to eat it! Thank you, Lord!

Movement? Not yet. However, baby Winburn was moving a lot at his/her ultrasound on Friday. Cutie.

Cravings? It changes week by week, day by day. Umm, string cheese this week and bananas.

Gender? Not until June...Mom is dying to know since...well, since we told her we were having this baby.

Labor Signs? None. Hope to answer none to this question for a long time.

Belly button In or Out? Yucko question...innie.

What I miss? Eating healthy (a.k.a. eating whatever I want)

What I'm looking forward to? I just want to hold this baby. C'mon October!

Weekly wisdom? Win the lottery. Ok, seriously...just breathe.

Milestones? I ate something healthy this week. I'm not joking. This is revolutionary. Also, no new face breakouts this week. Woo hoo!

Well, that's all for now. I'll try to keep the updates coming. We don't go back to the OB until the second week of May...and time keeps dragging on!