That sweet, precious sound

We heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time today! It was very exciting. Ella gets to get up on the exam table and squirt the gel on my tummy. She was helping to run the doppler when we found the heartbeat. She was thrilled to hear the baby. I just love that precious swoosh-swoosh sound. It seems so real that we are having a second baby now! Statistically, I have less than a 2% chance of miscarrying now that we have heard the heartbeat so things are looking really good. I have no idea the beats per minute; the doppler didn't calculate it. DARN! But, it seemed slower than Ella's to both Scott and me. The old wives tale is that a slower heart rate is a boy and a faster heart rate is a girl. Who knows though.

Everything else looked good, healthwise. I didn't have any weight gain. YAY! My blood pressure was still customarily low. I go back in 4 weeks for another check up. Then we go back again 2 weeks after that for the ultrasound. We should find out if it's a boy or a girl around November 2. I am really looking forward to that. Maybe once we know the gender we will start discussion names more diligently.

Introducing Swellowee

Ella came up to me and said, "Can I shake your hand?" I shook her hand and she said, "It's nice to meet you Jana. I'm Swellowee." I have now spent the past several minutes having to call her Swellowee. Apparently, this is her new chosen name! LOL Let's hope it doesn't last long.

We've also achieved a new milestone. Ella introduced me to her doll. Up until today she has always called her baby. Today, her name became Molly. It's the first time Ella has named one of her toys. Of course the true irony is that it is one of her few toys that already HAD a name! It was my Cabbage Patch Doll from when I was a child. I named her Tamara, but I am happy to give over naming rights to Ella now.