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Hey Folks,

Yesterday, CB and I went to my second doctor's appointment since the little one was put inside. LOL And let me say that I enjoy my baby sitting in the waiting room with me, getting up when they call my name and walking back to the sonogram room and exam room like he belongs there at my side. It's touching...even though he sits and plays games on my cell phone half the time, his presence means a lot to me. In his own way, he shows excitement and interest and there are moments when I wouldn't make it without this. Like the other night, he was in the bedroom and I was in the living room, and he yells, what week are we in? I holler back 12 and ask why. He says I was just asking, and a few minutes later, he comes out and joins me. "You know that black line that's coming in on your stomach? It has a name." Puzzled look. "How do you know?" "I just read it in the book." Yall, I didn't know he was reading my book "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" too. I almost cried! LOL He continued, "It was saying something about pigmentation and now is the time you might start to see it, but yours been here for awhile," and then proceeded to play with the line! THAT'S when I cried! I love you, CB!

So anyway...back to yesterday's appointment...I'm undressed from the waist down waiting on the table. CB has his seat in the chair...face in the game on my cell phone. My doctor walks in and after short how are you doing's, she goes, "We have to do your chlamydia and gonorrhea tests again." My mouth drops and I can't talk. CB looks up FAST from the phone. And then she laughs, hugs me and is like, "I'm sorry, MrsNYM. I don't mean that it was positive or anything, just something about the sample, and they weren't able to run the tests." Finally, I can breathe again and I'm like, "Dang, Dr. Novak! You can't bust up in here talkin bout something like that with my husband in here! That wasn't how you introduce that." I'm laughing now, but still a little annoyed. And CB goes, "Yeah, cuz our next stop was gon be the divorce court!"

I get up in the stirrups, she does what she does, and then we listen for the baby's heartbeat. 165 bpm. Our little Gummy Bear is doing fine. Usually, it's still too early to hear the heartbeat from on top of the belly, but we heard my baby's. This, she said, means the chance of miscarriage is now pretty non-existent. Thank you, Lord. My cervix looks good. Thank you, Lord. Then I sit up and she gives me the results from all the bloodwork they took last visit: cholesterol, perfect; sugar, excellent; HIV, negative; blood pressure, wonderful; syphyllis, negative; no sickle cell trait; no rubella; blood type, A+. Thank you, Lord! My baby is in a bomb womb, yall! I know you can't tell by lookin at me, but my baby chillin in an environment that's doing him/her real good! And I'm grateful. And I'm glad CB was there to hear it himself because if I had told him, he wouldn't have believed me.

I even lost 4 more pounds, which really surprised me. I just knew I had gained. My appetite's been back for awhile, and I've been inhalin food, but no weight gain. Let me find out all these years I've been trying to lose weight, all I needed to do was get pregnant! I do find that I can't finish a whole meal now for some reason, and I do try to incorporate more fruit in what I eat, but for real, I still eat the bad stuff too. Doc said the weight loss is OK. It was no cause for concern. I don't want to gain any weight this early in the pregnancy, anyway, she said. That could cause complications later. Plus, any weight gain this early isn't because of the baby - it's too small at this point - it would just be the result of my overeating, and that's not good.

After we asked our other questions - about gas (LOL), sleep positions, birthing classes, etc. - she said, things look really good, NYM. Whatever you're doing, keep on doing. And she left us. I got dressed and as CB and I prepared to leave, I said, "You know we goin to Checker's when we leave here, right?" And my double-champ with cheese and medium sweet Tea with a lot of ice was DELICIOUS! Say what!

Mommy, daddy and baby are doing fine, and I'm glad about it!