Heard the heartbeat!

We went to an appointment this morning (11+3) and heard the baby's heartbeat on the doppler! It was so amazing to hear the little *whoosh* *whoosh* sound until the baby swam away. Im glad we heard it, as Susie told us we might not be able to catch it this early. But all is well and our little one has a nice, healthy heartbeat!

We did a lot of answering questions this time around, going over medical history and discussing options regarding genetic screening, home/hospital birth, different classes (there is a VBAC prenatal class for us to take!), where we wanted to do our ultrasound and finding out the sex, etc. It was a nice long appointment and both Jon and I felt really good and excited coming out of it!

We are keeping my due date at November 23 just to give those extra two days in case its needed (homebirth up to 43 weeks). I have a feeling this one won't go overdue, Julia's dates were off by at LEAST a week, possibly more. Dr. Roeck should have done a dating ultrasound as the pregnancy obviously wasn't planned and I couldn't remember the exact date of my last period. Probably should have stuck with the Feb.22 due date but she held it back at Feb.16. AHh so glad this birth will be much more planned and organized. I love making informed decisions and not being pushed in any direction/persuaded by the medical system.

We will be "officially" in the clear to tell everyone on Saturday so the news will start getting around extended family, friends and such. I'm so excited!!

Im very thrilled to be having another child with Jon. This is such a special time for us, we are going to have 2 kids by Christmas time! A family of 4 seems so much bigger than 3. It's going to be fun!