Crazy Busy and WOW, 16 weeks!

We've been so busy, between going to the Train concert and then the lake for Labor Day, I never had time to update for 15 weeks.  Oh well, it was pretty much like week 14!

Yesterday I went in for my 16 week check up.  The midwife got out the doppler to hear the heartbeat.  It had been a while, so I was so excited!  She kept moving the doppler around and pressing down, and I began to worry.  She even mentioned we may need to go have ultrasound, so I was thinking the worst.  Finally, we heard the faint sound and it moved.  The little booger was moving all over the place and wouldn't stay still!!  Seriously, that's just like Judd!  Lord, help me!  The heartrate registered at 145 bpm, so now I don't know what to think...girl or boy??

The midwife also told me that due to a procedure I had done a few years ago, I was at a higher risk for preterm labor.  I will have to go back next week for an ultrasound to check my cervix, and I will go every four weeks the rest of my pregnancy.  If my cervix were to start shortening, we're looking at possible bed rest.  Of course, it's all precautionary now and I'm hoping for the best!  At least I get to see the baby every month!

We scheduled the gender scan for next Thursday night.  PLEASE start praying right now that I can be strong and have the u/s tech write down the sex!  My mom and mother in law are already saying I won't be able to do it.  I am going to be strong!!

Here are the latest bump pictures:

15 weeks (packing for the lake!)

16 weeks

Here's what's happening with Baby Nash this week, so exciting!

Listen up: Tiny bones in your fetus's ears are in place this week, making it likely that the baby can hear your voice when you're speaking (or singing in the shower)at 16 weeks pregnant. In fact, studies have found that babies who are sung to while they're in the womb recognize the same tune when it's sung to them after they are born (so choose your baby Muzak with that in mind…).

And baby's busily boning up in other ways. For one, the backbone (along with the back muscles) is stronger now — strong enough, in fact, to enable your baby to work on straightening his or her head and neck even more. Baby's crown-to-rump measurement is between four and five inches in length, and weight is hovering around three ounces.
This little one's a looker — with a face that has both eyebrows and eyelashes — but a skinny looker since there's no baby fat yet. And here's the skinny on baby skin: It's practically translucent now, so if you took a peek inside your uterus, you'd be able to see your baby's blood vessels under that thin skin.