I know, I know...

...I'm officially the world's worst blogger. Emily, I apologize for secretly swearing at you everytime I checked Kaley's blog and saw it wasn't updated! :) Anyhow, there is a lot to update so let's get to it.

First off I would like to say Congratulations to my brother Christian and his wife Natalie. They just found out last week that they are expecting a boy! I think the latest at the top of the name list is Reese...

So, on to Little Bit. Little Bit is doing just fine, even though Jasper jumped on me last night and probably left a little paw print birthmark on the poor baby's forhead. I had an OB appointment today and heard the heartbeat again. It's steady, at this point, in the 155-160 range so, for all of you wives tailers out there, and those hoping for just the case, that's more indicative of a baby girl than a baby boy. HOWEVER, I know Natalie had been getting heart rates in that range at one point too so who knows...

Now for more of an update on what's been happening with me. We'll start where I left off last time, going to visit the ortho. Dr. Lotfi, the wonderful doctor that he is, has said that the back surgery I had 6 years ago should have no effect on the pregnancy and/or delivery. He did also say however, that I need to gain as little weight as possible for the baby to be healthy so that the weight gain has as little impact as possible on my spine. So, since we all know how swimmers and ex-swimmers like to pack away the calories, my mom and I determined that getting a nutritional consult would probably be a good idea and how about that, the OB has one they refer too, so I'm going to the nutritionist on Tuesday the 7th. Anyhow, we've been given the go ahead for a vaginal delivery. Now, 2 weeks ago it seemed that news was music to the nurse/midwife's ears. Today however, when I saw the OB, she said that we would make the decision to c-section or not to c-section as the day gets closer. She said they'll take everything into consideration, my pain level at that point, my anxiety level etc. So no set decision on that yet...although is there ever?

Now for those of you who didn't know...Little Bit also seems to be playing a few tricks with my heart. It seems that I am having palpatations (fairly common in pregnancy) and Pre-Ventricular Contractions or for those of us without medical degrees, misfires or skips in my heartbeat. Now don't freak out, although I was a little concerned, cause I have gone to see the cardiologist and these PVC's, as they are known, could be compeltely benign. Last week he put me on a Holter Montior for 24 hours to determine how frequently they were occuring. He said if they are happening every once in a while then no big deal but if they are happening a lot we will need to discuss treatment. He wouldn't tell me at the time what that treatment might be but I'm not going to worry about it unless I have to. SO, I follow up with him Tuesday the 7th in addition to going to the nutritionist. We'll know a lot more then because he'll have the results from the monitor.

So I'm going to go on the record as saying everything is good...I know some of you might be sitting there thinking "oh yeah, right." But really, I think things could be a lot worse. We've had our moments, and there are still a few things that need to be resolved, but Little Bit is doing good and has a strong healthy heart beat so I can handle the rest. I mean really, I haven't been puking (knock on wood) so can I really be upset?

And one last thing, for those of you who have been asking, there really isn't too much to show in the way of a belly picture. No really, I'm serious, the doctor even said today that I'm "hiding" Little Bit really well. I go back in 5 weeks for my next appt. and for the sonogram to check things out...including sex. I figure there will be more showing at that point so I'll consider having Brett take a pic then.

Enough for now, I promise I will be better and update again after Tuesday!