29 weeks

We had our doctor visit today, and all went so well! Joslyn is measuring 29 weeks and her heart beat was up in the high 140-150 range. She is moving alot... I timed 15 kicks in 20 minutes this morning. So I was excited. We go back in 2 weeks.... to see our doctor. We are trying to get as much ready as we can for her arrival. Tonight we began to pack all of our bags to take to the hospital and we are getting our plans in order for Mackinac. We have two different people who are ready to take him while we are in the hospital. The next step is to bring those people over to our house so Mackinac can get to know them better. After all, he is our fur-baby! He is important too.

I have to say the BEST piece of equipment we have purchased is the Hi Bebe Fetal Doppler. My husband purchased it while we were 10 weeks pregnant, with Joslyn, to put our minds at ease. I have to say.... it has done the trick! Before we used it we checked with my doctor to see if it was safe, happily it is basically the same doppler they use so he said it was perfectly okay. We first used it while I was 10 weeks and we could not really pick up her heart beat that well. They say you can pick up a heart beat as early as 10 weeks... but it was very hard! We had to find the exact spot she was in.... then if she moved..... good luck finding her again. It was not until we were in our second trimester did we feel that it was well worth the money! In the beginning, we used it once a week or twice a week... depending on if we were nervous! We even used it over this past weekend...... it has always been very accurate. Not only does it give you the heart beats per minute.... but it also allows you to hear the heart beat. We picked up my heart beat ALL the time in the beginning.... but the bigger she got the easier it became to find hers first.

Due to our past history with pregnancies, it was so nice to have this doppler at home, so we could take it out when ever my emotions were a mess.... it gave us many nights of peaceful rest knowing she was still doing okay! I would highly recommend buying or renting a Fetal Doppler at any stage of a pregnancy, whether or not you have suffered a loss or not. Everyone can use some peace of mind!

Jacky