We had Two's second doctors appointment yesterday afternoon. It was supposed to be on Monday but the doctor's had a schedule change and asked if I could come in yesterday. Jake was able to meet me at the office in time for the appt, which was nice. He went to all but maybe one of Lydia's prenatal appts too. It is nice to have him along now to watch Lydia since it would be hard for me to look out for her and lay on the table at the same time. :) So, we had to spend about 15 minutes with a medical intern before the doctor came in. The intern was nice enough but sometimes they say the dumbest things. I don't really like talking to them about my concerns or whatnot but I know they need to gain experience somehow so I try to be 'good'. I mentioned that I haven't been taking my prenatal vitamins very much because they seem to make me more sick. Well, she went on and on about how the baby's spine won't form right without some certain thing that its the prenatals...ugh. The whole time I'm thinking about how even within the last 50 years all these things weren't necessary and kids were born perfectly happy and healthy. I eat a fairly healthy diet and I have a nice healthy lifestyle. I'm honestly not worried that not taking my prenatal vitamins is going to deform my child. ...perhaps I'll be proved wrong and become the biggest advocate of prenatal vitamins ever...but I doubt it. I don't think a doctor with experience would have gone on and on like she did, explaining every little detail of spine development. Yes, maybe mention that it would be good if I could take them as much as possible but don't start talking like I've already ruined my baby's chance of a normal life. Honestly! THEN she says she's going to check for the heartbeat. Well, that lasted for half the time she was with us...she was moving the doppler around so fast there was no chance of hearing much of anything then some of the time she was down on my sides not even in the vicinity of my uterus. I didn't say anything because I was hoping not to hear the heartbeat so we could have the ultrasound. I knew she would never pick it up but I figured if the doctor tried he would. Well, finally we got to talk to the doctor and he did get the heartbeat on the doppler (fairly quickly actually). I was disappointed that he didn't let us listen for very long and he didn't even count the rate...but I didn't think of that until the way home so I wasn't able to say anything to him about it. I'll have to remember that at our next appt for sure. I thought the heartbeat sounded kinda funny, which I said but he didn't really acknowledge that he heard me. It sounded more 'clicky' than 'whooshy'...if that makes sense. I'm sure it is nothing at all to worry about...and I'm not worried, I just wish we could have listened to it longer. Anyway, he then sat and talked with us for a while and answered some questions about VBACs and even a question about Lydia that I had. When we were leaving he gave Lydia a sticker and we told her to say thank you, which she did with sign language and he said that was very good. ;-) So, thats all the news of Two we have for now. We have another appt in early October to check on him/her again and also an appt for Lydia's 15 month checkup that same day too. All my kiddos will get checked out. :) :) Then another month after that we should have our first ultrasound...sometime before Thanksgiving hopefully. :) :) :) I hope we can determine gender at that time because if everything is proceeding normally we won't get another chance to see Two until he/she is born! :) I can't believe next week I'm in the second trimester already...time sure does fly! :)