Let the countdown begin!!

So I found out yesterday that Brian and I will get to find out the sex of our little one on 9/9/09!!! We are really excited about finding out what it is!!! I feel like I can start getting things done and ready for the arrival once I know what it is!! Yesterday at the doctors appointment I got to hear the baby's heartbeat on the dopplar, and it was really nice!!! She found the heartbeat really quickly, and that was nice since she told me that sometimes this early, it takes a little bit to find the heartbeat. The heartbeat was between 145 and 150, and she said it was a really strong heartbeat!! I was very pleased to hear that!! So let the countdown begin until the day when we find out if we are going to have a little boy or a little girl!!!

I also had the AFP blood test done yesterday. It is a blood test that they do to check for abnormal levels of a specific protein that the baby would make if there were signs of some kind of genetic abnormality. They took some blood from me, and I will get the results in 7-10 days they said. They will let me know our results either way, so that is good, but now I have to just sit and wait, and pray that everything is ok. There is a chance that we could get a false positive on the results, so that is something that we have to be prepared for. If it does come back positive, we would start seeing another OB who specializes in those type of pregnancies in addition to Dr. Karon so that it would be a sort of joint effort. Brian and I are obviously praying for a negative test result, but I also wanted to be prepared in the event that something might be wrong with our little one. I'm not a big fan of surprises, so I have found that I would rather be prepared. I will put up a post whenever we do get the test results to let everyone know where things stand! So we would really appreciate all the prayers for a negative test result on this test!!