16 WEEK UPDATE

My 16 week appointment was last Thursday. My mom was able to join me & we heard the baby's heartbeat which was averaging about 150 beats/minute. I've read on-line that slower heartbeats usually indicate a boy & faster heartbeats a girl. So, anything under 140 is typically a boy & over 140 a girl. I've also taken a Chinese gender prediction test on the web & it predicted a girl. So, I'm kind of thinking the baby might be a girl, but we'll just have to wait & see at our next appoinment on November 6th. I joked with my mom that we'll know the next President of the U.S. & the sex of the baby in the same week. I know I'll be excited about the sex of our baby but I'm not so sure I'll have the same feelings about the President...yikes! One other update from the appoinment is that the screening I had to check for some common birth defects came back negative, so the baby is not at an elevated risk which is great to hear.