Sunday, January 28, 2007
12 Week Appt.
I had my 12 week appt. this past Friday and all went well. They drew 4 vials of blood to run various tests. I got to ask the Dr. some questions I had been wondering about, then she used the dopplar to hear the heartbeat! I was a little bit nervous, but not terribly. It took her just a couple of seconds to find the heartbeat, but it seemed longer to me. She said baby's heartbeat was in the 170's and everything sounded good! More great news was that she agreed to let us have the ultrasound to find out the gender on March 2nd, the day before Nick's birthday. I'll be 17 weeks and 4 days at that appt, so if Baby V cooperates, we'll find out then if its a boy or a girl! I told Nick today that the closer it gets to March 2nd, the more slowly time is going to seem to pass. Can't wait to find out!
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170..you know the old wives tale is that the faster the heartbeat it is a girl! We shall see...I am so glad you are coming out of the worst part of pregnancy.
tell me about the horrendous wait!!! i can't wait until this friday. i'm already messing up my sleep because i'm so excited about it!
now i wish i had written down the heart rates when i went to the dr. i think mine was slower, though. i remember it being in the 150s one time and 140s the next. we'll see if it means anything when we get our ultrasounds done!!!
I found this when googling old wives tales.
Old wives' tales are perhaps as old as language itself. They're part of our oral tradition, originating long before pen and ink, books and movies, and certainly before the Internet. Why do we cling to such tales about common ailments and our health when we live in a world rich with medical expertise and proven treatments and cures?
Some probably have survived through the ages because they offer comforting advice about experiences we all share, have little control over, and usually worry about, such as birth and sickness.
Many old wives' tales, especially those surrounding pregnancy and childbirth, have been proven false or ineffective by advances in medicine and technology. One example is the use of prenatal ultrasound to detect the sex of a fetus instead of dangling a ring suspended on a string over the expectant woman's belly. According to the tale, if the ring swings from side to side, it's a girl, and if it swings in a circle, it's a boy. An ultrasound reading may not be as much fun, but the test results are certainly more accurate.
Some old wives' tales about health and sickness have some basis in fact, whereas other, newer ones seem to reflect a kind of technophobia, such as those related to watching television. Some old wives' tales are true, most are harmless - and at least one described here is dangerous.
Tales About Pregnancy
If the fetal heart rate is under 140 beats per minute (BPM), it's a boy.
False. A baby girl's heart rate is usually faster than a boy's, but only after the onset of labor. There's no difference between fetal heart rates for boys and girls, but the rate does vary with the age of the fetus. By approximately the fifth week of pregnancy, the fetal heart rate is near the mother's - around 80 to 85 BPM. It continues to accelerate until early in the ninth week, when it reaches 170 to 200 BPM and then decelerates to an average of 120 to 160 BPM by the middle of the pregnancy. Normal fetal heart rate during labor ranges from 120 to 160 BPM for boys and girls.
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