Growing Belly

I am now about 10 1/2 weeks and I can not believe how fast my belly is growing. Michael loves to hug and kiss my new big bellyand say "Hi" to the baby, it's so sweet! I did go to the doctor again on Tuesday for my second visit with Dr.Mammel. I got to hear the babies heartbeat for the first time and it was so amazing, I even teared up a little bit. They said that it was great they could hear the heartbeat with the external monitor so early on. Dr.Mammel said they baby must really be growing big and strong. I had also lost 7 lbs since my last visit 4 weeks ago, so it was obvious how sick I have been. I am hoping that the nausea will all be passing in the next couple weeks. My next apptointment is on Dec. 19 then the next 3 weeks after that, at which point I will be 16 weeks. We are hoping that we can talk Dr.Mammel into going ahead and doing the sonogram then so we can find out the sex of the baby. I am keeping my fingers crossed!