Victoria and I went to the doctor for her monthly check-up and everything was fine.  Her blood pressure is excellent and her weight is up to 115 pounds now.

We heard the baby’s heartbeat again and the doctor said it is between 150 and 156 bpm.   Girl or boy?

Victoria worked at Banana Republic yesterday and said her feet were a little swollen.  They have returned to normal today and the doctor said that is normal.  Her wedding ring is getting a little tight as well, so she may need to remove it in the coming weeks.

We are anxiously waiting for Monday (the ultrasound).   I’ll try to get some new pics of the Mom to be shortly.

Today was suppose to be another big day.  It was, but it didn’t start out as expected.  We were suppose to hear the heartbeat using a doppler listening device.  Well, Baby Woodruff was not cooperating today.  Evidently, he/she has not moved up and out of the pelvic area just yet.  This makes it hard for the doppler device to pick up a heartbeat and makes for two very nervous parents-to-be.  The doctor says this is normal and that by our next visit, we will be able to hear the heartbeat.  Great…another thing I have to wait for.  😉

Jaime warned us that it would be hard to find the heartbeat and said it may take a little while.  After a couple of minutes of trying, the doctor decided to do an ultrasound so she could make sure everything was fine.  Again, it took a little while.  Victoria and I were starting to get nervous and then all of a sudden there he/she was — big head and the fluttering heartbeat!  That was a major relief for the both of us.

Previously, I promised that we would have the next ultrasound on the camera phone but I ran in technical problems this go around.  So, no videos this time either.  Most of you are probably going to think I am technically challenged and probably don’t understand how I can hold down my job if I can’t get my simple camera phone to work.

Victoria tells me I need to practice more with it.  Honestly, it recorded this time but when I tried to read the file from the disk it said it was corrupt.  If I have some free time, I’ll see if I can somehow get the files off the disk.

For now, just imagine a big head on the left hand side of the ultrasound screen and the heart just fluttering away.

Victoria weighed 109 lbs today and her blood pressure was 110/60.

Victoria has not had much weight gain lately which is as expected.  The initial weight gain was probably mostly water gain.  She does have a bit of a stomach now and most of her pants and shorts don’t fit her anymore.  I know it is a little early to be buying maternity clothes, but she is going to have to do something soon.

Victoria is over 100 pounds finally. When we went to see the doctor, they weighed her at 104 lbs. Victoria said some of that weight was from her shoes and clothes. I told her not to worry about it…

Victoria and the baby weigh in at 99.8 lbs this week. We had to buy a few extra pair of pants, shorts, and shirts because of Victoria’s “water gain”.

Victoria says she is over 100 lbs today because of all the pancakes she ate this morning.  I’ve told her that it is mostly water gain and the reason she is seeing it so soon is because she was very fit to begin with.

Victoria has some water gain and some of her pants and skirts don’t fit. She is not thrilled about this. 🙂

No physical signs yet.