It's a boy!

I had my first ultrasound yesterday and found out we are having a baby boy! I was a little shocked - I really thought that it was going to be a girl...I guess that tells me that I need to get in touch with my instincts a little more...LOL Stephen was super excited! Everything looked normal on the ultrasound which made both of us very relieved. I'll find out the results of my quad screen within the next few days and can make the determination whether or not to have an amnio. As of right now, we are pretty comfortable with the ultrasound results - so I'm hoping that the screen comes back with a low risk as well.

I've ditched the crutches and have been limping around on my foot. It still is quite sore and I'm unable to push up onto my toes while standing. My first PT appt is tomorrow, so hopefully they will give me some great exercises to do in order to strengthen it up really fast. I need to get my butt back to work!

Another 3 weeks

The cast finally came off on thursday, but the Doc wouldn't clear me for work until he re-evaluates me on the 24th. Needless to say, my supervisor wasn't too happy. I'm at the mercy of my doctor at this point. I was instructed to continue use of my crutches with gradual increase in weightbearing on my left foot. I am so tired of using those things - you can't carry anything! I must use them for stairs ( I tried to do them solo, and almost fell on my face) but have been walking a little bit without them around the house. My foot feels quite unstable still and aches quite a bit. I guess it's going to take a little time for all those muscles to strengthen back up. I'm scheduled for physical therapy next Thursday which should help with the strengthening. I'll probably ditch the crutches within the next few days.

Pregnancy update: I'm 17 weeks 3 days. Ultrasound is scheduled for Tuesday. My husband and I listened to the heartbeat this morning with the doppler and heard what sounded like 2 heartbeats overlapping for a few seconds....both of us looked at each other with utter shock. Hopefully it was just a fluke - but I guess we'll find out on Tuesday :) At my OB visits, she only listens for a few seconds, so it would probably be hard to know if it was twins or not. I still haven't been officially weighed since my 8 week visit - but when I got on the scale at home I was up 10 lbs today. I was hoping that it would be less, but I guess that isn't too bad considering I've had to sit on my butt for the past 5 weeks and haven't been able to exercise this entire pregnancy so far due to my injury.