15 Weeks... Already!

Well, I had my appointment today. We met a different midwife today than when we interviewed the center and I really like her a lot. She is the one who owns the birthing center and she's really great. She spent almost an hour and a half with us. She said that everything looks great and taught us how to feel my uterus... um, yeah, I still can't tell what's what. I will never understand how doctors/midwives, etc. know what they are feeling. She also found the baby's heartbeat (yay!!) and we heard the baby moving around. She said that we were hearing it when it moved against the doppler machine.

She also told us we were 15 weeks today (not 14-1/2 which was based on the first ultrasound from the last doctor). I guess 3 days doesn't really make that much difference in the grand scheme of things, but I got so used to Saturdays being the day I rolled to the next week that it kinda feels like cheating now to start using Wednesdays. I find differing opinions on the internet about which is more accurate... LMP or EDD from the ultrasound. I did find several sites which said that the EDD can be 7 days off in the first trimester (even more later on), so I guess I'll just change midstride and start going by the LMP. So YAY! I'm 3 days further along than I thought!! The only (minor) problem is that I've been taking my weekly belly pictures on Saturdays and I don't know whether to continue that or change that to Wednesdays. I guess at this point, it doesn't really matter because they all look pretty much alike so far anyway. Here's 8 weeks (left) compared with 14 weeks:

One good thing about the moved-up due date is that we got to schedule my ultrasound sooner (YAY again!!) and it is set for August 24th. I kinda cheated a bit in scheduling it - I won't quite be at 18 weeks, but what difference can 2 days really make?

And I have another pregnancy symptom to add to my list: sensitive gums. They are starting to bleed now when I brush my teeth. Supposedly that is also really common in pregnancy because your capillaries are closer to the surface of your skin. I'm sure I have a lot more symptoms to look forward to... some better than others and I can't wait. I can't wait to start showing (and not feeling like I just ate too much lunch) and I really can't wait to feel the baby move. Oh, and I'm also excited about those varicose veins I'm destined to get...