Second Doctor's Appointment

I had my second doctor's appointment on August 7th and actually met with the doctor this time. Brian was along for the ride and let me tell you...Gail, I can imagine what it must have been like for you to have to sit in an examination room with Brian waiting for the doctor for half an hour...he was a mess! I guess it is a good thing that I have plenty of practice with short attention spans!
The doctor came into the exam room and started looking through my chart and the notes from my last visit with the Nurse Practitioner. The doctor mentioned that she was concerned about my first ultra sound. What?! I looked at Brian like, "Concerned? She is already concerned??". After some clarification, it was determined that she thought the dates on the ultrasound were wrong. So back to the ultrasound machine to see if we could get a better read on the kidney bean.
It is amazing how much the baby has developed in the last 3 weeks! He/She is no longer a bean but a little person with a face and arms and legs flailing (DEFINITELY Brian's kid!). Once he/she had stopped jumping around so much the doctor took another measure and lo and behold, instead of 10 weeks 2 days, we are 11 weeks 4 days! At this rate, I will be having this kid next week!
Our new due date is February 22nd so the good news there is I am done with my first trimester. This has been the fastest first 3 months ever. I went from 5 weeks to 7 weeks to 11 1/2 weeks in a flash! Soon it will be time to break out the muu muus. :(

The doctor also said that she gave no stock at all to the theories that girls have faster heartbeats so I guess as far as evidence goes, we are back to 50-50 on what we will have. I am still pretty sure it is a girl!
I think the whole situation has finally become reality for Brian. Last night he kept charging at me and grabbing my belly saying, "You have a person in there!".