9 Weeks

Statistics:
9 weeks 2 Days
Starting Weight: 135
Current Weight: 134
Issues: None that are too bad. Little bit of nausea, sore boobs, and sore hips.

So yesterday was our first doctor appointment and it went great. I was really nervous just waiting for that first ultrasound. The doctor came in and first asked me how I was feeling. She wasn't as concerned about physically as emotionally, which was really nice. Cody accompanied me to the appointment and it was so awesome to have him there for support. I told the doc how emotionally, I want to be excited, but it's still kind of hard. I still miss my little girl, and this baby can not replace her.

So they did an internal physical exam of me. She tried feeling my uterus to see if that would give away any hints as to how far along I am. Well, it's tilted slightly to the back, so it wasn't giving much information. She had me get dressed and then they pulled my blood...which I just LOVE (NOT). Fortunately, the nurse doing that did a good job and talked to me about church and stuff like that.

Then it was into the room I had been so fearful of all day. The ultrasound room. Cody and I were waiting in there about 5 minutes before she came in. They had to do what is called a transvaginal ultrasound because the baby is still so small that they can get better measurements using a wand up...well..you know where.

So the big moment came. I was afraid to look at the screen, but Cody was staring right at it. Then the doctor said..."Look, there's your baby." I still didn't want to really look until I asked her, "Is there a heartbeat?" And with that she responded, oh yes, a very good one. So then I just started crying and talking to the baby and sure enough, it's little arms and legs started moving. Cody and I were just so happy. Then she turned on the sound and we could hear the heart beating. I have been waiting almost a year to hear that sound again, and it was just so awesome. She said the baby was measuring exactly where it should be and the heartbeat was at 180 beats per minutes, which is where they normally are at that stage.

Because I can't feel this baby moving yet, seeing it was just so awesome. Now I KNOW there is a baby in there. I also got a pretty cool goody bag full of brochures, supplements, coupons for baby stuff, and magazines.

So my next appointment is September 3. In the mean time, my doctor referred me to consult with a perinatologist (a doctor that specializes in high risk pregnancies). I mentioned that I wanted to have some genetic tests performed just to rule out any future complications with this pregnancy. I also want to get to the bottom of the question of whether or not my uterus is heart shaped or not. My doc said a consultation with the peri will help me get answers to these questions and put my mind at more ease. So I will call on Monday to make an appointment with the peri and see what happens from there. The two doctors will work very closely together.

So, here's the first look of baby. Isn't it funny to think we all started out looking like this?