Will and I were so happy; we kept smiling and squeezing each other's hands, each time the sonographer said, "and there's the heart," "and there's the spine," etc. We were measuring at "11 wks and a couple of days" and from head to rump the baby was a little over 2 inches. What a miracle! Here are the ultrasound pics.
Here's what you've missed so far. On Tuesday, January 13, after the Social Committee Appreciation Dinner, I took an OTC pregnancy test and it was faint but positive. I was shocked! I was definitely trying to get pregnant, but I really didn't think it would happen that quickly. The next morning I took another one and presto, there was no doubt; we were pregnant! Here are the pics from test 1 and 2 and one of us celebrating victory and still half asleep.
That Thursday, I had an appointment with my PCP to confirm. The urine test said negative. This was a serious bummer! They did bloodwork and called me back on Friday to say it was positive and I was 4 weeks and 4 days pregnant. Duh! But they did have me worried for a minute.
February 2 was my first appointment with the nurse practitioner Darlene. This was at 7 weeks exactly. They did an extensive medical history, a culture, took lots of blood, and we talked about the pregnancy do's and don'ts. The only thing I was surprised about was not riding in a car more than 5 hours in one day. Who knew! Guess we'll be spending the night in Birmingham on the way to the beach this year.
March 2 was our first appointment where we would meet Dr. Halcomb. I really liked her calm, supportive demeanor and I've heard really good things about her from several friends. Will came to this one with me because we were supposed to hear the heartbeat; we were 11 weeks exactly on this day. The nurse couldn't find the heartbeart and this was a little scary even though Dr. Halcomb tried to assure us it was normal not to find it. They decided to have an ultrasound the next day to confirm everything was going well with Baby H and to confirm how far along I was too. This brings you up to date!
February 2 was my first appointment with the nurse practitioner Darlene. This was at 7 weeks exactly. They did an extensive medical history, a culture, took lots of blood, and we talked about the pregnancy do's and don'ts. The only thing I was surprised about was not riding in a car more than 5 hours in one day. Who knew! Guess we'll be spending the night in Birmingham on the way to the beach this year.
March 2 was our first appointment where we would meet Dr. Halcomb. I really liked her calm, supportive demeanor and I've heard really good things about her from several friends. Will came to this one with me because we were supposed to hear the heartbeat; we were 11 weeks exactly on this day. The nurse couldn't find the heartbeart and this was a little scary even though Dr. Halcomb tried to assure us it was normal not to find it. They decided to have an ultrasound the next day to confirm everything was going well with Baby H and to confirm how far along I was too. This brings you up to date!
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