Since I am such a horrible blogger, I am trying to play catch up with everything that has been going on!
I went in for my first ultra sound about 3 weeks ago! I was so excited and so nervous at the same time! I couldn't wait to see my little baby and its little heart beating, but in the back of my mind I was worried that maybe everything wasn't ok. What if when they looked the baby's heart was not beating or it wasn't the size it should be for as far along as I was.
Before every appointment I have to go in and pee in a cup. I hate this! This is the one time I wish I was a boy! I had been holding my pee for this very reason, and of course when it is time to go I miss the cup! I am able to give a sample, but just a little one. Oh well, I will do better next time!
Before I could see the baby I had to go through the torture of a pap smear, breast and pelvic exam. You know, the three things that every woman loves to do! I love how they always put a poster of a kitten or a puppy right above your bed, so you have something to look at while you are being violated! Or in my case, the Doctor's conversation about how much she loves my new coach purse, while she's doing a breast exam. Yes, even talking about coach does not distract me from the fact that someone is fondling my breast!
From what I understand I better get use to that part of my body being messed with for the next 6 months. I am sure that after having a baby, that getting an annual pap will not be so bad anymore!
After my exams, the doctor tells me that all my blood work and blood pressure are great, (whew) and that we can now go down the hall and do an internal ultra sound. She tells me to put on a robe and take my clothes with me. As I am walking my naked butt down the hall, I asked the nurse to go get Brad so he could share in the ultra sound. I didn't want to put him through the horror of my pap smear, but now, maybe I should have. Guys should know the indignity we go through! :)
Finally with Brad and the doctor in the room it is time to do the internal ulra sound. This is more unformfortable than the pelvic exam but way more worth it! There on the screen is what I am now calling, "My Little Peanut"! No more than and inch and 1/2 long! You can see it's little heart beating and it is moving around! The doctor says the baby looks good and is the size it should be for 9 weeks, and most importantly that there is only one baby in there! I could not take my eyes off the screen. At that moment is when it finally hit me that I am really pregnant and I am going to be a mother! It was a great feeling! Brad was really excited too. He asked the Doctor, "so that little pixel that is blinking, that's it? That's the baby's heart?" I wonder what he thought he was going to see in there? The baby at that point was barely a fetus!
I go in February 3rd for my next exam. At that time we are going to be able to hear the baby's heart beat! I am really excited for that! The first sound of our little baby! I am doing my best to take care of little Zachary or Ella! Keeping growing baby! Wish us luck! :)
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