Our First Appointment

I never though yesterday would come (actually funny story, because my appointment was actually the 25th, but I was worried about the time since the receptionist rushed me off the phone so when we called to double check the appointment time, we also found out that my obstetrician isn't in the office on Tuesdays, that my appointment was actually the 26th - my obstetrician is so busy, between working in the ER, L&D and his office but I couldn't believe that I had triple checked with the receptionist and had we not called to confirm AGAIN we would have wound up in his office with no obstetrician ANYWAY... finally we were heading to this magical first appointment that I had spent the last four weeks waiting for and counting down to.

He had a med student shadowing him for my appointment which was interesting but I'm assuming more so for them than me since given my history there was quite a bit for his student to learn from. I got a really great book, during my first pregnancy I had one very similar but gave it away so I was pretty excited to be getting a new up to date one. My obstetrician is sending me for a battery of blood work and tests, more than I remember doing during my first pregnancy but I guess that is just the standard for a high risk Momma like me. He also sent me for an ultrasound, which we were lucky enough to get into the same day. It was so exciting but also so nervewracking; what if there were two? what if there were three? what if there was nothing? what if we found out we were facing another ectopic pregnancy? So many what if's and the possibility of just a normal healthy little pregnancy seems so unlikely, I was terrified and uncomfortable because I drank way too much water far too quickly to make it into the appointment.

But the tech was great, we had to swap to an internal ultrasound unfortunately and I feel like a seasoned pro having done them before but I am barely phased and knowing it gave the tech and myself a better view of baby made every bit of the awkward and uncomfortable internal, worth it. Dylan got to come in and we got to see our precious little baby together, we were lucky enough to see the little flickering heartbeat - which was beating 144bpm. The tech confirmed that our sweet baby is healthy and happy, safe and in the right spot - our perfect little miracle. The tech printed off a photo, which we have now shown to our immediate families and happilly stared at while we traded back rubs and poured sparkling juice (our non-alcoholic version of champagne haha, which we generally go to for celebrations or holidays).

My next appointment is October 18th, I'll be 10 weeks by then and I couldn't be happier with our sweet little baby.