1st Doctor's Appointment!

Yesterday was my first doctor's appointment, and I am so happy to say that everything went well! They took the big long medical history, and did a bunch of lab work (I'm pretty sure they took an entire bucket of blood....). But of course the most exciting part was the ultrasound! It was news to me that they can take ultrasounds so early now - I'm only 9 weeks along at this point. It was even more startling news to me how they actually do this early ultrasound..... ever hear of an internal ultrasound??? (It's about as uncomfortable as it sounds!) Here's the result:

It was amazing to watch. The still pictures are more difficult to see anything in, but when Josh and I were watching it live, it was so incredible! You could clearly see the heart beating, as well as arms & legs moving. The baby is about 2 cm long right now (a little less than an inch), and everything looks exactly as it should so far. The next doctor's appointment isn't until the beginning of January, so there's not much to do until then except enjoy the holidays! =)

The Baseline Belly

I've been told by many that I need to take lots of belly pictures... so here's the baseline picture!

Not too much to show... I'm only about 6 weeks pregnant right now. And according to http://www.babycenter.com/6_your-pregnancy-6-weeks_1095.bc , baby is about the size of a lentil bean! [Which shouldn't account for the number of pairs of my pants that are already too tight to be comfortable...hmmm]

But otherwise, I am still feeling great! Still no morning sickness & I hope it stays that way. I've been dreading that part. I almost feel like some nausea monster might be hiding behind every corner, just waiting to pounce. Hopefully I can keep avoiding him!

And so it begins...

After school on Thursday, 10/14/2010, here is what I see!

I must have stared at it for 2 minutes, sure that it would change. And then the simultaneous excitement and nervousness sets in. I could hardly believe that it finally happened! The next thing I do is figure out when I should be due (why wait for a doctor's appointment for simple math, right?) and discover that we will be meeting the newest member of our family in mid-late June. So exciting!!!

Now I set up how I'm going to tell Josh. It's a plan I actually came up with in July, the one other month when we both had a really good feeling I might be pregnant (turned out to be a false alarm). But anyway, I bought a little baby toy and set it up on the kitchen counter with a little message for Josh to find:

 It was so hard to wait for Josh to come home, but the look on his face was priceless. =) We immediately called both of our parents to share the incredible news.

I'm feeling really good right now - no morning sickness, and just a little more tired than normal. Nothing that a little nap now and then can't fix! But even this early in, there are already some pants that are a bit too tight...yikes!

And so it begins.