Wednesday, August 29, 2007

1st Ultrasound Appointment

I went to my first prenatal appointment today. I'm only 6 weeks pregnant so it didn't really consist of much, but I was really excited for the ultrasound. I was scared to death that my doctor was going to tell me that it must have been a mistake and that I'm really not pregnant. I don't think I really let myself believe it was true until I saw it with my own eyes.

When we did the ultrasound the tech said, "there's that little baby!". I actually had to make an effort not to bust out crying right then and there. I had really stressed myself out with worry and I was so relieved. Sometimes I think being a Labor and Delivery nurse is a huge disadvantage; I know enough about early pregnancy just to scare myself and freak out about all the possibilities.

Despite all my worry, the baby looked great. The heart rate was 120 beats per minute, which is exactly what it should be at this point and the baby's measurements were on target for the estimated due date of April 22, 2008. Tim was very excited to see the baby on the ultrasound, he kept saying "thats so cool". It was a really great moment for both of us.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

It's Really True!!


I woke up this morning and took a pregnany test and I could definitely see a faint 2nd line. I've actually been seeing this line for a few days now, but I chose to ignore it. Today is the first day that I actually decided to investigate further.

A couple of weeks ago I saw a 2nd line but when I went to have bloodwork done it came back negative, and I was heartbroken. So when I started seeing the line again I thought surely I was seeing things or it was a false positive.

I debated waiting a few more days to see if the line got darker, but I ultimately decided to go in to the doctor's office and have a test done there. They did a urine and a blood test, the urine test came back with another faint positive line and the nurse said that she could definitely see it was there but I was probably just really early. I didn't get the blood test results until later in the afternoon when I was back at home, but it was positive as well.

I couldn't wait to tell Tim. He was in Montgomery for a work meeting and I absolutely couldn't wait until he got home to tell him. I sent him a text message when I got in the car that said "hey daddy". Apparently he didn't get it because he didn't call for a couple of hours and when he did he didn't say anything. So I told him then over the telephone, not exactly the way I dreamed it would go, but I was too excited to wait. He was very excited as well, and stopped by the store on the way home and bought some Sparkling Cider to celebrate.