The Doctor's Appointment...

So we found out we were pregnant on Jan 6 and I had my first doctor's appointment 26 days later on Feb 1. Let me tell you, it was a LOOONNNGGGGGG 26 days. I remember during the first week I had a panic attack that I may have a miscarriage after reading post of women that had and I freaked out. I cried to my husband but he was so tired that he wasn't very consoling. Then at the end of my 6th week/beginning of 7th week was when NAUSEA began to show its ugly face. Prior to that, I was like wow being pregnant is easy and I guess I'm one of the lucky few. Too bad I didn't knock on wood, because NAUSEA showed up without a warning. One morning, I just felt sick after eating and it lingered all day long. During that same time, my appetite changed and foods didn't taste the same or even sound good in my mind. I'm battling NAUSEA now but when I drink lemon water it helps a lot. Crackers definitely didn't do it for me...Idk if it was because its so salty and neither did ginger ale...but LEMON WATER is definitely the trick. So fast forward to Feb 1 at 1pm...



Hubby and I arrived at the appointment and this was one of my worst feeling days. So when we checked in, the receptionist went over my insurance, we paid our fees and she handed me a folder that had a lot of flyers and information inside. She told me to head over to the ultrasound waiting room. I was there for like 2 minutes and they called "Mrs Bradford" to the back. I turned my head and my hubby was still sitting down, and I said, "Aren't you going to come?". He said, "oh well they didn't call me too". (I think he was nervous, why would they call u honey when I'm the patient lol). So anyway, we went to the ultrasound room and of course I had to pee really badly so I did that first. I had to undress from the waist down and then sit on the chair to wait for the sonographer. I had hubby take a few pictures of me and I asked him if he would record the ultrasound but since he is by the book and the sign said to put phones away, he wouldn't record. So anyways, the sonographer came in after waiting a couple minutes (I don't remember her name) and she showed me the camera that she would insert inside of me. Luckily, my cousin warned me that they would perform a trans-vaginal ultrasound so I was prepared. So she turned the screen towards her so hubby and I couldn't see it. The seconds it took her to tell me baby looked perfect felt like an eternity. After she confirmed the baby was doing well she said I measured at 8 weeks and 3 days (two days later than I expected). She then needed to check my ovaries which felt like pressure and finally she then turned the tv screen on in front of us and showed us our baby. She pointed out the yolk sac, the head, and the body. We could see the baby's heart fluttering so fast and she said the baby's heart was beating at 181 bpm. Woah pretty fast! After she told us that, our baby did a dance for us, she wiggled from side to side. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen and that's when I shed a few tears. She printed us four pictures, to be honest they all looked the same, and she handed them to us and said the doctor would see us. So I got dressed and walked over to my doctor's waiting office.

We waited about 5 minutes or so and then we were escorted to the doc's office. My weight was checked (132.8) and my blood pressure. Some questions were asked and then the NP left and the doc came in shortly after. The doctor was very nice and I was pleased that we picked her. She walked in and said, "I'M so happy for you. Congratulations. I know you don't know me well but I'm just so happy for you". She assured us that our baby was healthy and doing excellent. She then said, "your baby has a big ol' head". Both Chris and I laughed...of course our Sweet pea gets that from Daddy :) I asked her if the baby's heartbeat was too fast and she reassured me that baby was doing perfect and to not worry about anything. Hubby mentioned that he was thinking the baby is a girl and I told her that I think baby is a boy and so she said well that's two against one, because I think baby will be a boy too. She went over some of the information in the packet and we declined any screening done. We don't want the unnecessary stress and since odds of having a baby with any sort of defect is very limited, we will take a chance in believing that God will give us the power to deal with anything if we need to. She gave me the opportunity to ask questions at the end and she thanked me for allowing her to go thru her things. Of course I had a page full of questions:
1. Is it okay to have sex? Yes
2. I was breech and my hubby was premature, will that effect our baby? No, breech just happens and the fact that his mother had a premature child doesn't mean anything for you. (Hubby then mentioned his mom's age when she had him)
3. Can I eat my steak medium-well? Yes...
4. Is it okay to sleep on my back? Yes, later on in pregnancy your body will let you know if its causing any harm to baby.
5. Thoughts about natural childbirth? I support you and I also understand that some women need their epidural. I do recommend that you take a childbirth class to help you with it and I recommend you create a birth plan.
6. How much weight should I gain and at rate? Well since you're petite, up to 35 lbs is normal. The rate will change depending on growth of baby at a particular time. And I will let u know if you're going overboard.
7. I once had my nipples pierced, will that effect me breastfeeding? No, it shouldn't
8. Can I drink green tea? Yes. Just be cautions of how much you're drinking.


So after I asked my questions she called her nurse in and they did a pap test. And then I went to the lab to get about 5 tubes of blood drawn. I was thinking, I hope there's enough blood left for Sweet Pea...silly I know lol.

This post is longer than I expected so I'm going to end now...