First Ultrasound was a Success

I had my first Doctor appointment yesterday! It was nice to meet with the Doctor to go through my long list of questions and do an ultrasound to ensure the baby is growing and there is a powerful heartbeat going on inside of me. I see a great OBGYN in Westwood, and she was great for this first meeting! Tim came along which was quite an education for him. He had never been in an woman's gynecologist's room before...boy was it fun to watch him try to not be uncomfortable.

Anyway, she did an ultrasound on me and we got to see the baby. A tiny little peanut hanging in a vast abyss of darkness with a bright little blinking spot coming from inside. The heartbeat, it was real and vibrant and alive. That was amazing...to see this little being hanging out in space with it's center pulsating on and off, on and off, on and off. There was our baby, not quite 7 weeks old.

Wow, this was amazing! We even got to take home a picture of the little tyke! After the nurse took what seemed to be several pints of blood for a battery of test they need to take, I was able to go home. I stopped in at the pharmacy to pick up some Pregnancy Pop candies that are supposed to help with nausea and went on my merry way. I was able to get some work done at home, talk to a few people about the good news and after eating a big meal, falling into bed at 8:30 sick as a dog wondering when this nausea would go away! It is way more uncomfortable and annoying then I had ever thought. And I have 5 more weeks of this trimester to go. My Doctor told me it would come in waves! I am praying it will go away forever, but I am realistic! I am just holding that image of that little being in my body growing as the positive in this time of sickness!