Appointments and other fun stuff

So, yesterday was our first appointment with the OB.  I have to say that I absolutely love her!  We really didn't do a whole lot... I peed in a cup (which, after countless OPKs and pregnancy tests, I am getting pretty good at), they took blood, and the doctor talked to us about basic pregnancy stuff that I had pretty much already learned about thanks to Dr. Google.  Brett and I both got a pretty good chuckle at one of the questions on the sheet we had to fill out at the beginning... "What is the last grade you completed?"  Um, really?  We kind of laughed, but it is pretty sad that some of the patients are so young.

I have to say that it was nice to have the first appointment.  Not because it was "oh-so-magical" or really informative... Just because we made it this far.  Whoo hoo to that!  I really feel like a pregnant lady now, with my appointments and my doctor and my urine samples and everything.

Okay, so on to the fun stuff part.  We ordered a doppler.  Okay, let me rephrase that... I nagged Brett for approximately 2 weeks, sent him numerous pictures of the one that I wanted, and finally - FINALLY - he ordered one.  I got it in the mail today, and just like a 7 year old girl who got her first Barbie convertible, I put batteries in it and started inspecting it.  Okay, let me say that from what I have read online 9 weeks is generally too early to hear a heartbeat on a home doppler.  Especially for someone like me, who has a little more, ahem, "padding" along their waistline.  (Less fat = less distance = better chance to hear HB)  From what I've read online, most people say that they can hear the HB around 11-13 weeks.

So, I try not to get my hopes up, and I start the thing up.  I even have the gel-stuff!  I'm like my own little doctor's office.  I try for about 5 minutes, nothing... And then there it is.  It was different than the other sounds because it was steady and so fast!  I found the heartbeat!!!  I was so excited, and then I kind of felt bad, because Brett wasn't there.  I kind of felt like I cheated and played with the new toy before I was supposed to... So, 30 more minutes before he gets home and I get to try again.  I hope he hurries, because I don't know how much longer I can hold my pee.  (FYI - It helps to hold your pee, because your bladder sits behind your uterus, so when you have a full bladder, it pushes your uterus closer to the front of your stomach making it easier to hear a HB... This is also why I have to pee 20 times a day.)

Oh, what a good couple of days.  Thanks to my one follower (Dixi).  I can't wait until more people get to read this!  Hopefully it will still be as exciting to everyone then as it is to me now.

Abby