Ultrasound

Week 8 has arrived!  Yay!

I had my ultrasound last Thursday and it went GREAT!  The tech asked us if this was our first pregnancy and I told her no that I’d miscarried in March.  So as soon as she started the ultrasound she told me, “Well, you’re definitely pregnant.” And then proceeded to show me everything and point out the sac and the baby. She also told us that the baby was exactly on track at 7w5d and that he/she had a strong HB at 153 beats/min.  

7w5d

That was definitely a relief to both Dre and I.  We got a picture of the u/s and then went to pick up my mom from the train station.  We told her when we got home by giving her the card that had the u/s picture in it. Her response, “What is this?  Is this a picture of the baby you lost?”  

Really, Mom?  I swear my mom could make sane ppl BSC.  So, now that we’ve straightened her out she’s happy, but already driving me crazy with useless advice.  As if I don’t know that resting is good.  Really?  Then, she told me that she plans on being around after the baby is born to help out.  Hmmm, yeah…probably not as she’ll drive me crazy in the first 2 days.  Now, I need to tell her this.

Then Dre called his mom to tell her and she was ecstatic too!  

Now, I have to work on an email to my siblings so they all know.  We also told the parents they could tell relatives, but that I didn’t want anyone to comment on my FB as I don’t plan on telling ppl at work until I’m 13 weeks which will be in the beginning of August.

I need to decide if I’ll tell all of our friends or wait until we do a big reveal on FB.  4 weeks is not so long to wait right.

Now I'm really looking forward to our 20 week u/s at the end of September which is when we'll find out if the little lovebug is a baby boy or a baby girl.

Anyways, this weekend was great because of that news, but the symptoms definitely made life harder for me…more on that tomorrow when a do my weekly update.  

Doc Appointment

So I had my doctor's appointment...and...

Just what I thought.  I have to wait until I'm at least 7 weeks for my first u/s.  According to my doc the heart doesn't start beating until then.  Hmmmm, right!  It starts beating in Week 6, but whatever!

So I booked my u/s for June 27th which is the first working day in my 7th week and I call Dre to tell him.  He goes, "I can't make it.  I have training that week." 

So I'm like, "WTF?"  It's not like I'm gonna wait a whole EXTRA week to be reassured that the baby is doing just fine.  So I tell him that he can either come anyways or I'll go by myself.  Well, apparently that is not a good solution.  So I figured out that in Dre speak "I have training all week that week."  actually means "I have training on Monday and Tuesday and I'm off for the rest of the week."  Huh?  Yeah!

So I booked my u/s for June 30th at 3:20.  I'm really hoping for a perfect u/s and a good tech that will tell us that everything is fine and show us the HB 'cause I don't think I can take waiting until the end of the long weekend to find out!

The rest of the appointment was pretty uneventful.  Same info as last time.  Doc wants me to do the whole panel of blood tests again.  What?  Really?  What are the odds that I got HIV or Syphilis in the last 6 months.  Really?  I just love me some needles!  Anyways, I'll have to do that at some point.

Now I'm just counting down the 2 weeks and 1 day until my u/s.  CANNOT WAIT!  Also, if everything looks good on the u/s we'll be telling the parents.  I would tell them earlier, but my last pregnancy demonstrated the fact that when I say, "Don't tell anyone!" it means "Tell some close friends and then tell them not to tell anyone." to my mom.  So annoying!