A Surprise at the Doctor's Visit

No, not twins! Although, believe me there were a few seconds there I thought that was a possibility and I almost had a heart attack. One at a time please.

We went to my second doctor's appointment yesterday (which is technically the first time with the doctor as the first is with a nurse practitioner). We were scheduled to hear the heartbeat so we were very excited. We were not expecting an ultrasound as we had elected to not do any genetic testing so we knew we would be waiting until the "big" ultrasound at 18-20 weeks to find out the sex of the baby. Well, we got a pleasant surprise!

The doctor had to do a physical exam on me (at which point Chris turned his chair around and stared at the wall haha, no need for front row seats to that). As he's doing it he goes, "oh, your uterus is larger than I expected." This is where the twins part flashes through my mind. I got um okay what does that mean?? He goes well it could just mean your bladder is full (is this TMI yet?) or your dates could be off. He proceeded to listen to the heartbeat which was nice and strong and fast (but sorry for you early predictors out there I didn't get the # so you can't predict if it's a girl or boy off that just yet; next time I'll ask) which was great enough in and of itself but then he ordered an ultrasound to see for sure what was going on. A freebie ultrasound? WOO HOO!

He hooks up the machine and WAM there's a baby!!! I mean you might say, "well, what were you expecting in there, a pony?" Well, I wasn't expecting to see such a fully formed baby, holy crap! We could make out everything - head, eyes, nose, body - and then... he/she waved! He/she stuck up its skinny little arm and gave mom, dad and the doctor a nice wave as to say "hey yeah I'm here can you leave me alone now?" That had to be the absolute coolest thing I've ever seen. I will NEVER forget that. Chris and I just stared at the screen with our mouths open. Just to see this little guy/gal moving about in my body but not be able to feel it yet is downright trippy! He/she looked very cozy and snuggled in and the doctor soon left the little guy/gal alone and did some other measurements and everything checked out 100% healthy. It turns out I am almost a full week farther along (by the way if someone can tell me for sure if it's farther or further I'm open to correction) than we originally thought. How that works when certain things can only happen at certain times of the month is beyond me! The measurements told him I was 12 weeks 5 days as of yesterday therefore I'll be 13 weeks as of tomorrow and Wednesday will be my new "turnover day." The most distinct possibility our dates our off is because I was only off the pill for a month before we started trying so that could have thrown things off. Fine by me! Our new due date is 10/12/2011. I am hoping for a 10/10 birthday!

Still too soon to tell the sex. We asked the doctor and he looked at Chris and he said "sorry, but nobody is THAT big at 12 weeks" haha. We really like our doctor. I have to see everyone in the practice because we don't know who will deliver the baby but I am hoping for him!

So that was our fun little surprise. A week older and a surprise ultrasound! What a great feeling. We were on cloud 9 after that. He told us everything looks great and I am a "normal" pregnant lady and I should feel free to tell whomever I want as the riskiest time is over. Well, that's music to a pregnant lady's ears!

I am feeling better but not sleeping great which the doctor said is normal. Sometimes it takes awhile for bodies to adjust to pregnancy & hormones so it's causing a lot of restless sleep. Other than that, I can feel my energy is better and my morning sickness is all but gone. I didn't end up gaining any weight since my last visit so if I were to guess I probably would have only gained a pound or two total (depending on what my real start weight was). Fine by me for 1st trimester. Now I'm ready to put on good baby weight! The doctor said to continue to exercise and workout and feel good so that's what I plan on doing!

Our next appointment is May 2nd. Just routine checkup as far as I can tell. We'll be able to get the orders for the ultrasound then which will probably take place toward the end of May. I'll have to put a poll up to see what everybody thinks.

Starting tomorrow, I'll be doing my belly shots and weekly updates! Stay tuned :)