9 Weeks

My 9 weeks appointment was on September 29, 2014. When I say it was nerve racking, trust me, it was nerve racking waiting 5 weeks to confirm my pregnancy. I was a ball of emotions in the waiting room. Anxious, Excited, definitely! Then the longer we sat there, my mind started to wonder to the dark side. Every piece of bad news they could have given me started popping into my head. Luckily, I had Chad there to bring me back to reality. I'm sure he was going through a roller-coaster of emotions too but put on a brave face for me.

During the weeks leading up to my appointment, I didn't have any problems. No morning sickness or weight gain. Just a little bit of fatigue and sometimes I couldn't go back to sleep after getting up in the middle of the night to use the restroom. Go ahead... Shoot me evil looks... I understand. You can almost count on my next pregnancy not going this smooth. I'm really surprised myself given my reproductive history.

Our time with my OB/GYN was actually kind of short. His nurse gave me all kinds of brochures. He took some cultures to make sure I didn't have any infections. We had mentioned how this was kind of a surprise for us. He just laughed and said it always happens when you least expect it.

We waited for our turn with the ultrasound tech this time with a sense of relief. We were going to be parents. My first ultrasound was such a special experience for Chad and I. We just held hands and stared at the screen. We were in awe of how much our baby had formed in just 9 weeks. It was just a little wiggle worm. So I predict a lot of kicks and pokes in my future. It had a strong heartbeat at 180 and measured 2.75cm. According to the ultrasound tech, it's measurement put me on time for my due date.

I had to schedule an appointment for the very next week for lab work and to discuss a payment schedule so we could make monthly payments. 

Some how I survived getting 5 tubes of blood taken from me. I seemed like they needed a tube for each test they were going to run. And I was told its was only the beginning. LOL 

Until next time, here is Baby Lee's first picture and video. We were laughing so hard because we thought Baby Lee was waving at us. Enjoy!

Our little bear!