Day 1
OMG! Today was the craziest, most amazing day EVER! Today was our doctors appointment. FINALLY! I woke up at 4:45 and couldn't go back to sleep. I was so nervous. I was scared they wouldn't find a heartbeat, I was scared that they would tell me something else was wrong and I wasn't pregnant, I had every fear going through my head for an hour and a half before I actually got out of bed. So we go through the motions of the morning, get in the car and head to the doctors office. The whole way there I am nearly in tears. TJ was funny. He thought I had a terrified look on my face due to his driving and kept say "I am not driving any different than normal?". He was super confident that everything was okay so he didn't quite understand my worry.
We get to the doctors office and get to see her nurse and she walks us through everything we need to know. TJ kept asking questions, which was good because I couldn't really think clearly. She told us we would have to go to one place for blood work then down the hall for the ultrasound. I love our nurse! She is so sweet and kind! She was very comforting and every time I would bring up something, say like crying for no REAL reason or my constant worrying, etc. she would chuckle and say something like oh I was just like that or those hormones are so crazy. TJ said when we left she was a short version of me, which I thought was funny.
I asked her about running and she said there was no reason I couldn't do the half so go ahead and train away! Now, she did say not to increase my pace from where I was before and to listen to my body. Now is not the time to push it, so walk when I need to and be safe. So YAY! Now, I don't really have an excuse not to be training... is that good or bad?
We left the doctors office and found out I need to come back the next week to do lab follow ups etc. So we made that appointment and headed down the hall to the ultrasound place. They couldn't get us in until 2:30 pm so I had to let work know I wouldn't be there that afternoon. I don't usually take sick days and a couple of the ladies knew I was out that morning for a doctors appointment, so I hope I didn't worry anyone on accident. I went over and had my blood drawn and the tech at one point told me to keep breathing. Apparently, I had started holding my breath at some point. Oops! TJ and I killed a little time and had lunch then headed back for the ultrasound.
My fears were starting to be put at ease, but I still needed to see that baby for myself and know that it was there and okay. It felt like forever before they called us back. When we got back there the tech was worried she may not be able to find it on the first try and she would have to try another method. Luckily, I laid down and she put that thing on my belly and there it was on the screen.
I think the first words out of my mouth were "this is so weird". It was so weird. It was actually in there. We could see its little heart beating on the screen and then it started to move its strange little leg things!! It was all happy and moving around! I had tears in my eyes, but I kept it together. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. Our sweet little baby was happy (I assume) and healthy. In my UTERUS! It is still kind of blowing my mind and I can't stop smiling. It's so bizarre that a human female body and carry such a weird little creature! I loved it. I wanted to be able to keep looking at it. I didn't realize they could move their parts so early. When the tech left the room I burst out crying (no surprise there) and kept hugging TJ. We had our little baby that we both had been so excitedly waiting for.
They gave us a disc with photos and video, so of course we had to stop by WalMart and print a few off. I was measuring exactly 9 weeks so our little baby Pemberton will arrive August 19th.
I love our picture! I will look at it everyday until the next time we get a little glimpse at our sweet baby! :)
I thank God for this amazing little miracle/blessing and words cannot begin to describe how grateful I am for this baby and how much it is already loved. :)
Side Note: I don't know if I will be able to watch the Olympics this year. We watched the figure skating championships the other night and every time one of the athletes fell I nearly cried. Really?!? Cried! I will take crying over throwing up any day, but it is kind of stupid.
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