I woke up in such a good mood. I was still tired after my mostly restful 8 hours of nightly rest, but I was ecstatic to get through my shortened work day to get to our 18 week anatomy ultrasound appointment! My nerves have been so bad these last few weeks. I HATE these 4-5 weeks doctors visits. I need reassurance like daily, shoot, by the minute. Alas, I went to hell aka work and actually had a pleasant day. Until the last 15 minutes, where usual work bull got me frustrated and I left furious.
As I left trying not to stress out my unborn son, I took a few deep breaths and called a friend. I vented and got it off my chest so I could put work behind me to truly enjoy and put 100% focus on my appointment. I needed my anxiety to simmer down and get some peace of mind for a few days, at least.
When we arrived, my mood instantly changed. It also helps I have an amazing husband who listens to my vent sessions without interruption and makes sure I am being reasonable or not. We checked in for my appointment and sat while we waited for my name to be called. We went back pretty quickly to the special room where they do the anatomy scan. The tech quietly went over what she was scanning so we could follow along; his little leg, his (what we think big) head, brain, his curled up fist to the world (already lol), his spine which I found rather amazing, and confirmed his gender! She mentioned that he was sitting on top of one of his legs and finally found it. Boy sits like his mama.
We then were ushered to another section of the building that I’ve never been to and waited forever. Finally I got my name called and a nurse had me pee in a cup. We then sat for a little while longer. We ended up talking about sharks, their habitat and I found a childhood recipe I’ve decided to make. All to pass the time. After a good bit of time, we were put in a room where a nurse asked basic questions. I asked her if sharp pains in my yahoo was normal and she said yes and only if it is combined with lower back pain that I need to call them; could be a UTI, some kind of infection like bacterial or yeast. Okay, good there then.
Finally our doc came in and he shared that our baby’s organs, brain, spine, and basically everything is healthy and forming where they need to be and healthily. His heartbeat is 144 which is perfect and he is weighing in at 9 oz. He said my weight loss is fine and that he didn’t want to see me gain a lot anyway, maybe 25 lbs. And most of that would come towards the end of the second trimester or third. We asked him if a fetal Doppler is okay. He said that there is not much of a scientific reporting on how that affects baby or anything, but he mentioned that if we use it, to be aware that it could be hard to find the heart beat because we are not professionals but he would leave it up to us. We figured that since we heard his heartbeat today that we would use it tonight. Just in case we couldn’t hear it by ourselves to keep my nerves from acting up too much. We heard it though 🙂
We left knowing our son is healthy as could be and everything is happening like it needs to. I cannot stop looking at his ultrasound. He is perfect, absolutely beautiful. I cried because I can’t get over how beautiful he is and that we made a human. lol Thankfully, my husband doesn’t judge me for those emotional moments. I will sleep tonight happily. Thank you for all the prayers, good vibes, sweet words, etc. You really helped my nerves and came through for us. We are almost half way there. Please continue those prayers! We appreciate them so much.
I am alive! See? I know it has been quite some time since my last post. A lot has happened since I’ve last posted on my blog. I started doing the 21 Day Fix Extreme work outs and meal planning. I quit my seriously stressful job and started a new job as a full time nanny!
A Cyster's Dream 