Today the most AMAZING thing happened! We got official confirmation that we are indeed the parents of a perfectly sized beautiful blurry blob! They took us back to the ultrasound room and when I started to explain to James why I was sooooo nervous (beyond my usual, "Ew this is a doctors office and unpleasant things tend to happen here") I teared up. I still had an icky feeling that she was going to put the wand thing on my belly, move it around for a while with a puzzled look and then say, "Um, I'm not sure why you are here because there is nothing in there!" A ridiculous feeling to have, but one that I couldn't shake. Everyone we had seen (or even passed in the hallway) was super friendly up to this point and the lady who came in next was no exception. She said, "Okay! Time to see the newest member of your family!" After less than 5 seconds of moving the wand around she said, "There it is!" OHHHHHH and there (s)he was!!!!!!! Tiny tiny, but very baby like. She then measured and said that I was measuring 8 weeks and 5 days which is SPOT ON based on other dates. She said, "I can already see you are a perfectionist!" ... Oh ma'am, if you only knew how right you are. So the perfectionist in me welled with pride-our little kidney bean was already settling for no less :)
The rest of the appointment was short- just a sit down with one of the nurses to go over dos and donts.and what to expect. I am very happy to report that she told me to expect a 25-35 pound weight gain. Apparently the new trend is people being told to gain 40 pounds...I'm sorry but that is outrageous.
Just an update on how I'm feeling...MUCH better than Saturday, that's for sure. And thank God for that! After Saturday we've just gone back to the few headaches a day with an occasional glimpse of that "green feeling". But hooray for no barfing! :-) Thank you all for being so loving and supportive - can't wait to keep sharing the progress and good news with you!
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