I went into the appointment with so much anxiety. I was a little nervous with my first appointment with Liam but I feel like I'm so much more stressed about the "What ifs?" What if the baby stopped growing? What if there's no heartbeat? etc. When checking in at the front desk for the appointment my heart was pounding, my hands were sweaty and Shawn keep trying to tell me to calm down. When I got into the exam room, the nurse checked my blood pressure and it was 140/80! It's normally on the low side around 92/60 when not pregnant. But when Dr. Altman started the ultrasound and I saw our lil' bean, all the anxiety went away. It was so surreal to see this tiny baby growing inside me and know that in a few short months it will be here in my arms. We got to see him/her wiggling all around and heard an amazing heartbeat of 192 BPM. When I was pregnant with Liam, we saw him for the first time at 7 weeks 3days so it was crazy to see what a difference this one looks like at 9 weeks. Baby measured at exactly an inch which aligned to 9 weeks. I was 9 weeks 4days along on the day of the ultrasound but even though baby measured 4 days behind I got to keep my same due date! Dr. Altman also said that he is pretty sure that I will only make it to end of February, since I had Liam 22 days early, so that could also be why he didn't feel the need to change my due date. If he is right that means I only have like 6 months to go! Let the panicking begin....
It was really such an amazing experience and made the fact that we are expecting baby #2 finally sink in. I'm now having the "Oh my, what have I got myself into?" feeling. But I'm just so happy and grateful to know that baby is doing great and look forward to the next time I get to see him/her. Only 44 more days until we can go find out the gender!
Here's the first picture!
I'm so excited!
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