Today was our first doctor's visit and ultrasound...guess what?!? All is good! There is one Baby Schmidt in there! I was only mildly disappointed that we didn't see twins, because the baby was healthy, a good size, and had a very fast little heart beat that we got to see, but not hear today. S/he measured at 1.38cm (about 1/2") and 7 weeks 6 days (7w6d) meaning I'll change weeks every Thursday. Tomorrow I'm officially 8 weeks and 2/3 done with this trimester - thank goodness. While I'm sure my pregnancy symptoms are mild compared to most, I still don't appreciate the queasiness that sometimes accompanies being an incubator/baby grower. Like the kind I have right now. Peanut butter chocolate cookies calmed queasiness the other day...why not today? Argh. We'll try mac 'n cheese with real hot dogs (not the little kid kind) to see if we can't remedy the situation. I will have a veggie of some sort later once dinner goes ok.
Ok, more background on the appointment. We get there and I double-check with the receptionist that I don't have to have a full bladder for this kind of ultrasound (u/s). She said no, so I told her I'd be right back (go figure, I had to pee again) but she stops me quick and says wait! They need a urine sample...do you want to go back and do that now? I had no idea where to go so instead of risking getting lost and looking like a pregnant idiot, I just waited. Whew, hurdle #1 - cleared. We are finally called in and give all the necessary info...and I finally get to pee in a cup. Good times, empty bladder, happy new-mom-to-be. Go back to the room and the fun begins. Get naked and wear a sheet with holes in and just before I'm actually ready, in walks Dr. Coleman. She's great, by the way. So I quick grab the back of my sheet (gown) and quick sit on the chair that miraculously turns into a declining bed with stirrups. Amazing. She gets to business collecting the necessary items and finally FINALLY it's time for us to see the little being in there...in goes the wand...and TAH DAH!! A very fast little heart beat inside a very tiny little person!! Baby Schmidt is visible!! Ahhh....(that's the heavens sounding). S/he is sooo tiny, as I stated above. I can't believe it. I always thought that by actually seeing the baby on an u/s that it would suddenly become "real"...all I got was this sense of relief that there's actually a little person in there with a strong heart beat...no epiphany of "ah ha! NOW I feel pregnant!" because I can't FEEL him/her yet. I don't know. I'm super excited that we've got a "so far so good" but wish I would have had the epiphany of yup, NOW I know. The symptoms have been telling me all along. I guess I had my epiphany weeks ago then.
So anyway, I shed three very joyous tears, squeeze Adam's hand (with a death grip, I'm told) and we have a baby. My due date is October 15th, right where I had figured it would be. This baby has some interesting dates to contend with...the 15th is my brother/sister-in-law's anniversary...if s/he hangs on a few extra days, s/he could be born on Adam's dad's bday on the 18th or my dad's bday on the 20th! We shall see...hopefully I don't follow my mother's footsteps too closely with going past due dates and then 23 hours of labor with baby #1...a girl can only pray.
So the doctor answered all our questions, took her time with us, and I feel great having Dr. Coleman as my OB. Adam's a little nervous that we're staying in Muscatine as the hospital here does not have the best reputation in terms of doctors - in every dept EXCEPT OB. My friend Kelly went through Dr. Coleman for her first baby and since she would do NOTHING to jeapordize her or her child's health, I feel completely confident that this is the right decision. I think Adam felt more comfortable too once he got to meet her and ask questions.
So afterward, Adam and I were starving so where do we go but healthy China Buffet. What better place to celebrate the first sighting of your first (not yet born) child? Gotta love fine Muscatine dining. :-) So we are eating and we see a friend of ours, Dustin, there and one of his first questions is "What's new, what's going on in your world?" Funny...I want to scream "We just saw our baby for the first time ever!!" but instead we play it off like life is boring and nothing's new. Hee hee hee...all in good time.
Now, if I could just get my printer to work properly (don't take new ink cartridges out of the printer immediately after installing them - I knew this - you'd think I'd have thought a little harder) I could make copies of the u/s pics to take home with us this weekend. I'll stop at Wally world tomorrow and get another one. Oops. Now I'm off to make mac 'n cheese and hot dogs with the REAL hot dogs that Adam is being so kind to pick up for me on his way home from work. :) At least I craved things then instead of 10pm, right?
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