10 Weeks and First OB/GYN Appointment

I am now 10 weeks. Thankfully most of the annoying pregnancy symptoms are now gone. All I have left is the extreme exhaustion and the extreme emotional roller coaster that I am still riding. I am 2 weeks away from being done with the first trimester. I can't believe the first trimester is actually almost done. It seemed like I just found out I was pregnant. 

Pants are getting tighter in the waste, but fitting better in the legs. I am told this week that the placenta actually starts to help me out and hopefully some of the crazy emotional outbursts will calm down a bit. I am also able to eat a bit more and keep it in. This is a very much welcomed relief to me. 

I had my first OB/GYN appointment last friday. Husband came with me. Poor thing was starving the entire visit since it was a morning visit and we didn't get a chance to eat before heading down the hospital. We both liked the fact that while we waited  that there was a guy that went around the waiting room with a basket full of snacks. Neither of us have ever seen anything like that at a doctor's office. 

When I finally went back I met with the doctor, and she was really good. She also wanted my old medical records from my surgery in 97 just to make sure I don't need to see a specialist for the pregnancy. I didn't get this type of follow up for the doctors who were there for the surgery. This is all new for me. She gave me my full exam and when it came time for the sonogram they went out and got Husband so he could see it to. It was not the best quality sonogram as you can see from the pictures, but it was amazing non the less.

I got to see the baby's heart flutter. It was so exciting. When the doctor went to take the two still pictures, the baby started to jump around. It made all three of us laugh. My baby likes to move around. Husband started to call in the dancing baby. After the doctor left he asked how big I thought it was. I told him at that point it was the size of a strawberry. He now calls our baby our dancing strawberry. We love our dancing strawberry, my little monkey. It was just so reassuring to see the heart beat.

I get another sonogram, a more clear on in a few weeks at my next appointment and one again to find out the gender. Everything is so real now. I never knew I could love so much, especially someone I haven't even met yet.