First OB Appointment

Today I went for my first OB appointment.  First off they got the office wrong when they made my appointment.  I usually go to Johns Creek, but they made this one at the New Northside office.  We had to go through the whole OB workup, blood work, and seeing the midwife.  Our appointment was at 8:40 and we didn't get out until 10:30!  The one nice thing about the appointment was that we were able to hear the heartbeat!!  It was beating around 160 bpm!  Wonderful!!  I was secretly hoping they wouldn't hear it with the doppler so I could get an ultrasound, but yet I'm thankful it was beating strongly and it was able to be picked up!  Now I don't go back until August 3rd...going to be a long wait!

Woo Hoo!!!

Cue the Hallelujah Chorus...I'm finished with my progesterone shots!!!  As thankful as I am to be pregnant and how it's just a little thing that I have to go through to be pregnant, I sure am glad that it's over.  Ten full weeks of taking this shot...I'm over it!  I've also had a shot every day except for one or two days since April 1st and some of the days in April included more than one.  That is a LONG time!!  Of course I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat!  I finished my Estrace pills June 9th and now I have one week left to take baby aspirin and then I'll be finished with all my "extra" medicines!!  Then one week after that I'll be finished with my first trimester!  Lots to be celebrate and be thankful for!

Here's the progesterone syringe and needle I had for those 10 weeks!  Long needle!!

 My three containers with all the needles we used

 And a look inside

Ultrasound #3

We went for another ultrasound to see our little baby!  Like always the ultrasound was not clear.  :(  We were able to see the heartbeat again and it was going to town.  The heart rate was 163 bpm!  I was glad to see that it was up and not as low as last time.  Although they said it was a great heart rate, I feel better with it being higher.  He/she is measuring great (actually a day ahead of my original due date)!  They said it could either be January 14 or 15.  I was doing so great that they released me from them. :(  I was really wanting to stay around for two more weeks, but this means that everything is going well and they don't need to see me anymore, so I'll take it.  They did give us a little silver spoon just like the one we got with Raleigh only they engraved theirs to say "Best Wishes, ACRM."  Next up is a trip to my regular OB/GYN!