Thursday, March 31, 2011

Peanut's Debut!

So... I figured it might be more fun to "story line" pregnancy stuff here rather than on Facebook, so here goes!

We found out that we were pregnant the last week in February. My doctor said "Don't be surprised if it takes 6 months or so. That's normal." We were back the next month for our first prenatal visit! I'm in week 8 now, and so far everything has been incredibly smooth. I thank God (and my mother!!) for great genetics--mom said she wasn't sick either. She used to tell me that she would be pregnant all the time because she felt so good when she was! Telling mom and dad was lots of fun. They were just as excited as we wanted them to be! None of us could wait to start buying baby things and talking about names and plans. :)

The first prenatal visit was pretty uneventful. I just love my doctor--Dr. Dolar Patolia. She's so professional and warm and sweet. She answered all our questions with tons of patience and was very informative. She had me do a urine test (which I had done on my own about 15 times up to this point!!) and talked to me about diet and safe medication and exercise. She even gave me the "What to Expect" book as a freebie!

We had decided to tell certain people first...then let everyone know. I told my school kids on my 30th birthday--and it was a great birthday present for myself! They are all so excited and ask so many questions. They can't wait to see what the "baby is the size of" from week to week. They are taking great care of me--being nice and keeping an eye on me all the time.

We went to have our first ultrasound today! It was so neat--Peanut was very cooperative AND Dr. Patolia showed me all kinds of anatomy things while doing the ultrasound! We got a view of Peanut first thing. She measured the length and it was 2.54cm. We just saw the most perfect little profile and heartbeat! This is the first picture she took:
Side view--profile

The heartbeat was about 168 bpm--which Dr. Patolia said was perfect. Everything measured great! She checked out a few more things--and then came back to the baby. We got an even better picture that time!!(See the little arms and legs! What a great front view!)

When she went back for the second view, we got to see the little legs move! Baby was just kicking up a storm! Dr. Patolia was as surprised as we were--she said it isn't very typical to see so much movement (or any at all) this early along. We're at 8 weeks, and she said that most people don't see movement until 10! Our little guy or gal is already showing off! Tony said that Peanut is just showing that he/she is "advanced". Dr. Patolia told us that since we saw such great movement, we really didn't have any threat of miscarriage--the risks were the same as if I was already 12 weeks along.

We still have the due date set as November 6th. Dr. Patolia said that she only delivers at Texas Woman's Hospital which we are very happy with--that's where Lisa (Josh's wife) delivered, and it seemed like the experience they had was a very positive one.

We can't wait! 32 more weeks until we meet our little one!! :)