March 8th was the first time I went to the doctor to confirm that yes, mommy and daddy's world was about to change, you had been with us for 6 weeks and 2 days. So the first visit was just with the nurse, and I think we might have been the first patient for this young nurse. To begin with she weighed us, and I had already gained 5lbs, that wasn't too fun to see. Then the nurse was doing the test to check my HCG levels to confirm you were in there, she proceeded to tell me I was not pregnant. It took everything I had not to cry, I wanted you so bad and thought that we were pregnant for sure. So I tell the nurse to double check b/c I know I am pregnant, she does the test again, and still says I'm not pregnant. Finally she goes and gets another nurse to check and atlas this more experienced nurse confirms that yes we are going to have a baby! So we move forward I get all of the paper work and head over to the lab to do the blood work. I called daddy and let him know that all the test were right and you were here.
March 18th was the first time I saw and heard you. You were so small and undeveloped you looked like a tadpole, at that time you were 7 weeks and 6 days. Mommy had had a bad experience before so the only thing I wanted to know was was there a heartbeat, it seemed like it took the sonographer for ever to answer the question, but when she did it was magical. I remembered how happy it made me feel, how ecstatic I was. I wanted to jump up and down and tell everyone that we were having a baby. I wanted to tell your cousins so bad, but I wanted to wait until we got farther along in the pregnancy in case anything happened.
I still can't describe how incredible that feeling was seeing you for the first time.
The next visit was on April 5th, you were 10 weeks and 2 days old. This was the first doctor visit that daddy got to come to. I was hoping that they would be able to hear your heartbeat that early on so that daddy could hear it, but what we got was even better. Well we walked into the exam room and there set the portable ultrasound machine, this got my hopes up, maybe daddy would be able to see you. The doctor came in and we did the routine visit then she said it was time to hear the heartbeat and she began preparing the ultrasound machine. As daddy and I got in position to watch, we both had the biggest smiles on our faces and we were so happy. You were so cute that day, it's amazing how much you had grown in those two weeks. We could see you moving and you were beginning to look more like a baby and less like a tadpole. You were kinda upside down with your head towards my back. We could see your little butt and your feet were just kicking away, kinda flapping back in forth like a little duckling paddling away, it was so cute. It was such an awesome experience to share that with your dad and will be one of the best memories that we have together. That was the last doctor's visit for the first trimester.
Monday, July 26, 2010
To Daphne #1
Well Daphne today you have been in my belly for 26 weeks and 3 days. It won't be long and you will be here for mommy and daddy to hold. I worked in your room last night, so far we have your bed put together, with the sheets, bumper and mobile on it. The changing table is also set up with the sheet on it, daddy said he worked harder putting it together then he does at work. We have painted your dresser and another small dresser pink, and they are in your room. I have wall sticky's that need to be put up but I am waiting on a few other things that will go on your walls first. Daphne I wish I would have started this journal to you earlier, but better late than never. I am going to start from the beginning so that later on you, daddy and I can read this and look back and remember this wonderful experience.
February 24th is the day that we found out about you. It was about 2 o'clock at work that day and I began to crave a Pimento cheese sandwich. I can't tell you that I had ever had a craving for Pimento cheese before, I don't even think I liked it much to begin with. Well as I sat there thinking why do I want cheese some other things began to swirl im my head, like hmm that hasn't happened yet this month, I haven't lost any more weight, OMG what if I am ,could it really be, we have waited so long? So at five 0'clock I left work and headed to the gym like I did everyday but instead of going right home, I went to the grocery store picked up a tub of Pimento cheese and an EPT. So I get home and the first thing your dad does is look through the grocery bags to see what I have bought to eat, he ask me if I want a Pimento cheese sandwich and I say no. I said no b/c I was on a strick diet and the only way I was going to eat that sandwich was if my little test gave me two lines. So unannounced to your dad I go and take my test and I get my two lines. I didn't know what to think, we hadn't really been trying but we weren't not trying either. So out I walk with a big smile on my face and tell daddy go ahead and make me that sandwich because we are going to have a baby!!!! He smiles but is dumbfounded he says, "really, no way how do you know." I told him I took a test, he was so happy but still was unsure. So the next day at lunch I went and bought two more test and took them at lunch. Both of those test also showed positive, so I took a picture of them on my phone and sent daddy a text and said believe me now? Daddy called and he was super excited, so was I, but I asked him not to tell anyone until I went to the doctor. Yeah right, daddy couldn't wait he began telling everyone. So on that day you were only 4 weeks and 2 days most people don't realize they are pregnant until the baby is almost 2 months along, but you were eager to let mommy and daddy know that you were here.
February 24th is the day that we found out about you. It was about 2 o'clock at work that day and I began to crave a Pimento cheese sandwich. I can't tell you that I had ever had a craving for Pimento cheese before, I don't even think I liked it much to begin with. Well as I sat there thinking why do I want cheese some other things began to swirl im my head, like hmm that hasn't happened yet this month, I haven't lost any more weight, OMG what if I am ,could it really be, we have waited so long? So at five 0'clock I left work and headed to the gym like I did everyday but instead of going right home, I went to the grocery store picked up a tub of Pimento cheese and an EPT. So I get home and the first thing your dad does is look through the grocery bags to see what I have bought to eat, he ask me if I want a Pimento cheese sandwich and I say no. I said no b/c I was on a strick diet and the only way I was going to eat that sandwich was if my little test gave me two lines. So unannounced to your dad I go and take my test and I get my two lines. I didn't know what to think, we hadn't really been trying but we weren't not trying either. So out I walk with a big smile on my face and tell daddy go ahead and make me that sandwich because we are going to have a baby!!!! He smiles but is dumbfounded he says, "really, no way how do you know." I told him I took a test, he was so happy but still was unsure. So the next day at lunch I went and bought two more test and took them at lunch. Both of those test also showed positive, so I took a picture of them on my phone and sent daddy a text and said believe me now? Daddy called and he was super excited, so was I, but I asked him not to tell anyone until I went to the doctor. Yeah right, daddy couldn't wait he began telling everyone. So on that day you were only 4 weeks and 2 days most people don't realize they are pregnant until the baby is almost 2 months along, but you were eager to let mommy and daddy know that you were here.
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