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.
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