first doctor's appointment

Who knew that your first prenatal appointment would last almost 4 hours?!?  I was told to be prepared for a long day, but I honestly had no idea it would take that long.

Baby daddy and I arrived at Women's at 7:30 a.m.  He had never been in that type of environment before, but if it phased him at all, you couldn't tell.  But I could tell that he was definitely not a morning person.  (Good to know, right?) We get up to desk and I'm given a packet of information to fill out.  I immediately called my mom since I had no clue what types of illnesses and diseases my grandparents had/have. I learned that I have quite a few different avenues of sickness to look forward to when I  get older.  Maybe I'll go the Alzheimer route or maybe heart disease will get me--only time will tell.  Good to know I guess.

After I filled out all the paper work, we went and met with the accountant.  Having a baby is not cheap, but thank goodness for great insurance. I might end up spending more on my wisdom teeth than I will on having a human removed from me--something is wrong with that.

After we got all our financial information, we waited again and then finally got called back into the room.  I LOVE my nurse.  She is so smart and easy to talk to--I immediately felt like I could call her for anything.  Maybe it was the page and a half of questions that I had and she breezed through or her bubbly personality--either way, I love her.  The doctor was running behind, so I went to do my blood-work and get my first ultrasound. 

Oh my goodness the ultrasound was something I can't get over.  I can't express how many anxious thoughts I had running through my head.  Is a baby actually in there?  What if I'm not really pregnant?  What if it doesn't have heartbeat? But once I got into the room and saw the strong heartbeat, all my worries and fears vanished and I realized just how silly I had been in my thinking and worry.  It was like none of it mattered because God had blessed us with new life.

I wish I could say that I cried or it was some monumental moment,  but it was just there and over in a flash. I was so caught up in all things I was seeing that I didn't have time to process it at that time.  The tech showed me my ovaries, pelvis, and other things that I can't remember. It was amazing. I can't wait until my next one in October to see how baby J has grown.

After that, we finally made our way down to the doctor, where she said everything looked just as it should, she answered a few more of my questions, and I got an official due date: April 28.  Turns out I was a few days further along that I expected and that we actually did conceive on our anniversary trip.  For some reason that made me happy. 

Once our super long appointment was over, Joel and I went to our favorite breakfast place (Frank's) and talked about everything we had just experienced.  We also made a list of things to be praying for baby J for and things we are looking forward to--it was a sweet moment.

All in all, it was an exhausting but incredible morning.  One that I'm so very grateful for! :)