Once they called my name I went back and the nurse put warm jelly on my tummy. I was happy because I always heard everyone saying the jelly is cold, and I didn't want cold jelly. Warm jelly was nice. :) Then she used the little ultra sound thingy and it didn't take long at all before we saw the baby!
I am 9 weeks and 4 days along, so every Sunday from now on will mark a new week in the pregnancy! So, this coming up Sunday, I will be at 10 weeks!
The baby was moving around a lot, the nurse said he (Obviously we don't know the gender yet, but I tend to call the baby 'he', so the baby is going to be 'he' until further notice.) was 'dancing'. It was the cutest thing in the world!
We watched the baby for a minute or so before she let me hear the heart beat. Even though I could see him moving around, I was still anxious in the moments before I heard it. But once I did, it was amazing!! I think it was at 180 bpm, it was super fast, and so cute! I felt so happy to hear it. wooosh wooosh wooosh woosh! It was cute!
The baby was sitting kind of on the right side of my tummy, and I have had some pains right where he is. I asked the nurse about it and so she looked for any cysts but there was nothing there, which is good! She said it is probably just normal pains, everything trying to fit inside of me and getting all stretched and squished around.
So, after that another nurse talked to me for a few minutes going over my medical history. She gave me a booklet with lots of information about pregnancy, and some other papers about all the different classes they offer at the Naval Hospital. They were some pretty neat pregnancy classes that I might sign up for.
Then I had to go get blood tests done. I hate these things. Blood tests are seriously the worst medical test thingy anyone could do to me. They took 7 viles. That is a lot. The nurse asked me if I usually do okay when I get my blood taken. I said "Not really." and then explained to her that I just get very nervous about it, and usually get light headed but nothing super bad. So she said she would try to get it done as quickly as she could. The first few weren't bad but on about the 4th one, my stomach started feeling sick, my head got dizzy and I started to feel really hot. It was not fun. When she was finished, I tried to stand up and I think I blacked out for a split second because I just fell back into the chair. So she helped me walk to the back of the room and made me lay down for 20 minutes. I hate getting my blood taken. After that I had to pee in a cup, which wasn't bad, besides the fact that I didn't have to pee.
All in all it was a great day! It took 2 hours to get everything done, which I guess isn't too bad. I am just so happy to have seen the baby and heard his cute little heart beat! My next doctors apt. is January 18th.
Oh happy day!! It sounds like everything went well. Dr. visits are not on my top ten either.
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