Yesterday was my first prenatal appointment. I had never been to a male OBGYN before, so I was a little nervous! Also, of course, nervous about the baby. This was going to be my first official source of information since I found out 2 1/2 weeks ago that I was pregnant. Ryan wasn't able to get out of work to go with me, but fortunately my mom was. She has been such an awesome help to me, I have gone to her almost everyday with some question or another, and she has always been a real comfort to me and a great source of advice.
Anyway, Dr. Rogers met with us in his office first, asked me a few medical questions and then asked me if I had any questions. I didn't really, so he went on to reassure me of things I might be worried about. He told me that many people think and want you to think that you could hurt your baby so easily, and he said that in fact, babies are very resilient. He said that pregnancy is one of those things that God just takes out of our hands and we don't have a whole lot to do with it. He told me there are 4 things that I can't do: Alcohol, Tobacco, Recreational Drugs and Contact Sports. He said he didn't think any of those applied to me anyway, and I said no. :-)
Then he took me to the ultrasound room. I won't go into too much detail here, but when the image of my baby showed up on that screen, it took my breath away and tears filled my eyes. My mom was teary, too. It was never more real until that moment. He said I was 8 weeks and 3 days along and I was shocked! I thought I was only 6 weeks, but apparently, I was already 6 weeks when I found out I was pregnant! He gave me a copy to take home with me.
They had to take my blood after that, which I didn't like at all! Everything about blood makes me nauseous...The sight, the thought, the needle in my arm...yuck. Anyway, that was over pretty quickly, thankfully, and I was on my way out. The nurse handed me a little bag full of all sorts of 'goodies' as I left. There were 9 different samples of vitamins for me to try out and pick one. There were tons and tons of coupons and special offers for all kinds of pregnancy/baby related things from maternity clothes to baby photo shoots. Also, there were like 5 booklets/magazines on babies and pregnancy. My favorite is called "As your baby grows" and it goes through each month of pregnancy and labor and shows you pictures of the baby's development and has two-four page articles on everything related to that month. It is amazing to think how developed my baby actually is.
I am so excited, yet so tired. I slept pretty much all day yesterday, when I wasn't at the doctor or at church. And I threw up at the office today a couple hours after taking my vitamins for the first time. I really need to take them with lunch so I don't get so sick. There is nothing like throwing up in a bathroom that is used by all men. *yuck* I hope my boss didn't hear me! I am not ready to tell them yet; I don't have the guts yet!
My prayer is that God will develop me into the mom He wants me to be, and that He will continue to teach and guide me and comfort me throughout this whole thing. I also pray that Ryan will have enough guys that have been through this to talk with, and to reassure him, and that I won't be selfish or moody in a way that negatively affects him. I love him so much and am so excited to be able to go through this with him!
