First Appointment

Yesterday was my first appointment with my OB GYN. FINALLY!!! I mean, I'm only 10 and half weeks pregnant. Fortunately, I really liked the facility, and everyone seemed very nice. They tried to hear the heartbeat, but we could not hear it yet. The doc also gave me some medicine for the morning sickness, and it seems to be helping alot already. It was nice to finally be able to ask any questions I had, and get some answers. I was getting a bit discouraged, and feeling like Ben and I were on our own through this.

They also moved my due date from January 9th to January 16th. It doesn't look like Ben is going to get his tax break. He has been hoping we would deliver in December for tax purposes. Isn't he sweet? HA HA. Way to think about the important stuff, right?

I also told the doc about the Intelligender test fiasco, and she said we should go with the girl test. Poor Ben, he's just not getting his way at all. We wrote the company an email, and asked them about the situation, and they are sending us another test for free. So we will get to have a tie breaker! They also said they thought the girl test was the accurate one. Which means my mother, Ben's mother, the Intelligender staff, the doctor, Ben's brother, and I all think this little one is a GIRL!!! Looks like Ben is tough out of luck.

Next week, we will have our first ultrasound, which we're very excited about. We will get to see the heartbeating, and get our first view of Baby McCarty. However, we will not find out the sex of the baby for another 8 weeks.

In the next couple of months we will go on a tour of the hospital and baby ward. We will also be taking classes through the hospital for first time pregnancies. I am so excited to finally get to have some of the enjoyable aspects of pregnancy. Up until now I had only experienced the terrible morning sickness, and back aches. In fact, the only positive thing I had experienced so far was the positive pregnancy test, and the ability to finally grow my finger nails. HA HA. Now we are getting to experience some of the fun parts, like hearing the baby's heartbeat and ultrasound. We're quickly approaching the time that we get to find out the gender. And then we'll get to prepare our little one's nursery. These things make all the aches, tears, and exhaustion well worth it.