I was nervous but everything started off pretty normal. Got inside the small room and laid down on the patient bed. The nurse grabbed the fetal doppler and began squirting the cold gel on my tummy. She started searching...it felt like hours went by but I knew it had only been about one minute. She couldn't find it. She told me not worry it could be hiding and she'd try again. But still...she couldn't find it. She said she would go get the doctor and he'd be sure to find it. While she left, I looked at my step mom. She looked uneasy but just stayed smiling. I looked at my husband and he just kept saying "Everything's gonna be fine..." more so trying to convince himself than me. I had mixed emotions, most of me was hanging on my faith by a thread "They are gonna find it". And then another small side of me "This is it...isn't it." I was pretty sure every single person in that room was praying the same prayer I was "Please God, let there be a healthy baby in there".
The doctor came in and after a few moment he could not find it. He simply said we would need to go to the ultrasound room to see the baby. We all walked over there and that process began. Immediately after she put the warm gel, she began telling us to look at the screen. I think I was holding my breath.
And there was a lovely heartbeat. 178 BPM and it was beautiful. Then the picture came...and both hubby and I stared with joker like smiles plastered on our face, as we watched a little human being move about on the screen!! It was AWESOME. Now I had showed hubby you tube videos of ultrasounds at 11 weeks, how the babies move. But it still shocked him to pieces to see OUR baby move! He recorded the short clip on his phone and so far I watch it about every few hours or so...I love it. The baby is moving her arms and looks like she sucks her thumb or laughing. Everyone says she looks like me because her face is real slender and not round like my hubbys.
I'm so in love already. And so happy that I'm a mile stone step closer to the second trimester (one week away!) and feel more confident in this pregnancy.
Not only did that happen on my last day of work until next week, but today I get to spend lots of time with my parents and hubby, and I'm feel much better and can't wait to eat, but tommorow I'm gonna do a bit of shopping and get my hair done (finally!) and Saturday I have a 4 hour prenatal spa day courtesy of my hubby!! All with no work, and just time to relax and enjoy this. IM SO HAPPY!!
What a wonderful birhday surprise.
Happy Birthday to Me, and Happy Gobble Gobble Day to you and yours :)
