Baby's First Photo

Today we had the first ultrasound. It was absolutely amazing to see the baby and watch the heart beat. The heart rate was about 158 beats per minute which is about double my heart rate. Sometimes I still can't believe that it's actually happening. Due to the measured size of the baby (1.49 cm) they have moved up my due date by 5 days which I fully expected. I told Bryan weeks ago that I thought the date was wrong and it should be December 3rd. I was right! Here's the photo that they sent us home with. Right now it looks pretty much like a big blob but I promise that it's a baby. Bryan was also thrilled to see that there is only one of them in there!

Storks and Chinese fortunes!

For those of you who don't know yet, we are going to have a baby!! My expected due date is December 8th. This is the photo of the stork that was in our backyard the day after we found out that I was pregnant. I also had a fortune in my cookie about a week before I took the test that read, "Your efforts are budding - Results will appear soon!" How's that for coincidence?!?

So far I have had a lot of "morning" sickness that seems to last 24 hours a day. Other than being really tired, I'm doing okay. We are both so excited and can't wait for all of the monumental events that come with being pregnant. Right now we are just waiting to hear back from the doctor about my bloodwork. Since I have thyroid problems I will be seeing a specialist a couple times throughout my pregnancy but how soon I see him will depend on the lab work. I called my Lyme Disease specialist last week to see if there were any major concerns and his nurse said that as long as I stayed symptom free that we were in the clear. That is such a huge relief so right now I'm trying to keep my stress as low as possible and get as much rest as I can.

Keep all 3 of us in your prayers!! God bless!