We decided on a name!

I had another Doctors appt. yesterday. The doctor says that everything sounds great and looks great. My blood tests came back normal which was a huge relief since that checked for abnormalities in her development. I have to go back again for another ultrasound because the last time I guess they didn't get a good enough picture of the heart. The lady that took the pictures must have not taken them right because she was showing us all the chambers of the heart and how they were working. We saw it clear as day so she must have just missed taking the picture. I can't be disappointed though because that just means that I get to see her again!

She is really moving around now! She kicks surprisingly hard for being so little. She is a little stinker though because every time I have Kyle feel for her she stops. That's my little stubborn one!

So now to the fun part: We officially decided on name for her... Addison Grace Brown... We think it is such a great name. I think it sounds so pretty and sweet! She'll be Addi for short.

It's A Girl!!

After almost two hours of poking and walking around to try to make her move, we finally got the news that its a girl! We are so excited! The tech said that everything looked great and that the due date of April 27th is right on track.

Here is the baby bump!

Finally have an official date!

We took another trip to the doctors yesterday. I'll start with the bad news first, I ended up with the flu of all things, so I am trying to get myself over that now. On to the good news... All my blood tests came back totally normal and she says that I am healthy! She also said that the ultrasound results said that I am a little further along than she thought and I am now officially due April 27th! So that makes me 12 weeks and 6 days as of today! We also get to find out the gender in 5 weeks which just can't come soon enough. We already have the appointment so check back at least on the 21st of November and we will all get to know! My mom came to the doctors with us which was awesome because we got to hear the heartbeat for the first time which, pretty much took my breath away! How amazing! I am glad that she got to come and she also brought over a bunch of my old baby clothes that she found in their attic and didn't even know they were up there. So cute!

Morning Sickness

Well morning sickness has definitely kicked in. I am nauseous everyday it seems. At first it was not too bad but lately the sight of most food gets to me. Now smells are really getting to me too. We had another ultrasound today. Kyle could not get off of work so unfortunately he missed it. When the tech finally showed me the picture you could really see that its a baby! Not some strange blob. You could see the huge head and the arms and legs moving around! So fun! Sadly I didn't get a picture of it, the tech didn't give me one. I am going to ask my doctor at the next appointment if she can print one off since she is getting all the images from the ultrasound place. So stay tuned for a much more clear picture. It sorta looks like a teddy bear! HAHA

The new doctor!

On Friday the 12th we went to a new doctor. The whole experience was completely, 100% different! The staff was wonderful and the doctor were really nice! They all were very informative and really made Kyle and I at ease. They did an ultrasound and YES, this time we got to see the baby! It was amazing! We could see the little itty bity heartbeat and everything! It was so unreal to think that little heart was beating away inside of me! That was actually our baby! The doctor said that as far as she could tell everything looks great! And she said that there is no way that the other doctors office could see the baby that last time, it was way too early, totally normal for it not to be seen! Why couldn't the other place tell us that? So once again the ultrasound put me back at 6 weeks. Thats the third time in three weeks thatI have been told that I am only 6 weeks along! Haha. Our due date is now May 7th which is really funny cause both Kyle and I thought the 8th of May since we found out we were even pregnant. Strange how that works. We left the doctors feeling wonderful about everything, and this doctor even delivers at the hospital right next to our house! Literally less than 2 miles away. We have another ultrasound scheduled on the 26th, this one is going to give us a "for sure" date of delivery so that will be nice to know after so long of not getting it right. Oh yes and for all you terrible (not really!) people out there who tried to convince us that we were having twins, you can all just hush, only one heartbeat on the monitors, thankyouverymuch!

The Ultrasound

We went to the doctor yesterday for the first ultrasound. Unfortunately it was not what we had expected! First of all we had to wait in the waiting room for over a half an hour, which was half the time at the first appointment but was still way too long. When we were finally called back we went into the ultrasound room and the technician didn't even tell me what she was doing or what to expect. She without any warning squirted on the gel all over, which was very cold. Then she pushed the wand down on my stomach pretty hard and started to take a bunch of pictures. She asked me some strange questions and said that she couldn't see the Fetal Pole or a heartbeat. She measured the gestational sac and said that I am measuring about 6 weeks and two days. Then she said congratulations and asked if we wanted a picture of the sac. We were very confused and said no to the picture. We then had to go back out into the waiting room until the doctor was ready. When the doctor came into the room (not even the same doctor as the last time) she handed me a paper and said that the fetal pole was not detected and I asked if that was normal. Her only words were "Well I can't tell you that its normal, and I can't tell you that its not." She left it at that with on other explanation! And she didn't even tell me the results of my blood work from two weeks ago!

So me being the worrier that I am started to get upset and worried that something was wrong, but they wouldn't give me a better answer. I went back to work and told them what had happened and I come to find out that another Co- worker of mine,Abbey, that is also pregnant wasn't allowed to get an ultrasound until she was suspected to be around 11 weeks. We looked information up on the internet and asked Kristin's mom (who used to be a high risk pregnancy nurse) about what had happened and it seems that it is normal to not see anything until at least 10 weeks! Why couldn't the doctor tell me that? So we decided to go to another doctor for a second opinion and that appointment will be on the 12th.

So I am now able to relax a little knowing that its ok that we didn't see anything. We are totally not sure of our due date know it may be April 26th. Who knows anymore?!