First Doctor's Appointment

Baby Major is 9 weeks, 4 days today.

Well this is our first post on this site! Thanks to my cousins Chase and Sara (who are expecting their own little one in January) for giving me the idea to start this. Now let's just hope I can keep this updated and stick with it through the busy months ahead!

We had our first doctor's appointment on November 30th. It felt like we were there forever! They went through all of our family history, did the initial exam and followed it up with blood work. We were then told we would have an ultrasound to date the pregnancy and determine the due date. This was completely unexpected since we were told we probably wouldn't have our first ultrasound until closer to 18-20 weeks. But we were very excited to see if there was really anything growing in there. And there was!! They gave us three pictures of the ultrasound, which you can see below, and told us we were 6 weeks and 5 days at the time of the appointment. Our due date is July 21st.

Our baby's first picture!

This one is more of an actual size photo but we were able to hear the heartbeat. It's displayed at the bottom of the picture and the heart rate was 123.

Needless to say the ultrasound was definitely worth the wait in the doctor's office. We have our next appointment scheduled for December 30th. I will be exactly 11 weeks on that day. I believe they just plan to go over the blood work results, maybe listen to the heartbeat again and schedule any 1st trimester screenings that will be done.

Since then I've been feeling decent throughout most of the pregnancy so far. I had my share of morning sickness between weeks 4 - 7. The biggest thing that has been affecting me is the fatigue. As Brad would say, I sleep about 90% of the time. Which is a bit of an exaggeration but not by much. I'm definitely in bed by 10 on most nights and after work I almost always take a nap. But that's really all so I can't complain too much.

I believe that's all I have to say as of right now. Like I said, hopefully I will remember to keep this updated with new and interesting information. Merry Christmas everybody!