I had my first OB appointment for this pregnancy today.  It was kind of a long one.  I had figured a due date of December 6th based on the usual method of determining a due date, but I had a feeling that was pretty off…it was.

I saw the doctor that delivered Anna…I really like her alot.  We spent lots of time joking and laughing about me being pregnant again, but she was anxious to figure out exactly how far along I was.  She did an exam and said I felt like I was between 12-14 weeks…Ummm…WHAT???  If I was due on Dec. 6th, that would make me 9 weeks, and I didn’t think I was any further along than that FOR SURE.  So then she asked about twins running in the family, etc.  At that point I was pretty freaked out.  She brought in the doppler to try to find the heartbeat, but she didn’t have any luck with that.  I’m sure at this point she really wanted to make sure it wasn’t a molar pregnancy or if it was a multiple pregnancy, and for sure how far along.  Luckily they have their own ultrasound department, so she had them squeeze me in.  I was pretty nervous to see how that was going go!

They fit me in for the ultrasound pretty quickly.  It turns out there is only 1 baby, with one very sweet little heartbeat…measuring about 7 weeks, 4 days.  That actually is closer to how far along I thought I was.  That makes my due date officially December 17th.  It’ll most likely be a week before that though since I have to have a repeat c-section.  So right around my nephew Jack’s birthday!  Oh, and that means that when I found out I was pregnant, I was actually less than 3 weeks along!  Holy cow!

The doctor didn’t seem really sure why my uterus itself was measuring further along than I am.  She said maybe because it is tilted pretty far forward (first I’d heard of it!) and maybe because of how soon after my previous pregnancy.  I’m secretly still worried about twins…Ok, maybe not so secretly since I’m about to publish that on my blog!  Babies are just so tiny at 7 1/2 weeks, I sure hope we didn’t miss one in there!

Ok, Mark just brought me a bowl of ice cream, so I’ve to wrap this up.  I can’t let it melt, can I?  Uh, noooooo!

Here’s a pick of our newest little one…not much to see at this point and the picture is rather fuzzy.  The ultrasound was much more interesting in real life, and we could just make out a little face…and of course we could see the heart beating away.  The pictures just don’t do it justice…