MY FIRST DOCTOR APPOINTMENT

Much to my disappointment I didn't get to see the baby or hear his heartbeat... I am 7 weeks and 3 days today so it's still pretty early but I was really hoping I could at least see him so I had the peace of mind that he was really in there.. :)  Douglas came with me to the appointment which was really nice. The doc started by going over all of our family medical history and explaining what would happen at this appointment. He told us he would do a full exam and then have me do some bloodwork. When I asked about the ultrasound he said the first one is typically done at 10-12 weeks and the next (AND FINAL) one is done at 19 weeks to find out the gender.  I could not believe it was standard to only have TWO ultrasounds over the course of the entire pregnancy!! Here I thought I would get one every visit (so at least once a month).. Since he could tell I wanted one super bad he said he'd see if he could get me in tomorrow. Only down side to that is I wouldn't get one at 10-12 weeks.  He said right now the baby is the size of a peanut and the ultrasound wouldn't be too exciting.  He said at 10-12 weeks it actually looks like a real baby and you can see it move around and everything.  So after thinking about it for awhile I decided it would be best to wait.  So on our way out I scheduled our first ultrasound for July 1st (I will be 10 weeks by then) and our next appointment for July 8th (11 weeks). My hope is to see a healthy growing baby on July 1st!!!