Jen's Pregnancy Blog

It was mid-March when Brian & I found out I am pregnant. One evening we were trying to decide what to have for dinner. Everything he suggested sounded just disgusting to me and he was suggesting things I normally love. I asked Brian stop by the store on his way home from work to get another test. The results were immediate; no need to wait two minutes like it said in the instructions. The instructions made it clear that I wasn’t just newly pregnant; I had been pregnant for several weeks.

We spent the rest of the evening calling our parents and giving them the news. It was a fun evening. I think we were both excited and in shock at the same time. The next day I called my doctor who got me a referral to the high-risk OB I wanted to see. They made me wait another two weeks before coming in for an appointment.

At the first appointment, the first thing they did was have me lay down on the table and they performed and ultrasound. Brian & I were so excited to see those blurry black and grey images of our new baby. Those first imagines didn’t look a whole lot like a baby (in fact, my younger brother thought baby looked like a shark!). The technician, Suzy, took several measurements and it turns out I was already 8 weeks along. We heard the heartbeat & Brian even saw baby move. We were on cloud nine for the rest of the day.

Two weeks later I had a second ultrasound. Baby started looking more like a baby at that point. Baby had a distinguishable head and body. The arm & leg buds were visible. And Baby’s heart rate was just where it was supposed to be.