23-1-2009 - Oh what a day!

My mood while writing this blog: Happy

So as you probably know by now, I had my first appointment on Monday. My doctor had told me I might have some spotting since I was being poked around at and whatnot. Well it tapered off and I didn't see any reason for concern but then for the past couple of days, I was having some very very light brown spotting off and on. No cramping and no need for a pad but enough for me to freak out! Haha.

So I called my nurse and she fit me in to see my doctor today. He was going to do another sono and bloodwork if necessary. We had been a little worried because on Monday, I had a sono and all we could see was the gestational sac and the yolk (or something like that?) but my hcg levels were over 8000. Since you can usually see a baby once the levels reach around 5000, he would do another sono and if he saw nothing he'd check my levels again, since it was only 4 days later since he may not see anything else.

Well, my husband came with me and there on the screen was a tiny little baby AND a heartbeat! It must have just started because the doctor said it was slow but normal since I'm not even 6 weeks yet. It was so tiny, I had to hold my breath to keep from moving to see it.

It was beautiful! What a wonderful day...