Heartbeat

Yesterday morning I got a message from my OB say that my hcg grew very quickly and my progesterone levels were elevated and to do another ultrasound this week. Of course panic set in and I immediately made an appointment for an ultrasound that same day. I figured it was a good idea since I was going in to see the doctor that day anyway and he could see the report before hand.

Troy and I got to the ultrasound place, somewhere where I am now frequenting along with Quest Diagnostics, and waited until we could be seen. The worst part... filling your bladder with 32 oz of water and waiting what seemed like forever for the exam to start. Seriously the worst part of the whole thing.

Up there on the screen there was a lot of black and white wishy washy stuff that you couldn't really make out and then all of a sudden she zoomed in on the pregnancy sack and in there you could see a little baby (that looked like a sea monkey) with a little flicker. She measured the heart beat and it was 118 beats per minute.

Relief!

Our first prenatal appointment went well. I had a pap (yuck!) and he listened to my heart, checked my breasts for lumps and made sure I was in good health. He ordered another round of blood work and off I went.

Troy was especially glad to hear that it was ok for me to travel so we are officially back on to going to Kansas City at the end of October.

All in all it was a lot of worries and fears for nothing. Everything appears to be perfectly normal and I am due on May 18th.