Thursday, October 19, 2006
Shocked the grandparents-to-be and upgraded doctor!
Flashback: I went shopping with Sarah Humphrey the day that this kid came into being. We spent the day at Town Center and talked about her baby that is due in early May and how excited we are and how early pregnancy really is fairly unpleasant. Sarah told me she was ready for me to start a family too so that we can share this together. I told her that Mike and I would probably be ready to start trying in January, but I really thought it would take us a long time since I've had that cyst/surgery and my cycles are WAY crazy and whatnot. Little did I know...I called her 2 weeks later to tell her that I'm pregnant! She screamed like a mad woman and I cracked up! It made me feel better to hear her get so excited! I got excited too!
Ok, so after my bad doc's appointment where she told me I wasn't pregnant, I took 2 more pregnancy tests the next 2 mornings (if you're counting, we're up to a total of 6 tests...don't judge!). They were getting darker and brighter, so I knew I wasn't crazy and I called to make an appointment with the closest OB, I didn't care who it was as long as I didn't have to go back to my doc.
In the meantime Mike and I went to my family reunion and his cousin's wedding and had to keep this secret the whole time. In the midst of my sister-in-law Brooke asking if we were ready to have the baby furniture because Ryan was graduating to a big boy bed and people asking about how my weight-loss competition with my brother was going (SO called off!). I did NOT like keeping this secret!
So we finally got to tell our parents at a lunch on Sunday 10/8. (I called Eric and told him right before, I always told him secrets first!) Mike told them that we needed to decide what his parents were going to be called because my parents are already called Grandma and Grandpa by Erica and Ryan. (This will be Mike's parents' first grandbaby.) It was quiet for a few seconds before Mike's mom finally looked at me and said, "Are you pregnant?" I nodded and she started waving her arms and screaming! My mom started crying "My baby's having a baby!" and both our dads started laughing! It was a cool moment! There were hugs all around, which took a little while!
Anyway, then I had my first doc's appointment on Monday (the 9th). He drew blood and did a sonogram. I saw this itty-bitty dark spot where the sac was growing and that was it. It was still pretty cool though! I had to go in again on Wednesday for more bloodwork. I was feeling great until I got home late Thursday night (from working at the homecoming football game!) to hear a message on our answering machine from the doctor himself saying he wanted to talk to me that night. I just about burst into tears! I knew something was wrong...doctors don't call their patients themselves! So I paged him and he called back in 2 minutes. He just wanted me to come in the next day because my bloodwork came back higher than he expected and he thought we had a chance at seeing the baby! So I went in at 10:30 thinking that this man is crazy and there is probably something wrong that he just wanted to tell me in person.
Well, we saw the baby and its heartbeat! It was insane! All I could think was, "How did that get started?" I mean seriously, how does a heart just start beating? My doc sighed and said, "Yeah, tell me there isn't a God!"
So now I completely adore my doc. He even printed out a pic of the sonogram for me complete with pink, blue and yellow border and a sweet poem below! (Click the link to see it. The baby is between the 2 asterisks.)
I have another appointment on the 30th, so I'm taking the whole day off to enjoy it!
Ok, so after my bad doc's appointment where she told me I wasn't pregnant, I took 2 more pregnancy tests the next 2 mornings (if you're counting, we're up to a total of 6 tests...don't judge!). They were getting darker and brighter, so I knew I wasn't crazy and I called to make an appointment with the closest OB, I didn't care who it was as long as I didn't have to go back to my doc.
In the meantime Mike and I went to my family reunion and his cousin's wedding and had to keep this secret the whole time. In the midst of my sister-in-law Brooke asking if we were ready to have the baby furniture because Ryan was graduating to a big boy bed and people asking about how my weight-loss competition with my brother was going (SO called off!). I did NOT like keeping this secret!
So we finally got to tell our parents at a lunch on Sunday 10/8. (I called Eric and told him right before, I always told him secrets first!) Mike told them that we needed to decide what his parents were going to be called because my parents are already called Grandma and Grandpa by Erica and Ryan. (This will be Mike's parents' first grandbaby.) It was quiet for a few seconds before Mike's mom finally looked at me and said, "Are you pregnant?" I nodded and she started waving her arms and screaming! My mom started crying "My baby's having a baby!" and both our dads started laughing! It was a cool moment! There were hugs all around, which took a little while!
Anyway, then I had my first doc's appointment on Monday (the 9th). He drew blood and did a sonogram. I saw this itty-bitty dark spot where the sac was growing and that was it. It was still pretty cool though! I had to go in again on Wednesday for more bloodwork. I was feeling great until I got home late Thursday night (from working at the homecoming football game!) to hear a message on our answering machine from the doctor himself saying he wanted to talk to me that night. I just about burst into tears! I knew something was wrong...doctors don't call their patients themselves! So I paged him and he called back in 2 minutes. He just wanted me to come in the next day because my bloodwork came back higher than he expected and he thought we had a chance at seeing the baby! So I went in at 10:30 thinking that this man is crazy and there is probably something wrong that he just wanted to tell me in person.
Well, we saw the baby and its heartbeat! It was insane! All I could think was, "How did that get started?" I mean seriously, how does a heart just start beating? My doc sighed and said, "Yeah, tell me there isn't a God!"
So now I completely adore my doc. He even printed out a pic of the sonogram for me complete with pink, blue and yellow border and a sweet poem below! (Click the link to see it. The baby is between the 2 asterisks.)
I have another appointment on the 30th, so I'm taking the whole day off to enjoy it!
# posted by Heather @ 11:02 AM 
