Still kicking

This last week has been an exciting and nerve racking one. Tuesday we had our first MD appointment. They confirmed that I was pregnant and ordered an ultrasound and some lab work. As I have been nervous about miscarriage, I asked my Doctor about it and she said that once I hear a heartbeat on the ultrasound, the risk of miscarriage drops to about 5%. Well, that made waiting for the ultrasound even harder and even scarier! I scheduled it for Thursday. Seth met me there and they took me in and, A HEARTBEAT!! A STRONG HEARTBEAT! Seth and I cried tears of joy. I am worrying much less now. The lady who did the ultrasound said that everything looked good and that I am eight weeks along and my due date is March 24. Wow! How exciting! I go back to the doctor in one month.

Seth and I traveled to my home town this weekend to share our exciting news with my family. I wanted to tell my mom and dad earlier, but this is so important to them that I wanted to be there in person to see their faces when they heard the news.

I wrapped up my preganany test in a jewelry box and gave it to my mom as a birthday gift with some other things. She opened it up and was completely speechless! She looked up at me in disbelief and said "Are you serious? Is this a joke?" Once it sunk it, she and my dad were overjoyed. We had the video of the ultrasound so they were able to hear the heartbeat too. It was such a special time for us to share together. It's their first grandbaby!

Seth and I are so thankful to the Lord for His blessing us with a baby. I still can't believe that it is for real and probably won't until I hold "her" in my arms. I say "her" because I am convinced it's a girl. Seth of course is convinced it is a boy as is the rest of my family. We are going to be surprised so no one will know until the end of march! I don't know how I am going to be able to wait! I really don't care if it's a girl or boy though. I just want a healthy baby.