1st Baby Visit TODAY!!!!

Well, we had the first visit today...it was a success :-)

We found out we are further along than we thought. We are 12 weeks along instead of 9/10 weeks like we thought. We had an ultrasound today to determine how far along we are & to see how the baby is doing. The baby is a perfect size, the heartbeat is great & we got to see it move too. As the ultrasound technician was taking measurements, Nate & I were able to see what was going on the whole time. First, the baby was all snuggled up & then it started to stretch it's arms out & move over, it was so amazing to see. We are even more excited now that we had our first appointment.

The doctor also gave us a due date....the date is Nate's birthday, October 19th. How crazy is that?!? Nate thinks it's going to be a boy now. We'll just have to wait & see about that.

With most doctor appointments you always go over health history & as most of you or all of you know I was very sick as a newborn. I was born with a birth defect called Trachea Esophageal Fistula. Which means my esophagus wasn't attached to my stomach, therefore I could not breathe when I was born. I also had several operations after I was born. Because of my history our doctor suggests we be referred to a high risk clinic just in case. We will be going to Rockford Memorial Hospital to the Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic to have a consult & a level 2 ultrasound. Since I haven't had any complications since I was little they don't see why anything would be wrong now. It's just a safety precaution they want to take & we are fine with that :-)

We did receive 2 ultrasound pictures of the baby. We will keep you posted with more updates as they come. Our next doctor appointment is in 2 weeks for another ultrasound & visit....Monday, April 20th. Stay tuned.....



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Love xoxo,
Rachel & Nate & Baby H