We Got To Hear The Heartbeat!

Today, was my 1st prenatal appointment. We got to meet Dr. Meyer, who has 2 offices and delivers at Good Shepard Hospital. Doug's mom is a nurse there, so obviously, this is the hospital we chose. Dr. Meyer was fast and got to the point. I had the basic exam and then he put that cold gel on my tummy and ran the machine over it to find where the baby was. It took him about a minute to find the baby. But as soon as he did, you could hear Shorty's heart beating SO fast! WAY faster than an adults. It was the most amazing thing, I think, I have ever experienced. To hear that a human was growing inside of me, makes me speechless. I will remember that sound for the rest of my life. Words can not express that experience. After that, the Dr. talked to us about what I should and shouldn't do and what I shouldn't eat and drink. He said to back off Pepsi :( Rough Doc! Then he determined that Shorty will arrive right around January 26th 2013. Mark your calendars! He determined that by my last period. However, I know I didn't get pregnant then, so my guess is that Shorty will be born the first week of February or later. But we will go with what the Doc says and instead of my assuming I am 8 weeks, he bumped it up to 10 1/2 to 11 weeks. So I am going to count last Friday as 10 weeks and this Friday as 11. When the appointment was over, we set up another appointment in 2 weeks for our 1st ultrasound :-D EXCITING!!!!! After the appointment, I went to the lab to get some blood drawn to find out what blood type I have, etc. I am continuing to have morning sickness just about every morning. It's not fun....AT ALL! But I feel 100% better when it's all done. I lost 6 pounds between when I had blood drawn to see if I was pregnant and todays appointment. I have been eating less, but it's because I haven't been hungry. But those cravings are coming on! I feel more mellow than usual and am way more tired than usual. Well, I'm off to bed, I have a lot of 4th of July festivities to do tomorrow. Check back soon for Week 10 updates!