First Doctor Appointment

I called the doctor's office to see if I had to come in right away or if I could come in for my first appointment later. They said I needed to come in for a physical, so my first appointment was July 5th. It wasn't really all that eventful, pee in a cup so they can do a pregnancy test (positive), blood pressure (128/80), listen to my heart, listen to my lungs, poke me in the stomach, "OK you're healthy". We didn't really need to go through too much information since it was all pretty fresh in my mind. Dr. Schuurman gave me the paperwork for blood work that needs to be done near the end of September, and filled out some other paperwork so that she could schedule my ultrasound for 19 weeks. The next time I go in is at 12 weeks, when we should be able to hear the heartbeat.

Right now I'm 7 weeks, so the baby is about 1/2 an inch long (or for Terrah who likes the fruit comparisons, "about the size of a raspberry"). Click here for more 7 week details.