First OB appointment

It was a good appointment! But first there was the wait. Our appointment was at 11:30 and, after some Jennifer confusion — there were three Jennifers in the tiny waiting room at the same time — we didn't get in to see the doctor until 12:45. Is this normal? Cuz it rather sucked. But I digress.

The doctor is lovely, really very nice. She asked the usual questions about medical and family history, explained her practice, took my blood pressure and weighed me, and finally got to the good stuff. She said she wanted to try to hear the heartbeat. She warned us that at 12 weeks it could be a bit early to be able to detect it with the doppler, and she wouldn't even try it if she didn't have the ultrasound machine there as a backup. Well, sure enough, she couldn't find it, so we had a quick abdominal ultrasound. The image wasn't very clear, because my bladder wasn't full, but we were still able to make out our little baby kicking around. I couldn't see its heartbeat, but the doctor assured us it was there and that everything was good. Keith thinks the baby looked like a turtle on its back. Nice!

I have decided to go ahead and do the NT scan (nuchal translucency; a test for Down's syndrome), so I will be having another ultrasound sometime in the next two weeks. I hope I will be able to get some great pics then!