Doctor Recap

The last 4 1/2 weeks have seemed to crawl by. I think part of that is because I've been feeling so bad and sometimes is really hard to get through the day and the other part is because I kept looking ahead to my next doctor visit so I could once again get the reassurance baby was healthy and happy. Today felt like Christmas morning, although to be fair that is just a saying since I've never celebrated Christmas!! I know it may seem strange I was so excited just for a doctors appointment especially when I wasn't going to be getting an ultrasound to see my baby in pictures, but I knew I would hear the heartbeat and that was just the perfect gift I needed.
Brad met me at the doctor's office and we were in and out in an hour although more than half of that time was spent waiting to see the doctor. It was a quick visit with not much to report. The first thing she did was listen for the heartbeat with the doppler and again sweet music to my ears to hear our baby's heart beating. Brad and I locked eyes and just got the biggest smiles on our faces. The doctor said, "You have a very healthy baby in there." The heart beat was 140bpm which is normal. Everything else is normal and where I need to be...all the bloodwork taken last time came back great and nothing to be concerned with. All great things. The doctor said that since she was able to find the heartbeat with the doppler I now have less than a 5% chance of miscarriage which is also very reassuring. She said now I can truly sit back and relax and enjoy my pregnancy, of course when I'm not feeling crummy! My next visit I will get to have a sonogram (my last one she will do if things continue to be normal through the remainder of pregnancy) which will show the baby's gender. That is 4 weeks from today.
Brad and I can't wait to find out and is the best Chanukah/Christmas present we could get!