A Little Peanut!

May 7th

This day was rather eventful for us. We headed to my OB/GYN of 8 years for the first prenatal exam and to verify pregnancy. Much to our dismay, we discovered by the end of the appointment that we definitely could not use this doctor through our current health insurance. Super bummer that I have to find someone totally new for such an important time! The amazing thing that happened that completely blessed us was a surprise ultrasound! We were told that our doctor bills for that separately (and we were planning to have it done somewhere else), until we were in the room with her when we learned that she always does an ultrasound on the first baby visit to check for a heartbeat! Yea!! So, we weren't expecting it, but we got to see our little peanut-shape child! And, we got to see the little racing heart! Truly amazing - clearly a little tiny piece of life there!! There we were, at maybe 7 or 8 weeks of pregnancy, only knowing we were pregnant for 2 1/2 of those, and not expecting to see our little one! One of the biggest blessings for me was when the doctor showed us the different between her moving the wand-thingy and the baby moving around. What a funny joy to see that! :) And, we fully expected them to determine that the baby wasn't quite as old at 7-8 weeks, but the baby's size showed up closer to the 8 week mark...which is just crazy to internalize that already we were 2 months along!

We celebrated afterwards by stopping at one of our fav places: Bread Co.

Later that night, Becky attended the first of a 6+ month series of free classes offered at the Pregnancy Resource Center. We are awarded points for attendance, doing "homework," going to church (and taking notes :] ), and even bringing the father along! Once we accumulate 6 consecutive weeks, we get our points, and get to go "shopping" at their shop for diapers, bottles, blankets, even cribs, pack-n-plays, and almost anything you can imagine for a new mommy or baby! Fun, helpful, and hopefully an opportunity to meet some other women going through the same stage in life!