First Doctor's Appointment

Yesterday I had my first doctor's appointment. I didn't really know what to expect other than what I had heard (that it would be long). Andrew went with me and we both really like the doctor that we have, she really knows her stuff and is friendly and helpful.

I was a little disappointed to find out that she doesn't think that I am really 11 weeks pregnant, because of the size of my uterus she thinks that I am more like 8 or 9 weeks. Also she wasn't able to locate the heartbeat, which she can usually find between 10-12 weeks. So now I don't have a due date anymore :( However, I do have to go in for an ultrasound :) My appointment is on 11/19 at 8am. I've seen other people's photos of their ultrasounds, but I'm sure it is a lot different when it's your own.

While we were there the doctor offered to set up an appointment for us to get testing to determine if we have a high chance of having a Down Syndrome or Trisomy 18 baby. Then if we are high risk we can go in for another test to determine if our baby actually has one of those. The sad part was when she said that if baby does then we have to decide what to do - "we all think that we would keep it until it happens to us". I'm sure that she has to say that, but it just broke my heart. God will not give us more than we can handle and this is my baby we're talking about here! It makes me cry whenever I think about it. My baby is my baby no matter what.