1st Dr. Appointment - September 23

Today was a big day for us! We went to our first Dr. appointment. It was a bit more exciting than we thought it was going to be however. After the regular first Dr. visit stuff we went down the hall excited about seeing a photo of the baby. We had one more stop before it was time to go home - the lab for blood work. Now with normal people they wouldn't even think twice about visiting the lab but, with Amy..... she was nervous even before we entered the office. If you know Amy, you would know that she has a history of fainting. She had a seat in the chair with three arms rests, (one on each side and one in the front - apparently people need that front arm rest more often than not!) we informed the Dr. of the possibility of fainting and added a "no seriously, I faint so don't freak out!" She left and came back with an ice pack thinking that it would help. A few minutes later Amy was slumped in the chair while Tony and two nurses do their thing to get her to wake up. After a few minutes she was moved to a reclining bed and then tried again to take more blood..... out of the other arm..... because they didn't learn their lesson the first time. Did you know that after you faint your blood pressure drops and it's hard to get blood? Huh!? So we sat there waiting for Amy's blood to slowly drip out. Finally the nurse says, "You have stopped giving me blood." And so the story continues. We informed the nurse that if she didn't want to have the situation happen again, she would be smart to spread out the blood.
On a different note, we heard the heartbeat today beating hard at 177 BPM. We also found out that we are only having one baby. I guess this go around it will be easy. We will save the twins for another day.

Look at that. 177 beats per minute.

Measures in at 2.09 cm.

This picture is the Ultrasound showing our little angel. Can you tell where the head is? It's on the right side and the heart is right below it - the little dark spot. So incredible!! Oh yeah... our due date is May 2. Amy predicted that same day. Yipeee!!