10-25-12. I was at work just going about my business when my Dr's care coordinater called me and said that my bloodwork was looking great and everything was doubling as it should, so Dr. McCollum wanted me to have an ultrasound immediately. At first I was taken over with fear. This is what I thought, "Immediately...that seems like a scary word. What is wrong?" But then, she assured me that they just wanted to give me an early ultrasound and then another one in two weeks, then three...and so on. I was so thankful and excited because I didn't think I was going to have one until almost 9 weeks because that was the first "scheduled" appointment I had with my Dr. So, the phone call was a little blessing. Although leading up to the actual first ultrasound I experienced some pretty terrifing thoughts and my emotions were all over the place. It would be the first time I had an ultrasound since there was no heartbeat last May. I didn't want to go back in the room without my Dr. with me. I wanted Matt to come to hear our baby's heart beat IF everything was ok. I didn't want him to come just in case everything wasn't ok. I am so much stronger without him there. I can pretty much hold myself together if Matt or Dr. McCollum aren't around. I was excited too though! And hopeful! Just scared out of my mind. You can see...I went back and forth right up until I walked in. I was extremely blessed by 4 friends that knew that I was pregnant for sending me messages at the exact moment that I was driving up to my appointment. Seriously. They were messages of comfort, prayer, and encouraging words. Those words really lifted me up in that moment.
My appointment was after school and Matt met me at the office. He wasn't going to let me talk him out of missing my appointment. Y'all we had the sweetest tech. One that I never had last time...which was a relief. She was really great and so thoughtful. We heard that glorious sound...the best one in the world. Our baby's heart beating strong for so early. I was 6 weeks and the heart rate was 137. She wrote different sayings on the pictures and printed us out different ones. She was just so informative and really changed my ultrasound experience because of her sweet personality, thorough explanations about everything, and kind heart. We were both pleased!
We were so grateful that our baby was growing well so far. We had to stay in the little ultrasound room for a little and bit and get ourselves together. For me I had to wipe the tears away, and Matt had to wipe the grin off of his face. Haha! We knew we would most likely see some people that we knew in the waiting room and we were still keeping our news a secret! What a sweet memory!
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