First Appointment with the Midwife

We had our first appointment with the midwives today and it went great! There are three midwives in the office and each time I will meet with a different one so that I know and am comfortable with each one. Pretty easy appointment...we went over family history and any questions we had. They took urine and blood samples (the latter of which Justin held my hand and talked me through it...much easier for me when he is there). She examined my uterus and ovaries and then we had the option of having our first ultrasound. Of course I jumped at the opportunity to see our little bean :) We were able to see a tiny blur and flicker where the heart is beating away already! And I have VERY good news....there is only ONE Baby Voigts present!!! Mary said that my uterus was growing well, the baby's heart was fluttering at a rapid pace and that everything looked great so far.



Baby Voigts is still pretty tiny but he/she is located in the bottom, left corner of my uterus in the top two pictures. In the third picture, he/she is a light blur in the middle.

Now I am just waiting to get my blood work back and hopefully all is well on that front also. We did give the go ahead to test for cystic fibrosis and I am still debating on the other genetic testing available. Since my mom is adopted and we don't have any medical history, I just would feel more comfortable knowing as much as I can. But we will see, J and I have not talked it over in detail yet.

We did learn that at 20 weeks we can find out the sex of our baby so we are anxiously awaiting mid October! For now I will be going in once a month until I am further into my pregnancy. Our next appointment is on August 31st. Hoping that the next five weeks go by quickly and uneventfully ;)

Lindsey