Well, I'm sure most of you already saw this on facebook, but here is an update. We had a doctor's appointment today. It was at 11am. We got there right at 11, so I assumed since we weren't early we might have to wait a bit. After waiting an hour and watching people go in and out of the office that had arrived after us, I became very impatient. The nurse popped out to call back yet another person, but was nice enough to let us know that the reason we were waiting is because we were going in the room with the ultrasound machine. I went from impatient to ecstatic immediately! I'll wait as long as I need to if it means I get to see the baby!!! Finally we were called back and suddenly everything was a big rush. The doctor came in and said if she found the baby's heartbeat on the doppler, then we'd skip the ultrasound. She searched for a heartbeat and couldn't find it at first. A part of me didn't want her to find it so we could have an ultrasound, but then I started to worry that something was wrong and I wanted her to just find the heartbeat. She did finally find the heartbeat (heart rate was in the 150s), asked if we had any questions, and then quickly ran out the door. The nurse came in and apologized that we waited so long and didn't get an ultrasound after all. We could hear the conversation outside about some kind of emergency, and the nurse did confirm that there was a baby in the NICU that needed emergency care.
To make matters worse, I had rushed out the door before the doctor's appointment and hadn't had breakfast and was starving. We went to the little cafe downstairs after the appointment and I got a grilled chicken sandwich NO MAYO. I don't like mayo, so I always ask for no mayo, and it is not uncommon for my sandwich to come with mayo. Normally it's just not that big of a deal. I scrape off what I can and eat the sandwich. Today, it felt like my world was crumbling down. I scraped off the mayo, and I just wanted to cry!
Since it was literally raining cats and dogs (sorry Texas, I wish I could send it to you), I decided to drive into work instead of taking the metro. So, I needed to drop Doug off at home. I started to drive towards the house and the road was closed due to flooding. Great... just great! All through this Doug is being a champ. He had to work last night, so he was at this appointment on a few hours of sleep. Not to mention he was already running on little sleep from the day before, plus he has to work tonight as well. He's trying to stay positive and reason with me..."Things could be worse, the baby had a strong heartbeat... We'll see the baby on Monday, it's only a few days away... There was a baby at the NICU that needed the doctor more than we did"... oh he tried and tried, but there was absolutely no reasoning with me.
Obviously these pregnancy hormones are taking a toll. I really shouldn't have been as upset as I was. We have an ultrasound scheduled on Monday... it really is only a few days away. I should have been elated just hearing a strong, healthy heart beat. Even as I started to calm down heading into work I still felt VERY upset, but my brain completely recognized I was being irrational, but I couldn't change the way I was feeling. These pregnancy hormones are no joke!
On another note, Doug FINALLY agreed to pay out of pocket to find out the baby's gender 4 weeks early :) We decided since our 5 year anniversary is coming up, it could be our anniversary gift to each other. There was a package that included the early gender scan for free, so we decided to go with that one. His only stipulation is that we don't go out and buy things pink/blue until we get confirmation at our 20 week anatomy scan. He doesn't really want to announce it either, because he's afraid family might get excited and go out and buy the baby some presents! I told him I'd keep the receipts... isn't that good enough? :)
We've scheduled our 2D gender scan in the evening on October 7th! Then we'll schedule our 3D/4D ultrasound 26-34 weeks into the pregnancy (probably late December or early January). The neat thing about this facility is they have seating for 5-7 people on a big couch with a big screen TV where the ultrasound is shown for everyone to see! For our out of town family and friends, they offer "Sonostream Live" where you can experience the ultrasound session live (during the exam) or on-demand (after the exam) from your computer. We can also opt to turn the microphone on so the people online can hear our oohhhs and aaahhhs too! It's a great option, but it does cost $12.95 for anyone who wants to use it. We won't be able to buy this service for everyone, so if you want to experience it live, you'll have to pay for it on your own (sorry) BUT if you don't want to pay, we will be getting the session on DVD, and we could make a copy and send that instead!
If anyone is interested in Sonostream Live for our pink/blue appointment please send me an email at kathy.timberlake@gmail.com. This session is only supposed to be able 10 minutes long and is only 2D, so you may want to save your $$ for the later session, but if you are still interested let me know!
Well, I think that's all for now! I'll have another update on Monday when I will finally be able to see my baby again :)
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