We have been blessed!

Of course, I had the doctor's number on speed dial and starting calling at 8:55am continually until they finally answered at 9:02am!! The doctor immediately ordered blood work to confirm the positive pregnancy tests and to check my historically low hormone levels. I went to LabCorp to have the blood work completed the next morning. To my surprise, the doctor called me by noon and confirmed that we were in fact pregnant and my hormone levels looked great!! He also ordered an ultrasound and continual blood work every two weeks to monitor my hormone levels!

Later that week we went for our first ultrasound which merely showed a black dot the size of a quarter. How amazing!!! They were able to determine that I was 6 weeks pregnant with a due date of August 13th. We were so thrilled, but it still hadn't completely sunk in yet. Since the ultrasound was so early on, they were not able to detect heart beat yet, so my doctor ordered another ultrasound about three weeks later.

My blood work continued to look great as we approached Christmas and our second ultrasound. However, I was starting to have 24/7 nausea, which was difficult to cover up with my parents staying with Dan and I for 10 days over Christmas!

The second ultrasound was amazing! The baby had almost doubled in size and you could now see the flickering of its heart. So awesome! The heart beat during this ultrasound was 169, which they say means a girl...but we will see.