I woke up sick to my stomach this morning. I had such a mix of emotions - excitement and fear. Today was my first visit to my high risk ob/gyn. I was ready to see my baby, but also had a little hesitation on if everything would be okay. When I went to the doctor I felt very blessed with how welcomed I was. The people were very nice and very informative. My doctor is great and all of my questions were answered! Then, I headed off to get my first ultra sound. It was so cool to lay there and look up at the big screen mounted on the wall and see my baby for the first time! Baby McDowell is truly a little peanut! My doctor said that it looked like I was only 4-5 weeks pregnant. This is not as far as I thought... but thats okay. I was just happy to know my baby was fine. We get to go back in two weeks for another ultra sound where we should get to hear the baby's heart beat! At that visit he will give me an official due date... which is looking to be pretty close to Christmas time.
After I left I went and showed my mother-in-law and my momma the first baby McDowell pictures. Needless to say, they were excited that everything was okay! Then I headed to school. My kids saw my picture when I was showing it to my special education assistant and they all rushed over to see it. They were so cute! "Is that your baby, Mrs. McDowell?" "Where is it?" "Awww..." They were so sweet! One of my favorite moments today is when I had a kid come up to me today and grabbed me from behind to give me a big tight squeeze. Then another student shouted out. "Be careful, don't squeeze Mrs. McDowell so hard... you may choke her baby!" Haha... they are so sweet and protective of their teacher.
So what have I learned today about pregnancy: That a picture of a blob can be one of the best pictures I have ever seen and that the love of a child warms my heart!
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