Newlyweds: The DeWitte's: First Appointment and Ultrasound Pics!

Today was a big day! Wes and I both had trouble sleeping last night, possibly due to all the excitement we had about getting to see our little one!

Although I was very excited, I have recently developed crazy lower back pain only when I sleep at night. Wes kept telling me it was from laying in bed too long but I beg to differ. First of all, I'm pregnant, I'm supposed to sleep a lot! And two....it bothers me no matter if I've been laying in bed five hours or ten.

Once I get out of bed, I'm fine and the pain slowly goes away. But my gosh...the pain while I am sleeping and trying to move from side to side and get comfortable is ridiculous! The nurse today said it could just possibly be my uterus is growing and causing all the muscles and ligaments in my hips and back to stretch and adjust causing the pain. Every ache and pain in pregnancy always has a silver lining and it is usually always the same...baby is growing! Which is always good to be reminded of.

And of course what is the ONLY pain reliever safe for pregnancy....Tylenol!! Lovely...really could use an 800mg Motrin for this pain but Tylenol it is. So I am going to try taking Tylenol before going to bed and see if it helps. I'm hoping it does, but not getting my hopes up.

My belly has officially started to grow (pics at the end of the post, I promise). I wasn't so convinced it was baby but Wes kept looking at me saying, "No...I'm pretty sure that hasn't been there before. That's got to be baby."

I worked Monday night and a friend at work talked me into doing a quick abdominal ultrasound just to see baby's progress.

And....

Okay, Wes was right. The belly is most likely due to baby and how much he/she has grown! Wow!! How fast the little thing grew in just four short weeks is remarkable! Our ultrasound machine at work isn't the best quality but we were still able to see the outline of baby which now actually looks like a baby and not a little dragon!

Heart was just a pumping and little arms and legs have sprouted. Pretty amazing and such a "little" miracle. I was glad I was talked into doing this ultrasound (even though my real one was just days away). It had been a long weekend and it was just what I needed to get through the rest of my work week.

This morning was our first official prenatal visit. I only visited with the nurse but she went over all the pregnancy "dos" and "don'ts", drew some blood, answered any questions we had and then sent us on our way with an order for our ultrasound.

I have continued to feel really great the past two weeks. However....this morning was a huge challenge.

I think it was due to me not being used to having to get up early and start moving so quickly. I'm used to not only sleeping in until ten o'clock but then I have plenty of time to ease into my morning with breakfast and getting ready.

Not the case today...I immediately had to hit the floor running and therefore didn't have time to eat when I woke up.

And thus the nausea hit....hard....

By the time it was time to walk out the door, I felt awful and not feeling like I could eat or drink anything. Great....Let's hope I can make it through this appointment without a trip to the bathroom.

Well, I did make it through my appointment but just barely. We were walking out to the car, got into the car and I immediately had to get right back out and hurry into the building to find the nearest bathroom.

Side Note: These fancy automatic flushing toilets are wonderful inventions and all....but for someone who has their head in the toilet bowl, sick as all get out...the repetitive, out of no where flush...is a little annoying...just saying...

Our ultrasound appointment wasn't for another hour so we left and went home. I was able to eat a little something and take a short nap then it was time to head back for the moment we'd both been waiting for! And was it ever worth the wait!!

They sent us home with a CD of a few still pictures and then a couple videos. This baby was moving like crazy! I can only imagine what that will feel like in just a few short weeks. I can't wait!!

And the heartbeat....what a beautiful sound it was to finally HEAR the heartbeat. We had seen it since week five but to hear it took the reality of the situation to a whole new level.

She turned on the sound so we could hear, and let me tell you what....that little thing was a racing!! She calculated it out to 180 beats per minute. Wow! It's no wonder I'm always hungry, it's burning so much energy pumping that heart so fast!

We were told that girls are known to have faster heartbeats than boys but we will just have to wait and see! Either way, we are happy. A healthy baby is all that matters.

Here are the pictures and videos we got:

According the the measurements, baby is measuring 9 weeks and 2 days.

Already growing faster than the original due date!

Our little gummy bear!

Baby is doing a little kickboxing action in this one.

If you look close at this one, you can see the little heart beating like crazy. Pretty amazing!

This the best one of how active he/she is! Maybe it's a good thing I can't feel all that movement just yet! I'd really not be able to sleep. Give it time...I know.. :)

The night before our appointment, we made a trip to Target. I got the idea from a friend at work to start buying one package of diapers each pay period. She said she didn't have to buy diapers for almost four months.

So we decided we might as well!

Our first pack of diapers!

And we just might have jinxed ourselves on this purchase, but I couldn't resist when I saw it. I was afraid when it was time to buy it, it would be gone. Tell me these aren't perfect for our family. :)