November 26, 2013 - Houston,Tx
Me and my husband went for a regular routine check up at the clinic which requires me to do a chest xray. I was the first one on the line for the xray and a nurse has taken my vital signs already when she started asking me about my last menstrual period. lol. Honestly, I haven't even thought about it at all being so busy with our recent move here in Houston at that time just after a very long vacation for my wedding and honeymoon plus the stress about going thru the whole unpacking and rearranging stuff in our new apartment is really taking a toll on our seemingly smooth life. Then again, the nurse asked me the same question and I thought about it and realized that it's been a month already since I had my period! Pregnant women cannot be xrayed unless totally necessary that is why they want to make sure I am not. So the nurse escorted me to the lab instead of the xray room. She gave me a cup to pee and told me to wait a few minutes. She told me to wait outside the door for her. A few minutes later she came back and told me to go back to the clinic and wait for the doctor to talk to me. At that time I knew it was already a positive pregnancy test. If it was negative I'm pretty sure we will go straight to do my xray but that didn't happen. I walked back to the clinic thinking how stupid can I be not to even notice that I am late already. hahaha. My husband on the other hand was clueless sitting there at the waiting room.
The doctor called me inside her clinic and sure enough she congratulated me for being pregnant and will soon be a mom! Wait....What?! I was not actually ready to embrace the whole idea that there is actually a living person growing inside my belly already. I don't know how to react. It's not that I am not prepared. We actually planned it already but I didn't expect we will have this blessing so soon. :p
I left the clinic feeling like I just took 3 shots of Tequila. lol. My head was spinning and I could not put my feelings together. For the first time in my life I felt so unsure, scared and I don't know what else to think about. I walked down the hall and found myself inside the restroom facing the mirror with my face looking so flushed. The girl looking exactly like my split image stared back at me and wondered if the news that I just received was real or was I just dreaming? lol. I splashed water into my face and cleaned up before I left the restroom.
I walked down the hall towards the waiting room where my husband was with short steady strides and my heart pumping like crazy. Aaron greeted me with a smile and asked if I am all done. I told him yes and left. When we were in the car I told him I have something very important to tell him. He looked so serious all of a sudden and I told him that he is going to be a father soon. I saw a hint of smile in his eyes but faded away fast when he thought that I was just kidding. I told him it's for real and our life will soon change forever with this coming baby. This time I saw him smile so broadley as if he owned the world. That smile took all of my fears away and this time I became totally excited just like him. :) We went to Jollibee for lunch to celebrate this new milestone in our life!
Ultrasound at 7 weeks and 2 days
3 weeks after the news, we scheduled an appointment with my OB. An ultrasound was done and sure enough we saw our little blueberry on the screen with its heart beating so fast. It's heartbeat sounded like the most beautiful music we've ever heard. I felt a rush of emotions just seeing that tiny dot on the screen. My husband was smiling all throughout the test even if what we saw onscreen only looked like a tiny blueberry on a black and white screen.
Fast forward 7 weeks after our first appointment we had our nuchal translucency test done (a test done to check for signs of Down's Syndrome) then at 20 wks an Anatomical ultrasound where we can see the gender of the baby. My husband said that he is pretty sure that we will be having a baby girl even if he really loves to have a first born son. I on the other hand would want to have a girl but I really have no idea what it would be. The gender wait is finally over and we found out just less than 15 seconds of my anatomical scan, the tech asked us if we are ready to know the gender. Sure enough, our baby is going to be a Girl! :)
Our little Blueberry is actually a Cute little Strawberry! I was elated! hahaha
My grumpy little baby is camera shy at 24 weeks and the tech unable to get a good facial profile because she just refused to have one done. This pic with her back towards us refusing to face front! lol
Blurry profile with our baby being so uncooperative during my repeat U/S for Anatomical screen.
Still a Girl! lol recheck of her gender at 24 wks! my husband was cracking up. I told him better luck next time!
Skeleton looking profile. Still unable to get a good shot of her facial profile because she keeps on covering her face with her hand. I guess this baby really hates the camera so badly. hahaha
It was a whole new experience for me being pregnant. For the first time in my life I felt overly protective to a person whom I haven't even met yet. This past few months I have learned to love and cherish the growing life inside me and will be looking forward to hold her very soon.
My next ultrasound will be for my BPP (Biophysical Profile) at 32 wks! I hope this time she will be more cooperative and will let us see a glimpse of her face. Oh I just can't wait! :)
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