12 Week Appointment

I was scheduled to meet with the OB nurse first, however, when we got there they informed me that I wouldn't be meeting with her because she was out with a sick baby and to just tell the receptionist I needed to meet with her at my next appointment. I'm new to this whole pregnancy thing so I wasn't really sure why I needed to meet with her anyways, so I asked. Basically she will tell me what foods to avoid, how to set up hospital tours, what to expect, etc.

So after checking in I went and sat down in the waiting room. Brad was with me which was so nice because I love how involved he is already but also because I had to bring Ella with me to this appointment and I was really stressing about how she would do since she is teething and had only slept for 10 min, yikes! She was so great though and the doctors and nurses loved her and said she was welcome anytime because she was quiet and sweet and she waved to them every time they passed.

We were lucky and were scheduled for another ultrasound so they take us to this room where they have a huge tv on the wall and then the machine on the side of the bed. I'll be honest at first I HATED the tech I had. I think she assumed that Ella was our baby so she just was going through the routine and being super short. While I was sitting there so excited about every movement because hello this is my first baby!! I'm still in shock when they pull it up and there's actually a baby in there! haha. Finally I said "this is the little girl I nanny, we are so excited to be having our FIRST baby" and I swear she turned into a whole different (nicer) person after that. It was so fun to sit there and compare from our first appointment because #1 the baby actually looks like a baby instead of a blob, and #2 we have a really active little one! Our sweet baby was in there kicking and waving it's little heart out! I think we will have a soccer player on our hands!

baby schmidt at 12 weeks, 5 days

Side Note: I know probably no one else out there cares to see our ultrasound pictures, I get it. Most of the time they are hard to see clearly BUT I absolutely love looking at our little one and most of my readers are family and they love seeing baby schmidt too.

After the ultrasound they took me back to triage to get my weight and blood pressure. Once again my blood pressure was great, 102/63. I thought the top number was really low considering 120 is normal but my nurse assured me that they would rather it be low than high and it wasn't a concern. I could get used to this blood pressure while pregnant thing! I'm still below the weight (barely) I had pre-pregnancy but my appetite is coming back so I'm excited to see a bump start to show. I may be a weirdo but I honestly can't wait to have a baby bump!

After triage we had to wait a little bit more to see the doctor. Once we saw her she said we were off to a great start and baby is measuring exactly where it should be. She wanted to run more tests because my thyroid levels were a little higher than what they should be, which is normal within the first trimester of pregnancy, but she wants to be proactive about it just in case there is actually a problem. So she sent me off to the lab with paper work she already did. After they took my blood, which was a struggle y'all...my veins decided they were over it after a vile and they were really working to get a little bit more so they could run all the tests, they ended up doing the genetic testing even though we were going to opt out because of my thyroid, so we should know all of those results within 10 business days.

We were so excited to be able to see our cute baby, each time it becomes more and more real and we feel so blessed to be welcoming a little one into our family next spring. Each ultrasound makes us wish it was here already so we can snuggle him/her. Also, I'm dying to find out what the gender is so I can stop referring to the baby as "it". Hopefully all of the results come back great. I'm praying that my thyroid levels will even out and that our sweet babe will be perfectly healthy.