FAMILY: New Ultrasound Picture!
So we went to the doctor today, and we had our very first ultrasound done! It was so exciting! And although it wasn’t exactly comfortable (didn’t do the gel on the belly thing, had to go a different route…), as soon as I saw the little bean in my belly, I forgot all about the awkwardness of it. Amazing what a little miracle does to you.
November Ultrasound
FAMILY: 7 Weeks!
I’m not sure how many people read this blog, so I hope that nobody that we haven’t told personally reads this. If so, I’m really sorry and I hope to let you know about it all in person anyway!
I had a doctor’s appointment scheduled for today about two weeks ago just to get a general physical and pap done. I hadn’t started at all this month and was going to ask the doctor about it. I had taken, count them, FOUR pregnancy tests and ALL of them turned up negative. So I was sure that I was just missing this month because of stress. I’ve got a lot going on.
So I go in to see the doctor. I get my pap done. She tells me that we should do a pregnancy test again just in case. I didn’t think it would be any different but thought it a good idea anyway.
While the pap wasn’t very comfortable to do, it was completely erased from my mind when she came back in and said that this test was positive! According to the first day of my last period, I’m about 7 weeks pregnant right now.
HEALTH: Hypothyroid
I’m actually really happy and relieved right now. I just got a call from the doctor. I had a blood test done on the 7th of this month. I thought I might have PCOS (Polysystic Ovarian Syndrome) because my sister has it, and since it’s one of the leading causes, if not THE leading cause, of infertility, I wanted to be sure that I didn’t have it. The doctor said that I didn’t appear to have it but she’d test me for it anyway.
So I got my blood drawn for the first time in my life (weird, I know, I’m 22). And that actually didn’t scare me nearly as badly as I thought it would. The guy was really nice and funny. I looked really nervous when I went in there. He, of course, noticed, and I told him that it was the first time I’d ever gotten my blood drawn before. He was definitely surprised. But he said something like, “Well it’s my first time drawing blood. So we’re about equal.” I laughed. It helped. Then he said, “Didn’t think they’d let the janitor do this, did you?” I laughed harder. He pulled out the needle. I stopped breathing.
And then it was done. No not really. It actually took quite a while (a while being like two minutes) because he had to take, like, seven vials of my blood. I didn’t look at my arm at all while he was doing it except for the occasional glance to make sure my blood was actually red. But it went quickly enough.
Anyway, back to today. The doctor called and told me that I don’t have PCOS. That was really, really good. I was happy to hear that, for sure. But she did say that I had Hypothyroidism. Big surprise there. My mom, dad, and sister all have it. But I’ll take that over PCOS anyday. I just have to take a tiny little pill everyday for the rest of my life. I can deal with that for sure.
