First appointment

On Jan 26th the Sirevog's ventured out into the blizzard to go to our first appointment. It was about two hours long and we saw a nurse/midwife named Rachel who I loved. My regular doctor is out of town and I will see her next time. The first part of the appointment was uneventful. She went through the whole pregnancy checklist, family history, do you drink, smoke, do drugs etc. We talked about what is going on inside and outside. She calculated our approximate due date which is now Aug 31st. Yes, another August birthday. Previously we thought it was Sept 7th, but we got more proof later in the appointment... ...which is the fun part! The stirrups came out and I got that oh-so lovely feel you from the inside exam. Thank God I didn't have to have a pap smear, but I still got the speculum, yum. She wheeled in the ultra sound machine, lubed up the giant penis-looking ultra sound wand, and away we went. After only a minute of wiggling around my uterus came into view and right there in the corner was Babee S. It was looking right at us! See picture.

It was so awesome! We couldn't hear its hearbeat but we could see it. We also saw it wiggling around a bunch, shaking it's booty, waving arms and legs and doing side bends. As you can see I am approximately nine weeks according to the size the babee. We got another picture too then I got to go give blood. I love giving blood, I think it is amazing. It only hurts a tiny bit.

Oh, and the other cool part about my appointment is they gave me a Nose Neti! I've been looking everywhere for one and no one in this town has any idea what it is! So now I have my very own.