7 1/2 weeks

We had our first doctor appointment on June 9th (the week after school got out). Tyler came with me, which was fun, and we were anxious to get "confirmation" of the pregnancy. First they did a urine test and said the test came back positive, so the doctor told me they were going to do an ultrasound!

We got to see the teeny tiny baby, then only 12 mm long from crown to rump. Amazingly it already had a heartbeat which we could see thumping away on the screen. The doctor said he/she had great cardiac activity and everything looked good! In the picture, most of the screen is my uterus, the black area is fluid, and the fuzzy white part in there is the baby!


Tyler and I wanted to wait a few weeks to tell the good news so we kept it to ourselves for a month before announcing it to the grandparents. It was fun to have a secret just to ourselves for a while but it was also so great to see our parents' & siblings' reactions.