Meeting Dr. Rees and Hello 2nd Trimester!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to post a quick update-we had our first actual OB appointment! As I mentioned in the last post, we have been under the care of the infertility specialists up until this point. But now we're finally OB patients which means that this pregnancy is well on its way. And coincidentally, the day of the appointment (last Friday) also marked the first day of our second trimester! This is the typical time that most would start to tell friends and family that they're having a baby but I guess we're well past that. :) For those of you who don't know, the reason for the wait is because most complications/miscarriages occur during the first trimester when all the crucial developments are taking place. So, we're VERY happy to have cleared that milestone-WOOHOO!! Anyways, Thom and I flew out to GA on Thursday night after work and got to Columbus around 1am. Unbeknownst to us, our hotel actually "closes" at 11pm so we were a bit shocked to find out that the doors were locked and we couldn't get in! Luckily, I had the number and the late night manager was nice enough to sneak us in. Phew-otherwise I think Laura and the fam may have had a rude awakening to find us pounding on their door for a place to sleep. :) The next morning (or a few hours later, I guess!), Thom and I went for a little tour of Columbus (as Laura says, not much to see!) and found a quaint little restaurant that serves "authentic Southern BBQ" food which Thom was thrilled about. I was also VERY happy to discover that this includes my favorite....FRIED PICKLES! Here is a glimpse of the tasty goodness before they were devoured.

Anyways, onto bigger and better things...the appointment! Dr. Rees, the OB that Laura and I picked out long before we were even pregnant, was great. She has definitely been in the business for awhile and knows her stuff. She's actually the only doctor in the practice which, I guess, increases our chances of actually having OUR doctor deliver the baby. This will be especially great since she'll be the one who knows the whole story and has met not only Laura but Thom and I as well! The whole staff was wonderful-they already knew about our situation coming in and were very welcoming, understanding, and professional. Both the medical assistant and Dr. Rees treated Thom and I like mom and dad-as soon as Dr. Rees entered the room she looked right at me and said "you're going to have a baby!" and also told the medical assistant "you can go get daddy now" when the ultrasound was all ready to go. I know these seem like such little things but they mean a WHOLE lot to me. So, overall we were very pleased with the appointment and, since we weren't expecting another ultrasound, we were pleasantly suprised to get to see our little baby again! Its amazing how just a few weeks can make such a difference in development. This time, we could actually see arms and legs and, overall, the baby looked a lot more like a baby and less like a potato with a hearbeat! :) So, that's really all I have to share today. The trip was very quick (they keep getting shorter!) because, as soon as the appointment was over, we had to hug Laura goodbye and rush to the airport where we barely made our plane! But of COURSE we took a few minutes to snap some pictures in the parking lot (which was apparently very entertaining to a nice lady who was watching and laughing at us from her car). I have to credit Laura for being such a great sport while I posed and re-posed her for all these shots right in the middle of the parking lot. Thanks, Laura! Anyways, here they are!

My attempt at artistic photography. Note the baby is already in proper position!

12 weeks! 2nd trimester begins!

The happy couple! ;-) Next big step...the 20week ultrasound where we'll get a REAL good look at our little one and can choose to find out the gender (thinking we're not going to!!) Thanks for reading!