Friday, September 26th, 2012: We had our first prenatal visit to the doctor. It was our 8 week appointment. We had our first ultrasound and got to see our growing baby, technically still called a fetus, for the first time. It was so amazing! Although, it doesn't really look anything like a baby, it was ours and very surreal to see. We saw its tiny little heart beating away. We also got the best news, the baby is growing correctly, and that everything looked healthy and normal.
A few days later, we also got my blood work back from the lab. Everything was good! :)

Friday, October 26th, 2012: We had our second prenatal visit, which was our 12 week check-up. We got our second ultra-sound to see the baby, and also do the measurements for any chromosomal abnormalities. This time our baby, looked like a baby! :) Not only did we get to see the heart beat, but we also got to hear it for the first time! Our ultrasound tech said the heart looked very good. She also told us that the baby is measuring a little bit bigger than typical for this stage. But assured us that this was a very good thing and means the baby is getting all the nutrients it needs. I was very relived to hear this news. I was having pretty bad morning sickness, which really was all day. I was always nauseous and queasy. I would throw up almost every morning and evening. So to hear that everything was still great and the baby was measuring so well, it was very much a relief!
We also did additional blood work to further confirm that there were no chromosomal abnormalities. Those results came back negative and completely normal.
We decided that it was finally time to spread the good news. :)