My first peak...

This was the first ultrasound at 11 weeks. As you see the baby was lying on it's belly so I only got to see the side view. I didn't get to see it for very long but I got to see the heartbeat and see it moving around so that was enough for me for the time being. It was so stinkin cool to actually see my baby inside of my belly! Pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen. Jake didn't get to be there for it because he was at WLC but hopefully we'll get another peak in a couple of weeks and he'll get to see it then.

Army Doctor Aggrevation...

Ok so I went to see my regular dr on Oct 1 to confirm my pregnancy. At that point I was already 8 weeks along. He then referred me to a certain dr at Metroplex which is a non-post hospital and is what I preferred. My dr told me they would be contacting me within 3-4 days to set up my OBGYN appt. I was thinking ok surely I'll get in soon. Well someone calls me about a week later and schedules me for my first appt on Oct31. Yeah that's right, a whole month later. A few days later, upon talking with a friend of mine, she told me my first visit I'll only be filling out paperwork..that's it. So on my 12 1/2 week visit I'll be filling out paperwork instead of hearing my baby's heartbeat and seeing that everything is ok! Unbelievable! Then at that appt they will schedule me for my actual physical where I can find out everything is progressing normally and see and hear my baby's heartbeat...I'll be at least 14 weeks at that point, if I'm lucky to get in in two weeks. I am so frustrated about this. I mean seriously, I had to wait one month to fill out paperwork...how ridiculous is that!! Oh and come to find out I was referred to the wrong dr. My appt is at Darnell-the hospital on post-not Metroplex which is where I wanted to go.
I just feel like there is no sense of urgency and I definitely don't feel taken care of by the Army at this point. I'm being caused undue stress that my baby doesn't need. I am trying really hard to not stress out and to not let it bother me too much. But I am very disappointed in how Army spouses are treated sometimes.

Necessities...

So I'm pregnant for the first time in my 29 years of life, therefore I had no idea what to expect. In my 10 1/2 weeks of pregnancy I have come to realize that these wonderful items have been a must in my life and always at the top of my grocery list:

Prenatal vitamins for baby and me to stay healthy; apple juice for morning time when my tummy is feeling quite queezy; saltine crackers and sprite are wonderful together in the middle of the afternoon to, again, fight nausea; tummy butter to keep nasty stretch marks off of my growing belly; and last but not least whole dill pickles that I've had a craving for from the very beginning. Ahhh pregnancy necessities!

My life as I see it...

Jake went to WLC this morning. He'll be away from me for 2 whole weeks..sigh. I'm gonna be sooo bored the next 2 weeks. He just got back from a month in California for NTC..that was a long month let me tell ya! All this seperation time sucks. But I suppose it gets me prepared for when he deploys to Iraq in Dec. Ultimately this is the life I chose and I honestly wouldn't change it for anything.