Today was the big day! If it wasn't for seeing Wicked last night with a group of girlfriends (and Kevin) I don't think I would have been able to handle the anticipation! Chris and I arrived only to find out that our Doctor was running 30 minutes behind and I was asked if I'd like to reschedule. Um hello, I've been waiting for this appointment since I scheduled it in August! I respectfully declined and said I'd be more then willing to wait. Thankfully it didn't take long at all and we were called back. This was my first appointment with my actually OB, Doctor Edwards, and Chris' first time ever meeting her. She's going to be the baby's doctor as well so he better like her! I'm just so happy that all of us can be seen by one doctor under the same clinic roof!
Well the anticipation for hearing the heartbeat had been eating at me, so when it finally became time and she mentioned "You may not hear it today, but we'll try" I thought nothing of it. To my dismay after 10-15 minutes of trying she could find no other heartbeat then my own. I won't lie, I was heartbroken. She assured me this doesn't mean something is wrong and could be the result of a number of reasons. One being that perhaps I'm not as far along as they originally thought, making it difficult to detect the heartbeat with the doppler. Or two that my uterus could actually be in the back or in an odd position which also makes it very difficult to detect. After the disappointment of not hearing the heartbeat I was fortunate to have a lovely exam where she did determine that my uterus is in the back and perhaps tilted a bit. Dr. Edwards assured me that is most likely the reason why it wasn't picked up. She lighted the heavy cloud by offering to let me come in next week to try the doppler again and if not have an ultrasound to detect any fetal sounds. I most graciously accepted and will be heading back to the clinic on Oct. 15th to once again try and locate Baby Z! I'm pretty bummed, but I'll remain with a positive attitude (after a few shed tears of course) because I'm sure there's nothing wrong.
Never the less, this means that we'll be delaying our announcement another week. I was really looking forward to no longer hiding our wonderful secret. At least you have my few blog posts as documentation to read! So here's to another week of laying low and trying to keep it a secret.
Lot's of love,
Chris, Amber and Baby Z
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