9 Week Sonogram

So, today was my 9 week sonogram. I definitely was not as nervous as the 7 week sonogram, but I was still plenty nervous. It was at 8:45 this morning. On the way there, I just kept asking God to let me see that the baby's growth was right on track and that it had a strong heartbeat. We got called back pretty quickly. The nurse took my blood pressure and weight and then told me Dr. Hansard would be in shortly. I got on the table and got my charm Ashley had given me. At that point the tears started flowing. Chris kept saying everything was going to be fine and I really thought so too, but was still scared. I got myself together right when Dr. Hansard walked in. As soon as she did the sonogram, I could see this fat little blob on the screen....moving all around!!! Baby grew so much in 2 weeks! She was taking the measurements and said everything was right on track. Then we got to listen to the heartbeat. It was at 183 bpm. She said it's always fast at 9 weeks then it slows down as the baby grows. It was so crazy how the baby was moving it's little arm and leg buds! We could see the umbilical cord, the placenta, and how the yolk sack was disappearing. I cried through the whole thing! I just kept thinking, "Thank you God!!!" Dr. Hansard then said I was officially released to my OB, but to please send a birth announcement along with a baby picture. Tears again!!! We checked out and they gave me a really neat pregnancy book to take with me. We had spent so much time in that building. I had cried so many tears of heartache in that building. Now we were leaving with another picture of our growing baby, a pregnancy book, and I was crying tears of joy.