After 4 weeks of waiting and worrying, my 12 week perinatal visit finally came around. I'm just happy that (as always) my SO was with me. .cause I've been a pack of nerves today. . After lots of waiting around(even though we had an appointment), we fixedly finally got the ultrasound that made everything real. All went well, heartbeat at 161. And space between spine was 1.3. (They say anything below 3 is good news. Went ahead and did the boys blood test for for downs, and also did the harmony test, more for the gender than anything else. I can finally breathe...I'm gonna go for the tub of ice cream now. ..