The office was so nice, they took me to do the ultrasound first. She asked if I knew my last period, and I told her April 12, then she said “well you nailed it - you’re tracking to the day.” Which this sounds silly but made me quite happy, like I’d gotten a perfect score on a test or something.

Anyway she showed me the yolk sac and said it was a nice bright white circle which is how you want it, and we got to see and hear the heartbeat which is AMAZING. And a relief. I’ve been sick enough that I wasn’t freaking out thinking it wasn’t real, but you worry, you know?

She gave us four photos and when we went back into the waiting room to wait for the doctor, my husband started crying. 😭 it’s one thing saying “hey we want this” and try for it, but it’s so real now and he was overwhelmed with happiness, so then I started crying!

Here’s baby. 8 weeks 4 days.