My Due Date is April 29

Today was my first pregnancy appointment with my OB-GNY, Dr. C. I was told that I'm officially 5 weeks, 6 days pregnant. My due date is April 29, which would make the baby a taurus, just like my goddaughter Sarah!

Dr. C. has had patients before with uterus anomalies, but not one specifically with unicornuate uterus. He will be getting another doctor on board (how many doctors does one need to have before they can claim to have a "team of doctors" working on their behalf?) and he gave me the utmost confidence that he knows what needs to be done. We will be aggressive in our conservative approach to everything.

We did a sonogram and I got to see the baby for the first time!!! And, amazingly enough he showed me a little flutter that is already the heartbeat. According to the pregnancy calendar that Jill gave me tonight the baby is only about 1/10 of an inch long. Wow!!!

Dr. C will be watching me much closer than the average pregnancy. I'm going back again on 9/17 and 10/1. He said in the beginning he'll see me approximately every 4 weeks. Then in the middle of the pregnancy I'll be going every 2 weeks, and weekly toward the end. That's a lot of doctors appointments!

Dr. C also told me I can't go to beach boot camp anymore or go running. Because of the unicornuate uterus, my exercise needs to consist of walking and swimming only.

No travel past week #28. No predictions yet on bed rest. No kitty litter cleanup. No hair coloring until week #12.