…and it is just one. No twins, triplets, or others (thank God). The baby was moving around in there — it was so cool to see. I had it captured on my video phone, but I’ll write more about that in a bit. The doctor pointed out the head, arms, heartbeat, and legs. It was cool.

We have a couple of pics and we will put them online and annotate the best we can.

There is a heartbeat and the doctor said it is right on track based on its size. So the delivery date will be around January 30, 2008 . We were so excited and just thought it was so amazing to see the little baby moving around inside of Victoria.

We are proud parents-to-be.

Baby Woodruff’s first pictures:

Victoria and I are scheduled to visit her doctor next Thursday for our 1st ultrasound.  We are very excited.

We keep joking that she has twins or triplets because of the size of her tummy.  Hopefully the 1st ultrasound will tell us how many little ones she has inside of her.  My dad was a twin and Victoria has twins on both sides of her family (previous generations).

We shall see.

I plan to post the images from the ultrasound (assuming we get a print out or possibly even the video if I can use my phone in there).   Check back next week!

Today, Victoria and I went to her Doctor’s office for our first official prenatal visit.  This was just for the standard consultation and to receive materials related to help educate us on the pregnancy and tests that we may choose to have performed.

We also talked about what our insurance covers.  The woman that deals with the insurance in the office was just amazed at what the City’s insurance plan covers.  We will have one $20 copay and then only have to cover 10% of lab work, etc…  She said that we are very lucky to have that good of a plan.  I guess working for the City does have some benefits 😉

Initially, they didn’t recognize Victoria was an “older” woman (or maybe I should say “mature”).   It wasn’t until we were almost done that they realized it and then gave us an extra magazine for women that are over 35.  They said she did not look anywhere near her age.  That made Victoria feel good.

They took her blood pressure (which was “excellent”) as well as 4 vials of blood for standard testing.  We go back in two weeks for our first ultrasound and are looking forward to hearing the heartbeat for the first time.

Victoria had already been taking prenatal vitamins at the suggestion of Jaime prior to this visit — so we had a jump on it.  The nurse gave Victoria 4 different types of prenatal vitamins and said to try each one.  When she finds one she likes, then we can get a prescription for that kind.  Evidently they are enhanced with DHA (omega 3) from a non-fish source.  It was nice to hear this because I had started Victoria on flaxseed oil (omega3) sometime ago, so she has had this in her system for several years now.  Evidently this helps with the development of the brain and eyes.

Victoria and I went to see her doctor for her normal yearly checkup. I wasn’t sure what to expect but wanted to be there so we could ask questions together. They took a urine sample and verified she is pregnant (4 for 4). COOL! Now I can finally believe it! (Maybe I’ll be a believer when I see the ultrasound.)

We are scheduled for a consultation in 2 weeks and an our first ultrasound in about 6 weeks.

The doctor estimated that Victoria is 4.5 weeks pregnant and is due on January 30, 2008.