Little Bean's Debut

Today was our munchkin's first doctor's appointment with Dr. Castillo @ Sharp. I showed up with knots in my stomach at the thought of having to possibly give blood for labs. And the image of stir-ups, I mean really. The ladies in the office were really nice and Dr. Castillo seems personable and professional, so I'm relieved about that at least.
Upon arriving and filling out all the new patient paperwork, I did the usual pee in the cup and change into paper clothing thing. When the nurse came in she asked how far along I was and mentioned that one of the lines on the pregnancy test was really faint and the other was really dark, which is exactly what happened with the First Response test I took. It got Mike and I a little concerned at first because we figured that those lines would be good and dark by now since I am 3 months. After pondering about this for a few minutes, we decided not too get worked up about it. The doc came in and did her examinations and then it was time to see our sugar plum.
There he/she was! Mike came over to the side of the table and we both looked on in anticipation as we saw that little fluttering heart and moon tummy. I was shocked at how clear the baby looked. We saw head, rump, tummy and limbs. She showed us where the sacs were and measured the baby. Even though my dates indicate that I will be 12 weeks tomorrow, the baby is measuring smaller and looks to be closer to 10 weeks. Dr. Castillo says that it could be either or: 1) I am 12 weeks and the baby is just small or 2) My dates are off and we're somewhere between 10-11 weeks. In any case, she decided to keep my due date at 1/29/09 for now and if not, the baby will be here possibly as late as Valentine's Day. Our very own little lovebug!