first appointment with my obgyn

We had our first appointment with my obgyn today. Her name is Dr. Hiral Warner and we were looking forward to talking to her about the baby and the long list of things we thought we had to do throughout the pregnancy. We first got an ultrasound and found out the baby is healthy and happens to be ahead of schedule. It is now 10 weeks and 5 days old. That bumps my due date up to February 1st, 2013. We got to hear the heart beating which was very fast at 176 beats per minute. It is strong but within the range that they consider normal. And, we saw the baby wiggle around its little arms and legs. It was so fascinating I couldn't help but get teary eyed. Here is a picture of the little pumpkin, or I should say little lime since that's the size of the baby now according to my pregnancy application. It's quite different from just 3 weeks ago when I had my first ultrasound at 7 weeks and 2 days. The little lime has formed a head, arms and legs which are now easily visible. 

The second half of the appointment we met with the doctor and talked about the tests she wanted us to do. She recommends we do the early assessment pre-screening for down syndrome and a couple of other genetic disorders. Other than that she had no homework. I was shocked! I thought we would get a long list of to dos but all we got was take care to eat healthy and keep exercising. Is this really it? I feel like assigning myself homework. I am going to take advantage of the next week and do nothing. Since, as soon as the first trimester is over I will be bargain shopping for the baby and nursery and that will keep me busy enough. I have no doubts about that!