Today was our first ultra sound. The baby's hearbeat is as strong as they get - 163 bpm! We even saw her move. (We don't know the sex and won't know the sex, but I really want a girl and am being optimistic so I'm calling the baby "her".) The ultrasound was amazing. We got a video and pictures. The video is only about 2-3 minutes long, but I know I'll be watching it lots over the next few days. It truely is a miracle! There is now this little life growing inside of me. It will be 10 - 12 weeks until I have another ultrasound. By then we'll be able to see more anatomy (arms, legs, head) defined and we'll also be able to hear the heartbeat. I wonder if that will go onto the video tape. I hope so! Just seeing everything today makes this so much more real and I'm also a lot calmer since things are looking great. Not so worried about thing going wrong or the baby not growing like she should.
I accidentally posted two pictures. They are exactly the same. Here is what you are seeing. The back is up, the head is to the right. If you look closely, you can see what I think is a leg off to the left, though it's not terribly clear. The black area around the baby is the amniotic sack. Way to the left of the baby, you can see a little ring. That is the yolk sack, which will go away pretty soon. When I went back to watch the video some more this afternoon, think I actually saw her kick! It's amazing that this little life is growing inside of me. I think my favorite part is watching the heart beat, though watching her move is a close second. Unbelievable!
Things continue to go extremely well as far as how I'm feeling. Nothing new, which is good. My clothes are starting to get tight, mostly around my waist.
Right now the baby is about the size of a small paper clip. In another couple of weeks (week 10) she'll graduate from "embryo" to "fetus".
It's been an exciting day for us! It's real now! What a kick to finally see my baby moving inside of me. I've been in awed tears several times this afternoon/evening just thinking about what we saw! We're bringing the video and picture home at Thanksgiving so those of you who will be in Denver will get to see it!
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