Baby Pictures!!

We had an awesome OB appointment today! This was our 12 week appointment so we reviewed the labs I did last time and did an ultrasound. All my labs are normal and I don't need any supplements which is great news!

And for the more exciting part, the ultrasound pictures!! :D This ultrasound was a little more basic than the last one so they are a little harder to see, but the baby is definitely getting bigger! The doctor said we are exactly on point for our due date of April 12, 2012.

If you look close in this one you can see the hand! :D Also, the facial bones.

This is a profile view. The nose is noticeable now and there is an arm going up to the mouth!

I think this is a view from the back, but I like it because the arms are in motion!

The baby was very active this time! It was very different from the last ultrasound when it was perfectly still! Raymond said it looked like the baby was shaking it's hips and waving it's arms. haha. The heart rate was 170bpm and everything looks good!

We also scheduled our gender ultrasound for November 8! It is only 6 weeks away, but we can hardly wait!! :D It will be a perfect present for my birthday November 11!

emily

Oh the joys of pregnancy

Today I am just in the mood to blog, which never happens so I will go with it! We will have a baby update Thursday after the OB appointment, but for today I will share some of the things I have discovered in the last few weeks.

1. Eating two doughnuts for breakfast and then attempting to clean out the refrigerator and pantry will not end well and it definitely doesn't help the morning sickness. I should have eaten lunch first!

2. Eating while laying in bed might be my favorite thing to do! :D And when you do this with a tank top on, you will find crumbs on your belly when you go to take a shower. haha

3. I am not one of those people who enjoys being pregnant. I am SO ready to find out if this is a boy or girl and then I will be ready for the baby to be here. This whole "enjoy the entire experience" is for the birds! I feel terrible in the morning and the rest of the day I feel like I could fall asleep at any moment... I am not going to enjoy this! haha

Those are my top 3. I had more things figured out in my head to write earlier, but that was before I took a nap and they have escaped me. I hope I have not bored you to tears with my ramblings and look forward to a more exciting update later this week about the baby! :D

emily

Ultrasound - 9 weeks

We went to our first ultrasound today and it was great! Our little baby is about 1.7 centimeters and has a heart beat of 168 bpm! I was amazed! We got lots of pictures and were very excited to see the baby for the first time!

 

The ultrasound tech kept calling it a boy and this made Raymond happy, but we have a few weeks before we really know so for now I am not choosing one or the other.

Emily