More great news... the best kind

Today we had our ultrasound. I have actually had a few before due to the different scares that we have had, but it was fun to have one scheduled for a change. Luckily, they have all resulted in good news, and today was no exception.

It looks like I am actually measuring at 20 weeks along, instead of 19. But, since the first baby is often born after the due date, she still wanted to keep my due date at the 12th of February. Although, they said it looked like it could come as early as the 2nd.

The ultrasound was completely thrilling! At one point it moved its hand across the screen and I swear it looked like it was waving at us. I just couldn't believe it was moving around in there and looked so much like a baby! Gone are the days of "the blob".

We still held out and didn't find out if it was a boy or a girl. Although I will say, it was tempting knowing that there was someone standing right there who had the power to tell us! We saw the babies hands and feet and arms and legs and spine and lips and (giant) head. We saw its eye sockets and nose. We saw its beating heart and the heart's 4 chambers. We saw the blood being pumped to the heart. It was totally and completely amazing. We got six printed pictures and Jason said that he could have stared at them all day. I couldn't agree more.

I can't wait to meet the baby in person! Hard to believe that we are just about half way there now!

We have a heartbeat! (and a new due date)

Last Wednesday was our appointment to hear the baby's heartbeat. At first, the doctor was unable to hear the heartbeat with the little machine that they put up against your stomach. (Clearly, I am not in the medical field- pretty sure that's not the technical term, but it works well enough) Natch, I began to get nervous, but the doctor assured us not to worry, that it was like trying to find a tadpole. When the first machine didn't work, he went to get another machine. When that machine didn't work, I started to panic a little bit. I kept looking over at Jas like "What is going on!" and he just kept smiling back at me and winking, trying to assure me that everything was going to be okay.

Our doctor recommended that I have an internal ultrasound to see what was going on. The ultrasound tech assured us that she was going to be very honest with us, so that if she said it was good news, it really was good news. Sure enough, it was good news. I have never been so relieved in my whole life. We heard the baby's little heart beating loud and clearly, and very fast. It. was. amazing! We even got to see a picture of the blood running through its tiny little heart. Always the joker, Jason asked the technician if we could tell what its favorite food was from the machine too. Not just yet. :)

In the ultrasound they were able to measure the little sack, and apparently we aren't as far along as we thought we were. So we weren't able to hear the heartbeat from the machine up to your stomach thingy because it was too early. BUT- the good news is that the heartbeat was there, and strong and at the point in the pregnancy where we are, that means less than a 2% chance for a miscarriage. Music to our ears. Our new due date is February 12th. It set us back a few weeks on the morning sickness tracker. Just when I thought it was almost over. Ugh. But, I'm taking it one day at a time

The darling ultrasound tech gave us a big hug and our baby's first pictures. Upon receiving them our doctor jokingly said, "Congratulations, here's your blob." It really does look like a blob right now, but to see everything going on on the screen was fabulous none the less.