Ultrasound and Appointment Number 3

On Wednesday, October 29th at 2:15 we saw the first pictures of our little one!! What an amazing experience for us! Our ultrasound tech was fabulous. She explained that first she would do an anatomy scan…which meant measuring and taking a close look at baby’s body parts. It was fun watching her label the legs, arms, and scan photos of the chambers of the heart. On the screen when the heart was in view you could see the faintest little flicker. After the anatomy scan she started taking pictures for us. Even if we had wanted to know the sex, it would have been very difficult to figure out because our little one couldn't keep still. Apparently, we are all on the same page about keeping baby's gender a surprise. Our ultrasound tech showed us a ton of great shots of the baby. My favorite part was watching the baby yawn! Baby was fully awake and active, and our ultrasound tech found it quite amusing! I couldn’t believe with it moving all around like that, that I couldn’t feel it. But sure enough, there baby was rolling over, stretching its’ arms and moving its’ face. Baby showed us his/her face, rump, legs, arms, hands, all the good stuff! She joked with me about how if baby was that active once I started to feel it, I’d be losing a lot of sleep! A lot of people asked us if we cried. Honestly, we were both too amazed and excited to cry. Seeing the baby moved calmed my heart in a way I can’t explain. We are more excited now than ever to meet our baby!! Just 20 weeks to go!!

After our ultrasound, we had our 3rd appointment. The office was a super busy place and Dr. Talsky was in the middle of delivering an emergy c-section. Instead of meeting with him, we had the opportunity to meet with Carrie Evans, his nurse practictioner. She was amazing! We got lots of great info and a chance to talk over some questions we had. She told us it was time to think about a pediatrician and also gave us our deadline date for our all of our baby preparations. By March 4th she said we should have everything together. All of our nursery decorating done, all of our purchases made. etc. After March 4th I'll be 38 weeks and considered full term. After that date, they won't stop me from going into labor. Wow!! What a nice thing to know!

Check out below for some shots of the baby’s first pics! Stay tuned for pictures of the baby bump and more...