Here is the 21-week bump pic! I feel big, but can't wait for the bigg(er) belly!!
Friday, March 27, 2009
21 Weeks
March 27th
Here is the 21-week bump pic! I feel big, but can't wait for the bigg(er) belly!!
Here is the 21-week bump pic! I feel big, but can't wait for the bigg(er) belly!!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
20 Weeks, 3 Days
March 23, 2009
We had a follow-up ultrasound after the doctor found some Choroid Plexus Cysts in the babies brain - something that is not harmful to the baby, but can sometimes be markers for other abnormalities. We were pretty worried going into this, but pretty reassured since they are fairly common and normally go away on their own. Our first trimester screening had also come back negative for down syndrome and trisomy 18, which was a good sign that there shouldn't be any problems.
After meeting with the Genetic Counselor, we had our ultrasound where everything was looked at and measured once again. The doctor reviewed all of the images and when he came in, told us that the cysts were gone and everything else looks normal!!!! This was a huge relief to hear and gave us a great feeling to know that our baby is okay!
Here are a couple new images of our growing girl!
We had a follow-up ultrasound after the doctor found some Choroid Plexus Cysts in the babies brain - something that is not harmful to the baby, but can sometimes be markers for other abnormalities. We were pretty worried going into this, but pretty reassured since they are fairly common and normally go away on their own. Our first trimester screening had also come back negative for down syndrome and trisomy 18, which was a good sign that there shouldn't be any problems.
After meeting with the Genetic Counselor, we had our ultrasound where everything was looked at and measured once again. The doctor reviewed all of the images and when he came in, told us that the cysts were gone and everything else looks normal!!!! This was a huge relief to hear and gave us a great feeling to know that our baby is okay!
Here are a couple new images of our growing girl!
(face)
(profile)
Friday, March 13, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
March 6, 2009
We had our 18-week ultrasound today and were very excited to try to find out the gender of the baby. Aaron was hoping for a boy, and I was hoping for a boy for Aaron. As the ultrasound began, Aaron and I were looking up at a black and white screen of blobs that didn't make sense to us, and within 30 seconds, the nurse said she knew what it was and told us that it's a girl!! Unfortunately, we never got to see the evidence of this on the screen, but she was pretty sure of herself, so we'll take her word for it!
After hearing this news (and apologizing to Aaron!), the nurse went through the measurements and made sure everything looked normal with the baby. We saw the heart beating and she couldn't stop looking at it and taking stills of it and assured us that this was because it was "such a beautiful heart"! She also said the spine was perfect - these are always relieving to hear. The baby stayed a bit more still this time around, and cooperated pretty well for all of the needed images and measurements. Here are a couple of the ultrasound pictures ... I think the profile makes her look like a Whoville resident, but glad to hear all seems healthy with HER!!
We had our 18-week ultrasound today and were very excited to try to find out the gender of the baby. Aaron was hoping for a boy, and I was hoping for a boy for Aaron. As the ultrasound began, Aaron and I were looking up at a black and white screen of blobs that didn't make sense to us, and within 30 seconds, the nurse said she knew what it was and told us that it's a girl!! Unfortunately, we never got to see the evidence of this on the screen, but she was pretty sure of herself, so we'll take her word for it!
After hearing this news (and apologizing to Aaron!), the nurse went through the measurements and made sure everything looked normal with the baby. We saw the heart beating and she couldn't stop looking at it and taking stills of it and assured us that this was because it was "such a beautiful heart"! She also said the spine was perfect - these are always relieving to hear. The baby stayed a bit more still this time around, and cooperated pretty well for all of the needed images and measurements. Here are a couple of the ultrasound pictures ... I think the profile makes her look like a Whoville resident, but glad to hear all seems healthy with HER!!
(you can see the left leg and the bottom of the right foot)
Friday, February 27, 2009
17 Weeks!!!
February 27, 2009
Today marks 17 weeks! I have been meaning to take a belly bump picture for a while, but here it is, the first one. Yes, it finally shows - one day last week, Aaron came home for lunch and said "wow, now you look puffy!" - it's like it happened overnight!
My next post should be next week - I have an ultrasound appointment on the 6th so we can find out the gender!!!
Today marks 17 weeks! I have been meaning to take a belly bump picture for a while, but here it is, the first one. Yes, it finally shows - one day last week, Aaron came home for lunch and said "wow, now you look puffy!" - it's like it happened overnight!
My next post should be next week - I have an ultrasound appointment on the 6th so we can find out the gender!!!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
12 weeks, 6 days
January 29, 2009
Today was our first ultrasound - very exciting!
I couldn't stop laughing at the baby the whole time - it kept jumping, literally. It would be facing front on the bottom and then just JUMP to the top facing the back; then from the right to the left and up and down again. The doctor could barely get the readings (heartbeat, measurements of the neck, etc.) because it just wouldn't stay still! It reminded me of the old Mike Myers skit on SNL where he was leashed to the jungle gym and would keep trying to jump free and get jerked back. I'm in trouble once I can actually feel it moving!
Today, the gestational age is 12 weeks, 6 days, but the doctor said that from the measurements and readings she got, she calculates 13 weeks, 1 day - so it may be a couple days older than we think!
Today was our first ultrasound - very exciting!
I couldn't stop laughing at the baby the whole time - it kept jumping, literally. It would be facing front on the bottom and then just JUMP to the top facing the back; then from the right to the left and up and down again. The doctor could barely get the readings (heartbeat, measurements of the neck, etc.) because it just wouldn't stay still! It reminded me of the old Mike Myers skit on SNL where he was leashed to the jungle gym and would keep trying to jump free and get jerked back. I'm in trouble once I can actually feel it moving!
Today, the gestational age is 12 weeks, 6 days, but the doctor said that from the measurements and readings she got, she calculates 13 weeks, 1 day - so it may be a couple days older than we think!
In this pic, you can see the ten little toes on the left!!
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