Baby news :)

We had our first OB appt this week and she sent me for early ultrasound which I had today.



There is always something so miraculous about hearing the baby's heartbeat that first time. It takes your breath away for a minute as you hear that quiet swish-swish-swish.



The ultrasound was amazing. It astounds me EVERY time how much technology has improved between one pregnancy and the next. At ten weeks the pictures were good enough to see facial features. It was phenomenal to see the little nose, the little hand, the little legs and toes -- the little heart beating away.



According to the OB and the Ultrasound Tech everything looks good. They said the baby is measuring three days big but that is within the margin of error. They checked for early markers of Down's syndrome which flabbergasts me --- how can they see well enough when the baby is so small to diagnosis something like that?!?!?! They said they look for the formation of nasal bones and a normal size thickness at the back of the head (can't remember the technical name). The nasal bones were present and formed; the head thickness appeared normal --- so all told things look fabulous.



The baby was measuring about 2" in length -- so super tiny. Won't stay that way now --- this is when things really start picking up -- Tim uses the word exponentially :) Due date is September 22nd by my calculations, September 19th by the measurements taken today. So sometime in that part of the month is pretty accurate.


Bekah was quite upset with me when I returned from the doctor. Judah had been asking all kinds of questions. Where was I going? What were they looking at? Why did I need to go? I tried to explain to him that the doctor was just going to check my tummy and make sure that the baby was growing well. He was very concerned and wanted to know HOW exactly the doctor was going to open my tummy up and could he see the baby too?? I explained to the best of his understanding and my ability that the doctor has a machine that listens to the baby, etc. He was satisfied but in the meantime I didn't pay close enough attention to Bekah's little ears listening in. When I went to leave she told me she needed a hug before I went to "baby doctor". Well....... when she saw me pull in she went running for the door yelling to Gabrielle that Mommy had brought home HER baby. Gabrielle was trying to explain the baby couldn't come yet but she was very disappointed in her mother for not producing her baby as expected.



I am feeling well. I know I deserve no sympathy but had my first ever bout of morning sickness with this little one. Must just be more sensitive with my age, etc. A little more than three weeks of super bad nausea, sour stomach, etc. --- thankfully no vomitting that ensued :) Tim read an article that said bananas help with morning sickness - stabilizing blood sugars, etc. and I can say that it is indeed true. Of course I only eat green bananas, soft ones make me yurky even when I feel fine......... Drank a lot of peppermint and ginger teas thanks to my friend Heidi's suggestions. For the most part I am totally over it although this week I was making oriental for dinner and the smell of the mandarin chicken made me get nauseous all over again. The kids had to finish dinner because I couldn't deal with it. I know..... whine, whine, whine.....



Need to return to my family. Lots to do. Just wanted to share the miraculous today :)