Paul was able to come with and what an awesome thing to do together. Since I am in my 9th week of pregnancy we were able to do an ultrasound, as pictured below, and get an official due date.
I really don't have words for the way it feels the first time you see your baby. Even though it doesn't resemble much except a peanut with tadpole extremities, it was quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen. Dr. Grady, our OB, did an excellent job of describing what we were seeing and letting Paul and me just enjoy that moment together. We were able to see and hear it's little heart pumping a million miles per hour and even see the blood flowing through its tiny umbilical cord. A couple times it moved it's arms and legs, which totally blew my mind.
Even though I knew I was pregnant, after this moment I knew I was for real pregnant. Now that I've seen this little alive and moving alien-like creature it gives me a whole new perspective and source of anticipation for what's to come.
In the picture you can see the baby at the bottom in the dark circle. It's head is the big right blob, its back is towards the bottom of the picture and you can see it's little arms and lets sticking out of the top of the second smaller blob (it's body). With a head like that, our baby is bound to be the next Einstein.
My due date is August 20th and the baby is a whopping 1 inch long!
That baby is just adorable! I think it has your nose, Lindsay ;-)
ReplyDeleteAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just cant seem to calm down from the news. Im so excited for you and paul!!!!!!!! :)
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