Today was so amazing that it just left Adam and I speechless. What do you say when you see all that God has done for you?! Two o’clock couldn’t have come sooner for me; I was so excited to see Baby C for the first time. We pulled out the video camera to catch it all on video. Here’s about 16min worth of video. You can really see the spine, heart, legs, and arms. She goes into detail about the stomach, kidneys, etc. She said everything looks to be measuring well and that overall the baby looks healthy.
I am so thankful the ultrasound went great! Baby C was moving like crazy. Baby C had its spine to us most of the time (facing inward) and its head was buried in my right side. I think this is why I haven’t been able to feel the baby as much lately. However, I am getting a couple kicks/punches here and there. Since Baby C decided to keep its head buried, we were never able to get a good profile picture (bummer). However, in 8 wks we’ll have another ultrasound done and maybe then Baby C will decide to cooperate, but maybe not if its stubborn like its parents:) The tech was able to measure everything else, except some thing’s on the face/head. Our tech tried really hard to get the baby to move it’s head, but let’s just say we have a camera shy little one. We tried jiggling the ultrasound wond, moving me around, emptying my bladder, but Baby C just preferred to show us his/her wonderful looking spine. Seeing the four chambers of the heart was amazing and just so cool to watch beat away. Here’s some details from today’s appointment.
Baby weight: 13 oz
Measuring me at: 20w 2d (a wk ahead of schedule)
Heart rate: 144bpm
We talked to the Dr. about the headaches that I seem to be getting all the time lately and also about my stomach problems. He thinks a lot of my headache problems are from me not sleeping very well. We have some things we’re going to try and hopefully we can get something figured out. Our nurse asked us about any names we were thinking about, so Adam and I told her the names we were thinking about. We’ve never told anybody (strangers) the names we were thinking about, so today was full of a couple firsts. Anyway, right now we have two boy names we really enjoy and one girl name, which both Adam and I love. However, we’re keeping the names a secret until the baby is born. We would both like to see the baby before we name it.
Today I’ve felt pretty good; however, I can’t seem to shake this headache that started this afternoon. This pregnancy has been rough on me, but I am so thankful to be pregnant and can’t wait to meet little blessing inside of me. The Lord has truly blessed me with so much and I am forever grateful for everything!
Just as I speak/type, Baby C decided to give me a good kick in the side. Oh how I’ve missed that feeling:)
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”- Romans 6:23
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Thanks for the pictures of the ultra sound. I enjoyed them. We leave Friday for Gina's and Mark's. We're looking forward to seeing and holding Aleah. We'll return on Monday. Grandma and Grandpa C. aren't doing good living alone. I suppose that's going to be our next trip. I'll talk to you soon. Sorry to hear about the headaches. We love you both. Mom
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