12 Week Ultrasound Pictures

We went to the doctor today and had the early screen test done. All of the baby's measurements were normal. There is no sign of down syndrome. They also took some blood but I'm sure that will come back fine as well.

Now on to the fun stuff! Mitch and my mom went with me for the ultrasound today. My mom couldn't wait to see her first grandchild. I think she had a really good time. Mitch managed to make it through with out crying happy tears. The baby flipped over, waved, kicked their legs, and had the hiccups while we were watching. They even tried to get a peek to see if we are having a boy or girl but the baby was shy and didn't help us out at all! I'm posting 2 pictures from the ultrasound. The first one the baby looks like and alien. It's a shot looking right into the baby's face. The second picture is a profile shot where you can see the baby's nose and little lips so clearly. I hope you enjoy them as much as we have!

Doctor visit #2

Well that is if you don't count all the times I went because I was so sick.

Went to the doctor yesterday. They took my weight and I have lost weight but they say I'm still in the ok range. The only thing we were in for yesterday was to listen to the baby's heart beat. Our little blessing played the role of troublemaker and was hiding from Dr. Jones when he tried to find the heart beat. After a good 5 or 6 minutes he finally located it and it came through clear, steady, and strong. We were amazed by the wonderful sound. It made the whole thing so real again for us.

We go back in on Friday to have an early screen for down syndrome done. It's nothing to worry about but since it runs in our family we decided better safe than sorry. The test is able to catch 90-95% of down syndrome cases in the first trimester. It consists of an ultra sound and some blood work. We are very excited about getting to see our little one at 12 weeks 2 days old. I can only imagine how much he/she has grown since we saw them at 6 weeks. I hope to get pictures to post for all of you to see the baby too.

More of the same

It's been over a month since I have posted. Nothing really new has been going on here. I have now been in the hospital 2 times for fluids. I have still been pretty sick and it's not showing any signs of letting up just yet. The baby is 11 weeks and 2 days old today. I'm going back to the doctor on Monday June 16th to get an update on how the baby is doing. So far so good I hope! I'll keep you posted.

Baby Guessing Game

Take a minute to enter your guess on our baby's arrival date, gender, weight, and length!

Baby's First Picture

While in the hospital we got to see the first pictures of our baby! We also got to hear his/her heartbeat. Nothing can describe that feeling of finally seeing this tiny little baby growing inside me. (and making me sick ;-p) I wanted to share this first picture with all of you. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Trip to the Hospital

The past few days have been something else. I began to experience pretty severe morning sickness on Monday of this week. It continued to get worse and worse until my mom convinced me to call the doctor on Wednesday morning. I went to see the doctor and they decided I was dehydrated and needed to go to the hospital to have IV fluids. Needless to say it was not a fun time but I made it through and I am home now feeling weak but much better!

Baby's First Gift

Mitch walked out of the front door to go to work Thursday night and almost tripped over a box sitting on the porch. We were both perplexed by the delivery from amazon.com as neither of us had ordered anything recently. I took the box upstairs and opened it to find our baby's first gift. My cousin Nicki sent the baby 2 books. She sent "Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See" because this is her little boy (my 2nd cousin) Jonah's favorite book. She also sent the book "God Gave Us You". It is the sweetest book about the precious gift that our baby is to us from God. I will treasure these books as I'm sure out little one will when he/she arrives.