Today's Appointments

I didn't quite read the back of the one form this morning, telling me I had to finish drinking 1L of water an hour before the ultrasound appointment.  I actually didn't finish drinking it until about 10:25am, a little more than 1/2 hour before the appointment.  Luckily my body is good at processing water, because it didn't affect anything.

Ryan didn't get to go in with me right away, since a bunch of snapshots were needed for the diagnostics.  I had to sit through about 1/2 hour of prodding my water-filled belly.  It was somewhat painful, what with the amount of pressure they put on your abdomen when you already have to pee.  Badly. I have to admit though, when the tech said she could see the baby, my eyes filled with tears.  Finally it felt real.

Thankfully, the tech made me pee and go back in for more snapshots, so I got to relieve some of the pressure mid way through.  Towards the end, she called Ryan into the room and we got to see the baby.

She prodded my belly a bit and we got to see it squirm around.  Its little heart was pounding away.  It's pretty amazing to watch but was hard to believe this was happening in my belly, especially since I couldn't feel it!  It was kicking and moving around and even looking up at one point.

It's 71.2mm from crown to rump, or about 3 inches, which seems to be right on track.  And the best news?  It's one baby.

They gave me a few small sonogram prints, which I scanned in and attached to this post!!

I guess it really is time to break the news to my boss tomorrow!  LOL

This first image is of the baby looking up.

Here's a profile of the little guy or girl.

And another...