Look At Peanut!

Peanut had some prenatal testing done today which involved doing an ultrasound and measuring the bubble of liquid on the back of the baby's neck. I got a finger prick for some blood work. This test was to look for indicators of Down Syndrome and other associated birth defects. We'll get the official results in about a week, but the tech said everything looked good.

Peanut wasn't nearly so active (I think we were being shy because Aunt Lisa was watching) but we did get some good pictures. Peanuts heartbeat was 150 beats/min and the baby was 7cm from head to rump. I also found out that the placenta is on the back wall of my uterus, so hopefully in the next few weeks we should start feeling some movement. That's harder to do if the placenta is frontally placed. We'll see!

Right now I can't wait to see the baby's face more then I want to know if we're having a boy or a girl. I also want to feel Peanut moving around because unless I'm having an ultrasound and can see the baby, my pregnancy doesn't seem real. Besides being tired, the pregnancy has been very mild so far. So except for cutting out some of my favorite foods and watching what I eat, oh and having to visit the bathroom ALL THE TIME, it's sometimes easy to forget I'm pregnant.

My 1st Baby Dream

I had my first Baby Dream last night. It was a great dream. The baby was a girl - and of course she was ADORABLE!

Watch the Growing Bump!

Now that we have hit the 12 week point (and more importantly, now that there is actually something to see) we took or first Belly picture today. So this way we can watch as it gets bigger and bigger and we'll have something to look back to in a few months. I am still fitting in my into my pants. I have resorted to a rubber band a few times, but that is usually when they are fresh out of the dryer. I even wore my skinny scrubs to work on Wednesday. So even though there is a bump, it's not very big. In all fairness, Peanut's only about 2.5 inches long from head to bum, so I wouldn't have a big bump, yet.

That was one thing I asked the doctor at my first appointment. I didn't want to be dumb, but I am a little worried that my birth wieght might be an indicator of what's to come. God bless my Mom! If she had had either my sister or myself TODAY, she would have had C-sections for both of us. Lisa was a 9lb+ bum first breech and I weighed 11lbs 13oz. Now they usually start talking C-section when they think your baby is 10lbs or more or in the a funny position like Lisa. Then you hear the stories of the heads on Tom's side of the family... well, I'm already sweating a little.