Ultrasound!

Oh today was so exciting! Our nurse was so wonderful!  I told her that we did not want to know the sex, and she said, we can take care of that!  We saw so many pictures! After a few looks, I still didn't see the fluttering, and asked where is the heartbeat, and then she went to it, and it was so amazing to see!  Then we saw the head, the heart better (a heart beat of 147 and 4 ventircles visable!), the kidneys, the stomach, the umbilical cord (a three vessel one which I guess is good!), the arms and legs, the spine and ribs, the lips nose, and eyes, you could see it all.  Then when we got to the abdomen and the femur(upper leg), she had us look away so that we wouldn't be able to tell the sex! It was so exciting. PJ kept looking-he wants to know! But he couldn't tell what was what anyways, so he had no idea what to look for.  He asked her what it was, and she had a great poker face!  No telling.  I can't even explain the awe that the situation presented.  What a miracle to see this baby growing inside.  It was moving so much, she kept trying to chase it as she said.  It weights about 12oz now, which absolutely surprised me!   Based on that and some measurements, we are about 19 weeks 4 days she says, we thought we were 19 weeks today, so a tiny bit further along.  I have the pics of our baby's first photo shoot at the bottom of this page.  The first is so clear! The black spot is the stomach, and the bony things are the ribs, and as you can see the mouth is open, and you can see the nose! The second is similar.  The third you can see the hands near the face!  The fourth shows the heart really well with the 4 ventricles.

Enjoy!