It's a...Baby!

We went as a family for the "big" ultrasound today. I have already had two ultrasounds for viability, so it wasn't the first time I'd seen the baby, but this one was for checking out all the "parts". Unfortunately, baby was shy and huddled in a corner, so I have to go back in a month for further checking. Here is what they did see:

Profile


Face


Legs and feet - I think the one of the left is clearer.

We also saw the heart very well and the backbone. Annalise noticed the backbone and declare, "I see baby's TEETH!" Well it did look a little like a long row of teeth :) Caleb paid close attention to when the tech measured the baby's head, he said, "The baby has BROWN hair! It's going to look just like ME!"

She did not tell us what the baby's gender is, and told us when to look away when she checked the bladder. Basically she didn't get a good look at all of the head and part of the spine. Annalise did something similar, except with her it was her heart we couldn't see.

Besides the just incredibly amazing opportunity to view life in the womb, I was also amazed at how fast we got in! I came totally prepared with lots of healthy snacks and a few desperation pieces of candy hidden deep in my purse, a stack of High 5s, and a coloring book and crayons. I have waited at this office for 3 hours in the past! But we were in and back in the car in an hour! Another amazing thing was that I was chatting with the tech about how Caleb was breech because of my bicornuate uterus and she looked surprised. Evidently, the division can get so stretched and smashed in a first pregnancy that it doesn't affect further pregnancies. At least I hope not! In any case, it was so changed that she didn't even see it.