We had our first trimester screening/ultrasound today, I'm 12 weeks 5 days. The doctor said the baby looked great and is measuring 3 inches long and 2 days ahead of schedule but will keep my due date the same as of now. The heart rate was around 160, which was what Dr. Riley spotted it at on the doppler at my appointment last week as well. Nice and strong! My sister and Marc were both there during the appointment and my sister took a video and some pictures. At the beginning of the ultrasound we told the doctor we didn't want to know the gender because this early most doctors will only give you a 60 or 70% assurance one way or another. We were going to wait until the 20 week ultrasound so we knew for sure what it was. But, once the ultrasound was over I asked the doctor if he could tell for sure what it was and he said yes, 100% he could tell us. At that point we didn't know what to do because we weren't expecting that. So we decided to have him write down the gender and put it in an envelope and take it home with us. Well, once we left the office we were standing in front of the building and we couldn't handle it and had my sister open it and tell us. It's a BOY!!! So much for taking it to a baker and having a cake with the filling be pink or blue.
We are so excited that the baby looks healthy! Our next appointment with our doctor is in 3 and a half weeks where we'll be able to hear the heartbeat on the doppler and the 20 week ultrasound happening a few weeks after that. I haven't gained a pound yet and still no bump so no belly pictures yet. I may start posting them in a few weeks once I get some action in there.
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| 12 Weeks, 5 days. Alien baby! You can see the top of the skull, the eye sockets, nose and mouth. It looks like he's looking right at you! |
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| You can see the spine at the top |
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