Hello!!!

Here is our little baby at 20 weeks 6 days old....waving "Hello"!!!

My ultrasound on Monday went really well. I had a student sonographer who took her time making sure all of the details and measurements were correct. Then, the actual ultrasound tech had a look to double-check that everything looked good.

After they had done all of the anatomy measurements, they turned the screen so that we could see the baby.... SO COOL! It looks like an actual baby now! The tech showed us it's little feet kicking around, it's arms, (NO leg shot or between the leg shot, so no guesses on the sex...sorry! :), it's heart, brain, face, everything! It was really amazing.

She labelled the picture for me. "STO" stands for stomach and "FH" stands for fetal heart. The darker areas in the picture are fluid (aside from the shadow in the middle of the picture) and the bright white areas are the baby's bones. I love how the baby has it's little arm up in this picture....just hanging out saying "Hi".

Joanne called with the actual results of the scan on Tuesday. All of the measurements are right on track, the baby's brain looks good, and the amniotic fluid level is "perfect". I'm feeling extremely fortunate to have such a healthy pregnancy and baby.