The Post You’ve All Been Waiting For
The baby! How is our little one doing? Great. We went into to get a peek today. We got to see our perfect little baby today on the ultrasound machine. The first thing we saw was a perfectly formed skull and brain. YAY! Then we got to see the hart. The machine was so high tech that we could see all 4 chambers and both valves beating away at once. With Ashleigh they showed us chamber by chamber. We also got to see that the spine looked perfect! We saw 2 hands and 2 feet and teeny tiny toes. Wes counted fingers on the left hand. He saw 4, the sonographer showed us the 5th. It was so wonderful to see all the bones and little parts moving around and looking great. When the doc came in he switched over to 4D for a minute and printed a few of those for us too. The baby had his/her hand up by their face as if to say, “PLEASE STOP!” by that point we had been poking around at the poor baby for 20 minutes. I asked how the baby was measuring. The baby’s head is measuring 5 days ahead (lucky me!) and the rest of the body is about 3 days ahead. No one seemed concerned at all, as ultrasounds become less accurate to measure by date the further along you are. So, the first ultrasound 10 weeks ago is the more accurate date. Also, Ashleigh’s head was 95th percentile and higher for the first 3 years of her life. It wasn’t until she hit 3 that it started to come down towards where the rest of her is! So, all is well, and the little one weighs 8 oz at this point.
We headed off to the midwife after we visited with the Peri. I’ve lost another pound, so one pound between each visit so far. Really, this morning I weighed the same at home that I have been. I haven;t really lost a pound, I just didn’t gain anything. So, I got a “talk” about how I need to eat more protein and even though I am not at an ideal weight I still need to gain 10 – 15 lbs. I guess she forgot that I’m only 18 weeks pregnant! I have 22 weeks go to. I’m sure that is PLENTY of time to gain 10 lbs. Wes of course found it funny that the overweight woman was giving me health tips to make sure I’m getting enough protein and gaining weight properly. We got to hear the baby’s hearbeat (after seeing it hours before), and it was a good strong beat in the 150s. Perfect. Sometime between now and my next visit in 4 weeks I have to fill out their 3 day food consumption chart where I keep track of everything I eat and drink for 3 days. What a pain, but without it I can’t birth at the birth center. I certainly don’t want to end up at the hospital, so I’ll suck it up and deal 
I think that’s about it. So, enjoy the pictures!
