I haven't posted anything since January, mainly for one big reason: I'm pregnant! I've been a: too exhausted, b: too busy vomiting (well, it's only every few days normally) and c: trying to keep it a secret.
Yesterday Darren and I went for the first ultrasound to confirm the due date (which I will actually do on Monday at Dr. Seward's). I was unbelievably nervous, excited and in pain from all of the water in my bladder. (I didn't need to drink the 32 oz they suggested, I probably would have been fine with 12 oz) When we arrived, the tech had Darren sit outside and took me in... After a quick look she said, "well, there's only one! But you are too full, you need to go pee!" After I peed, I was still "too full" so I had to go again. She was really nice and cheerful and commented on how much the baby was moving around (and I breathed a huge sigh of relief). She spent about 15 minutes doing the measurements and such and capturing a few pictures along the way.
After this, she let Darren in and angled the screen so we could look. The baby wasn't moving at this point and she was disappointed, so she basically shook my belly until the baby started dancing about :) It was cute, I must say, to see our little one moving about. The moving let us see that there are two arms and two legs, and he/she rolled about a bit until comfortable again. The tech printed off a few pictures for us as well, though they are on more of a film, than on paper, so they are harder to scan. I will post them below.
All in all, it was an amazing experience. We even got to hear the heartbeat while watching it! We hadn't heard it yet, so of course, I got a little teary eyed. Darren seemed to be like a kid on Christmas :) Very excited of course! We likely will get another chance to see the little one around 18-20 weeks and I'm looking forward to it! As of now, the due date is September 25, though I thought I'd at least try to wait a day, so our little one can share it's birthday with it's Uncle Dave :)
Thanks to everyon who has sent us emails to congratulate us! We are thrilled and are so happy to have so much support!
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