We went for the nuchal translucency ultrasound (which tests for Down Syndrome and trisomy 13 and 18) today and it was so cool! When I last saw "Squirt", the little bean was only 6 weeks along, so just a blob. This time the little bean actually looked like a baby!! It was so amazing. Squirt was moving around, jumping up and down, and moving its little hands. Then Squirt settled in a not so good spot for the neck measurement, so she used the scanner thingy to push Squirt around a bit, which got Squirt jumping again
All measurements were spot on, the heart was beating away fine, and everything looked good! DH was there as well which was nice, because this is the first time we've really seen the baby and I'm so glad we could see it together.
I got pics, so will scan them tonight and post them up. Yay for little Squirt!
Ohhh man I'm still coming down off my little high
It seems so much more real now. I had that nagging little "what if something's gone wrong, and the baby's died, or has stopped growing or something horrible like that, and I had no idea" in the back of my mind, so it was such a relief to not only see it, but to see it being so active!
Edit: Here's the pic!
All measurements were spot on, the heart was beating away fine, and everything looked good! DH was there as well which was nice, because this is the first time we've really seen the baby and I'm so glad we could see it together.
I got pics, so will scan them tonight and post them up. Yay for little Squirt!
Ohhh man I'm still coming down off my little high
Edit: Here's the pic!