introducing… baby!
Posted: June 18, 2011 Filed under: preg life Leave a comment »(At the time of the sonogram, baby was 13 weeks 5 days… according to my calculations, at least.)
Full body shot - you can see the arms (they look like they're floating) and legs (well, at least one leg)
Close-up of the face, in profile
Another further away shot
Finally, proof that there is a wiggly baby in there! (I guess the heartbeat could be proof, but this is really real proof. Or something.)
If you couldn’t guess, today I had my NT scan. I was admonished by many a website that the NT scan was, in fact, an important medical test and wasn’t an excuse for me to see my baby, and “is not to provide the first photo for your baby album, or to find out your baby’s sex.” (Wow. Harsh much?) Of course, my number one hope was that the scan would reveal a healthy, normal baby. But I have to say, the most exciting thing was actually SEEING said baby, watching him or her wiggle around and be active and babylike. So. Freaking. Cute.
I was stressed about this appointment. I was afraid I’d find out something bad (which has been the case with my short track record with ultrasounds) and worse, I’d find it out without Dan there – he had to work. In fact, I was so worried that I didn’t let myself get excited at all until I was laying on my back with an uncomfortably full bladder, and the sonographer started cheerfully talking to me about baby moving around too much to get a good reading. Well. Active baby is good, right? I turned onto my side and baby calmed down enough for the tests.
Even though I don’t officially get results to the test until later, I tried to snoop at the screen. I didn’t catch the heartbeat, but I know it’s usually around 150 (and I did get to see it beat, so that was cool.) The highest nuchal fold measurement I saw was 1.5mm, and according to the internet anything under 2.5mm is within normal range. Although I did notice the sonographer measuring the crown to rump length,I didn’t catch it, which is too bad because that could help calculate a due date (I’m pretty sure the LMP-calculated date is off by a few days.) Oh, and the sonographer told me baby was too small for her to guess boy or girl, which was fine with me. I want Dan to be with me when we learn the gender, anyway.
So now that I’ve gotten over my worry that baby will have fused limbs or be a conjoined twin, I can worry about something more important… like whether or not this scan will be covered my insurance. :P (Even if it’s not? Totally worth it. I LOVE those pictures!) (And work or no work, Dan is DEFINITELY coming with me to my 20 week sonogram.)
