11 and a half Week Ultrasound

We had a wonderful time today at the Washington Radiology Associates.  Our sonographer was so nice and pointed out tons of stuff to us, and took lots of photos. At the end of the visit, we got a CD full of photos from the visit. They confirmed that the baby has a two-hemisphere brain, a spine, two arms, two legs, and a heartbeat of 161 beats per minute.

Here's the traditional sonogram photo:

Then we even got to see the little guy in 3D!

He or she was kicking their legs, turning to the side, and bouncing around. The doctor said "looks like he's having a ball in there!" I can't feel any of it yet, which is so strange because it is 5 cm.

11 Weeks

Baby is the Size of a Lime

Although it feels a lot bigger!

10 Week Appointment

I had my 10 week appointment today. The day started off pretty badly with me rushing to a meeting downtown, which required me to get on a way too full Metro train. I started to get hot and feel really, really nauseous. It got so bad that I couldn't make it to my destination, I had to get off (run off) and sit down for a few minutes before I could continue. So I'm going to try to avoid crowded Metros for a while.

10 Weeks

Baby is the Size of a Prune

This week feels like a pretty big milestone to me. Ten weeks seems like a long time and I feel like we've done a pretty good job of keeping our secret.

We have decided to wait until the traditional twelve weeks to spread the news openly. This will coincide nicely with the week right before we go on vacation to Florida. I can tell my boss right before we head out so he will have some time to let it sink in. I plan to take 4 months off and hopefully they are OK with that.

We have told a couple of people in the past two weeks:

• My cousin and her husband, whose baby is going to be exactly one year older than our baby!
• Our friends in Richmond while we were visiting with them last week. 

Unpasteurized Cheese and Other Things Off-limits

Pregnancy is full of "No's".
Maybe this is so you can empathize with your future child hearing you say "NO!" all the time, or maybe (I think I read this somewhere) - it is for the baby's health. It is totally understandable that there are so many foods that are risky, and I have promised not to eat them, but that doesn't mean that I have to like it!

Baby Stuff

We went to Savannah this weekend to visit my sister and her family, and my dad and stepmom also came up to visit with us all. We had planned to pick up some baby stuff from my sister as her youngest is now 10 months and has outgrown plenty of items that our baby would be happy to have! I had an idea of how much it would be, but seeing it all in person it was just so much! It was AMAZING to have my sister hand over all of her precious baby clothes, toys, gadgets- it was so generous. Now our office/future nursery is stacked up with baby supplies, it is very surreal to walk in there in the morning and see baby stuff everywhere!

We got some adorable Winnie the Pooh gifts from dad and stepmom, a cute 3-D onesie and little finger puppets! AND a beautiful maternity dress from Pea in the Pod, my bump just has to grow in!

 

Now we just need to figure out where to store all of these baby supplies, as I am guessing that they will continue to accumulate via parents, friends, and of course- me! I haven't bought anything yet, maybe at 12 weeks I'll celebrate by buying something for the baby :-)