Video of my Amazing Ultrasound

My friend Jamie at work did an ultrasound yesterday and it was truly one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Jamie has already done a few ultrasounds for me and, until this one, they baby looked like a little spec or a little bean. I was completely caught off gurad this time because for the first time it looks like a real baby now...arms, legs, fingers, toes...unbelievable!! We counted 10 fingers and 10 toes..brain and spinal cord look good and the heart was beating away. And we could hear it really good this time. The biggest surprise for me though was that the baby was moving around like crazy. In this video the baby is relatively calm but looks like it's waving. At one point it went wild and started thrashing around, shaking it's fists... I hope he or she doesn't have their mom's temper : )

We got a heartbeat!

So I had an ultrasound done last Friday at 7 weeks pregnant to look for the baby's heartbeat. I had a slight concern about the pregnancy and haven't had my first official OB/GYN appointment, so my Dr. sent me to have the ultrasound done because, although she was confident that everything was fine, she wanted to make sure there was cardiac activity. Well, thank God, we got to see a very strong heartbeat and got a great picture of the baby, which right now looks like a little bean. In the picture you can see the arms and legs which are starting to form (the little circles on the top and bottom of the bean are the arms, and the little flipper-like part on the one end are the feet). Amazing! So far, everything looks great and the baby is growing right on schedule. So for now, some of my fears have been put to rest and I can take a deep breath and relax (a little).