First Sonogram

We got to have our first sonogram last week! I wasn't sure if we would get one this early or not, so I just asked Rebecca while we were there for our first appointment if we would. She said if I'd like to have one, she's just schedule it for us. Again - I heart her. The sono tech had already left that day, so we had to wait till Friday.

We get there and she sets us up in the darkened room and gets right down to business. They had a hard time finding the heartbeat, so I was expecting it might take a while for them to find the little booger in there, but as soon as the wand hit my belly, there s/he was!



Disclaimer: It was too early to find out the sex, but I hate referring to the baby as an "it", so I automatically default to "him". So, if you catch me calling the baby "him".. it's not a subliminal hint as to what it is... ;)

What I really wasn't expecting was how active he was! I figured we'd just see a little blob on the screen, they'd measure him, and we'd be on our way. But he was really busy in there! The first thing the tech said was "Oh, he's got a leg sticking straight up!" And then, "Now see him waving his arm?" He just wiggled and bounced all over the place. It totally blew my mind that at two inches long, and weighing in at five paperclips, they can move so much of their own volition! I got the giggles, and the tech said that was a good thing because it would wake him up even more. He slowed down for one second, so she jiggled him around with the wand and he was back at it again. (Dallas was worried she'd cause shaken baby syndrome before he's even born! hehee..) He kept arching his little back like he was trying to sit up straight, but she said I did such a good job of showing up with a full bladder that he couldn't really get to where he was trying to go. Ha! Whoopsie!

But the bottom line is that we've only got ONE growing in there, and that it's healthy and right on target for size and heart rate.