New Blog series

Here is our first installment at 9wks. I'm always telling people that every week is like a year when it comes to fetal development, I think that you all will be amazed to see how true that statement is! I've been doing ultrasounds a long time and am still shocked at what takes place from one week to another. At this stage, the baby is 1-inch in length, about the size of a martini olive and weighs a mere 2 grams—a little less than a penny. Most info. will say that "You might be able to hear the heartbeat now", however, look at what can be visualized already! I'd love hear some other creative baby size comparisons as well so chime in and let's enjoy this miracle! JT Enlightened 4D Imaging.

Today was the first day we got to see our little baby!  Well, we actually had a scan at my doctor’s office during my first OB appointment but it wasn’t even close to how amazing this scan was.  I was six weeks along at the time and the baby just looked like a blob.  The ultrasound tech said there was a heart beat but she wasn’t able to read it and the whole scan was about three minutes long and I was sent home with your typical ultrasound picture of a blurry blob.  

It’s amazing to see how many changes happened in just a few short weeks which explains why I’ve been so tired and exhausted lately.  This scan was so amazing, we didn’t know what to expect with a new machine and all, I was personally just excited to see my baby again.  Not only did I get to see him/her, we got to SEE the heart beat and we got to HEAR the heart beat!  It sounded like a horse galloping and it was strong and healthy at 175bpm.  We sat and listened to it for a while and my boyfriend said he got goose bumps! He couldn't stop laughing and saying how amazing it was to hear our baby’s heart beat at such an early stage with so much definition.  The ultrasound even showed us the blood circulating through the heart.  If you look at the picture that says “heart” you can see a blue and red dot in the center of the baby- that is the blood circulating! It makes me so happy to see that our little bean is already functioning like we do at such an early stage.

Our little bean was also moving around a little bit.  That was super cool for me because I’m not feeling him/her move yet obviously but just to know that he/she is in there with a strong heart beat and moving around a little made me feel so happy and blessed! 

When the ultrasound was switched over to the 2^nd Gen HD I couldn’t believe my eyes. We could actually see our baby, it looked so real!  He/she looked like a little nugget, maybe NugBug will be our nick name until we find out the gender, which will hopefully be sooner than usual J  If you look at the colored picture above, it’s looks like the uterus is cut in half and you can see the baby in that circle.  I think the little baby looks like a bean if you ask me! We’re so excited and can’t wait to watch this baby grow and develop. I hope you all enjoy following along with us on this amazing journey and enjoy learning along the way too!