Our first ultrasound

What an exciting day today was! Ron and I both took the day off work for our first ultrasound. My appointment was at 10:30 but they didn't call me in until 11:10 or so. Talk about sitting around on a full bladder - YIKES!!! Anyway, it was well worth it because we saw Lil' Bean and everything looks great so far. The baby is measuring 69.9mm (almost 7cm) from crown to rump and the heartbeat was good and strong, too (although I forgot to ask what the heart rate was).

Baby was moving around a lot - must have been the Kool Aid I drank before the ultrasound - hehe. It was hard for the technicican to get all of the measurements and then to take a picture because of the movements...but hey, that's a great sign!

In the picture above, baby's head is to the right and his/her legs are to the left - actually kicking away. The best part is that baby's one hand is on it's head as if to say 'oh what a rough day I've had' - or maybe even 'oh Gawd, are THESE my parents - OY!' ha ha You can see baby's spine very clearly as well (white line)!

So, all in all - we had a wonderful day and now we can start to share our news with EVERYONE!

Only 44 days until our next ultrasound! YIPPEE!!!!

Jules