23 weeks

I had a doctor's appt and u/s today. The u/s was first and I was very excited to see our little boy (and yes they double checked....still a boy...LOL). [I realize this is possibly the WORST photo ever but i used my low tech scanner...aka camera to take a pic of really bad u/s prints]. The u/s tech was not exactly Miss Personality but she told us and showed us the bare minimum....Baby Boy's heart looked great, he has all his appendages, and he is growing appropriately. I couldn't help but smile w/ tears welling up in my eyes just seeing him on the screen. We are quite taken w/ him already....Brad must have squeezed my arm 2 dozen times during the 5 or 10 minutes u/s! :) Later, during the doctor's appt we discovered that he is 1 lb 6 oz....right on par per the doc and some of my readings.

This particular doc, Dr. J, makes the second in this OB group that I would rather not deliver my baby! She came in the exam room w/o ever making eye contact or introducing herself, told me my BP, urine, and weight looked fine, ask if we were having 1 baby or 2 (hello?? you are holding my chart!!!) and turned to leave. I had to stop her to express my concern for the dizziness a couple of days ago (and inform her that it had also happened a couple of weeks ago) and she said well that sounds like an inner ear problem you'll have to go see your GP (general practitioner). Considering I have never had trouble w/ that before and that PREGNANCY is the number one NEW medical condition I have, I though perhaps those two things might have been related. Naturally, I did not say that to her but........ I know, I know whining is for sissies! ;)

So feeling reassured about Baby Boy looking good but still a little worried about the on again off again dizziness. Oh well. I'll live. In the mean time, I'm enjoying WillorBen's inner aerobics....he is one busy boy!

Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of
ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
------Mark Twain

It's a.......

Boy!




Awww! Sucking his thumb!

Can you see his boy parts? :) He wasn't very bashful!

He was kicking like crazy and moving all around! I think I now recognize his movements and realize it's not just stomach issues! :) The sonographer was able to point out 2 arms and 2 legs, lots of fingers and toes, and the 4 functioning chambers of his heart. He appears to be nice and healthy! Whew! We were overjoyed to see him in action as a non-blob! He is adorable and we love him already! Can't wait to meet him on this side of the cervix!

"Happiness is as a butterfly which,
when pursued is always beyond our grasp,
but if you sit down quietly may alight upon you."
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Seeing is Believing!

Awwwwwwwww! That is our little baby! It is a singleton! We had our first u/s this afternoon and here is the proof! Ha! The black circle is the amniotic sac and the little peanut-like blob in the right side of the sac is our baby! I, of course, teared up when I saw the first inkling of the sac and boo hoo'd when I saw the flickering heart beat on the screen. Amazing!!! I love the little one already. Brad was in awe and we were both positively giddy at dinner just afterwards! After dinner we stopped at Babies R' Us and bought the baby it's first presents! Tiny newborn sized fuzzy white socks and a monkey! After all, haven't you always wanted a monkey?

Anyhow, we go back to the fertility doc on May 14th for a second u/s. If everything looks good, then we will be discharged to a regular OB/GYN (no pressure but I still need to decide on one!!). I am all smiles. I am off the no exercise restriction as well as the "vaginal rest"...LOL! I got to decrease my Prometrium dosage to 1x/day and will likely wean completely off of it after the next u/s. We will be touring a few hospitals over the next few weekends...to help us pick an OB/GYN. Of course we haven't lived in the Cincy area long enough to become acquainted w/ the hospitals (fortunately) so that will be a challenge. I am looking forward to every step but will be glad to have the OB/GYN under our belt....or at least mine...hahaha.

The line between failure and success is so fine
that we scarcely know when we pass it;
so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
-- Elbert Hubbard.