baby bird#2 update/NT Scan

the husband & i went in on friday morning for our NT Scan.

i know some people avoid the NT Scan, but we use it as another chance to see the baby , as well as a chance to test for anything that might require us to have addtl preparations in place.

so- the fun part, seeing the baby! i think seeing your inside kid on a screen is one of the best things ever:

baby bird#2 was wiggling & jumping around like crazy. it brought back all the memories of seeing alex at her NT Scan. so freaking awesome.

the u/s tech got 99% of her measurements & then baby bird simply stopped cooperating. she needed him to turn over & he just wouldn't. so i had to go pee & jump around.

after about 5 more minutes he turned over just enough & she was done. she let us look for a couple more minutes & sent me on my way for bloodwork.

Stats:

measuring: 12 weeks 2 days

due date: dec 8th

heartbeat: 156 bpm

nt measurment: 1.2 mm

so, so far so good! my due date moved way up from the original dec 15th date- but we're going to say dec 10th for a nice middle of the road date.

so today = 12 weeks 4 days

it was so awesome to see him. it's just so reassuring! such a miracle- and i'm so very thankful every day!

as for me- i still look about the same as i did 5 weeks ago with belly pic#1- so i haven't bothered to take another one yet. i will this week.

i can definately see a bump, but if you didn't know i was ku then you wouldn't know.

symptoms are mild- just like with alex- but i'm freaking tired 100% of the time. i don't think the hubs really gets how tired i am. so my "i'm reeeeally tired..." statements fall on deaf ears.

in other news: this weekend was fab. i'll be sure to post pics asap- i shot a wedding this sunday & i can now see why real photogs charge so much. omg- time consuming much?!

5 hours at the wedding- shooting

10+ hours editing (and still not done)

i only have 300 or so pics but the editing is killing me- it takes foreveeeer. so yeah, no more bitching about photography prices- i get it now.

ok- so i promise to get a new belly pic this week & get some weekend shots up before friday (i hope)

now i need to go catch up on blogs. please forgive me if i haven't commented in awhile- i'm trying to keep up!!!

13 weeks 2 days

so we had our NT Scan today- wooo! the lady told me to come with a full bladder & i totally didn't- i told her it was full though, and when she started the ultrasound she said "perfect"- ha, sucker. anyway.

so according to her & her measurments, everything looks good! the baby was very coopertive & stayed still when she needed him/her too. he/she did start moving near the end (hiccups & such) & then gave us a little wave- sweet. we got some great shots & he/she has a very lovely profile IMO. heh. the tech said he/she was very "sonogenic" - takes after me. der. oh yeah- heartbeat = 136 bpm. that's good she said, so- cool.

then i sent the husband on his way & got my bloodwork done. just one little vial today & then i go back on April 2nd for the 2nd half of it.

and that's that. i think brandon told his work today (because he's been chomping at the bit since day 1) but i didn't feel like it- i think i might just let people figure it out (but i'd hate to have them think i'm just getting fat- yikes) but we'll see. it's getting harder & harder to hide my diminishing waistline- meh.

we'll probably tell the rents this weekend. if i could hide it, i'd totally wait till Easter- but my short torso & lack of self control when it comes to cookies isn't going to allow that. damn me.

i think i'll make copies & frame a couple of the u/s pics & give them those- and be all like "i don't know how this happened aaaaaiiiieeeee!" lolz- nice. my parents'll be happy but they already have 4 granddaughters- the man's parent's on the other hand- yeeesh, they're gonna freak.
they want grandkids sooo bad and the b-man is the only one who's in any position to provide them with any so yeah. go us.

ok- i gots to go work- i'll post my alien baby pics laters. ciao.