11 weeks 3 days

I'm so behind! Okay, since my last post I have had two ultrasounds. Ultimately, the RE won the battle between the ultrasounds and I had one at 10 weeks 1 day. It was great to see the baby - he/she was really moving around and the arms and legs were more defined.

I had another ultrasound on Wednesday at 11 weeks 1 day for my NT scan. The measurement was 1.7mm so that's WONDERFUL. Gotta wait for the bloodwork to come back, but it looks as though we may have ruled out Down's and Trisomy 18, which is a good thing. At my age, I have a low risk anyway, but I am not going to turn down any tests to rule out any potential issues with the baby. Plus, who doesn't want another excuse to see the baby? I have my doppler at home but there's nothing like actually SEEING the baby. This time, Baker got to come! He asked for time off to come and see me and the resident gave him the whole day off! I think that the whole ultrasound experience is a little overwhelming for us. Both of us just kind of watch the screen in amazement - I think the ultrasound tech is looking for us to say more, but there just isn't much to say when there is something so amazing to look at. It's just such a personal experience. In any case, baby was most certainly asleep this time and didn't want to move so the tech had to poke my stomach so the baby would jump so that she could get a good measurement on the NT. Anyway, all went well and I go back in 3 weeks for another ultrasound.

Only issue is this whole subchorionic hemmorage thing - apparently, it is staying the same size, not growing, not shrinking, just there. Thank goodness (knock on wood) I haven't had any actual bleeding from it, which is good. The doc I saw at 10 weeks said that if I have actual bleeding that he'll put me on bedrest so I am doing my best to avoid that by taking it really easy.

In belly news, the belly that I had has shrunk! I guess the bloat has finally gone away and what I do have is actual uterus and baby. That's exciting but it's a little scary to see the potbelly that I had disappear! Still a little something but not much.

So my doppler's batteries totally died last night, which doesn't surprise me because I've been using it a lot. But it's scary, because the thing didn't SLOWLY die, it just died! So I hope it's the batteries! I need to run out to Wal-Mart to get some things today anyway, so I will be heading there sooner than later so I have batteries for my doppler! Even though I am getting more and more relaxed about this pregnancy (the doc on Wednesday actually told me to relax) I still want to check on baby often with the doppler.

In other news, I am telling EVERYONE on Monday. Monday is D-Day for me. The wonderful SAIF girls have given me some WONDERFUL advice on dealing with telling my parents, so I will be sending them a card. I think that this is a wonderful solution to a sticky situation, so I am excited about it. Hopefully, mail service in Houston has resumed in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

Ultrasound pictures below - first, the 10 week ones and then the 11 week ones.