A sneak peak

On Friday Mark and I got to take a peak at baby boy to check on his growth. We were amazed to see him in 4D. The u/s tech gave us a video so I thought I would share. I just love seeing him pucker up!

Sweet profile. He was taking a little sip of amniotic fluid so you can see his pout.  She said he is about 2lbs. Feels like 10! Haha. 

Emerson's Close-Up

One fun thing about the ultrasounds to monitor Emerson's health are ultrasound pics! Since we never decided to do a 3D ultrasound it was very cool get to see her after all. Although she wasn't extremely cooperative we did get a glimpse of her face. My placenta did cover her up a little bit but, we got a sneak peak at her little nose. In one pic you can see her scowling at the fact she is being poked. When we were there we could see her raise her hand in front as to say, "Hey! Leave me alone. I'm trying to sleep."  So does she look like Mark or me? haha.

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10 week 6 day ultrasound

Today was my second OB appointment. They did another low level ultrasound to see the heartbeat. You can definitely tell a big growth spurt in the past 4 weeks. This is a view of the baby from the side so at the top is the head and if you look to the right of that you can see a tiny arm. The blurry object further to the right is the umbilical cord. I think I can see a little leg at the bottom end as well. Anyways everything is looking good! I haven't gained a single pound surprisingly. I think the culprit is me being to exhausted to work out and losing my muscle mass. But, soon I should start to gain a pound a week. 

Baby Landis has a heartbeat!

7 weeks 1 day

Today I had an ultrasound and we got to see the flicker of the little bean's heart beating. The nurse also turned on the doppler and we heard it. A solid 135 beats per minute. I know ultrasounds can be hard to read so I'll try to translate. The cross on the right side is the head, the one of the left is the tail. The little semi-circle below is the amniotic sac. It was pretty encouraging to see something a lot bigger than last time. Afterwards I got a whole spill on what I can and can't do. Plus lots of free books and pamphlets. Then I got 8 vials of blood taken, which was not too fun. Anyways we are super excited to see that the little one is growing and it all is starting to feel very real now!