Ultrasound

I had my ultrasound this morning. On the paperwork it said no children under the age of 8. Emily was in preschool. David had to work. That leaves Ben, the mama's boy. I carpool to preschool with a good friend, Dakri and her daughter Alanah. She drops off and I pick up. The plan was that Ben would go with Emily in Dakri's car this morning. She'd drop off the girls and bring him back to her house. Then when I was done with my appointment, I would pick him up. Ben pitched a fit when it came time to leave, a royal fit.

Plan B.

I'll go to the Doctor with Ben and Dakri will meet me there after dropping off the girls. This way, I'll be right in the other room and Dakri won't have to deal with him for long. I don't care if Ben screams. I just don't want my friend to have to deal with it.

Luckily, the Doctor's office was empty. Ben and I are in the waiting room and Dakri arrives. They call me back. I can hear him screaming from inside the room with the door shut. The lady says they can come back. So, Dakri came in for my appointment and held Ben on her lap. She saved the day.

Now, on to the ultrasound...

We were able to see the heartbeat and the technician held the wand still and let us watch the baby move around. It was rather sweet. She took all the necessary measurements. My calculations put me at 8 weeks exactly. She estimated that I was 8 weeks and 5 days. She said I probably ovulated early. Sounds good to me. My due date got moved up to October 3rd. I was thrilled as my birthday is the 11th and I really didn't want to be delivering or at the hospital on my birthday. Emily was born on her due date and Ben 2 days late. I don't deliver early, so October 3rd sounds good to me.

Here are a few photos of the little mushroom which is what I thought it looked like. It must be a girl and she already has my big hips!

The wavy lines on the bottom (in the middle part) is the heartbeat.




The circle on the right is the yolk sac which is there until the placenta develops.


I will have another ultrasound at 18-20 weeks. It will probably be a more advanced ultrasound due to my ahem, AMA, or Advanced Maternal Age. As if at 35, I have one foot in the grave!

I am still feeling great. I've had a few minor symptoms, otherwise I really wouldn't even know I was pregnant yet which is very different from my first two pregnancies. It was nice to see the baby moving around on the monitor and see the heartbeating just to verify that indeed I am pregnant and all is well.

So far, so good.