14 Weeks and counting!

This week we are celebrating 14 weeks!  We had an ultrasound yesterday and for once Trevor was finally able to be there!  He got to see baby dancing and rolling and kicking around.  It was so amazing.  Although we still have the subchorionic hemorrhages, we are optimistic and hopeful that things will continue to grow and be healthy!  The ultrasound tech was awesome, he really took his time to play around with baby and show us different things.  Baby was too busy 'break dancing' so he struggled getting an exact heart rate.  It was clocked at 162 bpm which he said was normal.  On Tuesday, it was 151 bpm, so we are always in the same range!   He tried to get a footprint but the positioning just wasn't happening.  At one point, he showed us the umbilical cord and then turned on the color and we were able to see red and blue going back and forth showing us the blood circulating between me and little babe!  Sooooo cool! 

Trevor is convinced babe was sucking it's thumb here.  We did get a good sight of baby's nose and its pouty lips at one point!  We also saw it open and close its mouth!  We really wished we could have walked away with a video stream of it all, but we only have still shots!  Here you can see how long baby's legs have gotten in the past few weeks!  The bright white area along the bottom is the spine and you can also see it's jaw bones showing up as bright white too!

Baby was kicking and dancing around, so here you see its butt up and its arms were down by its side!  I wish I could feel it all too!

Butt up as it kicked around!

This one creeps me out a bit!  It's a straight on shot of the face, so you can see the eyes, jaw bones, i think the brain!  It was a bit odd for me, but equally cool!  It really liked this position and cozied up into it a couple times, so I had to jiggle around and the tech poked a bit! Aren't we great parents?!  haha.  At one point it gave in and rolled over for about five seconds and then assumed this exact same position again! 

Here baby is facing away from us.  So you see the back of the head, the ear on the top there, the legs sticking out towards the back, and the white spine curling over! 

Just thought I would share our update!  Our little baby is now the size of a lemon!   We are so excited for our next ultrasound at the end of January as we were told there would be more detail  to see then!  We were thrilled with the detail in this one, as if you look back at week 10, the progress is amazing!!  Thanks for sharing in our joy!  And thank you again for all the special warm thoughts.  We appreciate all the support and love we've been given through these past weeks!

xoxox