3rd Ultrasound

Andy and I were at the hospital bright and early this morning to have our followup ultrasound to check on the low lying placenta and cervical cyst.

The cyst is still there but the technician and doctor are confident that it is truly a cyst and is NOT my cervix dilating. I guess the two look very similar in the ultrasound images so they just want to be extra sure that it's a cyst.

My placenta is also still laying low - or covering a little bit of my cervix - the tech said it should move as I get bigger but it still needs to be monitored and I still can't lift anything heavy and need to take it easy.

I have to go back at 28 weeks to have another look - I am 22 now so that's about 6 weeks. Our next Dr. appointment is Monday, Feb. 2nd.

The best part about today is that we got to get another look at the lil peanut! We even got to see him/her in 3-D and the Tech gave us a ton of GREAT pictures!!! She said he or she was very stubborn because he/she would not move his or her hands away from the face. The tech kept trying to get the baby to move but the baby wouldn't cooperate - finally the baby moved it's tiny little hands away and we got to see some great images of the baby's face! Andy, the Tech and I all thought the baby is super cute!

I'll let you all judge for yourselves: (PS. You can click on any of the images to see them larger)

Side view - baby cuddling with cord

Click for larger image - this is when baby was hiding face

Baby moved arms and we could see that cute face!

I love the middle picture in the string above - baby has mouth open

I also really like the middle one of these too - looks like baby is smiling

20 Week Dr. Appointment

The doctor appointment tonight was short and sweet.

Everything is good - she had not received the ultrasound information yet but said if there were any major issues the hospital would have called.

I told her about the cyst and the low lying placenta and she said both were very common, nothing to worry about just need to be monitored. So we will go back in two weeks to see.

Other than that we just had typical appointment - weight, blood pressure, babies heartbeat, etc.

Met with the same doctor as last time - Dr. Newman who we both really like.

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BABY!!!! (Click on the image and you'll see a larger version!)

20 Week Ultrasound

Good Morning -

Andy and I went to our 20 week ultrasound at the hospital this morning.

It was very cool! I have been feeling lots of movement recently and that was one of the first things we noticed was that the baby likes to move!

I'll post the pictures later tonight but according to the ultrasound technician everything looked good with the baby.

We saw it's head, ears, eyes, leg and feet, spine, and more. When she was trying to get a picture of the hand she said he or she was holding the cord and then right then the baby lifted three fingers one at a time - that was really cute!

Our due date was moved up 2 days so we are now counting down to May 20!

The heartbeat was 150 and NO we did not find out the sex nor did we see anything that gave us a clue.

I have a cyst on my cervix that was covering up a portion of the cervix and they could not get a proper measurement so I do have to go back in 2 weeks and also the placenta is covering the cervix a little bit so I have to be VERY careful - no heavy lifting, hula dancing or hallway painting. Not a big deal they will check it again in 2 weeks to see if it has moved - if it doesn't move by the due date I'll have to get a c-section.

We have our doctor's appointment tomorrow night so I'll post again then.

Also check back tonight for the pics!

Happy New Year!

Well today marks 20 weeks! We are halfway there!!!!

We just returned from a wonderful trip to NM to see family. My grandma, aunt, mom and cousin threw a really nice shower for Andy and I. The food was out of this world (THANK YOU SARAH!) the company was great, I enjoyed all of the games (even the poo poo chocolate diapers!) and everyone gave such nice gifts. Thank you all and it was so wonderful to see all of you!

Monday Andy and I go for my 20 week ultrasound and we are really excited! We will NOT be finding out the sex, but you all believe it is a boy anyway so if you all know already then we don't need to find out! :) We also have our 20 week doctor appointment on the following day (Tuesday).

Everyone has been asking for Belly pics so I'll start a week by week journal now that I have a little something to show.

I feel great and have lots of movement from lil baby gulia.

Check back on Monday for Ultrasound updates and Pictures!