Time to meet the REAL John A.

8 Weeks 2 Days

So here he is! Sorry for the blurry picture quality the picture we have in real life is a bit clearer... but if you see the top rounded part inside the black part it is his head. You can also see the cord near the round part on the left side going to the body.

Words cannot explain how amazing it was to see this in real life. When she zoomed into the uterus you could make out so much stuff, no squinting or guessing. The best part by far was SEEING the heart beating! Wow it just beats soooo fast! As soon as I saw that I relaxed times a hundred. It was the most beautiful sight in the world seeing your babe's heart beating away. Then it got even better because with a touch of a button suddenly we could HEAR the heart beating away. M said it best explaining it sounded like a train just chugging away. Keep in mind by now the heart is beating around 150 beats per minute- twice our own heartbeat... now imagine how that sounds and looks. John A. is a realllly good size too! As per last post I said that babe is around 1.25 cm... John A. is at 1.8cm! So it's nice to know that he is doing well and growing nicely.

Apparently they usually like for you to consult with the head Dr. there afterwards but since he was away on vacation this week I get to go for ANOTHER ultrasound in 3 weeks today!! So August 11th we get to see our babe again and hopefully see how healthy he is growing and how much he has changed! In that ultrasound they are also going to measure the thickness of his neck because that can indicate if there is any chromosome defects. I also get a bloodtest which I am kind of happy about because it never hurts to check the levels of everything also. I'll be 11 weeks and 2 days then. At the same time I also have to make an appt with my family doctor for all of my prenatal work and they will basically be the ones taking care of me then... the London ultrasound is just an added bonus I guess.

The whole experience was just surreal. I will never forget it. We will never forget it. It is nice to be able to reflect on it whenever I get the feeling "is there really something in there?" Now I just close my eyes and imagine that little heart fluttering away, the whoosh whoosh whoosh of hearing the heart or cheat and just look at the picture.