Window into the Womb

For the first time I was actually able to get a good view of baby. I found it rather amazing that I was able to get a glimpse of our little bundle, who isn't so little anymore! The ultrasound technichian had to move the sensor around a substantial bit to get a complete view of the baby. It was kind of like looking at a huge pdf document piece by piece, but it was also 3D, so it was layer by layer as well.

From what I could see, baby is developing beautifully, although it took a little bit of orientation to figure out what the heck I was looking at.
Thankfully, the tech was eager to point out what each white blotch represented (and labeled the picture we bought). The cervix and the placenta didn't really grab my attention, nor any recognition, because I see those things every day. Yeah. OR NOT.

It didn't take long for me to recognize shapes of the arms, legs, feet, head, elbows, spine (which was very straight). It was really neat when baby twitched her (that's the assumption of the tech, which could be wrong) feet. I've felt baby move, and I've seen Caitlin's tummy burble, but actually seeing the image of the foot move independently... bit of a magic moment.

Truth be known, I should have updated a couple of weeks ago, November 24 or there abouts. That was the day we went to the West end for a prenatal appointment. Embrassingly enough, it was also techinically our first official appointment. While we were there, the doctor got out the Doppler (mike/speaker) unit that allowed us to listen to baby's heartbeat. I made a recording, and I was trying to figure out a way to post it on the blog. Then I learned that audioblog was discontinued on Nov 1, 2006. Bleh. I could just email it to those who want to hear it, or use that wonderful invention of the telephone.

Then again, I update this blog almost as often as I call people. Huh. I don't think that's a good sign.