This last Thursday evening Anthony and I had our first in depth ultrasound. We were so excited to see more than just a little blur, but we had no idea the level of detail we were going to see. I'm having a hard time finding the words to describe how it feels to see your baby's profile for the first time...it just makes your heart melt! These pictures do not do justice to what we saw in person!!
The Dr. started by checking to make sure the baby had all it arms, legs, fingers, and toes. He also checked the width of the baby's neck and took some measurements of the fluid in the back of the neck- this checks for down syndrome. He measured the length and the regularity of the heart beat. Not only was our baby healthy, but he was very active! We could see him flipping around, moving his arms and legs, and my eyes definitely teared up when I saw the baby yawn- we soon found out that this wasn't a yawn, but the baby was drinking the amniotic fluid (gross! :)).
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| Carter- it looks like he's laughing :). Check out his brain! |
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| Carter- 3D rubbing his eyes |
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| Carter- facing you! |
After all the main body parts were checked, the Dr took a bottom up view of the baby and saw two legs and then something else floating out there. He was able to verify that it was not the umbilical cord using infrared, so he said he would put his money on it that it was a BOY! Since it is still early on in my pregnancy, they cannot say with 100% certainty, but there will be another ultrasound in 4-5 weeks where they will verify again. The Dr seemed pretty confident and you could tell he knew what he was doing, so we're going to go with it! We are so excited for Carter Blake Creel to join our nest!!
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| Carter's manhood |
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| 14 weeks |
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