Appointment Details...

Below are the details from our ultrasound appointment this morning (August 8, 06). Mom S, you may not want to read this while at work. :)

Everything looks great! Things are progressing as they should be and everything, so far, looks really good.

It was so exciting! Not only was it exciting, but I didn't have a "Rachel" moment from Friends - we were able to see 'the baby' (in an episode Rachel can't see the baby on the screen but pretends to). Although he/she does look like a grain of rice. At first sight, you can see this 'blob' and it looks like it's the head and then the body. But the nurse told us that it was the yolk sack providing nutrients and the baby was right next to it.

Then we got to hear the baby's heartbeat. SO EXCITING! She (the nurse) had a radio playing in the background and I really wanted to tell her to turn it down as I was nervous we wouldn't be able to hear, but you could definitely hear the heartbeat. And it was a strong heartbeat. She even zoomed in on the ultrasound so we could see the heart. Amazing.

Although it was a fantastic appointment, it was very quick. We were in and out of the ultrasound room within 15 mins. She gave me a copy of the ultrasound pictures so we can have the "first" picture of our baby. We may have to think of a name related to "rice" since that's what it looked like.

Since everything is going so well, I will no longer be going to RSC but going to my normal Ob/Gyn office for the remainder of the pregnancy. I have my first prenatal appt on August 18th so that will be very exciting - however, because we've gone thru all of these tests & appts with RSC, alot of what is normally done at the first visit is already done. Again, with the overachieving...we're good like that.

Here is the baby info from today's appt:
Heartrate bpm: 132 bpm (look for this to be 120-140)
crown to rump: 7.0 mm
yolk sack: 3.3 mm (look for this to be 2.5-5.0)
Timeline: Anywhere from 6w4d - 7w1d, she's leaning more towards 7w1d which will still give us a March 2007 due date.