Am I seriously THREE weeks behind?! Jeez! Someone needs to poke me with a cattle prod I guess. So lets go back to week thirteen! The week we heard our lil pea pod for the first time. wow. Everyone was so right. There could not be a more amazing sound. I wish there were words. Everyone says the sound you'll hear in heaven is unbeatable, hopefully it sounds like my babies heart whooshing away :). And to hear Dr Phelps say "here it is". ugh. I wanted to say leave that thing here with us, you can go see other people we'll listen to it all night. haha. She then said "it's in the 160's"...so we're borderin girl/boy. We'll see tomorrow how fast it is?! Dillon was kind of speechless. He doesn't talk much but his tone says everything. When we got to the car, I said that was so cool. He said his normal "yeah, it was" but his tone completely changed, from the normal. I could tell he was in shock :). So that was March 25th. I was 13w2d. My blood pressure was a little high, which typically is not normal for me, I always run 120/70. So she asked that I start taking it two times a day. I assured that it was because my heart was beating so fast out of nervousness that I was sure it was about to come out of my chest, therefore making it high. She didn't really care. So I bough a blood pressure cuff/stethoscope. Which actually has been really cool! We can listen to the baby with it. Can't really hear the heartbeat yet, but definitely hear the swooshing around of the flood and baby taping/hitting right were the stethoscope is placed. So while we were there that day they said they would go ahead and call St Lukes to schedule the level two ultrasound in three-four weeks. WHAT! Holy moly wow. :) So we got the call the next morning, that we would be going april 16th (yay that's tomorrow). So here is what baby s looked like at 13 weeks, and the info on the baby.
our Baby
Your baby can make a fist and even suck his or her thumb this week—both skills that are über-cute during infancy ... and not so much at the age of 9. If you're really lucky, you might catch a glimpse of baby's thumb sucking on an ultrasound photo. That's a framer! Other exciting developments include:
Your baby's eyelids are fused shut to protect his eyes as they develop. His bones and skull are solidifying and soon itsy-bitsy ribs may appear. (Baby ribs! How cute is that?!) Baby's intestines are finally right where you want them—in his or her belly instead of poking out into the umbilical cord. Baby's tooth sockets are all loaded and ready to pop out baby teeth six or seven months after baby is born (causing baby a lot of pain and you a lot of lost sleep).
Who's that singing? Elton John? Could be your baby: His vocal cords and larynx are completed now. He won't be able to make any sound yet, however, because sound waves travel through air and baby is submerged in fluid.
Your baby-to-be now weighs about 20 grams and is nearly 3 inches long, or about the size of a Nutter Butter, covered in chocolate. OK, it doesn't have to be covered in chocolate, but isn't everything better that way?
oh i took a picture of myself around this time, but i haven't loaded it in yet, i'll get to that!
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