This morning we had the second trimester ultrasound. We went to a different clinic that Sarah's normal doctor sent us to for this, where the ultrasound machine is more powerful or where the staff is more specialized in doing ultrasounds. It was basically to check the anatomy of the baby carefully at this stage.
We're happy to report that the baby is "normal." I'm a bit disappointed because, even before our child is born, I expect it to be an above-average child, you know. But I'll take normal and healthy!
The views the machine gave us of the baby were quite detailed. You could see many features of the baby's anatomy - the bladder, kidneys, a strong beating heart, all of its facial features (it's very good looking, I'd say), 10 fingers and 10 toes, the spinal column, etc. Yes, we could have learned the baby's sex, but we chose not to find out. We'll wait for the surprise at the end! The baby at this stage is 20-25 cm long from head to toe and weighs about 400 grams.
What was most exciting, after seeing many of its parts in detail and seeing and hearing the heartbeat, was seeing it move. And boy, does it move! Either we have a young athlete here, or, as I said earlier, Baby has received Mommy's and Daddy's dancing genes. It was moving its hands a lot and kept waving at us (bonjour!) and responding to the technician's "Hello!" At one point we even saw it yawn! It's curled up with its legs way up by its head. Sarah says she is feeling movement more often, but whenever I put my hands on Sarah's stomach, I never feel anything.
Basically, the technician had little to say - no news is good news. "Continue" with the pregnancy is what she sent us off with!
We're happy to report that the baby is "normal." I'm a bit disappointed because, even before our child is born, I expect it to be an above-average child, you know. But I'll take normal and healthy!
The views the machine gave us of the baby were quite detailed. You could see many features of the baby's anatomy - the bladder, kidneys, a strong beating heart, all of its facial features (it's very good looking, I'd say), 10 fingers and 10 toes, the spinal column, etc. Yes, we could have learned the baby's sex, but we chose not to find out. We'll wait for the surprise at the end! The baby at this stage is 20-25 cm long from head to toe and weighs about 400 grams.
What was most exciting, after seeing many of its parts in detail and seeing and hearing the heartbeat, was seeing it move. And boy, does it move! Either we have a young athlete here, or, as I said earlier, Baby has received Mommy's and Daddy's dancing genes. It was moving its hands a lot and kept waving at us (bonjour!) and responding to the technician's "Hello!" At one point we even saw it yawn! It's curled up with its legs way up by its head. Sarah says she is feeling movement more often, but whenever I put my hands on Sarah's stomach, I never feel anything.Basically, the technician had little to say - no news is good news. "Continue" with the pregnancy is what she sent us off with!
1 comment:
I am so excited for you guys and super glad that I happened to check the blog today to be one of the first to see the new baby photos!! It looks like your pictures were much more detailed then our ultrasound with Olivia. That is especially cool that you were able to see it move so much. With Olivia the position we saw her in in the womb was much like the positions she now likes best, so yours may just be moving all the time:)
Love
Miriam
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