Week 10

So obviously writing every week became a little cumbersome, so I will not be doing that. Instead I'm just going to write whenever I have something to write about instead of sitting at the computer trying to think of something to write.

Anyways, last week on Friday I had my first prenatal appointment. It wasn't anything exciting really, just going over what to expect (which I've already been studying way before my appointment, so I kind of already knew all that) and all the different screening tests. Mike and I have decided to have the extra couple ultrasounds that look for markers of certain diseases, not that it would change anything. We are going to have this baby regardless of if the probability of the baby having down syndrome or trisomy 18 or neural tube defects. And that's just it, it's just a probability. They have no way of telling you 100% whether your baby has these diseases, it's just a probability. We're not about to end the life of our unborn child based on a probability; it'd just be nice to be prepared.

On a happier note, we had our first ultrasound that day. Mike came and we both got to watch our "break dancing baby" as the ultrasound technician called him/her. We saw his/her heart beating and got to listen to it :) 180 beats per minute. I immediately thought "it's about the speed of a cat's heart" and Mike thought "about three hertz" we were both right. We even got  pictures of the baby, which are kind of hard to make out unless you know what you're looking at, but once you know amazing. I can't wait to see what baby looks like farther along in the pregnancy. My next ultrasound in on July 12 and it's for the prenatal screening, but I'm hoping I can get some pictures then as well.

This one's my favorite (he/she is upside down in all of the pics)