Whoa baby!

First off may I say that my fears about not seeing a whole lot of difference from the 11 week scan and the 12 week scan was not an issue. At all.

We found out on Tuesday that baby was measuring 12w 4d instead of 12w 1d! Two measurements were at 12w 4d and one (when the baby was balled up...) was 12w 2d. Either way the babe is a growing machine! My LMP said I would have been 12w on Tuesday but my OB said we're more like 12w 3d. We're now at August 15th, the day before the Mr's 29th birthday, which is a lovely jump from our first EDD at August 20th. Looks like August is going to be a busy month.

At any rate we got two amazing pictures of the babe and I've been staring at them wondering if I would be able to tell is the baby will be were pink or blue. Hmmm... I cannot wait. Really. So here(s)he is, in all his 12w 3d(ish) glory!

Milestone Day: 12 weeks!

Development:

This uses actual developmental stages to divide up a pregnancy. From LMP to 12 weeks the embryo develops all the major organs and becomes a fetus. From 12 weeks to 27 weeks the fetus continues developing and reaches viability. From 27 weeks on the fetus finishes development and prepares for delivery. Here the second trimester begins at 12w 0d and the third at 27w 0d.

Here we are 12 weeks. Which means Baby B is entering 2nd Tri and we're ready to spend the next 15 weeks with you!

The baby is a swimmer!

I had a surprise u/s today. I went in to check for a cyst or something that could be the cause of this crazy, sharpshooter pain I've had for four days. I was sitting on the ever-so-comfortable examine table donned in my so sexy white napkin and the midwife walks in and says "I thought I'd see her in the sono room..."

Awesome. I reminded her I had my NT scan in less than a week, but hell, who turns down a sono? Especially one the Dr. says is "necessary".

I can't put into words how incredibly shocked I was when I saw the baby. He was MOVING. Flipping and kicking and waving his arms. Moving. It was nuts. She gave me two pictures taken within seconds and you can see the baby was kicking.

I was kind of disappointed because I wanted to see a big difference between the u/s at 8 weeks and 12 weeks (which OMG there was) but now I have another u/s at about 12 weeks and I'm thinking I won't be seeing a whole ton of growth. We'll see I guess.

So here he is, at 11 weeks 3 days! Keep growing babe!