Baby News

Ten years ago, when I was pregnant with Emma, there's no way I'd be given an appointment to see an OB before I was at least 12 weeks along.  The idea was that if I lost the baby, there was nothing that could be done anyway, so it wasn't worth the doctor's time.  Okay, that's the tactless way to say it, but that's what the idea was.

Seven years ago, when I was pregnant with Matt, I was lucky to get more than one ultrasound of my baby boy.  In truth, we were all lucky that I got more than one ultrasound since that's what, in essence, saved him when he was born.  But that's a whole other story.

I noticed with Millie that things were different.  I got to see the doc almost immediately.  I got an ultrasound at that first visit, if for no other reason than to verify my due date.  All this early attention makes having a baby that much more fun.  And when you're preparing for your body to endure the most uncomfortable, painful, confusing, and sometimes grotesque nine months of your life, some positive attention is a very good thing.

Baby 5 is no different.  I called my new OB and got my first appointment within four days of calling.  That first appointment lasted a couple of hours as we detailed my OB and health history, drew my blood work, had the oh-so-wonderful physical exam, and yes, saw our baby for the first time.



It's hard to see, so let me explain a little about this picture.  According to the dates, my due date should be May 28.  But the ultrasound shows that our baby is much smaller than that.  The ultrasound equipment can't measure anyone who is less than 2 mm.  Our baby is 1 mm.  So little!! 

**In my head I call our baby a "she".  Is that bad?  I don't know who's coming into our family, but until we know, I'll just trust that the girls will continue to overrule.**

Anyway, the machine couldn't pick up her heartbeat because she's not 2 mm yet, but we could see it.  We could see the heart of our 1 mm baby beating.  Imagine, if she's 1 mm, how big must her heart be?  And we saw it beating.  Oh, the beautiful miracles of life. 

Anyway, in the photo above, our baby is the little tiny smudge in the upper corner of the central circle that the arrow is pointing to.  The words there say, "Baby 1 mm." 

As of right now, the ultrasound says our due date is June 10.  Due dates can fluctuate so much that I'll just plan on her being born sometime around the first of June since we have to plan another c-section. 

That's a rant for another day.