8 Weeks Today!

Dave and I walked into the steaming ultrasound room and prepped to see our baby at 8 weeks. The tech tried the wand over my belly, but nothing showed up. Another internal exam, so fun. She moved the wand around a bit and discovered the reason for the "no-show" on the over-belly wand: my uterus is tipped back so far that she couldn't see it from that angle. She immediately pulled up our bean and we could see the heart flickering and then we heard it. A fast wooshing sound: 163 bpm. I noticed a ring around the baby and asked what it was (the amniotic sac). Dave replied before she could answer: "that's the halo". Ha! I don't think it's possible for our spawn to carry one of those! We took home two pics of the bean to put in cards for Grandma's on Mother's Day. It's such a relief to see that heartbeat flickering away!