Baby's 12 week US

Last week we had our 12 week ultrasound that was done specifically to look at the nuchal cord and detect any possible genetic disorders...which thankfully all panned out well and baby looks perfectly healthy!

It was the first ultrasound that I had done on the belly.  And it was amazing!  Yay for being done with the transvaginal ultrasounds (which Jon so gingerly calls "up the hoo-ha ultrasounds") for the rest of this pregnancy!  I've had enough of those to last a lifetime!

Baby's heartbeat was in the 160s and measurements looked right on track.

The video is super short b/c we didn't get to hear the heartbeat that long, and Jon didn't know it was coming up...but enjoy the few beats you get to hear! I do!

Whether a boy or girl though, this one is taking after her dad already.  In order to do the scan, we needed the baby to move quite a bit.  And just like Jon, this baby likes to chill! 

Not in a bad, scary way...the baby would move it's arm and hand up to its face, or wiggle its little legs, but he/she was definitely not wanting to flip over and move all over the place like the ultrasound tech wanted him/her to. 

So after being told I had a ridiculously full bladder that was overdistended and asked to pee to relieve some of the pressure it may be placing in my abdomen, I came back, bladder empty, and baby was ready to move and shake around.  We got the screen shots that we needed, and a clean bill of health for the baby. 

BTW- that was the 3rd time during an ultrasound that I was asked to get up off the table, put the ultrasound on hold, and go to the bathroom because my bladder was insanely full. One tech said "I can't believe you're not peeing in your pants based on how full your bladder is" and another tech said "I've never seen a bladder this full before!" 

So I guess all my years as a nurse have taught me to hold my bladder for an insanely long time, and not feel all that uncomfortable!

Now enough about me and my hidden talent of holding a ridiculous amount of urine, lets get to the good stuff.  More baby ultrasound pictures!!

The first two Jon took on his camera of the big screen tv that displayed the ultrasound live! So cool!

Oh you know, just chilling on my back and lifting my hand up to my face.

Finally flipping over- now head almost facing down, and little booty facing towards us and slightly up in the air

The next ones are picutres of the print outs they gave us...sorry not the best quality!

Little baby chicken leg sticking up in the air!  And the black "hole" in the middle of the body is the stomach! So amazing!!

You can count all 5 fingers...no more, no less!