The First Ultrasound!!!!

Today was the day that I have been waiting desperately for! Today was the 1st ultrasound! I have been waiting and so excited for this day to come. Especially since I have been so sick, I wanted to see what was really happening inside me. The Dr. has tried to get an ultrasound on his little machine in his office, but the baby was too small to see anything. Russ and I went in, not really knowing what to expect. We were even thinking maybe I was pregnant with twins (since my sisters are twins and because I was so sick).

So we went into the room and the ultrasound tech got everything ready. Russ and I were eagerly looking at the screen, and all we could see was black. Then all of a sudden there it was our beautiful baby (or more like a seahorse at this stage). It was so unbelievable, the baby was so tiny. However, the most amazing thing about this was I was only about 8 weeks pregnant and yet there was a heartbeat!!! We could see it and the ultrasound tech was able to see that the heart rate was about 170 bpm, although we couldn't hear it. This was just more confirmation for me that life truly does begin at the moment of conception.

Russ and I both cried at the sight of our precious miracle and that tiny heart beat. This was truly confirmation that all of the sickness I have been going through was so worth it. The ultrasound tech looked rally hard to make sure we were only having just 1 baby and we are! The baby is healthy and seems to be developing perfectly, so now the waiting until the next ultrasound around 20 weeks find out the gender. It is going to be tough to wait that long, but at least I have beautiful ultrasound images to look at now.