the ultrasound! (with pictures.)

HEY!! so i'm finally getting to my ultrasound picutres and the appt. but i got this email this morning about my baby. it's the size of a lemon! it's just crazy to think about....

Baby's now the size of a lemon!

Your adorable little fetus is busy with thumb sucking, toe wiggling, (not so cute but equally amazing) making urine, and breathing amniotic fluid as the liver, kidneys, and spleen continue to develop. Lanugo (thin, downy hair) is growing all over her body for warmth.

as far as the ultrasound went. it went well. the baby was moving and grooving the entire time!! it was so cool to watch the baby move all over. and kick it's legs. i'll be in 'trouble' once the baby gets bigger than three inches i think!! i'll have sore ribs. :0) yes the baby...this person is three inches.

can you believe that. i couldn't. hold your fingers three inches apart. and that's the length of our baby. three inches. a three inch little person. amazing...truly and simply amazing. and of course this little person has fingers to wave...

i've never gotten a hand picture on the ultrasound. it was incredible to see. truly incredible!! and of course what's a hand without a foot...

look at that!! crazy!! it was so fun to get these 'fun' shots of the hand and foot along with the amazing 3-D pictures...

this one is the best one we got! bu you can see the baby's head and body and little tiny arms. so cool. the other 3-D pictures we got the baby was hiding behind the placenta, using it almost as a blanket. lol.

the ultrasound tech was able to give us a good guess at to what little baby e is...but we aren't telling that guess. yet. or at all. :0) we found out dustin was a boy...but did our best to keep it a secret. we aren't really sure what we're doing with this baby. but because the tech was only 'pretty sure' of what baby is...we'll wait til our 20 week ultrasound to see. ((so only til the beginning of march!))

and i've lost three pounds!! what?! well it may have a little to do with the fact that i had my appt in the morning and i've had my others in the afternoon. but for now i'll be fine with losing three. because i know it'll all come back! and who cares. i gained my highest with amelya at 45 pounds. so i'll be happy if i just stay between 25-35 like i did with the other three. :0)

my doctor, who i've already mentioned, i love...was 'happy' to see everything going well. it surprised me how 'emotionally involved' she seemed. but i like that. she just said how happy she was about everything and that we're 'out of the woods' now. ((which is true. but also things can 'still' happen...but it's reassuring to know i've made it this far)) 

i asked her about my headaches. and if it's okay to drink coke. because coke has been working better for me than tylenol. she said to do both. and that for paitents who's headaches don't go away she prescribes migraine meds...which have tylenol, caffine, and advil (i think) in them. so basically i'm concocting my own 'headache' meds. she also said to not drink a ton of caffine a day, but that it isn't going to 'hurt' to do it.

i've drank caffine in some portions with all my pregnancies. and sometimes you just 'need' it. :0)

so yeah. everything went super well. and it was super fun to see our little baby e. and now i'm off to get ready for the day. or wake my kids up. amelya JUST got up at 8:40!! and dustin got up a bit ago and is enjoying breakfast in the high chair. so it's been a lazy monday morning for them!! have a great monday. i'll try to get to your blogs later!! we have mom's group this morning...and then i'm going to my mom's house. so it'll be later dudes!! :0)