October 26th - Ultrasound

We had our "big" ultrasound last night...where the doctor measures the head, heart, spine, stomach, etc. & when we could potentially find out the sex of the baby. Well, Baby Marx was quite the wild child! The doctor laughed as he got started & couldn't believe how much the baby was moving. After all, last time he did an ultrasound the baby was cuddled up & sleeping, with an occasional stretch. He couldn't even get a picture of the face she/he was so wild! It was cute though, the doctor said that it's good to have a little bit of "spark" in this world. The baby is doing great. Once again, we were amazed at how much things had changed since our last appointment.

The baby weighs approximately 1/2 pound & the heartrate was 146bpm.  We could see all 4 chambers of the heart, the stomach, thigh bone, skull & beautiful spine! The only picture we were unable to get was the face...for some reason we have a stubborn one on our hands! You'd better believe I hope baby warms up to the camera (for my sake at least!)

Everything's looking very good developmentally which is such a relief. Our doctor, knowing we wanted to keep the rest a "surprise" gave us one more chance to speak up if we wanted to find out what we were having. With smiles & a strong will (thank you daddy Nate) we decided to wait. However, the doctor than asked if he could find out for himself, which he apparently doesn't do very often! We turned our heads, he attempted to find out, but baby was too wild! :)

We brought along a special guest to the appointment also, Grandma Julie! Was so nice to have my mom with to share in the special occasion. She got to see all the fun stuff & was also able to take a few pics of us when we got home.

Ultrasound - 17 weeks & 4 days

Head

 Heart - the heartrate was 146bpm

 Spine