{"id":2498,"date":"2009-11-09T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2009-11-09T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-09T16:44:14","slug":"another-successful-happy-ultrasound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/?p=2498","title":{"rendered":"Another successful, happy ultrasound!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can breathe again! And dance around in joy!<\/p>\n

I had horrible heartburn all night, and nausea this morning, so we drove in feeling fairly confident, mentally, that I am still very pregnant. Unfortunately fears aren’t always all that reasonable. Sitting in that waiting room was still hard, my hands were slightly clammy and shaky, I could feel my chest getting tight. It wasn’t a huge panic attack or anything, just a bit of anxiety. I turned to Den and said with a small laugh, “Good thing I have lots of experience dealing with anxiety.” I reminded myself of the GOOD ultrasounds I had there with Devin and waited.<\/p>\n

Very thankfully they called us into a room I’ve never been in before. I’m still so shocked that at only 12 weeks they can have me jump up on the bed, have them squirt the warm gel on my belly, and actually see the baby from a trans-abdominal scan! It took a little bit to scan around, she ended up with the probe on my right side, but there baby was. I held my breath until I saw it definitely move, kicking its legs. And there was the heart flicker, which she measured at 150bpm and we heard out loud through the speakers. I let out a huge sigh of relief then and relaxed.<\/p>\n

She was very brisk, very task-oriented, very quick in her movements, so I didn’t get much time just watching the baby move around. And she didn’t even attempt to peek between the legs, and I didn’t ask her to – I’d rather wait a few more weeks to be more sure. But the NT measurement was nice and small, just like they want to see it, and we did get some precious profile pics.<\/p>\n

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And just to compare, this is Devin at 12w4d. Look how similar the pics are! (I realize all of them probably look alike at this point, but it’s still heartwarming to see!)<\/p>\n

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The whole thing just stuns and amazes me. Every day. Now that it’s looking like a real honest baby I think it’s easier for me to relax a bit. I swear the first few early ultrasounds I’d see the blob and the heartbeat, but couldn’t stop thinking, How on earth is this shapeless blob going to turn into a BABY?!<\/i> It’s just so absolutely unfathomable. And yet there it is, a baby, kicking in my belly. It’s so freaking crazy. And I am so absolutely in love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can breathe again! And dance around in joy! I had horrible heartburn all night, and nausea this morning, so we drove in feeling fairly confident, mentally, that I am still very pregnant. Unfortunately fears aren’t always all that reasonable. Sitting in that waiting room was still hard, my hands were slightly clammy and shaky, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[310,63],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pregnancy-2","tag-ultrasound"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions\/2499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}