Last Friday 6/17 we hiked up to Alpharetta and had our first ultrasound. The doctor wanted to confirm a few things:
1. Is this an ectopic pregnancy? Nope, baby is planted firmly in the uterus where it is supposed to be.
2. Are there multiple embryos? Nope, we have a 'singleton' (as Dr. Lewis calls it)
3. Is there a heartbeat? Heck yes!!!
Everything looks just great (see picture). Here is a translation of what you are looking at. The white background is my uterus. The black bubble is the embryonic sac where the baby will grow. The little white fuzz in the left side of the black bubble is the baby. As of Friday, it was .85cm long which translates to 6 weeks and 6 days. So our due date might be a little after Feb 2nd.
We got to see the heartbeat which is basically a little white flicker on the screen, but it was there for sure. That was soooo amazing!! Given all of this news, Dr. Lewis said our chance for miscarriage is under 5%. I am such a numbers girl that finding that our odds are down from 15% (that is the general % for first trimester miscarriages) to under 5% really made me realize that we are having a baby.
Oh and I have a new favorite quote from Matt (previous cutest quote was "Come cuds" short for Come Cuddle, after we saw the 3rd positive pregnancy test). He had been at Tech studying all weekend and got home Sunday after dinner. He walked upstairs (where I was already getting ready for bed) and said "We are going to have a baby." Yes, folks it is just hitting us.
Other than that, I owe you all 7 week belly pics and general update. Stay tuned...
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