Frog Prince Lego -11/30/2011 12 Weeks

I have a pretty good feeling that most of my posts will be back dated in the title. I value my time away from the computer too much to sit here and figure out if I can just change the date on the post, and I really don't find sitting in front of the computer conducive to reflection or over-sharing. So I guess I'm destined to be more of a transcriber. Get used to this.


Ultrasound today. As I mentioned, I really haven't been feeling much in the way of pregnant lately, so I was looking forward to today's appointment.

It was breathtaking! Little Lego was squirming and kicking like a champ. We sure have an active little junebug! Lego has a nice heartbeat and a good looking spine. We were able to count 5 fingers on at least one hand see the long legs stretching and kicking. Dan said it's already got his legs! We even got to see some thumb sucking, which was simply heart melting.

It was amazing to see how active Lego is. I can't feel anything yet, and even though all the reading material that discusses how far developed the baby is says it is really active by now, there is a huge a difference between knowing it from a book and actually getting to see it. We both commented about how great it would have been if we had been able to get a video. We were given a CD of still pictures though, so that is fun! They are mostly profile shots, but we also got a couple of the legs and a couple face on. The face on ones look not quite human! Lego needs to do some more developing before it will be truly cute because right now it looks like a little alien or frog. The profile shots definitely show a baby though. And even I can see that! No more blob for us!

As I suspected might happen, things definitely feel a bit more real now. It's nice to know that even though I'm feeling pretty "normal" these days, Lego is doing just fine. I believe the ultrasound tech's exact words were "Your baby looks perfect". I'm so glad she put it that way! She also said that Lego is measuring at 13 weeks 1 day, just over a week ahead of where we thought I was, and the estimated due date was calculated as June 5th instead of June 15th. I haven't been able to call the midwives yet and find out what that means, but I may be a bit further along than we initially thought. My next appointment isn't until after Christmas, so I will definitely be calling with questions soon!