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There he IS! You can see his head and both arm buds and both leg buds! (AND My uterus was fibroid-free, so that’s awesome.)
Ok, how many people cried at their first ultrasound? I was WEEPING!!
I didn’t expect an ultrasound today, so I went in by myself. I was supposed to just fill out the paperwork and do the family histories…choose circumcision or not, etc. But at the end, I requested one. I was so freaked out by the spotting at week 7 that I just NEEDED to see that BABY. So they squeezed me in.
This time last year, I was such a mess. So hopeless. The last time I had an ultrasound, they were marveling at the size of my huge tumors. This was such a different experience. It was a major relief. And now I feel tired. Like I could sleep for DAYS. Like a layer of anxiety was removed. I just was NOT prepared for what that feels like. To SEE the BABY.
I may have mentioned that several people have cautioned me against calling the baby “he” because it still might be a girl…and I know that’s true…but it’s hard to call it “it.” Humor me. 
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32 Responses to “FIRST ULTRASOUND!”
Picking a prenatal nickname helped my husband and me avoid the tricky “he/she” thing. Our son was known as Sprout until he was born!
Congrats on the ultrasound! I totally cried through my first u/s, just wait til you go for your 20 week one when you find out the sex, see its spine, heart, etc. it’s absolutely amazing, hell, I’m welling up with tears just thinking about it!
Oh, wow! How cool. I didn’t get ultrasounds until 5 months with my kids. When I saw my second son for the first time, I was shocked to see that he looked EXACTLY like my father–even as a five month old fetus. Freaky.
I am SO excited for you! That is just got to be the BEST feeling to see your little baby. My sister called my nephew and neice, Flipper and Polly.
When I had the first ultrasound where I could really SEE the baby (and not just a peanut) I cried so hard that the doc was really worried…
We called our wee one a combination of the girls and boys name we picked: Amelie + Linus = Amelinus… Now we now it´s gonna be a girl.
Although I´m a longtime-reader this is my first comment. So: congratulations for the book and for the baby!
I am just so happy for you that I could care less what you call the baby - My best friend is almost 9 weeks along and she is referring to the baby as a ’she’ - We ALL know that it could be either, but who cares? I feel lucky to be able to share this time with you. Many blessings to you, all the way from Australia!
BEAUTIFUL! And call your baby whatever you want! People will tell you crazy and awful things - this is YOUR time - enjoy it how you want to!
Dude, I had spotting all the way through my pregnancy — probably about five or six times. I was freaking out. But, what they don’t tell you is that it’s actually kind of normal. You still need to get it checked out when it happens, but it’s usually just a sign of a sensitive cervix. Either way, I’m now chasing a very spirited two-year-old, so everything worked out fine.
Congrats on your first baby ultra-sound. I’m sure s/he is going to be a beauty!
Wow, how cool! What a great change in a year!!!
Whoa. Is that little white thing floating in the black thing the baby? It’s like a private bouncy castle in there. Whee!
My partner and his ex wife, when they were expecting their first child, called him “spoon” until he was born.
Congratulations!!!!! Whether boy or girl - I’m sure it will be a blessing!!! Do you have names picked out yet? All the best for you and your husband on the pregnancy journey!
I have had such a great time watching and reading about your pregnancy so far. My hubby and I decided to start tying for a baby this fall. Everyone, it seems is preggers this summer! I attribute it to the colder than usual winter and late Spring! LOL
“He” is just beautiful!
How wonderful! I’ve been trying to post a comment for prolly 10 months since I first heard about your fibroid issues. I had them too. Not a cute experience. And I too want to have a baby in the near future, so hearing about your success has been wonderful.
How delightful it must have been to hear that swooshing ocean sound from the baby as opposed to the deadening silence of the fibroid ultrasound.
Congrats once again and keep the posts coming!
PS: Your book is awe inspiring! I can’t wait to knit from it!
Congratulations! You remainded me of myself at my 1st ultrasound: I was so happy jumpin’ and laughing…and my husband… frozen!
This baby is your little angel now, taking away bad times and memories. enjoy, you deserve it.
Since hubby calls me Little, we called the baby ‘Littler’ until she was born, and I too was SURE it was a boy right up until about 6 weeks before she was born & then I just knew she was a girl!
LOL I think it’s normal to cry at the ultrasounds. I even cried every time the doctor let me hear the heartbeat.
I was SO SURE Ian was a girl while he was in there. Still we refered to him as “Monkey Butt” (haha, I know) until he was born and yes, even after.
Oh Stefanie that’s wonderful! Adorable and wonderful and yes. Much cuteness.
P.S. I’m dyeing up some silk for you this weekend!
Thank you all so much for your great comments! I don’t really have any people around who are pregnant at the same time as me, so it’s great to hear from you on what your experiences are!
As far as post-fibroid surgery conception…I was almost SHOCKED to learn that we were pregnant. I had really built this idea in my mind that I’d never be able to have kids and so I should just get used to the idea of one day fostering children (we may still do that) but definitely did NOT have my hopes up about conceiving.
The Gynecologist/surgeon who did the fibroid surgery was really positive about our chances. He told me that we could technically start “trying” 6 months after the surgery, and that if we weren’t pregnant in 6 months, to come back and he’d start testing. I penciled the 6 month date on the calendar.
We weren’t ‘trying’ but just sort of being more slack about things since we really thought there was no chance…and we were pregnant in 3 months.
One thing that I found really helpful was this book: Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It taught me about my cycle and how to know if/when I was ovulating and when would be the most fertile days.
It was interesting even in the first months after the surgery to track my ovulation so that I knew when my body was back to normal.
It’s really an interesting book, and I think reading it really helped calm me down about reproductive health and what was going on.
I’m sorry to all the unsuspecting people who came to read about knitting today! This must just gross you totally out!! I promise to write about knitting again soon.
Yay! What an amazing thing, ultrasound. I am a brand new doctor, and did an OB rotation at the end of med school where I spent a week in the ultrasound suite. It was GREAT, and the ladies there were so good at their job. You are not the only one who cries, and there were times when I, the medical student, would get teary eyed about how happy the families were to see the little nubbins growing away inside.
Congrats! I found out that I’m about 12 weeks into my 2nd pregnancy. Knew I was pregnant just not this pregnant. I started reading blog a couple months before my son was born & you get sucked into others that are having kids at the same time. I’m glad it’s yours this time around.
I’ve been calling mine a “he” just to ensure a boy! That’s going to bite me in the ass, I know it.
Yay for being knocked up with a healthy uterus!
Taking Charge is a great book- I give it to my pts all the time. You baby is beautiful, and like all babies, such a miracle! Congrats!
Baby looks like s/he is having a ball bouncing around in there!
And I totally wept with my ultrasounds. Any my sister’s too. Just go with the flow…;)
There’s a new at-home test on the market that claims to be able to tell the sex of your baby at just 6 weeks gestation. I’m not sure how accurate it is, but I’ve been itching to hear how it works! It’s pretty expensive, so you’d have to be really committed to wanting to know early! Here’s a link to the website where you can purchase the test: http://www.tellmepinkorblue.com/
Many, many congratulations on the baby (what a fantastic ultrasound picture!!!). Enjoy every minute!
Many many congratulations! And it’s not weird at all to know it’s a boy. When I heard my older son’s heartbeat for the first time I knew he was a boy. Just knew it. And I was right!
We are all so happy for you and please keep that baby news coming!!
Cute ultrasound! I didn’t cry at any of my ultrasounds just coz I was still in disbelief (that I was actually pregnant). I was also usually so glad that all was in order that my main emotion was relief. So glad that you are all tumor free and full of baby!!
I think I cried FROM relief! I was like, He’s IN there!! There he IS! It’s not some big hormone-induced fakeout.
(I read that sometimes early menopause can give false + on preg. tests…so was semi-thinking that was it!)
Someone left a comment yesterday that I accidentally erased (It was in the middle of 3 viagra spams). It said something like, “aren’t they all girls until later on?”
And it’s true that the babies’ male/female parts aren’t developed for a few more weeks, but each sperm carries either an X or a Y chromosome. So that even though the embryo isn’t obviously one or the other, it’s already been determined which it’ll be.
Amazing.
Another thing going on besides being tired and mentally challenged is that now I have some sort of a pinched nerve (sciatica?) near my tailbone.
It hurts SO much. I can take regular strength Tylenol…but it doesn’t really help. I’m afraid to take m/t one at a time. I end up spending a lot of time on my back on the heating pad…does anyone have any other suggestions?
Chiropractor? Acupuncture?
Congrats on the baby! I’m sure you were glad to see a fibroid free uterus. I had mine taken out in Feb. for the same reason…one was the size of a bowling ball! It’s really amazing though what they can do now with surgery and/or drugs to shrink those pesky fibroids and leave women with their fertility.
I was SO relieved!!
for the sciatica…. i’ve been taking a PRENATAL YOGA CLASS…. , i’m 21 wks and it’s been good.
a friend (who suffered greatly towards the later months of her pregnancy) SWORE by her chiropractor…
both my dh and myself got really teary at the first sonogram… but the HEARTBEAT…. aahhh that sound was like beautiful music!!!!
other nicknames: gummybear (cause thats what it looks like at first) peanut, munchkin, schmoopie, wee’un…. we’re big on nicknames!
so exciting to read about your pregnancy, dont apologize… people who knit… usually embrace the whole procration process i think
feel well & be happy!
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I just to thank you for these talking about these gross things. I just went into the doctor today and I have to go get an ultrasound tomorrow because I might have fibroids or something of the like. Anyway, I appreciate it because you saying something about it made me think, “hmm, my body is acting funny.” I hope I will be able to get it all resolved.