22 Weeks
Boy does time fly!
The last couple of weeks work has got in the way of play a little and so I haven't managed to blog anything about our detailed scan last week.
So THE SCAN!!
I was working that day and so Ryan came and met me at work. I got to introduce him to my workmates which was nice. Then we headed down the long corridors of the hospital to the maternity wing. After my bladder hadn't been idealy full on the last scan I had been determined this time to have it full as full so that they could get the best picture. As a result of my stunning efforts I only just made it to the ultrasound without bursting. Kept telling Ryan to slow down because I felt like any moment my bladder was going to give way! But thankfully we made it and I made it through the scan despite the prodding of the probe.
Jelly on tummy and there's our baby!
Once again a beautiful and amazing experiece to be able to see the little one moving about inside and to see the growth that has occurred over the 9 weeks since our first dating scan.
We saw him/her from back to front, top to bottom, left to right, inside and out. The brain -there! phew! and looking like it was working overtime. The heart with atrium and the ventricles filling and emptying. And even the vavles doing a stupendous job at opening and closing. Absolutely out of this world amazing! The bones were looking nice and strong and the expected size at this point in the development. The sonographer did not mention any sign of big feet or crossed over toes so there's hope for this child yet!
One thing is for sure. If this child carries on the way it's going it will certainly need a physio for a dad! The whole scan he/she was standing on his/her head! looked terribly uncomfortable! And to think that it's only going to get more cramped in there on the insuing weeks. Poor thing. Word of advice to baby: arrive on time not a day late and you can be out of there and have the whole world to float around in!
Nearing to a close there was one piece of information that we hadn't been told and so Ryan asked the question he was so looking forward to the answer of. And so yip we know what this little one is! And it's our little secret (well until we slip up maybe). It was sureal finding out and wonderful. Walking away with big grins on our faces now know and being able to connect with more of who this little person is who will be joining us in 18ish weeks!
(We might post the scan pics but they're not as clear as the first lot.)
Bubs continues to move about which I'm getting used to and it might not be long now until bubs is big enough for us to see the movement on the outside and for Ryan to feel it. That will be very neat.
I'm definitely putting on the weight now. As you will have seen from the last post the belly is there. I'm now 70kg! shoc horror. They say if you're a healthy weight before pregnancy then expect to put on about 11-16kg. So at half way through I've put on 7kg. Hopefully I'll stay at this pace. I do need to get out walking a bit more. Feeling like I walk all day though and so the motivation is hard to find. I get home from a day at the hospital and all I want to do is to lie down especially after long days. But I do need to take care of myself. It's easy to much away on unhealthy snacks so I gotta start favouring the healthy options or I will balloon. I know weight gain is inevitable but it does take a little getting used to when you have always been a stable healthy weight (not that this is an unhealthy weight... but you get what i mean?)
Measurements:
Weight 70kg
Waist 97cm
Bust 95 cm
Right well now it's off for a weekend in the sun... well hopefully anyway. Celebrating our 2nd wedding aniversary in Sardinia. Should be grand.
Blessings to you all.
The last couple of weeks work has got in the way of play a little and so I haven't managed to blog anything about our detailed scan last week.
So THE SCAN!!
I was working that day and so Ryan came and met me at work. I got to introduce him to my workmates which was nice. Then we headed down the long corridors of the hospital to the maternity wing. After my bladder hadn't been idealy full on the last scan I had been determined this time to have it full as full so that they could get the best picture. As a result of my stunning efforts I only just made it to the ultrasound without bursting. Kept telling Ryan to slow down because I felt like any moment my bladder was going to give way! But thankfully we made it and I made it through the scan despite the prodding of the probe.
Jelly on tummy and there's our baby!
Once again a beautiful and amazing experiece to be able to see the little one moving about inside and to see the growth that has occurred over the 9 weeks since our first dating scan.
We saw him/her from back to front, top to bottom, left to right, inside and out. The brain -there! phew! and looking like it was working overtime. The heart with atrium and the ventricles filling and emptying. And even the vavles doing a stupendous job at opening and closing. Absolutely out of this world amazing! The bones were looking nice and strong and the expected size at this point in the development. The sonographer did not mention any sign of big feet or crossed over toes so there's hope for this child yet!
One thing is for sure. If this child carries on the way it's going it will certainly need a physio for a dad! The whole scan he/she was standing on his/her head! looked terribly uncomfortable! And to think that it's only going to get more cramped in there on the insuing weeks. Poor thing. Word of advice to baby: arrive on time not a day late and you can be out of there and have the whole world to float around in!
Nearing to a close there was one piece of information that we hadn't been told and so Ryan asked the question he was so looking forward to the answer of. And so yip we know what this little one is! And it's our little secret (well until we slip up maybe). It was sureal finding out and wonderful. Walking away with big grins on our faces now know and being able to connect with more of who this little person is who will be joining us in 18ish weeks!
(We might post the scan pics but they're not as clear as the first lot.)
Bubs continues to move about which I'm getting used to and it might not be long now until bubs is big enough for us to see the movement on the outside and for Ryan to feel it. That will be very neat.
I'm definitely putting on the weight now. As you will have seen from the last post the belly is there. I'm now 70kg! shoc horror. They say if you're a healthy weight before pregnancy then expect to put on about 11-16kg. So at half way through I've put on 7kg. Hopefully I'll stay at this pace. I do need to get out walking a bit more. Feeling like I walk all day though and so the motivation is hard to find. I get home from a day at the hospital and all I want to do is to lie down especially after long days. But I do need to take care of myself. It's easy to much away on unhealthy snacks so I gotta start favouring the healthy options or I will balloon. I know weight gain is inevitable but it does take a little getting used to when you have always been a stable healthy weight (not that this is an unhealthy weight... but you get what i mean?)
Measurements:
Weight 70kg
Waist 97cm
Bust 95 cm
Right well now it's off for a weekend in the sun... well hopefully anyway. Celebrating our 2nd wedding aniversary in Sardinia. Should be grand.
Blessings to you all.
posted by Ryan and Mez at Friday, March 02, 2007
1 Comments:
Aww how exciting you guys!! And happy anniversary, I had it on my calendar this year. 2 years, wow!!! And something so exciting to look forward to!!
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