First Ultrasound

A BIG welcome to Baby Z's blog! Please read through the last couple months of posts and you'll understand why I'm so excited to finally share this blog! If you are reading this that means that we've successfully found the heart beat, a very fast 160 beats per minute mind you! Chris and I headed to the hospital today to have an ultrasound, about 7 weeks ahead of the normally scheduled ultrasound, to detect fetal heart sounds. Nervous doesn't even describe how I was feeling, my anxiety was definitely getting the best of me. I had trouble sleeping worrying that something was wrong. Yet Chris appeared to be very calm through the whole waiting period.

Thankfully, the moment she placed the ultrasound wand on my stomach Baby Z's image appeared on the screen! Talk about the most amazing experience, seeing your baby for the first time! I believe Chris' first words were "It has arms and legs!" As if we were having an alien child ;) She did all the measurements and then let us see a bunch of "fun" close ups of the baby. We got a nice profile shot and a couple cute ones with Baby Z's legs up in the air (which is where they remained the entire ultrasound). Ladies and gentlemen we have a WIGGLER on our hands! I don't think little bambino sat still for one second, she had a hard time measuring the HB because it wouldn't stop moving! Chris asked every time if I could feel it and I assured him (along with the Sonogram Tech) that I have quite a few weeks before I can start feeling Baby Z's movements. He couldn't believe that it was squirming that much and yet I couldn't feel a thing!

Here are a few pictures from our ultrasound! Enjoy!

Love,

Chris, Amber & Baby Z

Good profile shot! However the more I look at it the more I think there may be some thumb sucking going on?!

Look at those little feet! Crossed & straight up!

Oct. 15th OB Appointment

Hi Friends & Familiy--

Friday Oct. 15th has come and gone, and yet we still haven't been able to share our news with all of you. Unfortunately, Dr. E was unable to find the heartbeat with the doppler at this last appointment. I have been assured that its due to the tilted nature of my uterus (I'm basically carrying Baby Z on my back). She knows how anxious we were to hear it and verify that everything is fine so she had an ultra sound scheduled for us. My clinic for whatever reason does not have an ultra sound machine--lovely right? So, we'll be heading to Meriter Hospital (where I'll deliver) on Thursday Oct. 21st for an early morning ultra sound. Considering I wouldn't normally have my first ultra sound until I was 20-22 weeks, I'm pretty excited! Not only will we get to see the heartbeat, but we'll get to see the little bambino too! Hopefully in 4 short days (well not so short with all the anticipation I'm feeling) we'll be able to share with all of you!

Love,

Chris, Amber and Baby Z

Oct. 8th OB Appointment

Hi Friends & Family!

Today was the big day! If it wasn't for seeing Wicked last night with a group of girlfriends (and Kevin) I don't think I would have been able to handle the anticipation! Chris and I arrived only to find out that our Doctor was running 30 minutes behind and I was asked if I'd like to reschedule. Um hello, I've been waiting for this appointment since I scheduled it in August! I respectfully declined and said I'd be more then willing to wait. Thankfully it didn't take long at all and we were called back. This was my first appointment with my actually OB, Doctor Edwards, and Chris' first time ever meeting her. She's going to be the baby's doctor as well so he better like her! I'm just so happy that all of us can be seen by one doctor under the same clinic roof! 

Well the anticipation for hearing the heartbeat had been eating at me, so when it finally became time and she mentioned "You may not hear it today, but we'll try" I thought nothing of it. To my dismay after 10-15 minutes of trying she could find no other heartbeat then my own. I won't lie, I was heartbroken. She assured me this doesn't mean something is wrong and could be the result of a number of reasons. One being that perhaps I'm not as far along as they originally thought, making it difficult to detect the heartbeat with the doppler. Or two that my uterus could actually be in the back or in an odd position which also makes it very difficult to detect. After the disappointment of not hearing the heartbeat I was fortunate to have a lovely exam where she did determine that my uterus is in the back and perhaps tilted a bit. Dr. Edwards assured me that is most likely the reason why it wasn't picked up. She lighted the heavy cloud by offering to let me come in next week to try the doppler again and if not have an ultrasound to detect any fetal sounds. I most graciously accepted and will be heading back to the clinic on Oct. 15th to once again try and locate Baby Z! I'm pretty bummed, but I'll remain with a positive attitude (after a few shed tears of course) because I'm sure there's nothing wrong. 

Never the less, this means that we'll be delaying our announcement another week. I was really looking forward to no longer hiding our wonderful secret. At least you have my few blog posts as documentation to read! So here's to another week of laying low and trying to keep it a secret.

Lot's of love,

Chris, Amber and Baby Z