First Ultrasound
January 11, 2005
The ultrasound procedure was much quicker than I had
thought it would be, about 15 minutes start to finish. The purpose
of this ultrasound was to get a better due date estimate. First
we did a normal scan on my belly; that didn't show much, so we
did a vaginal ultrasound, which is what these pictures are from.
The baby was really kicking and stretching a lot. I still can't
feel anything (it's only about 6 cm long right now), so I was
surprised to see it moving around so much. The estimated due date
from the ultrasound is July 22nd!
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Our first glimpse of the baby! The placenta is on the bottom,
but you can't see the umbilical cord.
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This picture has a good view of the left leg. We could see fingers
during the exam, but we didn't get a picture of them.
More pictures on the next
page