To those of you who don't already know, Josh & I are expecting our 1st baby early next Spring!! I must say that this has been the most incredible & exciting thing that we have ever experienced. We found out at 12 weeks that is is a boy! We are sooooo excited to welcome baby Tucker into the world! His due date is March 9th, 2010 but babies only come when they are ready to make their grand appearance so we will have to wait and see what happens...
Last Wednesday I started experiencing the beginning of what some folks like to call "growing pains". Let me start by saying that whoever coined this term was not kidding around. To be quite honest it isn't the most comfortable thing to experience. It becomes pretty painful once your uterus starts stretching but Tucker and I are managing just fine. We are taking it one day at a time along with plenty of late afternoon naps. Once I started having these "growing pains" I went in for a sonogram. It is so amazing how much Tucker has grown and developed in the last 18 weeks. Here are a few things we got to see during the sonogram:
-The 4 chambers of the heart (ventricles & atria)
-The brain (cerebellum & several landmarks within the brain)
-The spine, both arms & legs, 10 tiny fingers, & 10 tiny toes
-The abdomen, both kidneys, & the stomach
-The bladder (it was full so this lets us know the kidneys are working)
-The scrotal sac (it is safe to say that it's definately a boy)
Here are a few pictures of the sonogram at 18 weeks gestation:
Last Wednesday I started experiencing the beginning of what some folks like to call "growing pains". Let me start by saying that whoever coined this term was not kidding around. To be quite honest it isn't the most comfortable thing to experience. It becomes pretty painful once your uterus starts stretching but Tucker and I are managing just fine. We are taking it one day at a time along with plenty of late afternoon naps. Once I started having these "growing pains" I went in for a sonogram. It is so amazing how much Tucker has grown and developed in the last 18 weeks. Here are a few things we got to see during the sonogram:
-The 4 chambers of the heart (ventricles & atria)
-The brain (cerebellum & several landmarks within the brain)
-The spine, both arms & legs, 10 tiny fingers, & 10 tiny toes
-The abdomen, both kidneys, & the stomach
-The bladder (it was full so this lets us know the kidneys are working)
-The scrotal sac (it is safe to say that it's definately a boy)
Here are a few pictures of the sonogram at 18 weeks gestation:
Here is a picture of his abdomen & jewels (scrotal sac)
If you look closely you can see it!
Here is a picture of his head & his profile, so cute!
