Say hello to our lil' popeye!
We'll call our lil' one Popeye for now.
But first, the beginning....
I knew something was "wrong" when I tried to go for a run over the 4th of July. I was so tired and felt so out of shape. The Monday after the fourth of July I took a pregnancy test and boom - it didn't take long to change to the double lines. Yep - I was pregnant.
Well that confirmed it....I was tired for a reason. I even took naps. And I don't take naps, especially in the summertime. Just going to workout and then run an errand made me tired beyond belief. Other than being tired and my boobs being sore, I didn't have any of the other symptoms of pregnancy. No nausea, morning sickness or food aversions. Part of me wondered if that test was even correct.
We opted to have the first trimester genetic screen which is basically blood work and an ultrasound to obtain measurements on certain parts of the fetus. We wanted to identify our risks as well as have an opportunity to see the growing lil' one via ultrasound. As soon as the jelly went on the stomach, we saw an image of our lil' one. Proof. Evidence that I was indeed carrying a little person and I wasn't hallucinating.
At first, our lil' one was upside down and the technician informed us that we'd just have to wait until it decided to cooperate to take the measurements we needed. As she was pointing out the very obvious things like heart, head, hands, arms, etc, Popeye turned the right direction! It was incredibly surreal to watch Popeye move on the screen. This tiny little creature just bouncing around in your uterus and you can't even feel it!?! It didn't take too long for her to get the information she needed so she took a few additional pictures for us. Including, super creepy 3D images of Popeye. Maybe creepy isn't the correct word but it looked like this small human just plastered against the bumpy terrain of Mars. In looking at those pictures, the forearms and knees were quite developed, almost bulging, like Popeye.
Hence, why we say lil' Popeye.
Either way, we saw a heartbeat (142 bpm) and it looks as though Popeye had all the initial parts.
We'll update more later but we'll likely start at Week 15 (Monday). As a holdover, I'll be sure to post pics of the nursery updates that have already been made this weekend....thanks to Maggie.
