The First Ultrasound

On Friday we got to go for our first Ultrasound! I tend to have long cycles and so I had been charting to know when I ovulate etc, but even if you bring the chart, dr's somehow never believe anyone would have a cycle different than the text book 28 days. Hence the early ultrasound. That's ok, I was happy to have the opportunity to see that everything was going alright. First let me just say that they tell you to drink WAY too much water! It was absolute torture, especially since they were running 10 minutes behind schedual. In the end the lady doing the ultrasound had me get rid of some so she could get a better picture. All the extra pain was for nothing! It was worth it though. We got to see out little munchkin with a very healthy hearbeat of 160 bpm. Also, the dates I calculated are right so we can expect our little one to arrive in early Nov. People say babies are ugly at that stage but to me he/she was beautiful. We saw the little head and a tiny little bottom and arms and legs and the little heart flickering on the screen. I can't wait until I get to go back for the 18-20 week one where we will get to see more. Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures from that one. I have none to post here this time. One thing's for sure though, I'll be reducing the amount of water I drink for that one!