GREAT Check-Up!

Tuesday we had a check-up.

We went in just expecting to hear the heart beat & just the other regular things. Well, as I laid on the table and the doctor was searching for the heartbeat, she told me she wasn't able to find it. She said it was normal since the baby is still so small, that you have to be RIGHT on top of it to hear it's heart. I looked at Steve & he kind of had this panicked look on his face. I told him I'm sure everything is okay. I wasn't too worried about it.

So, we go and get an ultrasound. As soon as the doctor put the ultrasound thing on my stomach, she says, "Your baby is perfectly fine!" She turned the screen to us and we saw the most amazing thing ever. Beans was jumping up and down like crazy! It was soooo cute! We both started laughing hysterically! It would jump up and then slowly float back down, and then jump again and slowly float back down. It was the cutest thing I've ever seen!

I just kept saying how weird it was because I don't feel any of that movement yet. So, it's weird to see something moving inside of me, but I don't feel it.

We just stared at it for a while, then it stopped jumping and opened it's mouth...TWICE! WOW! Talk about cool!

Steve told me after our ultrasound that he finally felt connected. I think it's hard for the dad to feel connected, since they don't feel all the symptoms, and they aren't the one carrying it. But I was glad to hear him say that! :)

Here's a picture of our little Baby Beans! It actually looks like a person now! :) HOORAY!

Here's how Beans is growing this week.

This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.

In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon — and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.